Welcome to this week's newsletter. In this edition we have an announcement of a sale just around the corner, the results of the winter scramble and Captain's bow out. Enjoy the read. |
Check our website...
As I write this the courses are closed due to the snow and frost. With more to come, please keep an eye on our website for regular updates on the status of the course. Fingers crossed we won’t get too much of it and we will soon be back playing. |
Our last sale before spring...
There will be plenty of bargains to be had, so why not pop in and see what we have to offer with all women's clothing will be in the sale as well as all the men’s summer stock. |
Winter Scramble results
1. Russell Jacobs, Jake Ibrahim & Ross Davies 58.2
2. Dean Smith, Dave Baggott & Will Nixon 59
3. Richard Copeland, Paul Field & Graham Snelgrove 59
4. Alan Greig, Josh Dance & Martin Lambert 60.2
5. Barry Peate, Jake Peate & Isaac Peate 62.2
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A great amount raised!
Thank you to Malcolm Holmes for registration and Donald Day for card duty. We raised £337.00 for the Amyloidosis Research Fund from our golf bag and balls raffle. Thank you for your support!
Please be aware the Chicken Peck closing date is Sunday 3rd February so be quick. We also have our Men’s AGM on Tuesday 5th February. If you have any questions or queries, this is the place to get them answered.
Our summer knockouts are now available to enter on the P.S.I. There is a postbox next to the P.S.I for money entries with envelopes behind the proshop counter. Finally, good luck to the remaining players in the winter knockouts.
M.B.S
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A quiet start...
It was a quiet week for my first week as Lady Captain so not a lot to report. Firstly, congratulations to Shirley who was leader in the club house Thursday in the Winter Aggregate with 16 points.
Congratulations to Heather on an excellent year in 2018 and for raising just over £6500 for her charity 'Heads On'. What a massive achievement. Well done and thanks to all the ladies that have supported her.
My chosen charity is Whoopsadaisy. They are a small charity based in Brighton helping children with physical disabilities live life as independently as possible. In particular it provides free Conductive Education for local children with cerebral palsy and other motor disorders.
My charity coffee morning is on 5th February at 10am when a representative from the charity will be there to tell us more about the good work they do. We will also have a sample of the open forms for you to browse through.
Thanks.
Jill, Lady Captain
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Bill bows out!
A big thank you to Bill Chaffe for leading the section so well in 2018. The AGM and Captain's lunch being the final functions of his Captain's year. It has been a privilege to serve as his Vice Captain. Bill, I know really enjoyed his year and it showed, always having a smile on his face, and always remaining positive even in those difficult days and weeks in the immediate aftermath of the fire.
Despite the difficulties faced he was determined to keep our programme going and support the Cottesmore Club as much as possible. Within 48 hours of the fire he was telling me that he thought we could still go ahead with our Seniors Open. A daunting prospect for me as I was the one charged with delivering it!
We all thought Bill was having one of his japes when he took a bucket of balls for the pitch in, pitch out. However, it seemed he was very reluctant to relinquish the captaincy as it took him several attempts to hit the green.
I was a little better, hitting the green at the second attempt having seen my first come up just an inch short. Bill remains on the Committee as immediate past captain and in that capacity still has a number of events to organise.
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Weekly Winners
No competition this week, but we did have winners of the champagne for the pitch in. Bill's ball - was won by Dave Middleton, and Steve's ball by Nigel Thomsett, whose bottle was presented by Jayne Todd of Chestnut Tree House. Dave, I will present your bottle after play next Tuesday.
Thank you for your generosity in donating to my charity - which follows Bill in also being Chestnut Tree House. A total of £188 was raised which Alex Morrison is claiming as a record. Many thanks to Alex for organising the sale of the flags and the efficient clearing of the 18th green immediately after. Jayne gave a short insight into the work of Chestnut Tree House immediately after the Captain's Lunch.
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Fix It February
We are rightly proud of the condition of our course and can enjoy the fruits of management's effort to improve the playing surfaces, particularly the greens, over recent years. However, we can help too. The issue of pitch marks has recently been highlighted. It really matters not who is responsible for the pitch marks, we can only help by repairing them.
So, to get us in good habits can I ask that during February we fix our own pitch mark and one more. If your ball rolls onto the green, then just fix the one more. That way we can help keep our greens in great condition. Come March hopefully the habit will have become second nature.
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Knockout Competitions
It is time to start looking forward to the new season and entry is now open for this season’s knockouts.
These are being run by Bob Imrie and his preferred method of entry is by using the sheet placed on the CVGS noticeboard. However, entry is also available through the CVGS website and the Cottesmore website so there is no need to make a special journey to the club to enter if you forget while you are there. The closing date is 5 March
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This year there will be a single’s knock out competition on the Phoenix in addition to the traditional three on the Griffin - Singles, the Basil Stanford (Four Ball Better Ball Pairs) and the Jock Cairns (St Andrews Greensomes Pairs).
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Next Week...
Next Tuesday's competition is a Yellow Ball 3 ball stableford on both the Griffin and the Phoenix.
Handicapmaster is unable to cater for this format so there is no score entry through the PSI. It is possible that an alternative could be used to display the leaderboard but this will be for those on clubhouse duty to determine.
Steve Atkins
CVGS Captain 2019
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