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£1,000 raised for Breast Cancer Now
The prize draw for the Wear It Pink Charity fund raiser in support of Breast Cancer Now took place at the clubhouse on Friday 30th October. The draw was witnessed by the Lady Captain Elaine King, the Captain Ben Johnson, Ladies’ President Angela Hurst, and other members – all suitably socially distanced of course!
There were many prizes up for grabs, thanks to the kindness of local businesses, members, and staff. A full list of the prizes and winners are below.
Congratulations to all the winners, and a huge thank you to everyone who donated generously to this worthy cause.
A big thank you to the Proshop for assisting with the collection of donations, and to everyone who helped organise the event.
We raised a grand total of £1,000, a fantastic effort by everyone!
Prizes can be collected from the Lady Captain between 2pm and 4pm on Saturday 31st, Sunday 1st, or Wednesday 4th.
Please make every effort to collect on one of these days, however, it you can’t make it, alternative arrangements will be made.
Tier 3 COVID-19 Restrictions
Bar and Catering
To ensure that we operate our bar and catering services in a safe, appropriate and legal way we have worked very closely with our caterer Dave to ensure that some form of service may be provided to the members of Gathurst Golf Club, and bona fide visitors and guests.
In order to purchase alcohol from the bar, any member or guest must first order a meal from the daily menu board. This daily menu will be available up to 17:00 hours only, after 17:00 catering will be limited to the dining menu for that particular evening. The evening dinner options must be booked in advance directly with Dave or Mikey in person or 01257 255235 (Option number 3)
I am sure you will join with me in thanking Dave for working so positively and in collaboration with the club to enable this service to be provided.
The clubhouse furniture has been repositioned to ensure that the government guidelines are followed and furniture must remain as it is set out.
The opening hours for the bar and catering function will be: –
Please help us to help you to enjoy your visit and experience with Gathurst Golf Club by following all the guidelines and by being considerate to not only fellow members and guests but also to the staff who are working hard to serve you.
Many thanks in anticipation of your continued support and consideration.
Please see the Menu Board for Daily Options.
All opening times and service levels will be under constant review.
21 October 2020
Keith
Secretary/Manager
World Handicap System
When does the new World Handicap System come into place?
Any golfer with a current CONGU handicap will be given a World Handicap System index on Monday, November 2, 2020.
Is the new golf handicap system mandatory?
Yes. In Great Britain & Ireland, the current handicapping system, which is maintained by CONGU, will be replaced by one single, global system. It is designed so golfers will be able to obtain and maintain a handicap index and use this to compete on a fair and equal basis across any format, on any course around the world.
For more information you can download this presentation : WHS_Presentation
2nd Invitation Day 16/8/2020
Ladies’ Open, 7th August
Results of the Gathurst Ladies Open Competition 7th August 2020
WINNERS: GATHURST GOLF CLUB with 84 points
TEAM: Liz Price, Tia Leyland, Jayne Tyrer, Marianne Halliwell
2ND PLACE: HINDLEY HALL GOLF CLUB with 83 points
TEAM: Liz Hartley, Linda Bailey, Key Bibby, Barbara Hatton
3RD PLACE: PENWORTHAM GOLF CLUB with 82 points (back nine of 48 )
TEAM: Gill Jolley, Irene Whittam, Janet Moorby, Liz Evans
Congratulations to the winning teams and a big thank you to all who helped organise a great day.
Elaine King,
Lady Captain.
New tops for the Ladies’ Section
The ladies section took delivery of some lovely new tops last month, they look very smart.
We have member John Stokes to thank for arranging sponsorship, Lookers proudly support the GGC ladies section.
Ladies Committee
Team Players
Ladies Handicap Shield Team
Ladies Past Captain, Sue Henshall, and Ladies Captain Elaine King
Men’s Senior Open Results
The results of the Men’s Senior Open, held on Tuesday 7th July, were as follows:
Captain’s Blog, July 2020
Hello Everyone,
Little did I think that the first 6 months of my year as Captain would be such a unique experience!
It’s been great to get back to playing golf and to be able to get the first Major of the year under our belts.
I’d like to thank the Scratch Cup / Keith Memorial Trophy prize donors. On Saturday this was Tom King and Frank Fanning – sorry Frank I forgot to get a photo of you – unless you were social distancing off screen; on Sunday Brian Coupe and Stephen Haigh provided the prizes.
Congratulations to the winners, Andy Halladay is the Scratch Cup winner with 71+73 = 144 Gross, and Paul Willis won the Keith Haigh Memorial Trophy with 73+66 = 139 Nett. Considering the difficult conditions, these were fantastic scores.
It was great to see the clubhouse reopen, a massive thank you to Keith and his staff, David & Mickey for the catering, the greens staff, Pro shop, all the directors, and helpers. A special thanks you, the members, for sticking to the rules during these difficult times and making the opening of the club house a great success.
Ben
Scorecard Entry Using the HowDidIDo Phone APP
Club systems V1 have now opened an on line score entry system for all singles competitions. In the near future they will have the same option for team events.
To enter your score you need to open HOWDIDIDO on either your mobile phone or using web browser. Only your score can be entered by this method.
Below is a guide to using this score entry system.
Cards will still need to be placed in the competitions box for ratification.
By using this system it will greatly reduce the amount of work needed to manually enter scores for everyone. We will continue to use this system even when the clubhouse has been opened. This will reduce the number of people using the touch screen.
The HowDidIDo APP can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play.