Gathurst Golf Club

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Gathurst host the Liverpool Society of Lady Golf Captains Day

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Mrs Janet Davies  (Lady Captain 2008 & Lady President 2017) and the current Lady Captain of Captains of the Liverpool Society of Lady Golf Captains welcomed the society to Gathurst G.C. for their Captain’s Day.

“I’m just coming down from cloud 9.  I cannot thank you all enough for helping my day go as perfectly as it did. I have had so many compliments about the course, the helpers, the catering, the buggy attendant, car park attendants, spotters, starters, and the half way house with ‘The Happy To Help’ staff serving Prosecco and Cupcakes; I thank you one and all.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank; all the bar staff and the volunteers who help to manicure our course; the Ladies who have helped to prepare locker rooms and organise rotas; also the management and directors who gave us courtesy of the course and made my day so perfect.

“It is a great honour to be chosen as Captain of Captains and Gathurst Golf Club is amongst the Elite, and I felt very proud to be your Lady Captain of Captains for the Liverpool Society of Lady Golf Captains.   I hope you all enjoyed your game as much as I did.

“I Remain yours as always,

Janet Davies”

Lady Captain’s Day 2021

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We were blessed with some beautiful weather and some equally great golf for Lady Captain’s Day 2021 on Wednesday 14th July.

There was a great turnout for the shotgun start, Lady Captain, Elaine King, greeted all players on the 7th tee with refreshments of punch and snacks which went down a treat.

The course was in fantastic condition and a big thank you to Scott and his team along with the many helpers for their efforts, lots of compliments were made by the ladies on the day.

Afternoon tea was provided to all by Lady Captain in the clubhouse after all rounds had been completed, which again, was very welcomed indeed.

The evening started with a warm welcome from Deborah and her team serving bubbles followed by a lovely meal prepared by Dave and served by his team, setting us up nicely for the announcement of the results and the presentations to follow.

The results were:

1st Place Jane Tyrer 97 – 27 = 70
2nd Place Julie wall 98 – 27 = 71
3rd Place Barbara McEnaney 105 – 33 = 72
9 Hole Comp. Liz Farnworth 20 points

Winner of Nearest to the Pin was Liz Farnworth

Lady Captain’s 3 hole secret score winner was Elaine Shaw

A beautiful glass trophy was presented to Lady Captain from the Ladies’ President, Angela Hurst along with a bracelet from Ladies Vice Captain, Sue Mason, from the ladies committee.

Congratulations to all the winners, and a huge thanks and well done to all the ladies who made this day really memorable.

Lady Captain with the day’s prizes

Lady Captain with Jane Tyer

Lady Captain With Julie Wall

Lady Captain with Barbara McEnaney

lady Captain with Liz Farnworth

Lady Captain with Elaine Shaw

Lady President, Lady Captain & Lady Vice Captain

Mr Captain & Lady Captain

Captain’s Day 2021

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Saturday 10th  July started off bright and sunny with nearly every available tee slot booked and everyone’s expectations high. Scott and his team, along with several helpers from the membership, had set the course up beautifully.

As is tradition, the Captain provided a drinks tent with food and drinks on the 9th and Dave, Deborah and the gang were ready to greet the golfers and their families as they finished.

Everything was set for a great day’s golf – if only the weather would be kind. The early starters got the best of it with some very heavy rain showers rolling through in the afternoon.

Despite the rain, some great scores were posted.

The result was very close with the result being decided by a card play-off:-

1st Place                  James Wall 79 – 14 for 65 (27 back 9)

2nd Place                 Chris Mannion 89 – 24 for 65 (30 back 9)

3rd Place                 Steven Rimmer 81 – 16 for 65 (31 back 9)

Lowest Gross        Craig Hurley 70

Past Captains and Directors Prize   Ian Thompson 76 – 8 for 68

Thank you to those who served refreshments in the drinks tent, to Deborah and the bar staff, and to Dave and the catering staff. Thanks go also to all the greens staff and their helpers, and to the Directors and other members who made the day such a success!

Ben Johnson, Captain 2021.

 

 

Overall Winner : Jim Wall (Immediate Past Captain)

 

Second place : Chris Mannion

 

Third Place : Steven Rimmer

 

Best Gross : Graig Hurley

 

Past Captains and Directors Prize : Ian Thompson (Chair of Greens) 

 

Chair of Golf, Ian White, presenting The Captain, Ben Johnson, with the flag from the 18th

Ladies’ District Championship

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The District Championship was hosted by Leigh Golf Club on Saturday 26th June. A beautifully prepared course was blessed with lovely weather which made the day even more special.

 Gathurst Ladies were facing 6 other teams on the day over 36 holes.

The overall Gross Score winners were Leigh Golf Club and overall Nett Score winners were Dean Wood Golf Club, with Gathurst coming 4th in the Nett Scores.

Our own Elaine Shaw got best individual nett score in the first round with 72.

Everyone who represented Gathurst along with their caddies would like to thank John Stokes for arranging shirt sponsorship on behalf of Lookers Motor Group.

Finally, a huge thanks to all the ladies who took part, Elaine Shaw, Julie Wall, Sue Henshall, Tia Leyland, Liz Mawdsley & Jane Tyrer along with Ladies Captain Elaine King, Ladies President Angela Hurst, Lady Vice Captain Sue Mason, Ladies Captain of Captains Janet Davies, Mr.Captain Ben Johnson and Chair of the Board Mark Jordan along with other Gathurst members who gave the team their support on the day.

Ladies Get It Golf Afternoon Tea

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The Ladies Section held an Afternoon Tea on Sunday 6th June for those participating in this year’s Ladies Get Into Golf initiative.
The gathering was organised by Elaine King (Lady Captain), with the Afternoon Tea supplied by Dave Chapman and funded by by the club’s Marketing Sub-Committee.

Ladies Get into Golf has been running for several weeks now, with lessons provided by Scott Houghton of Clarke’s Golf.  More than 20 ladies are participating in the programme.

This is a fantastic opportunity for women of all ages and abilities to get into golf.

 

Mark Jordan wins Past Captain’s Trophy

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Mark Jordan, current Chairman and 2013 Captain has won this year’s Past Captain’s Trophy.

The competion was played on Friday the 21st May in the pouring rain with flooding greens. Mark overcame the bad conditions to score a very respectable 35 points, beating Jim Wall by 2 points.

Nine Past Captains took part along with the current Captain, Ben Johnson, who was a guest of the PC’s.

The day was well organised by Roy Nicholson and included a meal after the presentation, attended by several other Past Captains.

 

Current Captain, Ben Johnson, presenting the Trophy to Mark

 

Gathurst win the Mockbegger Trophy

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Every year Leasowe Golf Club host the Mockbegger Competition.  The format comprises of both individual and team competitions, and teams from the Society of Liverpool Golf Clubs are invited to take part. The first Mockbegger took place in 1991 to celebrate the Leasowe’s centenary year, it has since become an extremely competitive and well supported competition.

This year 16 teams took part, each team comprising of four players; a Captain or past Captain, a player with a handicap of 11 or under, a player with a handicap of 12 or over, and a Junior or Intermediate aged up to 30 years.

Gathurst’s team this year was Alex Priestley (Junior Captain 2021), Doug Pickering (Junior Organiser), Ben Johnson (Captain 2021), and Ian Thompson (Chair of Greens).

Although we have had some success in the individual categories in the past, this is the first time a team from Gathurst has won the main trophy!

We would like to extend our thanks to Leasowe Golf Club for a fantastic day, we look forward to defending the trophy next year.

Ben Johnson (Gathurst Captain 2021) with Mike Christian (Leasowe Captain 2020/21)

 

The Winning Team (Alex Priestley, Doug Pickering, Ben Johnson, and Ian Thompson)

1st Invitation Day 9th May 2021

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Gathurst held it’s first invitation day of 2021 on Sunday 9th May. The day was well attended, and the weather was kind to us. Considering the amount of rain that fell the day before, many of our guests complimented us on how the course was presented and were delighted that it had dried quickly overnight.

Congratulations to the winners, don’t forget our next invitation day on Sunday 15th August.