Members News

Ryder cup Dawn Patrol v the Sagalouts

The dates for the Ryder cup event have now been agreed as follows:

9th July 12.00.       6 foursomes

12 th July  12.00.    6 four balls

19th July  9.00.      12 singles

A meal follows the singles.

We will be picking the teams in June and will try and give everyone a chance to play in at least 1 of the matches.

JC Trophy in May

There are a couple of places left still for JC trophy in May. Last chance to enter as we will be taking the list down Monday to do the draw.

Ron Ron and Syd Davies

The draw has been published so make sure you book up your matches. The first round has to complete by the 19th May.

Dawn Patrol Curry night – Wednesday 10th April

The curry night was a roaring success. The group met in the Queens Head for a pre-dinner drink and then moved on to the Bengal Bear. The food was excellent. A big thanks to Arthur for arranging and the detailed organising with individual menus so we knew what we had ordered.

Wet Weather Course Closures

Some interesting statistics. Below the clubs and number of days closed since the 1^st October 2023.

Kingsdown – 7 Days
Bath – 6 Days
Cumberwell – 30 Days
Chipping Sodbury – 45 Days
Lilley Brook – 18 Days (No buggy restrictions)
Burnham – 4 Days
Filton – 14 Days
Kendleshire – 41 Days (No buggy restrictions)
Saltford – 15 Days
Mendip Spring – 20 Days (No buggy restrictions)
Cotswold Hills – 15 Days
Bowood – 32 Days (No buggy restrictions)
Knowle – 51 Days
Clevedon – 23 Days (No buggy restrictions)
Brean – 50 Days (No buggy restrictions)
Chippenham – 10 Days
Weston super-mare– 2 Days

Events for your diary

The Events tab has been updated with all these dates. Here:

• Wednesday 17th April – Men’s Jock Lawrence Seniors Scratch Round 1 COURSE CLOSED
• Saturday 27th April – Social Event Corinthian Casuals
• Monday 29th April – Seniors April Stableford
• Monday 6th April – Bank Holiday
• Wednesday 8th May Seniors Nine Hole Qualifier
• Friday 26th April – The Seniors Match at home to Ogbourne Downs
• Friday 10th May – The JC (John Cowie) Trophy with a snack after
• Friday 31st May – Seniors May Medal
• Wed 5th June – Seniors Open
• Friday 14th June – Seniors Invitation Day
• Monday 24th June – Seniors June Stableford
• Wednesday 26th June – Seniors Dawn Chorus. 05:00 start (Note: Sat 22nd June – Club Dawn Chorus)

Here are the Results for the Week

Monday 08/04 (22 players)

Overall – Stuart Clarke (38) £22:00 (-1.0)

Front 9 – Guy Turner** (20) £11.00 (-0.5)

Back 9 – Rod Bird (21) £11.00 (-0.5)

Well done, Stuart, Guy and Rod

Wednesday 10/04

No Dawn Patrol due to Men’s Midweek Stableford. Congratulations to Tom, Crispin and Stuart all featuring at the top of the divisional wins.