News

Doug Pickering Elected President of SLJL

February 13, 2019 by Gathurst

Our Junior organiser, Doug Pickering, has been elected as President of the South Lancs. Junior League for a term of two years.

The election took place at the Annual Meeting of Club Secretaries held at Houghwood on Monday 4th February. Frank Grundy from Houghwood Golf Club was elected Secretary, Tony Mather, also from Houghwood, will continue as Team Manager.

Congratulations Doug, and thank you for all your hard work building up the Junior section which currently has 59 members.

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Doug Pickering

Burns Night 2019

February 10, 2019 by Gathurst

Gordon Watt making the address “To a Haggis” with the chef, Dave, in attendance

Gordon, the Captain (Jim Wall) and Dave toasting “The Haggis!”

The Captain cutting the first slice

The Captain and Vice Captain (Ben Johnson) addressing the guests

The guests relaxing post dinner

Ins and Outs 2019

January 14, 2019 by Gathurst

Saturday evening saw the annual change-over of the club officers.

Please welcome:-

The new Presidents Bill McMath and Margarent Lenagan, the new Captains Jim Wall and Phyllis Wigginton, and the new Vice Captains Ben Johnson and Elaine King.

Thanks go to the outgoing officers:-

Presidents Phil Torney and Sue Holding, and Captains David Dean and June Glenn.

Ladies’ 2019 Fixtures and Social Events

December 20, 2018 by Gathurst

The ladies’ 2019 season competition fixture list social event dates have now been finalised and can be found below.

Men’s 2019 Fixtures & Prize Donors

December 18, 2018 by Gathurst

The Men’s 2019 season competition fixture list has now been finalised and can be found below.

We would like to encourage members to sponsor a competition and donate a prize.

As an incentive and a thank you to those prepared to sponsor a men’s competition, the golf committee have agreed to continue to offer prizes that can only be won by those having donated a men’s prize.

The sponsors prizes will be played for on the last singles competition of the year (6th October). In addition to the normal 1st and 2nd division prizes, there will be two further prizes for those having been sponsors during the year. The first prize is 20% reduction on 2020 golf fees, the second prize a 15% reduction. These are the biggest prizes offered by the club and are well worth winning.

Jimmy Priest won the sponsor’s prize in 2018 with Dave McMullan collected the runner-up prize.

To sponsor a competition simply add you name to the sheet on the golf noticeboard, for more detials on what is involved contact Ian White or any member of the Golf Committee.

Dave McMullan (runner-up), Jim Wall (Captain 2019), Jimmy Priest (winner)

Men’s 2019 Fixture List

Rules Modernisation – January 2019

December 11, 2018 by Gathurst

As from January 1st 2019, the information on our score cards regarding local rules and out of bounds will not conform to the new word terminology or the new rule numbering.

The R&A together with the Lancashire golf union have agreed that clubs can still use existing score cards until reprints are necessary.

For your information, below is a copy of the new wording that will be applied to the next print of score cards. A copy of the new wording is pinned to the notice board.

Rules Changes 2019

December 4, 2018 by Gathurst

As January fast approaches we’ve some information concerning the new rules.

A summary of the main changes is in this PDF file, you can download and use it as an aide memoire on the course:-

RuleChangesFromJanuary2019

Rules changes are described in more detail in the Player’s Edition of the Rules of Golf, copies of which are available in the clubhouse and locker rooms. This book is small enough to carry in your golf bag and is much easier to understand than the 2018 rules book. It isn’t a complete rule book, but focuses on the rules most relevent to you as a player.

You can explore the new rules at the R&A Website:-

https://www.randa.org/en/rog/2019/pages/the-rules-of-golf

APPs are available from the Apple APP Store and Google Play, look out for the new version as both the current and 2019 rules are available for download. For more information visit:-

https://www.randa.org/Apps

2018 Major Prize Presentation, 9th November

November 10, 2018 by Gathurst

The season finale took place on Friday 9th November with the major prize presentation.

The winners collected their trophies from the Lady Captain (Mrs June Glen) and the Captain (Mr David Dean). Prizes were also presented for the Monthly Medal Winners and those who had Holes in One during the season.

Congratulations to everyone who picked up a prize (there is a list at the end of this post), better luck next year for those of us who weren’t successful this year.

Ladies Prizes

Gents Prizes

Bunker Refurbishment Update November 2018

November 7, 2018 by Gathurst

Work on the 7th Bunkers has finished for now. The new turf liner is in place, this will be allowed to knit together over the winter. In early March the turf will be sprayed with weed killer and then refilled with fresh sand. This creates a natural liner to prevent stones rising to the surface.

As the turf needs to knit together to provide an effective barrier, the bunkers will remain GUR until they have been refilled, as will the newly turfed areas surrounding them.

PLEASE DO NOT PLAY FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETED IN MARCH.

Work has now commenced on the 9th Green bunkers. You may have already spotted that the single bunker to the right of the green is being split into two and reshaped.

The new yellow tee on the 12th is ready to be turfed. Some members have asked why this tee has been moved, unfortunaty the tree to the right of the existing tee has very shallow roots and these are beginning to break through to the surface causing damage to the tee. The yellow tee will be ready to play from early in the new season.

The new tee on the 17th has been finished and will also be ready for use early in the new season.

Grass is starting to appear on the new bank at the back of the 16th and in the re-dug ditches. We were very unlucky with the storm that came through just after the work was completed. The heavy rain washed some of the seed away before it had chance to bind the soil. If the storm had occurred a couple of weeks later the grass would have been well established by now.

Whilst we have the reasonably good weather we will continue with the bunker refurbishment plan.

Children in Need Charity Comp.

November 4, 2018 by Gathurst

First of all a big thank you to everyone who played in the competition or made a donation, so far we have raised over £600, a fantastic total. If you missed the comp. but would like to make a donation please see one of the organisers, Steve Norman, Mark Schofield or Ian Thompson.

£97 of the total was raised Andy Barlow when he ran a 4 club challenge at one of the Friday chuck-ins – well done Andy.

Thanks also to Eric Galvin, Mark, Steve and Ian for planning and running the day at very short notice, you did a great job guys.

The prizes and drinks on the 7th tee were donated by several people, including Chris Clarke. The proshop helped out too by collecting todays’ entry fee and running a twos comp. If you paid into the twos and got one on the day, it will be added to your account in the usual way.

Results:

Nearest the pin on the 3rd – Shaun Heyes

Longest drive on the 7th – Paul Stanton

Nearest the 188yd marker on the 7th – Jimmy Barker

Nearest the pin in 2 on the 10th – Andy Denbigh

Neearet the pin on the 13th – Brian Sanders

Nearest the pin on the 15th – Kevin Halpin WITH A HOLE IN ONE!, congratulations Kev

Nearest the pin on the 17th – Barry Faulkner

Division 1 Winner – Paul Stanton (36 points)

Division 1 Runner-up – Jamie Elliott (34 points)

Division 2 Winner – Darren Richardson (23 points)

Division 2 Runner-up – Peter Davies (21 points)

Ladies Winner – Elaine Shaw (23 points)

Ladies Runner-up – Pat Smith (13 points)

Wooden spoon – Daryl Rogerson (8 points)

All the winners above can collect their prizes from the clubhouse, see Dave McMullan, he’s there most mornings.

We hope to have another Children in Need charity day next year. If you have any suggestions concerning the format please share them with Steve, Mark or Ian.