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Ian Goodall
EHGC
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Junior Captain
Congratulations to
Jake Staines on becoming Junior Captain for the year 2009. Jake joined
the club in 2007; was Junior Club Champion in 2008 and now has a
handicap down to 17 and falling. For anyone who doesn’t know Jake he’s
the one with one orange and one yellow shoelace who likes practicing
chipping left-handed with the club upside-down.
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Wednesday/Thursday Sessions
Some of you may have
noticed a slightly more organised and disciplined approach to our
evening sessions lately. The professionals at the complex have been
asked to keep a closer check on your progress lately with the intention
of getting more of you out on the course in competitions. We should also
start to see some handicaps tumble a little bit. Meanwhile we should
still have plenty of time for enjoying just hitting golf balls and on
the pitch-and-putt but expect some organised short game/long game drills
most sessions. And we all need the practice.
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External Matches
Ellie has spent
quite a lot of time and phone-calls lately contacting neighboring clubs
with a view to organising some inter-club matches. You can expect to
hear something very soon. With this in mind we’re also looking at buying
in some stock of club shirts and hope to be able to offer them to you at
about £10 per shirt. They will be in the club blue with a gold
Easthampstead logo. Let us know if you’re interested in buying one. |
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Membership Renewals
Just a brief
reminder that the club year runs from January to December each year and
subs this year are £18. There are still some renewals outstanding for
2009 so please see Allan if you’ve not renewed. |
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Weekend Competitions
The entries for
weekend competitions have been much better this year with 10 or 12
entering each competition. Most of the competitions are Saturday
lunchtime since this seems to suit most of you. If that’s not the case
mention it to Allan and we’ll see if we can include some Sunday
afternoon competitions. The competitions are still all run as Stableford
since the Medal format limits handicaps to 28.
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BB&O County Juniors
And finally we’re
very proud to have 2 of our Juniors accepted into the County Junior
programme. Very well done to George McKernan and Scott Proctor for
progressing to County level training. The BB&O are running a programme
at different clubs, of which we are one, with regular County coaching.
This is the first step for George and Scott along the long road to
golfing success. We wish them both all the best. There will be a
training day later this year where the County programme will be
explained and any Junior can attend. We’ll keep you informed
(BB&O stands for
Berks, Bucks and Oxon which is the county organisation we belong to and
pay our subscriptions). |
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Junior GolfMark
You may have noticed
a lot more paperwork recently. This is all to do with our application
for GolfMark recogition from the English Golf Union. To pass this needs
complying with a lot of procedures – all in your interest really – to do
with Child Protection, Health and Safety and Equity in our treatment of
Junior golfers. We’re hoping to get final signoff on Monday 11th May and
if that happens the Downshire Golf Complex will be very happy with us.
Guaranteed. |
