Playing Golf

At the end of July the Club Champion was crowned: Martin Betts finally triumphing after a lifetime of attempts. His last gasp-birdie putt in front of a large crowd on the patio was a brilliantly dramatic finish, edging Russell Caldecott into the runners-up spot by a single shot.

On August 14th the Club was also proud to host the U14/U16 Cheshire Juniors competition. Most were single figure handicappers and it was a pleasure to watch them. It’s not all about big hitting, and there was a stiff breeze on a firm course, but almost unbelievably, one of the lads only had 150 yards for his second shot on the 14th! Incredible.

Away from the course Jack Nicholson and Sam Prince (Ringway GC) won the Cheshire Foursomes at Sandiway GC. Their winning score was a 2-under 138.

For those still in any of the KO competitions, good luck in your semi-final matches. Don’t forget our Finals Day is on September 22nd this year when all 12 knockouts will be concluded. Members are otherwise welcome to follow matches throughout the day. We’ll also be looking for scorers for each match so look out for an email in the coming weeks.

Our annual Men v Ladies match for the Macklin Shield has been rescheduled for September 8th. Martin Betts will be organising the Men’s team that will attempt to regain the trophy not won since 2021. Come on guys!

Amazingly it’s not long until Turkey-time with our 6 competitions in October and November. We will have the usual presentation event in December and while it is always a fun evening we would welcome any suggestions as to how attendance might be improved: only around 20% of entrants manage to the make the night last year. Suggestions in respect of anything to do with competitions should be directed to Stephen Evans or Mark Flanagan.

Mark Flanagan
Director of Golf