Welcome to another exciting edition to Saffron Walden Golf Club's weeklty newsletter. We hope that you're having a good week on and off the golf course. Enjoy the read. |
Captains' Weekend As the hot weather continues the course is looking magnificent but is proving a tough test with the bouncy ground making it difficult to hold fairways and attack greens. This was shown last weekend on Captains’ weekend. It started on Friday night where junior captain, Charlie Carter hosted a three ball Texas scramble involving older and newer juniors giving them a chance to integrate together. I played with Jamie Price and Archie Hazel for eight holes, where I left them at five under for Fabian to join in for the remaining ten holes as I took a well-earned rest at the halfway house! I don't know what went wrong on the back nine but we didn't win and we're pipped to it by Katie Stevens, Hettie Carter and Will McKernon.
The following day saw a fantastic turn out, and spread again at the halfway. I was partnered with the ever reliable and steady Richard Negus. We played steady golf, dove tailing pretty well without excelling. We managed 40 points having made three bogeys on the back half, which was disappointing but a fair score. We didn't expect to be anywhere near winning it but finished up just three behind the eventual winners, George Reynolds and Gordon Plumb. Well done to them and thanks to our playing partners a Dave Burt and Ian Greig. After many danced long into the night, Harvey and Price, The Sunday saw the mixed competition , won by The Krinks who beat playing partners the Mintons. Thanks to all those who helped, took part and help raise money for the captain's charity.
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 | | Johnny enjoying the hospitality on lady's Captains Day |
 | Captain's evening
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Saffron Walden stay in the top division of the Cambridgeshire Scratch League
Saffron Walden played St Neots this past Wednesday in the last round robin match of the 2018 Cambridgeshire Scratch League. The first pairing of Brookes and Adair took on St Neots Loveday and Meeds. The match was tight throughout, with the first 11 holes being won by either one of the teams with no halved holes. At the turn, St Neots were one up, however by the 16th hole Brookes and Adair had managed to gain a 1 up lead with some solid iron play by Brookes and some excellent putting by Adair. Unfortunately, they lost the 16th and the 17th hole to lose the match 1 down. In the second match, King and Fraser took on Waywood and Northfield. The Walden pairing played strongly on the front side, making the turn with a slim lead, however on the back nine the St Neots team piled on the pressure, eventually taking out the match 4 and 2. In the final match, Burlingham and Brown, took on St Neots Brister and Heir. The Walden pairing started strongly, winning the first hole and managed to maintain that lead to the turn. On the back nine Burlingham and Brown stepped up a gear and finished with a very strong 5 and 3 win. Despite losing the match, Saffron Walden will remain in the top division for 2019 and will play return playoff matches against Gog Magog, Ramsey and St Neots to decide the 2018 Scratch League winners. |
Many thanks go to the Walden‘s green staff, for setting up the course so well, and their catering staff for the much excellent meal at the end.
Results:
Foursomes
Adair & Brookes lost to Loveday & Meeds - 1 down
King & Fraser lost to Waywood & Northfield - 4&2
Burlingham & Brown beat Brister & Heir - 5&3
Overall - St Neots 4 SWGC 2
Report from Mike Nuthall |
 | | (L - R) R. Fraser, C. Brookes, G. King, S. Burlingham & C. Brown. Absent - R. Adair |
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Seniors Guest Day
The Seniors Guest Day took place on Thursday, 21st June. The weather was excellent as was the condition of the course in readiness for Captain’s Day on Saturday.
We had 48 players starting in 10-minute intervals from 11.00, followed by an excellent carvery then prize giving. The results are as followed: 1st place - David Wiseman & John Crawley - 45points
2nd place - Peter Still & James Sherry - 44points
3rd place - Bernie Bower & George Kopsis - 43points Nearest the Pin 11th - Member - Charles Raikes
Nearest the Pin 5th - Guest - Rod Parkin
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 | | David Wiseman & John Crawley |
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Seniors vs East Herts GC
Monday, 25th June saw the long awaited away match against East Herts Golf Club. As usual the weather was hot and the course was in great condition. The greens were fast and ready for the Pro-Am on Friday. Rob is playing so we wish him luck! Match Captain Malcolm Thorne standing in for Tony Clarke who had gone to Croatia. On Sunday morning I had an email from one player who after dancing on Saturday night had to go to A&E, followed by a phone call at 5.30 to lose another. It would be a tough start, but I had a great team including our Club Vice Captain Tony Brown. The banter was very good if not dangerous even during an excellent lunch. It was a very tight match with Colin Brown & myself only losing on 18th when we were dormi 3 down. The match was lost 4 ½ to 3 ½. PS Tony did win with a 5&4!
Report from Malcolm Thorne. |
Golf Sixes League As you may have read from last week’s newsletter, the first game of the Golf Sixes Event was played at Kingsway Golf Centre on Sunday 24th June. As a team of 6, the pairings worked together to score a Texas Scramble format in pairs to earn points for the hole. A 10 being 1 point and a hole in 1 being 10 points & everything in between. The weather stayed lovely for us and the short par-3 was a brilliant way to encourage the children who may not have played on a course before to take part in the event. It was also great to see so many parents come to stay and support the event! The team for this event included: - Isabel Garner & Toby Hamilton.
- Nelly Rowlandson & Nancy Rowlandson.
- James Hoar & Igor Hextall.
A huge well done to the six for coming in first position for the day! The scoring was very close and the team finished just one point in front of second place & two points in front of third place. Our next match is on the 15th July hosted by Bourn Golf Club, followed by 29th July at Kingsway again. |
Refreshers Short Game Sessions
Saturday, 21st July - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Thursday, 26th July - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
This hour will be a coached short game session ran by PGA Professional Sarah Smith, followed by a few holes supervised on the par 3 course at Great Chesterford.
After the hour is complete, you will be allowed to continue around the par 3 course on your own! It’s a fun afternoon, meeting new people, improving your game and you will be refreshed on the skills of improving your golf game.
Only £15 for an hour, optional free play after the coaching.
Book Now To Secure Your Place, Maximum Of 8 In A Group:
Sarah Smith, PGA Professional Email - sarah@smithperformancegolf.co.uk | Telephone- 01799 52278 |
Lady Captains Day! Tuesday this week I was lucky enough to be invited to play in Justine's Lady Captains Day. The weather was pretty warm but it was great to see so many ladies playing and also other members at the half way hut! Thank you to Viv Dondi and Elaine Purcell for being part of my team, we had some fun giggles on the way round, including looking for a couple of balls in completely the wrong place- must have been the Pimm’s at half way?! Well done to everyone who played.
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Wednesday 27th June- WPGA Event Playing in Lady Captains Day on Tuesday, it was a good warm up for Wednesdays WPGA One Day Series at South Herts Golf Club! The course played great & both fairways and greens were very lucky to be pretty green after all the sun we have had. A chilly start to the 8am tee off, but by hole five the sun had come through and back to warm temperatures with a slight breeze too. I was really happy with how I played & also with much improved putting after spending a lot of time on the putting green in the last few weeks with Rob's help - thank you!
I had a steady front half of one under par, including an eagle on a par-5, taking me to three under at one point, followed by a one over back half with a couple of tricky holes in, scoring level par in total.
I'm very happy to say I came tied second, the winning scoring one under par, not too far away! This has also scored me some Order Of Merit points, taking me from 12th to second position on the table for the Ladies Access Tour Qualifier. |
The next One Day Series is at Kedlestone Park on Monday 9th July, one of my favourite courses from the One Day events. On Monday, myself & Rob are also going to Hankley Common Golf Club for a practice round for the Ladies British Open Qualifier, which is being played on the Monday 16th July. It would be great to see some of coming to watch if you are free. |
Last chance for a FREE fitting and lesson The past couple of months have seen us promote something we strongly believe: that a combination of custom fitting and coaching will really help improve your game. Until the end of June, we're offering to custom fit you for FREE and provide an aftersales lesson for FREE with selected purchases so that you walk away playing better than ever before. |
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