Thanks to one of our members Paul Denne, we are delighted to announce a new caddying service at the Club. 

As you can see from the photo, Paul has been putting in hours of training with our new team to ensure no horsing around while they are at work!!


 

A massive thank you to all the members and guests who have competed in the 2017 Am-Am. This year's competition has been played in memory of Mick Wheeler and we have raised over £1,400 in aid of Macmillan Cancer. We hope everyone had a great day and our thanks must go to Chris Hollis on his efforts on organising the event.

 

The other main winner of the day was Chris Hollis who with a stunning shot on the 11th secured the star prize of the use of a brand new Audi for a weekend which was generously supplied by Salisbury Audi. 

Chris to his credit put the prize back to be auctioned off to raise even more funds for the worthwhile charity. Rickie Jeal was the lucky person who won the auction and will be driving round in the stunning car very soon!


 

The Entertainer: "Coops and I were ready to party BIG TIME! Tucking into Sue's healthy option at the clubhouse we were discussing something special for our local women's institute. I was going to open the show with my favourite Tom Jones number "Sex Bomb" and Coops (Saturday's second sexiest player) was going to do one of his special dances when we heard that Terry "I must dash" Jones had carded a 42 pointer. What a party spoiler! Sorry ladies to disappoint but no show tonight we've lost our "loving feeling" another favourite of mine."

Terry - 42, Steve - 38, Coops - 37. Well played Terry, nice one.

Green Jacket next week plus live draw of round 2 of the summer pairs!

We must complete the remaining Round 1 matches ASAP to ensure the completion of Round 2 by July 2nd. Remember matches can be played any day or evening.


 

A few ladies took part in the Am-Am on Saturday and thoroughly enjoyed themselves, especially President Ann Spurrett who had a Nearest The Pin (so nearly a Hole-in-one) at the 14th. Well done Ann a super shot! As we know the event was in memory of Mick Wheeler and we ladies enjoyed a drop of Drambuie, a bottle kindly donated by Wendy Wheeler - we all got home safely afterwards!

On Wednesday we have an away match at West Wellow - Good luck to the Ladies team.


 

Ray Kelly won the Seniors Millennium Shield stableford format competition with his score of 36 points. Ray was the highest scoring player overall in a field of thirty competitors and the best of his division with fellow division two players John Pickering second on 35 points and Roger Linfield third on 33 points. In Division 1 Brian Roberts secured the top spot with 35 points and with a better back nine countback score than Chris Webbb and Steve Duckett who finished second and third respectively.

 

Steve Duckett won the New Forest Golf Club Seniors Harry Young Cup with his gross score of 74, the lowest of the competition. Steve was chased all the way by Ivor Griffiths who finished just behind with gross 76. The competitors reported the course playing well with immaculate greens. The air temperature reaching 24°C with just a slight breeze to take the edge of the heat of the sun. The prize vouchers for the nett winners for Division 1 went to: 

1st - Ivor Griffiths - 67, 2nd - Hugh Marchant - 67, 3rd - Trevor Davies - 68. 

In Division 2:
1st - Ian Tyrrell - 69, 2nd - John Pickering - 72 and 3rd - Bill Devenish - 73.


The seniors section have had two matches within the last week. Home against The Hampshire, New Forest seniors lost 2 1/2 to 3 1/2. Home against Bramshottt Hill match halved 3 a piece.

So far this season the tally is New Forest seniors lost 5, won 3, and halved 1. Next week we go on our annual three day pilgrimage to the Isle of Wight with matches at Ryde, Cowes and Osborne.


 

New Forest Golf Club Pro - Am Sunday, 23 June 9am shotgun start. We still have space for teams of 3 Amateurs to play alongside a pro. Cost is £200 for three amateurs. For further details please visit www.newforestgolfclub.co.uk