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NEWSJULY

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YOUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ISSUE 16

Tue 2nd Seniors MedalPeter Brown (17) net 65

Peter Brown – Winner – Seniors Medal

Wed 3rd MedalSteve Baylis (8) net 69

Steve Baylis – Winner – Medal

Sat 6th Challenge Cup Round John Griffiths (9) 43 points

Challenge Cup OverallJohn Griffiths (38 + 43) 81 points

John Griffiths – Winner – Challenge Cup Rnd 2& Challenge Cup Overall Winner

Sun 7th Sunday Medal Eclectic Rnd 2 Barrie Hope (8) net 65

Barrie Hope – Winner – Sunday Medal EclecticRnd 2 of 11

Wed 10th Presidents Trophy Rnd 2 of 6Mike Williams (21) net 61

Mike Williams – Winner – Presidents TrophyRnd 2

Sat 13th Summer League Rnd 3 of 7 Barry Warner (17) net 61

Barry Warner – Winner – Summer League Rnd3

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May Winners & Results

Wed 17th Presidents Trophy Rnd 3 of6Norman Vernalls (16) net 64

Norman Vernalls – Winner – PresidentsTrophy Rnd 3

Thu 17th Midweek StablefordDavid Brace (23) 41 points

David Brace – Winner – Midweek Stableford

Sat 20th Stephen Misters Memorial Leighton Hine (15) net 61

Leighton Hine – Winner – Stephen MistersMemorial

Wed 24th Spring CupMatt Hake (19) net 64

Matt Hake – Winner – Spring Cup

Wed 24th Ladies 18 Hole StablefordSue Cowen (31) 34 points

Sat 27th Daily Telegraph MedalSteve Baylis (8) net 63

Steve Baylis – Winner – Daily TelegraphMedal

Wed 31st Gruesomes PairsMike Williams & Collis Fisher (23)32 points

(l to r) Mike Williams & Collis Fisher – Winners– Gruesomes Pairs

May Match Results

Thu 4th SeniorsR&PPGC Seniors (H) won 5 – 1 vKingfisher

Know Your Course

Which hole is this?

Answer on Page 9

Know Your Club Member

So, who's this then?

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Order Of Merit & Eclectic Updates

The following 3 tables issued by the Handicap Secretary are correct up to 31st May – for your information

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July Competitions

Sat 1st Crowley Pairs

Sun 2nd Sunday Medal Eclectic 4 of11

Tue 4th Seniors 2 Day Salver Rnd 1

Wed 5th Seniors 2 Day Salver Rnd 2

Wed 5th Ladies 9 Hole Eclectic Rnd 4

Wed 5th Medal

Sat 8th Presidents Bowl Rnd 1 of 2

Sun 9th Presidents Bowl Rnd 2 of 2

Sun 9th Sunday Roll-Up 11

Tue 11th Seniors Roll-Up

Wed 12th Foursomes Plate

Wed 12th Ladies Championship

Sat 15th Summer National

Sun 16th Sunday Roll-Up 12

Tue 18th Seniors Captains Day

Wed 19th 666 Team Stableford

Wed 19th Ladies Stableford

Thu 20th Midweek Stableford

Sat 22nd Captains Day (CaptainsVase)

Sun 23rd Sunday Roll-Up

Tue 25th Seniors Roll-Up

Wed 26th Medal

Sat 29th Club Championships

Sat 29th Turner Shield

Sun 30th Sunday Roll-Up 14

Book into Competitions via the PSITerminal or How Did I Do website.

To enter a competition after theclosing date or to cancel your entryplease contact :

Pro Shop

01905 757525

July Matches

Sun 2nd Handicap League (H) vBewdley Pines 2

Mon 3rd Seniors (H) v Dudley

Tue 11th Seniors (H) v Rodway

Thu 13th Seniors (A) v Kingfisher

Sun 16th 17 – 24 Match (H) v BewdleyPines

Sun 16th Handicap League (A) vBewdley Pines 2

Sun 23rd 17 – 24 Match (H) v LittleLakes

Tue 25th Seniors (H) v Sherdons

Sun 30th 17 – 24 Match (H) vBromsgrove

Martin Neath Memorial Open3rd June

Martin & Michelle Neath

Last year's winning team of IanThreadgold, Jim Staunton, RichardAdcock and Andy Chinn were

desperate to retain their title in this,the second running of the MartinNeath Memorial Event, but it was notto be a repeat performance!

The weather Gods were kind for thesecond year running as sixty playersmaking up fifteen four player teamstook to the tees to contest the eventand to raise money for charity.

Playing a better ball stableford formatwith the best two scores in each teamcounting towards the overall teamscore and with players wearing pinkfor this special day the sixty went outin good spirit, hungry for glory and inanticipation of some great après-golfBBQ food.

The event generated some excitinggolf and the first team out brought ina score that looked to be a winningone and indeed topped the leaderboard for most of the morning andwas only equalled by a team thatwere much later starters; it was theTeam of Bob Wood, Dave Bradley,Neil Harrison and Geoff Edge thatreturned that tied score, a veryrespectable 93 points, whichsnatched victory at the eleventh houron countback. The victorious ‘boys’carded (best 2 scores per hole) one 7point, seven 6 points, just one 3 pointand the remainder, 4 or 5 point holesto snatch the win with their excellentback nine score of 45 points.

Relegated down to second place wasthe team comprising Jamie Newton,Mark Purser, Ade Day and JohnGriffiths who, although setting theearly standard, could only amass 41points on the back nine which, afterholding a tremendous 52 points at theturn, was a little disappointing andcostly. Having managed to cardseven 6 point holes and and one 8point hole (only one other teammanaged an 8 pointer!) they came togrief on the back nine when theycould only tally 3 points on each ofholes thirteen and fourteen whichproved to be the turning point for theearly pace-setters.

Coming in in third place was teamBarrie Hope, Steve Baylis, Richard

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Higgs and Mark Keeling who togetherbrought home 90 points just 1 pointahead of the fourth placed team ofDuane Parsons, Ben Parsons, AndyTurner and Joe Jackson. Both thirdand fourth placed teams started wellbut faltered on the back, more windaffected, nine holes.

(top l to r) Bob Wood, Dave Bradley(Bot l to r) Neil Harrison, Geoff Edge - Winners

– Martin Neath Memorial Open

There were also two on-coursecompetitions staged; longest drive onthe eleventh which was won (bysome distance) by the monster driveof Richard Higgs with John Griffithstaking the win for closest to the pin onthe fifth with a tee shot that latercompetitors agreed, “would haveneeded an ace to beat it!”.

The great day was rounded off on thepatio with a number of family andfriends enjoying a BBQ (courtesy of,and many thanks to, Chef of the dayViv Tinker and her hard workinghelpers Zachary Tinker and EmilyTinker) and a few refreshing drinksbefore a raffle for donated prizes(many thanks to the donors).

After expenses, the event raised£440 for St Richards Hospice.

So, last year's victors couldn't do theunthinkable and had to hand overbragging rights to Team Wood,Bradley, Harrison and Edge but, theycan still be proud that their score of101 points last year remainsunbeaten!

No Show Up, Still Pay Up.....

Please don't forget that if you arebooked into a competition but fail toshow up without a valid excuse youwill still be charged your competitionentry fee – as per :

Section 7 of R&PPGC CompetitionGuide :

“...By booking in to a competitionplayers are committing to paying theentry fee. If included in the drawplayers will still be liable to pay thefee even if they fail to show up on theday. However if extenuatingcircumstances exist for notparticipating, then the fee will bewaived...”

Just In Time.....

Section 8 of R&PPGC CompetitionGuide :

“...On the day of a competition :

Players should arrive in good timeas they will need to sign in to thecompetition on the system and paytheir entry fee in the pro shop.

Players are required to be on thestarting tee at least 10 minutes priorto their allotted tee time. If extremeweather is forecast start times maywell be disrupted so please get to theclub in good time.

If you know that you will be unable tomake your tee time, players MUSTadvise the pro shop by telephone atthe earliest opportunity to minimisethe disruptions that withdrawalscause.

Players habitually failing to turn upfor their allotted tee time withoutnotifying the club will be subject to

sanction e.g. suspended from playingin competitions....”

Starters...

“...The Starter role assists themanagement of the start sheetensuring a steady flow of players offthe starting tee. To ensure theresponsibility is fairly shared acrossparticipating players the followingprocess will be in place :

Starters for the day will bedetermined by the position on thestart sheet:

1st named in Group 5 – 1st Starter

1st named in Group 10 – 2nd Starter

1st named in Group 15 – 3rd Starter

1st named in Group 20 / last group –4th Starter

If acting as Starter you will need to beat the club approx 45 minutes beforeyour tee time....”

And Finally....'Ready Golf'..

Section 9 of R&PPGC CompetitionGuide :

“...All competitions will adopt the“ready golf” approach. This meansthe golfer who is ready to hit can doso even though they may not befarthest away from the hole, if it issafe to do so...”

Please Note...

The full document, “R&PPGCCompetition Guide”, can be found onthe Notice Boards in the LockerRooms and also, in pdf form, as adownload from our main website.

Thank You - The Committee

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Media Matters

If everything goes to plan you will be reading this July Newsletter prior to thecommencement of the due month and I would like to notify everyone that yourMedia Centre will be closed over the last two weeks of June and into the firstweek of July. During said period there will be no updates to our main Website,Facebook or Competition feedback archives. Hopefully, normal service will beresumed immediately following the return of your Editor to his 'office'.

A Few Timely Reminders Folks

As I write for this month’s newsletter,it would seem we have had nastychange in the weather……pretty coldand wet! Not the golfing conditionswe would all like! I am, however,pleased with the progress made onthe greens. Although the spring waslate this year, the works we carriedout have started to bear fruit. Theplaying surfaces are looking a lotbetter and the coverage and quality ofgrass, I hope you will agree, isexcellent. As the condition of thegreens have improved, we have beendiscussing ways to improve the pace.The height of cut has been lowered to3mm and we will continue to verti-cut.In time, if we can keep the surfaceshealthy, we will be able to speedthem up a bit!

Over the coming weeks other areasof the course will get more attention.We have a full course sprayingbooked in to kill the clover and otherundesirable weeds that encroachonto the playing areas. All in all,however, I think the course is in pretty

good shape and our greens keepersshould be congratulated.

We do have some longer term/largerprojects in mind. You will have seenthe improvements to the bridge onthe 7th. If this holds up well, we willdo the other 2 bridges in the sameway. We are looking at somedrainage work for the wettest areas tohelp keep the course playablethrough the winter months.

Our biggest, ongoing issue, is thebunkers. We have ordered 2 loads ofsand to top them up, however, due tothe poor construction, it is literally likethrowing money down the drain.When it rains, the new sand mixeswith the contaminated sand andquickly turns to a material that setssolid. This is why, it appears there isno sand in the bunkers. In actual fact,if you dig hard, you will see, in mostcases there is loads of sand but it hasset like concrete. We could pile 10-12inches on top, which is what hashappened on the Perdiswell side,

although this means the sand isn’tcompact, they are equally impossibleto play from. We will be taking a viewas to how we can redesign holes andgreen complexes to make sure allhazards are appropriate andinteresting. Unfortunately, the bunkerissue is a problem at many coursesand is not as simple as just putting inmore sand…..but we are on it! Andwill start a program of works to getthem right.

As some of you may know, Adam,Leo and myself play in a few Pro-Amsthrough the year. I’d like tocongratulate Adam on winning themost recent one at Cleobury Mortimerwith a fine score of 2 under Par. Welldone Ad! We are often looking forplaying partners to make up teams, ifyou would like to get involved pleasespeak to one of us and we can let youknow the dates.

Happy Golfing!

James Leaver

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James Leaver Writes

Know Your Course Answer

It's hole 1

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Use It Or Lose It!