Club News

Saturday morning trophies up for grabs

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Saturday morning crowd are hosting an Autumn Home Day at MHGC when the two group trophies, the Dick Sanderson trophy for the singles competition and the Supaseal trophy for the betterball competition, will be up for grabs.

The date is Saturday October 2^nd starting at 7.30am. The cost of £8.00 includes a Steak & Kidney pie lunch and prizes.

The entry form is now in the Locker Room in the Saturday morning section. The draw for partners will take place in the Clubhouse on 25^th September at 12.00.

Subscription News

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

At the July meeting of the Management Committee the decision was made to once again hold the subscription rates for the forthcoming year at the current levels.

During the past 12 months the Club has made encouraging progress in the area of effective cost control and this is one of the reasons that enabled us to make the decision to maintain current subscription rates. Our financial projections are showing a surplus this year of just over £50,000. However, this does have to be seen in the light of minimal capital expenditure for the past 12 months and we do have some capital item expenditure being discussed for the next 12 months.

The decision to hold the subscription rates was taken after detailed discussions. There were other proposals on the table, such as a small increase or introducing a set percentage increase over a three year term so that Club Members would know what the longer term picture was.

Holding the current rates obviously results in less revenue for the Club. However, we believe that we still have opportunities to generate additional revenue through various Club activities and, with a continuing programme of cost control, along with being careful how and what we spend when we have to spend, we believe that we will be able to implement an effective budget without the need to increase Members costs at this stage.

Along with a desire to keep costs as low as possible to existing Members at a time when we don't really know what the next 12 months will hold in terms of the economy etc, a part of the decision making process was the recognition that we would like the Club to be seen as a long term option for golfers looking to either join a Club for the first time or maybe move from a Club where costs are rising. We have done reasonably well this year in attracting new Members to the Club and we hope that by maintaining the existing subscription rates, more potential members will want to take a look at us. Unlike many Clubs, we still have a joining fee and that will continue.

Also continuing will be the £50 Club Card amount to be spent in the Clubhouse.

We hope that Members will welcome the decision to maintain current subscription rates and encourage new potential golfers to take a look at what we can offer.

New menus and new opening times

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

New menus have now been produced for both the bar and dining areas. The bar menu is called the "19th" and the A la Cartwill be called "The Nineteenth Green"

The Club is also going to trial an "Early Risers" menu over the next eight weeks starting from Monday August 9th.

This menu will be available from 9.00am until 2.00pm. From 2.00pm the main bar menu will be used. It will give members and visitors the opportunity to enjoy a bacon/sausage/egg etc sandwich and coffee/tea before they tee off.

Captain's Weekend Results

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Captain's Weekend Results

Overall 1st	Andrew LANE	73- 12 = 61
Overall 2nd	Simon TILLEY	87-25 = 62
Overall 3rd	Peter JAMESON	69- 6 = 63

Gross Winner	Paul BRACEGIRDLE	72

Past Captain	Philip WESTON	81-12 = 69 bb9

Div 1 Winner	Andrew SMITH	73-9 = 64
Div 1 Second	Callum ANDREWS	77-12 = 65
Div 1 Third	Michael LYNCH	78-12 = 66

Div 2 First	John ELSOM	84-20 = 64
Div 2 Second	Earl HARRISON	80-14 = 66 bb9
Div 2 Third	Richard WILKINS	79-13 = 66

Div 3 First	Neil GRIFFITHS	91-25 = 66
Div 3 Second	Pete CAMPION	91-24 = 67
Div 3 Third	Jamie LUMSDEN	91-23 = 68

LD 3^rd Hole	Paul KEENAN
NP 6^th Hole	Chris WINFIELD
NP 8^th Hole	David PRICE-JONES
NP 9^th Hole	Steve McMAHON
NP 12^th Hole	David THOMAS
LD 14^th Hole	Steve McMAHON
NP 15^th Hole	Steve MATTHEWS
NP 17^th Hole	Andrew SMITH
NP 18^th Hole	Victor BOWIE

JUNIORS

1^st	Jon MUNDY	37pts bb9
2^nd	Scott WILLIAMS	37pts

MIXED

1^st	Megan WILLIAMS Gareth WILLIAMS	41pts
2^nd	Jane BURLEY Lee BURLEY	40 pts
3^rd	Pat HAMPSON David SMITH	40pts bb6
4^th	Jo MENCZER Mike MENCZER	39pts

SENIORS

1^st	Robin TIMMS	44pts
2^nd	Ian WELLS	42pts
3^rd	Dave SIMONS	42pts
4^th	Ronald DAWE	41pts
5^th	Vince WARD	41pts
6^th	Ivan GREEN	41pts
Near Pin on 9^th	David BOOLER