Once again scoring was very good in the wind and rain last Saturday. 

The best score of the day and winner of Div 2 was Gary Molyneaux with 88-20-68 followed by Paul Gordon 85-16-69 and in 3rd Tom Jones 90-21-69. Div 1 was very close with Malcolm Watters 81-10-71 beating Kevin Brown 73-2-71 on a card playoff.Ian Keelan was 3rd beating Steve Brown, Tony Galloway, Richard Jones, John Clegg & Paul Halliwell on a card playoff. There were 19 twos worth £ each. 

I have missed a couple of results over the last couple of weeks so to keep you up to date with what's been going on. 

The winner of the George Wallace was Terry Nelson with 86-15-71 followed by Peter McQue 85-12-73 and in 3rd Peter Johnson 93-19-74. 

Div 2 of the trial stroke index competition last weekend was won by Andrew Rutter with 41 points followed by Rob Wilson with 40 points and Des Kenny 3rd with 37 points. 

We had the inaugural Gordon Edwards Senior Scratch event last week which was won by Mike Campbell from Didsbury with scores of 78 +79=157 followed by Tim Christie 76+82=158 and David Nelson 80+79=159. 

The Ladies August Stableford Div 1 was won by Dilys Dodds with 35 points followed by Gill O'Neill with 33 points. Div 2 was won by the inform Gill Arthur with 32 points beating the Lady Captain Pam Darch on a card playoff. The best score of the day was in Div 3 by Maureen Lillico with 36 points followed by Deidre Watson with 31 points. You will also be pleased to hear that Jan McGowan and Deidre Watson have made it through to the National Finals of the Daily Mail foursomes being held at St Pierre near Chepstow next month. They won there latest match here at Bromborough last weekend beating two ladies from Mere Golf Club which I think was there 7th or 8th. 

I will keep you up to date on when they are down at St Pierre and how they get on.

 

Autumn clothing

In the shop I don't like to say it but our Autumn Winter clothing collections have started to arrive. 

This week the latest adidas collection has arrived. 

I'm hoping there's a Gillet amongst it that Aaron likes so he's got something else to wear!!!!! 

Also new this week some Callaway Bags on a clearance deal with up to £40 off so pop in and take a look. 

For those of you who haven't seen it I have attached the latest Greens update from Rod below.

 

GREENS UP-DATE W/C 20TH AUGUST 2016 

I am pleased to report that we have just achieved some very good greens measurement results. Alistair Beggs, Chief Agronomist, STRI visited us last Wednesday to take the usual measurements for our greens. I am really pleased that we have a set of figures showing our greens to be of the very highest standard. 

Our greens staff must be congratulated on the superb progress over the past ten years or more in bringing the greens from among the worst in the region to be among the best greens in the region. The full STRI Report is on the website or if you are reading a printed copy of this up-date, it is attached. 

The improvement in our greens has been achieved by following a sometimes-painful process of punchng holes of various sizes and filling with top dressing. I know this has led to complaints from some members, but we have stuck to the plan and we are now reaping the rewards. Thank you all for putting up with the process. Now, just as you thought it was all over we shall be attacking the greens surfaces once again in September. We shall repeat the "Graden" work on all greens. 

For those who are not familiar with this work, we use a machine, which slits the greens to a depth of 15mm. It removes a significant amount of earth and then injects sand & bent grass seed into the slits. With luck, after this year's treatment, we shall not need to repeat the process for some years to come. We shall, of course continue to tine and top dress throughout the years ahead but we shall avoid tining and top dressing during the months of June, July and August as we have done this year. Just to bring us back down to earth, we still have a huge amount to do to improve many aspects of our course. These include, bunkers, drainage, thinning the rough and many more on our long list of projects. 

Sadly, I believe we can never reach the destination of the "perfect" course - it is very much a journey and we have to adapt to the new challenges thrown up on a regular basis. In the short term, we need to be a bit smarter - we can make a difference by attending to some smaller but important details. Many of our bunkers are in need of major work, but I don't think we are helping matters as the levels of sand leave much to be desired. Jason is aware of this and will attend to this issue immediately. 

Tidiness around the course is also a concern. For example, the 100 & 150-yard markers are rarely cleaned - other than by me! Jason will ensure they are cleaned regularly along with the stone markers on the tees and the sponsored tee signs. 

And finally - I know it's still officially summer but, the Greens Committee are busy discussing plans for winter work and I shall let you know our plans once decided. 

Rod Backhouse - Chairman Greens Committee