English County Cards for 2011

I am now in possession of a number of 2011 English County Cards which are on sale to members of Parklands (male and female) for the bargain price of £10 each. You must be 18 years or older to purchase the card but it enables you to play at over 900 clubs throughout England for a half daily rate green fee. Most of the clubs within the Northumberland and Durham counties are part of the scheme. So stop me and buy one.

The Vets County Cards are also on sale. The Vets card is available to male members 65 years and over and is for the Northumberland county area. Brian King is your first port of call if you wish to purchase.

Our congratulations go to Samantha Taylor who has become the Girls Junior Captain for 2011 for the Northumberland Junior Golf Association. Samantha took over the office at the Annual General Meeting and prize giving which was held at the City of Newcastle club on Monday evening. Well done Sam and good luck for the year ahead.

Where have you been?

So where have I been for most of February? Well nowhere really but I have been neglecting the blog and therefore there has been precious little news to read here ... so I must try harder to keep the blog readers up to speed!!

Tee Time Booking Procedures

A message from David King :- "As I reported on Sunday night at the AGM, it is a requirement that prior to Teeing off, all members and non members must report into the professionals shop. There will be notices posted to this effect positioned by the first tee, information board and in the locker rooms. When members ring up to book times, the shop staff will also advise them of the procedure."

Men's AGM - Sunday 30th Jan 2011

The Men's Annual General Meeting was held last night in the Clubhouse. I am not sure if it is a sign of the times, but the attendance was to say the least moderate and to be more accurate, pathetic! We struggled to make a quorum ie 20 voting members, and if we had failed to do that, we would have to abandon the meeting and rearrange the event next month. We got there, but it was close. The few members who did make the effort were rewarded with reports from the Chairman, Captain and Treasurer. Two new members of the Committee were elected, Terry Mann and James Dowdell. Colin Davison was elected as Men's Treasurer and I was elected as Men's Secretary. The AGM also witnesses the change of Captaincy with Brian King handed the Captain's tie to Brian Rutherford who in turn announced his Vice Captain for 2011 as Graham Bell. Congratulations to all concerned.

Presentation Night

The re-arranged Annual Presentation Night was held last Friday in the Clubhouse and the event saw lots of prizes awarded to our ladies, men and juniors. The evening was reasonably attended with the majority of the prize winners making the effort to collect their winnings from the 2010 season. The Player of the Year award for the Men went to Rod Armstrong for his superb results and golfing achievements in 2010 and the Most Improved Player was Wayne McCulloch. Well done to all those concerned and good luck for the 2011 season.

Course Conditions

I have been asked where the greenstaff post their day to day information about the condition of the course and how members would find such information. The first area is on Facebook ... you need to be registered and then search for 'Parklands Golf Club' ... pick up the reference and then add them to your list of friends and 'voila' you will get all the postings to your home page as soon as the greenkeepers punch in the info on their mobile phone. The second area is on Twitter, where again you need to register and then search for 'landsgolf' and then click ... follow ... and any tweets they make will be shown on your home page.