Winter Warmers

Captains Cup

The new captains, Club Captain John Graham and Lady Captain Maria Tillett officially started their year in the traditional way with the Captain's Drive-in prior to the Captain's Cup competition today. This year, they were joined by Seniors Captain Tom Wallin and Junior Captain Curtis MacGeever.


The day started with hot beverages and danish pastries followed by the drive-in and 18 holes of golf in cold, windy conditions but thankfully dry.

The Stableford Captain's Cup competition was won by John Baron with 41 points. One point further back and runner-up was new Lady Captain Maria Tillett and a further point behind was third placed Jean Raincock. Full result - click here.

Following the golf, all players were treated to lunch courtesy of the new captains prior to the prize-giving.






The chosen charity for our Captains this year is "Action for Children".

We wish all the new Captains good luck for the year ahead.

September Junior Medal

A minimal field of four players competed for this months Junior medal yesterday.
The winner was Max Nicholls (8hcp) with a nett 71. Three shots further back was George Stockley (4hcp) whose 78 gross was the lowest of the day.

Full result - click here.

September Weekday Stableford

The September Weekday Stableford was played on Thursday and Friday 23rd/24th September. Twenty players (17 men and 3 ladies) competed for the prizes in this mixed competition.

The competition was very close at the top end of the leaderboard and the winner had to be decided on countback. Three players were tied on 40 points at the top with George Stockley (3hcp) just edging out Joe Bell (3hcp) and dad Andy Stockley (7hcp). Fourth place went to Darren Boyce (5hcp) with 39 points.

Whatever happened to the theory that Stableford competitions favoured high handicappers !!!???!!!

Full result - click here.

Summer KO's

Throughout the summer months, the rounds of the summer matchplay knockout competitions have been played and September sees the end to these events with the finals being completed.

Jubilee Cup
This is the Seniors singles KO competition. There is always a strong field for this event and this year was no different with 32 players competing for the prizes. The final was played earlier this month with Mike Willson just edging out Rod Spring in a closely contested match. It's a deserved win for Mike as he has come so close on numerous occasions only to be thwarted near the end and also Mike played his semi and final matches not being in the best of health. Well done Mike!!
Full details - click here.

Summer Singles
A slightly smaller field than usual (26 players) competed in this years singles, but the competition is always tough in this event. The eventual winner was Richard Osgood who beat Gordon Souter, Nigel Huszarik, Tim McAuley and then Ian Folwell in the final.
Full details - click here.

Summer Fourball
Twenty-two pairings started in this event in May. The winners were Nigel Huszarik and Ian Folwell (who both seem to be matchplay specialists !!). On their way to victory they defeated Jimmy Green & Jon Miller, Andy Stockley & Shuan Irlam, Jim & Sarah Purvis and lastly Rowland Barnfield & Nick Powell (who always feature well in these events) in the final.
Full details - click here.

Summer Foursomes
A smaller field of 16 pairings started this event but the busy Ian Folwell and Nigel Huszarik completed a fine summer by winning this event as well. They defeated Elaine Brichard & Mike Lucey, Aaron Stockley & Joe Bell, Jason Allum & Richard Osgood and lastly the tough paring of Jimmy Green & Carl McCartney in the final.
Full details - click here.

Thanks to all for competing in these events.

AGM

The 16th Annual General Meeting of Newbury Racecourse Golf Club was held last evening. Speeches and reviews of the year were given by Stephen Higgins (MD Newbury Racecourse), Maria Tillet (Treasurer), Elaine Brichard (outgoing Ladies Captain), Brian Faithfull (outgoing Seniors Captain), Shaun Irlam (outgoing Junior Organiser), John Butcher (outgoing Club Captain) and Nick Mitchell (Head Professional and Golf Centre Manager).

The new committee for the year were nominated and will be as follows:

Managing Secretary - Nick Mitchell
Club Captain - John Graham
Ladies Captain - Maria Tillett
Treasurer - Maria Tillett
Vice Captain & Matches - Jon Miller
Ladies Vice Captain - Sam Whiting
Handicaps Secretary - John Christopher
Competitions Secretary - Andrew Buchanan
Seniors Captain - Tom Wallin
Juniors Co-ordinator - Chris Moore
Admin Officer - Cilla Osgood
Press Officer - Dean Butler
IT Officer - Paul Tebbutt
The new Junior Captain is Curtis MacGeever

New Captains Tom Wallin, John Graham and Maria Tillet in their new club blazers.

Junior Events

These are the Junior events for the rest of this year :

Sunday October 24th - Junior Pro Am 10:00
Wednesday October 27th - Junior Open 10:00

Sunday October 31st - Medal 11:00
Sunday November 28th - Medal 11:00
Saturday December 18th - Medal 10:30

For the medals, entry fee will cost £3.00 per person.
A minimum of 4 players are needed for the event to be a qualifier and receive medal. Winner will also (regardless of number of entries) receive a £5.00 pro-shop voucher.