Match at Bishopswood

A nice afternoon was had by all as Bishopswood welcomed Newbury Racecourse for a mixed four ball match.

The weather was pleasant and the course looked in beautiful condition.

In the end Bishopswood prevailed with a score of 4 to 1 with some excellent golf on their home course. Paul Hickey and Diane Mcintyre played very well to secure the only point for the Racecourse.

 

We look forward to a return match next year at the Racecourse

Paul Hickey.

Message from Paul Hickey

I need to announce that as from June 20th, I will be leaving my post as Club Captain at the Racecourse.I am moving home to East Sussex which sadly is a little too far to travel to play golf regularly at the Racecourse.

I have carried out the Captains duties for around about 9 months now working alongside Sian Soanes the Lady Captain and the Club Committee. I have been a member of this club for a few years now and have really enjoyed playing social and competition golf with the most fantastic group of people.

I thank all the members for making this club a thoroughly enjoyable place to come and play golf and long may it continue.

I am very thankful for being able to work with and be supported by a hardworking dedicated group of people who make up the committee and I thank them for helping me with my duties as Captain over the time I have been doing it.

At the beginning of my Captaincy we were still playing the old 18 hole layout just prior to all the new changes starting and the move to a 9 hole layout in the middle of the racecourse.

We had Captains Drive in, a Mixed Open and a few other events leading up to the Last Hurrah ( last day on the old 18 hole layout) in January.

During that time we raised fantastic amounts of money which went to a number of good causes including rarer cancers and GOSH.

We also had a very enjoyable presentation evening during February just prior to the old clubhouse closing.

Having now moved to a 9 hole layout and into Nuffield Health as a base we move on to the next stage in this clubs history.

For that I would also like to thank Ed Richardson and his team for all their efforts and determination despite much red tape in getting the club to where it is now and in the future.

I really wish everyone well for the future and look forward to coming back and playing the course occasionally.

Lastly I would like to thank Dean Butler for taking over from me until the end of the year.

Dean is a well respected Member and I am sure members will be really pleased that Dean has taken the role on.

I am sure you will all support him as much as you did me.

My last event as a member will be the Mixed Pairs match at Bishopswood on Sunday 15 June 2014.

I hope I get an invite to the odd non member event and the next presentation evening.

 

Play good golf everyone and Goodbye,

Paul Hickey

Seniors Open

Wednesday 9th July 2014

Four Ball Better Ball Stableford

Morning beverages and biscuits

+ 2 course meal after play

Prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd 

+ Longest Drive and Nearest the Pin

For full details and entry form - click here

Seniors Club Championships - Round 1

Round one today for the Seniors Club Championship. Twenty-five men and three ladies took part in today's event in beautiful weather. With the course in excellent condition (our thanks to the green staff for that), all was set fair for some good scoring ... but it never happened?!?! Nobody played to their handicap and consequently both the ladies and men's competitions were calculated as "reductions only".

In the men's event Paul Tebbutt leads the way in the gross category closely followed by Brian Faithfull, Harry Jackson and John Butcher. Ted Fitzsimons is at the top in the nett competition just ahead of Harry Jackson and John Clark. For full details - click on the links below:
Senior Men Gross - round 1
Senior Men Nett - round 1

In the ladies competition, Linda Vale is the current leader in both Gross and Nett categories followed by Jan Hinks and Sandy Deacon. For full details - click on the links below:
Senior Ladies Gross - round 1
Senior Ladies Nett - round 1

All to play for in round 2 on Wednesday 18th June.

Tuesday Evening League - W5

Week 5 of the Tuesday Evening League tonight and the best weather we've had so far!! Warm sunshine but a bit of a stiff breeze to keep everyone on their toes and making scoring quite tough. Thirteen players fought it out for the weekly prize. The winner this week was Roy Martinez with a creditable 19pts. In second place was Dean Butler on 17pts followed by Dave Warwick & Ian Martinez just one point further back.
For full details - click here.

Chris & John Golf Challenge

John Butcher & Chris Moore at the start

At 6:00am this morning, two of our spritely seniors, Chris Moore & John Butcher, set off in the early morning sunshine to play 4 rounds (72 holes) of golf in a single day (walking all the way) to raise money for a very worthy cause - Macmillan Cancer Support charity.

There were a number of people who supported them throughout the day either playing some holes with them or just generally encouraging them. Thanks to Gary Moore, Les Eden, Tom Wallin, Judy Willson, Marlene Moore, Peter Smith, Paul Tebbutt, Stuart Briginshaw and Barbara & Errol.

John & Chris at the finish!!

Chris & John completed their four rounds at approximately 5:30pm with no breaks in between rounds which is a tremendous effort.

Most importantly, they have so far raised more than £3000 in donations for this effort which is a fantastic sum. Chris & John would like to personally thank all the people that have sponsored them to raise this money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Summer Sizzler - cancelled

Due to logistical problems, we have had to take the decision to cancel the Summer Sizzler competition scheduled for Saturday 14th June.

Apologies to all the people who had already entered this event - we will try to organise a replacement event a bit later in the year.