Good afternoon all
A slightly colder week this week, but on the plus side of that, it does keep the rain away and the course has been drying quite nicely, that was until this morning when 12 mm of rain overnight saw the course close briefly and the trolley ban reappear! Fingers crossed for another dry spell and some wind to dry it out again.
December Stableford
Last weekend saw a big field play in the December Stableford, once again the course was playing particularly difficult with little run on the ball.
Division 1
J Dixon 35 points
G Williamson 33 points
A Brooks 33 points
J Newton 33 points
Division 2
- M Allen 37 points
- D Grannell 33 points
- K Stacey 32 points
There was a surprising amount of '2's, 13 in total, paying out £14.36 per 2, congratulations to Garry Williamson and Ian Baker who had two '2's. Unfortunately Garry didn't enter the sweep............oops!
The Ladies Christmas Lunch
The ladies played their annual Christmas event on Tuesday followed by a Christmas Lunch and then The LPGC 'Great British Bake Off', the contestants for this were Lesley Compton, Linda Foulstone and Manulita Landi. They were also fortunate to gain the services of celebrity judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
After much deliberation and plenty of cake tasting, the judges decided that The Great British Bake Off Champion was Lady Captain Manulita Landi.
Christmas Special offers on FJ Shoes:
The brand new Skycaddie Aire
This new product from Skycaddie, which is preloaded with 35,000 courses world wide, requires no annual fees and is ready to use from the box. It is a handy smaller size which easily fits in your pocket, but also comes with a holster and belt clip. It gives accurate yardages to the front, middle and back of the green, plus selected lay up and run out distances, it also has a multi sport odometer and a stopwatch for running and cycling. Retailing at £139 makes it an ideal christmas gift.
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The Christmas Draw results
5 Day Membership - LPGC Andy Marsh
40" Television - Colin McIver
iPad Mini - Joe Rowlinson
Bose Speaker - Angela Darby
Lessons with Paul Sherman - James Thompson (lucky me!!)
La Rascasse Voucher - John Cranston
Kindle - Gordon Hayward
6’ Christmas Tree - Ann Greatorex
We had a great evening last Saturday and the quiz was very well supported. Alan Fitzgerald was, as always, a brilliant quizmaster and kept everyone challenged with his mix of knowledge and trivia.
Winners of the quiz are as follows:
"The A Team" C Peddle, M Parkinson, L Jarvis, R Clegg, M Lear, B Gardiner Prize: £300
"Preferred Lies" M Barratt, L Barratt, P Davison, J Davison, N Hopkins, D Parniss Prize: 6 Bottles of Champagne
"Inter" - J Pettitt, T Pettitt, S Clarke, T Clarke, L Pettitt, A Theyen Prize: 6 Bottles of Wine
Congratulations to you all.
That's all for this week, keep your fingers crossed for a dry week and hopefully will see a few hardy souls on the course in the coming week.
