Another hectic week down at the club, and ironically some much needed rain fell to refresh the course and take some unusual early season bounce off the fairways and greens!! With the course generally playing so well, and much better weather than last year the place seems really busy right now, aided by a big import of new members.

Studio wise we are on the 'putting bits' in phase now, with the net and matting ordered and due in just over two weeks. This week will see the desk area in and the rest of the slat wall going up all being well. We estimate lesson and fitting time will be in place in about three weeks now!!! Note the software for course play will be introduced in the Autumn.

Shop wise we are busy as the season gets under way. Note club fittings can still be booked as the flightscope can be used outdoors. Click here to book in.

Football wise it is getting close at the top as Spurs gather momentum and close the gap on Chelsea, with Man United's best performance this season giving Mourinho a rare smile on his face!! My boys looked decent against a strangely subdued Liverpool side, who came out winners due to a defensive lapse from 'The baggies' and again a lack of a killer goal threat. Golf news saw Luke Donald a bridesmaid again in the States with Wesley Bryan becoming another rookie winner. 

Well that's it on the spiel for this week folks, have a good one and please pop in for a browse anytime, cheers Paul

 

Saturday saw the biggest Bill Brown Rosebowl entry of 62 pairs for many a year, with Vice Captain Dave Colvin pairing up with Paul Lee to have the best back nine of five 65's to win on countback. Great scoring overall in tricky wind conditions, and as the results sheet shows only one two from Joe Victory which saw his account profit to the tune of £93!!!

1st - Dave Colvin/Paul Lee - Nett 65 - Back 9 

2nd - Keith Holness/Dave Campling - Nett 65 - Back 9 

3rd - ColinDavis/Shaun Melhuish -Nett 65 - Last hole 

4th. - Pauk Barker/Jack Evans - Nett 65 - Back 9


 

Group Coaching 

Coming up are the group coaching sessions I am running, dates as follows:

Friday 21st April, 5.30pm to 6.30pm - Beat the course, an on course session for strategy. 
Friday 28th April, 5.30pm to 6.30pm - Long game master class. 
Tuesday 2nd May, 6.00pm till 7.00pm - Putting Clinic. 
Friday 5th May, 6.00pm till 7.00pm - Short Game Clinic. 

All classes £10 per person.

Click here to book in.


Junior Coaching

Also we are starting our first Passport to Golf sessions this Thursday at 5.00pm till 6.00pm priced at £30 per 5 week course. For anyone who books a second 5 week course it will be priced at the reduced rate of £25. I am delighted to have 7 youngsters booked in already. We aim to keep class size to 8 maximum so if demand dictates we will run a second class too. 

On the Junior front you can still book your children for our free one off taster individual lesson, again click here to book. 

Lastly our push to get Juniors back into golf we are offering a free session on Sunday 30th April from 4.30pm to 5.30pm, followed by an invite to our Junior evening at 6.00pm. This should last about two hours and involves some fun games and a chance to see how the Junior section works. 

Again click here to book any of the above, a great way to get your children/grandchildren active. 


 

Club Open day - Sunday 7th May
This will see free classes for families, Juniors, Ladies and Couples. Watch out for details. 

Pro-am - Friday 2nd June 

Captains Am Am - Sunday 4th June


 

You may have seen the Cleveland promotion which states 65% off golf shots are played from within around 120 yards, so this is obviously an important area of your game to work on. 

With both Cleveland and Vokey wedges in house to try why not take advantage of our two for £220 wedge deal with a free 15 minute demo session and a free after sales short game lesson to help you in this area. 

Pop in to discuss, and note the basis of my short game teaching mantra is to work the ball in as low as you can. The best players are invariably the best chippers!!! Yes we can help even the higher handicaps achieve fantastic short game improvements.


 

Thursday ,20 April - Ladies match home v Market Rasen and Seniors match home v Elsham 
Friday, 21 April - Fish and chip social 10th tee 4.30pm to 6.00pm 
Saturday, 22 April - Seddon Cup 
Sunday, 23 April -  Junior match home v Kenwick 
Tuesday, 25 April -  Seniors Stableford 
Wednesday, 26 April - Ladies EGM



 
The Chicken Run was played on Wednesday in very blustery conditions. The format was a team of 3 with two scores to count but all to count on the par 3's. There was a good turnout with 38 ladies playing and the prizes were gorgeous Easter Eggs which always go down well. Our winning team was Gill Kapka, Alison Fletcher & Judith Gorman with 79 points, second were Julia Sales, Pauline Barratt & Barbara Heald on 78 points, third Chris Holdden, Lynda Tasker & Margaret Quantrill with 76 points.

Senior Ladies Section

Our ladies played a 9 hole Easter Bunny Am-Am on Monday and the winning team were Margaret Quantrill, Jan Williams & Margarite Cadey shown with their chocolate bunnies.

  

(Pictured - Left to right. Judith Gorman, Gill Kapka Susan Colvin (Lady Captain) and Alison Fletcher.)

 

54 members of Cleethorpes Senior Section turned out to play for their Spring Cup, a stableford competition played over 9 holes. The outright winner coming home with 22 points and losing 2 shots off his Senior handicap was Mike Wain runner up with 19 points and losing 1 shot off his Senior handicap was Roger Cook. After the match the presentation of the cups to the winners of the Winter Matches was made, followed by a hot and cold buffet. 

The Aggregate Cup was won by John Crockart with an aggregate of 14.5 for the matches played over the winter period, Alan Hargrave was second with an aggregate of 14 and in third place was Derek Kennard with an aggregate of 13.8. 

The Winter League Cup was won by David Gentle. 

The Doubles Knockout was won by past Captain Chris Warren and David Thorndyke. 

Photo shows left to right: Past Senior Captain Chris Warren, David Thorndyke, Senior Captain Dave Smith, Mike Wain,David Gentle And John Crockart.