Presentation Evening 2008

Friday night was the Club Presentation Evening for Ladies, Gents and Juniors and the event was very well attended and seemed to go well with lots of silverware and trophies collected by the 2008 winners. The trophies were presented by the 2008 Lady Captain, Denise Swindlehirst; the Men's Captain, Paul Fairley and the Junior Manager, Ken Morpeth. There were over 100 trophies and medals presented in total (but I managed to miss out on them all!). The event ended with the Ladies and Men's Club Champions, Alyssa Balding and Daniel Deakin, receiving their awards. Alyssa made a lovely speech and thanked all those who had supported her, not least the late Maureen Braven ... well done Alyssa.

If you have any photos of the event that you are willing to have published on the Internet, please forward them to parklands_golf@btinternet.com or leave them on a disc at the Club. Thanks

Eureka!! The TV has arrived

It's the 29th and the promised delivery date of the new TV for the Clubhouse!! The bad news was the race meeting scheduled for today was cancelled owing to the frost and contractor supplying the TV's at the racecourse had set his satnav for home. However, David King had issued warnings that if they left without supplying us with a TV he would chase them down the A1 ... and as a result we have a large TV ..... it's not the final version and doesn't fit on the wall, but at least we can watch the football without binoculars and hopefully the final replacement will arrive with the next race meeting. Happy viewing!

Photos from President's Day

A few photographs from President's Day in June have been displayed in the entrance way to the Clubhouse and they have created some interest with members and visitors alike. I have put many of the other photographs on a web site which will allow anyone interested to view the pictures as either thumbnails, screen size or in a screen show ... happy viewing .... click here for the link http://pics-by-geoff.photos.us.com

Snow and then rain

And winter came this weekend to remind us that we live in the North ... snow on Friday night and Saturday morning covered the course and coupled with the biting northerly wind it felt very cold. However, by the time I got to the Club and snapped this photo on the mobile, it looks like a nice bright day with just a light dusting across the grass. The Ladies competition on the Saturday and the Men's on the Sunday were victims of the weather. The course was closed on both days and is still closed today, Monday, after very heavy overnight rain.

Membership Renewal Fees for 2009

The Company have announced their renewal fees for current members for 2009 ..... and the good news is ..... there will be no increase in the fees from this year's levels.

Full membership will be £422 (which includes the £22 Club levy)

Vets £401

Youth (up to age of 25) £281 and Junior £139.

A renewal letter will be sent out in December.

Drink Up - Closing Time

The Club has announced winter closing times for the bar ... shorter days = shorter hours?

I just hope the Committee Meetings on a Tuesday are over by 10.00pm or we'll find ourselves locked in!!

A new TV

The question is when? .....

and the answer is 29th of November ....

Hopefully I will be able to put the opera glasses back in their case and look at a big tv again .....

Ladies AGM

Monday evening this week saw the Ladies AGM at the Club. The meeting was well attended and there were a number of changes to the committee. Two ladies retired having served their elected terms and one lady, Yvonne Welch was re-elected for a further 3 years unopposed. Two new elected officials were Gill Davison and Ingrid Taylor. Our club functions on the efforts of volunteers and their future commitment and efforts will be gratefully appreciated. The AGM always heralds the change of the Captaincy. The 2008 Lady Captain, Denise Swindlehurst, handed over the badge to the new Captain, Maureen Jenkins. Maureen in turn announced her big secret, her Vice Captain for the coming year who is ... Deborah Welch ... many congratulations.

End of the Summer - it's Official

It's official - summer is over. The long awaited and delayed completion of the summer golf programme has been completed. The Ladies section completed their programme on Saturday, 8th November some 4 weeks late and the Men's programme completed on the Sunday, 6 weeks late. The competitions were played in very wet, almost marsh type conditions, with the water and mud soaking up trouser legs to mid calf height. Coupled with some freezing rain on the Sunday morning, it was no surprise that there were 21 no returns as players failed to find lost balls and declined the option of returning to the tee.


The Men's results included a win for Mac Murphy with a nett 69, but the Handicap Trophy was won by Jon Christie with a 73. The Junior trophies went to Thomas Brooks (nett) and Daniel Deacon (gross). The points awarded for the placings also settled the winner of the Sid Hall Trophy which is awarded to the most consistent player across the season. The winner was Ian Davidson who will get his name engraved on the cigarette box (not very PC) and also the honours board in the Club House ... well done Ian.

Children's Christmas Party

With all this wet weather, you may not have noticed the begging letter in the entrance way asking for donations of bottles, biscuits and other Christmas items to make up a hamper, which we will then raffle to raise money towards the Children's Christmas party.

So please have a rummage round and bring an item with you on your next visit to the Club.

The notice for the sale of tickets for the party is on the end of the bar and these are priced at £7.50 per child.

Rain Rain Go Away

And on it pours .... when will it ever end? Talk about weather for the ducks ...

Spoke too soon

What a difference a day makes .... especially when that day brings rain by the bucket load Friday was wet wet wet ... and the effect is that the course was closed Friday and Saturday resulting in the cancellation of the Ladies competition on Saturday and the Men's competition on Sunday ... when will this already extended competition season ever end?