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The Ladies Section held an Afternoon Tea on Sunday 6^th 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, 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

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)

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.

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