Fancy a Night Out.

The Ladies Section have organised an evening of entertainment at the Club on Friday 14th May. The evening is for men and women and consists of a 3 course meal with half a bottle of wine per person, music and floor show (Ophelia Balls the North East Drag Queen Artist), and table magic. All this for £20 per head. The tables are the large circular ones from the Racecourse banqueting and they seat 10 persons. So come on your own, bring your partner or even make up a table of family and friends. See any member of the Ladies Committee for tickets or buy from behind the bar.

Turf

For those of us wondering when the 8th tee box will be finished and we can start teeing off from the grass and not the carpet .... then this sight will be welcome. Its a delivery of turf I snapped today and looking at the quantity, it will more than finish the 8th. A bit of water, a bit of sun and hopefully we will be on the big new tees very soon.

Our very own Amen Corner

To the golfers who get confused with marker posts ... this scene must look like a nightmare. This is the corner where the ditch on the 7th exits the course, next to the new bridge and yes, we have all 4 colours on display in one snapshot. The blue of the 150 yard marker posts, the white - out of bound posts behind the ditch, the red - lateral water of the new ditch and the yellow - water hazard for the ditch crossing the fairway. Knock your ball into this and you won't know what to play until you find it.

The Mail on Sunday Classic

In the third round of the Mail on Sunday Classic, the Parklands team had a tough away draw with a match against Bedlingtonshire last Saturday. This was a repeat fixture of our first round match last year when we were beaten 3-2. However, the team of Graeme Hewitt, Ronnie Dixon, John Smiles, Ian Davidson and Ricky Jamieson performed magnificently. Bedlingtonshire fielded a strong, low handicap team and yet the Parklands team had a relatively comfortable win 4-1. A tremendous performance guys and well done to you all. The reward was a home draw in the 4th round against Dunstanburgh. ...... Bring them on !!!

The Daily Mail Foursomes

Geordie Faulder and Ronnie Dixon played their second round match against a pair from Blyth Golf Club, at Blyth on Saturday. In a very evenly fought and close match, where neither side were ever more than 1 up throughout the match, the Parklands pairing won on the 18th. Well done guys, a great win.

The County Foursomes

A report from the Captain, Brian King ...... "The Parklands Men's section were represented in the County Foursomes by the team of Graeme Hewitt and Ronnie Dixon in the competition played on Saturday at Newbiggin GC. In the morning round, Parklands were drawn against Dunstanburgh and in what should have been a very tough match, (playing a links based team on a links course), Parklands triumphed winning 5 and 4. We were through to the next round. Following a break for lunch, the afternoon match was played against Morpeth, who were represented by the brothers Craig and Mark Penny, both + handicap players. In a very close match, Parklands lost on the 18th. Well played Graeme and Ronnie ... a superb battling performance."

18 holes - and they are all open

At last ... with a week of dry weather and warmer temperatures, we finally had 18 holes opened for the first time for the Ladies competition today .... The 16th is still very wet, but we are not complaining .... its golf on a full length course.

The wet wet course

................. So what does several inches of rain over a 2 day period look like on the course?.... well look at the photos and make other plans for the Easter holidays .... photos courtesy of the greenkeepers.