12th February 2024 Newsletter :: Brocton Hall Golf Club

Brocton Hall

12th February 2024 Newsletter

BROCTON HALL GOLF CLUB

THREE OFF THE TEE 12 FEBRUARY '24 NEWSLETTER

Hello there

Tomorrow evening England Golf host the Young Volunteer of the Year Award and we wish our finalist, Maria-Tiffany Thompson all the best. A huge achievement to get this far!

Wirral Golf Club have joined the Association of 1894 clubs under the reciprocal arrangement. With 23 clubs on the 1894 arrangement and a reciprocal agreement with five stunning courses, I hope you are all planning a golf tour in 2024. Just please not all at once! More info

We are kicking off the mixed season with a Greensomes competition on Sunday 17th March with a meal in the evening and prize presentation. The tee is reserved from 11:00 - 13:00 and sign up will open this Sunday 18th February at 18:55 and a table plan will go up in due course.

MC Chairman, Simon Harbridge took his clubs with him when he went to Port Charlotte last week for business and met this toothy chap. It's very rare for an alligator to chase a human on dry land and the average human could easily outrun an alligator, zigzagging or not — it tops out at a speed of around 9.5 miles per hour. Not sure that is worth putting to the test!

COMPETITIONS

The years first Mixed Qualifying Individual 18 Hole Stableford Competition was played yesterday with an whopping 90 entrants playing off the winter white and winter red tees. Thank you to Jo Mears for organising and well played everyone - a lot of high scores in there!

1st Mark Nicholls with 43
2nd John Hall with 41
3rd Stephen Pick with 40

Ladies

9 Hole Greensomes Stableford Competition

1st Mary Harris & Mary Richards with 15
2nd Sandra Houghton & Kathryn Mann with 14
3rd Elaine Dibble & Lady President Amanda Horne with14

14 Hole Greensomes Stableford Competition

1st Anne Margaret McKay & Julie Wells with 31
2nd Bridget Locke & Donna Thurgarland with 28
3rd Mrs. S M Sly & Ann Whiteman with 27

Juniors

Good luck to Junior Captain, David Haenelt and Junior Vice Captain, Taryn Davis for the Drive-In on Friday. We hope all the Juniors have a fabulous day.

CLUBHOUSE

With its comfortable atmosphere and friendly staff, the Brocton Hall clubhouse is a welcoming place to socialise and connect with other members and friends. Make sure to take advantage of your 10% member discount on menu purchases. Hopefully we will be able to enjoy the outdoor terrace with a post-round drink while gazing stunning scenery soon.

There are only a few tables left for Mothering Sunday (10th March), so please let Justin or Shaun know if one of those has your name on it!

MEMBERS QUESTION

You are invited to send any questions in that you would like one of the Management Committee members to answer. Often a committee member is approached on the putting green with a question that might not relate to their area of knowledge. This is a way for you to ask those questions.

The questions in last weeks Three off the Tee need to be discussed at subcommittee meetings, and then agreed at the next Management Committee meeting on the 28th February. The results of these will then be shared with members.

NOTICES

Joe Casey lost his Oakley Flak Jacket prizm prescription glasses on the course yesterday. Has anyone seen them? Please hand them in at the office or Pro Shop. Thank you.

All of us at Brocton Hall wish our many members with a birthday this week a very Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday to Tom Flowers, Andrew Pennington, Margaret Robinson, David Wise, Craig Hadley, Patricia Godwin, Helen Tasker, Anthony Chaplin, Paul Grindrod, Sean Nelson, David Bishop, Mike Butler, Ken Bailey, Donald Ward, Stuart Hunter, Ian Ashton and myself! May all your drives be straighter than your hair on a windy day. Happy Birthday to each of you!

PRO SHOP

Remember that it is February Frenzy in the Pro Shop! Keep an eye on Facebook for daily updates or even better yet, pop into the Pro Shop and say hi!

HOLE IN ONE

We have had to endure some awful weather these last couple of months but we are not the only ones. Luckily we don't have to deal with the fans that the 2024 WM Phoenix Open have to contend with. Poor weather led to a decision to temporarily shut the gates and stop alcohol sales after the grassy hills and walkways became unusable. There were many cases of abuse shouted at the players with them in turn confronting fans, fans being trampled or sliding down muddy hills, a fan making sand angels in a bunker, fans wresting, chanting 'we want beer' and I will leave it there as it just gets worse.