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Horsforth Golf Club Newsletter – Summer 2014 “If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt”. Dean Martin Horsforth Golf Club Newsletter – Summer 2014 Wedding Please remember that subscription renewals are due from the Fare 1st June; please make sure that subscriptions are received Sunday before the 30th if paying in full. Payments made by standing 2nd order, internet banking or fairway credit should be made November no later than the 15th of the month. Message from the President Competitions Since the last newsletter a lot has happened and we hope The club knockout competitions are underway and it this will bring you up to date with events. is pleasing to note that, to date, all matches have been Due to the unfortunate resignation of Jim Clark, your completed by their due date. Keep up the good work. council have asked me to continue as president for the There will be no extensions. remainder of the year, which I have agreed to do. Following the fantastic exchange trip to Scarborough We succeeded in turning earlier years losses into profit at in May, we have a similar trip organised to Filey on 10th the financial year end 31/10/13. August at a cost of approximately £35. This includes golf, Whilst this is good news we are still faced with a tough food, bus and prizes. battle to improve our capital growth and membership A list will be on display shortly for those members numbers and thus stabilise our fee structure. interested. Book early to avoid disappointment! Your council are looking at all possible initiatives to Please note that also on the same day as the Filey trip, develop the club and improve our facilities. the Leeds and District Union of Golf Clubs Griffin Trophy is We are faced with a lot of competition from other clubs being held at Normanton. This is earlier than usual which offering deals to attract members and we cannot ignore means that the qualifying event scheduled for August this. It is therefore essential we look at these challenges Bank Holiday will not take place. However, couples are still and respond in a positive way. able to enter when we receive the entry information. To achieve any success will require hard work and Our Professionals are taking bookings for the Seniors particularly the support of you, the members. Open Competitions and the Open Weekend held on 28th We shall continue to work on your behalf and I hope you and 29th June. We will also be repeating the popular Open will have an enjoyable and successful golfing year. Championship Breakfast Shotgun start on the final day of the Open on 20th July. J.T. Kirwin (President) All in all, an action packed summer of golf for Horsforth golfers. Tony Greenhalgh Open Events 2014 Membership Still places available in all of the open events, contact As we all know maintaining membership numbers the office for more information. at a satisfactory level is affecting all golf clubs. The Council has therefore agreed on a number of creative 1) Thursday 7th August offers to encourage new members in all categories. (Ladies Team Open) Team of 4 ladies (£50 per team) For individuals we are offering a first year discount of £150, either paid to the member introducing someone 2) Thursday 11th September (over two years) or direct to the individual. There (Gents Senior Pairs Open) 50+ 4BBB Stableford will also be specific attention to encouraging more (£25 per couple) corporate membership. This is our club, if you have friends who want to join please encourage them, equally if you have ideas or contacts with any local businesses please let the Secretary’s office know. Paul Edmondson 6th men’s tee, also the wet area in the trees and path to the side Greens of the 7th ladies and gents tee. It’s been a very wet winter, wettest on record, hopefully we are To the one that could be contentious, the area to the left of through the worst, but you never know. We’ve only closed the the 4th fairway which has been marked GUR and roped. The course on a couple of occasions, I don’t think a record like that existing drainage has stopped working and needs to be replaced has ever been achieved before. Craig managed to verti-drained with new. This is going to be expensive, so we need to do it the greens just before the wet weather started, then again in the right and make sure it lasts a good length of time. To do it right only dry spell. This helped to keep the greens in use, or it could means the twenty or so trees which were planted to protect the have been closed quite a few more times, as the fairways were old green keepers shed have to come down. An estimated cost extremely wet, therefore the temp greens were unplayable. just for the drainage work is £4500, so spending this amount of Unfortunately for some golfers we had to make the decisions money, we don’t want tree roots getting into the new drainage to use ‘carry bags only’ for long periods. We are very mindful of system within a year or two. Once the work has been completed all the categories and abilities of our golfers, we don’t take any we will be planting a considerable amount of saplings (bigger of these decisions lightly. From my point of view looking at the plants than the new 550 whips) which won’t interfere with the course this weekend, it’s been well worth it. We do have a ‘Course drainage, but will change the shape of the hole and make it more Closure Policy’ which touches subjects like health and safety, duty interesting. The alternative is keeping a wet fairway through the of care and ground conditions. To close the course only twice, we winter months. have bent our own rules. Finally, Craig has just been awarded a distinction in his turf To help our winter conditions we have three areas of concern, management foundation degree. A great result seeing as he has two, which we think can be quickly remedied, or with a small completed this as well as his day job. Our congratulations are in amount of drainage work. Right side of 5th green and in front of order – well done Craig. Alan Read House I would like to start with some good news! Following a recent Social Events 2014 visit from the environmental health inspector the club now has a 1) Saturday 2nd August – Rabbits Presidents Day rating of 3 stars. Our aim is to achieve the highest rating of 5 stars 2) Saturday 13th September – Presidents Day which I hope will be awarded following completion of ongoing work in the kitchen and bar. 3) Saturday 11th October – Rabbits Social Event Members will probably be aware that Sky TV has recently won 4) Saturday 6th December – Christmas Social a long running court case that ended the operation of alternative 5) Sunday 14th December – Children’s Party suppliers. Because of this the club has had to switch off our 6) Wednesday 24th December – Carol Service system and is currently looking into alternative sports based TV packages. 7) Wednesday 31st December – New Years Eve The club has now imposed a ban on the smoking of E-Cigarettes in the clubhouse. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Lady President, Kate Kershaw for her hard work preparing and planting The scratch team have played 3 and won 3, they beat Low the flower boxes at the front of the clubhouse. Laithes on the 2nd June 4-2. Dave Vine and Liam Bennett I forgot to mention in the last newsletter that Katrina Taylor is turned in excellent perfomances. now the clubs assistant catering manager and I’m sure you will The juniors continue their winning form, also played 3 and agree that working alongside Becky is doing a great job. won 3. During their last home match against Howley Hall on The catering department is fast gaining a great reputation in 5th June they managed to win 5-1. other golf clubs and we constantly receive letters of praise from The ladies are also in winning form with the A team beat- people who have held functions at the club so another thank you ing Cookridge Hall 5-2 and the B team beating Heweth 7-0. to Becky and her team for their hard work. In a recent friendly at Cleckheaton the ladies won again. The men’s locker room is getting a long overdue coat of paint We hope the trend continues before the club lounge receives a re-fresh lick of paint. Chris Hirst Interview – With Norman Hunter What is the highlight of your career? When I was voted PFA player of the year. Who was the biggest Influence on your career? Definitely Don Revie, the coaching staff and players at Leeds United. What was the best Advice you ever received? Don Revie said “Don’t change your attitude; be yourself, work hard and you might achieve something someday”. What’s your Favorite Holiday destination? Minorca, peaceful and lovely to relax. What are the best golf courses you’ve played on? Leeds Moortown or Leeds Alwoodley. Name three people you’d golf with? Bobby Charlton, Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. Who was your Favorite players you’ve played with? Club (Johnny Giles), International (Bobby Charlton), Best Player (Paul Madeley). Your Favorite managers who managed you? Don Revie (Club) and Alf Ramsey (International). Who’s your favorite Managers currently? Arsene Wenger and José Mourinho.
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