Milford Golf Club
October Newsletter
Dear member,
Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly newsletter aimed at keeping you up to date with news and results from your club. We understand that some of our members aren't able to visit the club as often as they'd like due to work commitments or health issues so this is a valuable way of keeping everyone informed.
We'd love to have more content from you all so feel free to send us any comments you may have, your success stories or anything you feel is worthy of mentioning in the newsletters.
Sadly the past few weeks have been pretty inclement with storm Babet and now Storm Ciaran taking hold of most parts of the UK. The course is damp to say the least but holding up well. We will always aim to keep you up to date with daily course updates, including whether buggies are on or not.
Last week we hosted a free junior golf afternoon aimed at attracting local children to the club with their parents to showcase our club in the hope of growing our junior academy. My thanks to Richard Bollons, Chris Padmore, Ann Berry & Jack White for volunteering their time to help. We had Emma Carberry from England Golf attend to award the medals, she was very impressed at how the club pulled together to host an event like this.
Member referral reward for November is £50 on your bar card for each new member you introduce. T's & C's apply.
Members competitions and roll ups
Remember that as a member you are able to participate in the roll ups and competitions that are held throughout the year, if you want to hone your competitive skills, reduce your handicap or simply want to meet other members we have plenty of opportunities for you. There are competitions and roll ups for Men, ladies, seniors and even a mixed roll up too. Details of all these can be found on IG and via the app. If you're unsure how to go about playing in these speak to one of the team in the office and we can put you in touch with the right person.
Opening times
From Monday 30th October the clubhouse will be open from 6:30am and will shut at 6:00pm, last orders will be at 5:15pm. These timings will change as we go into winter, a list of our opening times will be published and displayed outside the clubhouse entrance.
The office will be open from 9:00am to 5:00pm
The kitchen will be open from 9:00am weekdays and 8:00am weekends and food can be ordered until 4:00pm, after which a reduced menu will be available.
Course Manager’s report
As I sit here and write this on the 31st October, we have had 157mm of rain this month, with 130mm of that in the past 12 days. This has meant that we have had to ban buggies and one day of closing the course due to every green being flooded. The course is draining well, and the greens themselves are holding up extremely well considering the weather. We have had to bring out the post & rope to keep golfers out of the wet areas, please could all golfers adhere to this for the protection of the course and of course, the reduction of slipping in wet areas. More post & rope will be added as needed. Hopefully when the rain stops, we can get buggies back on so everyone who needs one can play again.
Please remember that during this wet spell we are struggling to get our mowers out in certain places. This may mean that some areas will have slightly longer grass coverage than normal, but rest assured we will be on it as soon as the conditions allow. We don’t want to leave wheel marks and ruts caused by getting stuck or usage.
One of our planned works for November is paths. We will be levelling them out and topping up new path material and rolling so it remains in place. We will be starting on the path by the 18th Green and the 8th/14th tee areas. This work will be carried out using loud heavy equipment so your patience and understanding during this work will be appreciated.
As always thank you for positive comments about the course this month. Hopefully this wet spell will be over soon
John
Men's Captains report
October has been a busy month.
We started with the away weekend at East Sussex national.
We were fortunate to get a weekend of glorious weather and both courses were in top condition.
Luke Rapley was the winner, just holding off Jack White and Matt Emerson.
The Captain’s team handily beat the Vice Captain’s team on the Monday – thanks for the bottle of malt, Hugh.
Congratulations go to some of the “youngsters” who made a valiant attempt at breaking the East Sussex beer drinking record. I’m sure it won’t be their last try.
My thanks to Brian Smithers who organised the weekend. Everything was perfect. Well done, Brian.
Next year Hugh will be taking us to St Pierre (Sept 22/23) – contact Hugh to sign up. The two rounds of golf, bed, breakfast and dinner has an inclusive cost of £156 if sharing a room and £206 if you prefer a single room and I have reserved 40 places and there could be more if needed.
We celebrated Milford’s 30th birthday with a well attended party. So good to see friends old and new in attendance. I think it’s fair to say that everyone had a cracking night.
The magician, casino and disco were great fun. The food and service was excellent – thanks to the efforts from all the staff.
The auction was a huge success. We had many generous bidders. The professional auctioneer was something to behold. He even managed to squeeze £140 out of a Scotsman.
We made over £2500 for the Back Up Trust on the night.
Thanks to Ann and Hugh for their hard work arranging everything.
Last Saturday was the climax to the summer season with Dave Herniman crowned Golfer of the Year. Great stuff, Dave. Well done.
Thanks to Peter Jackson for his sterling work arranging our competitions all year. We all appreciate your efforts, Peter.
The roll up this Saturday is an 18 hole par 3 competition. Paul Dyer is organising.
The Men’s Internationals start on November 11th. If you have not already joined a team contact me and I’ll sort it out.
Winners this month…
Medal Div 1 Graham Perkins Div 2 Bruce Potter,
Masters Gary Brotherston,
Midweek Stableford Div 1 Paul Latham Div 2 Peter Hitchcock,
Friday 13th trophy Paul Dyer,
Autumn Anvil Bruce Potter (with commiserations to Edwin Komboni for a valiant attempt),
Midweek Medal Div 1 Richard Bollons Div 2 Luke Rapley,
Stableford Nigel Churaman,
And, of course, Dave Herniman Golfer of the Year.
John.
Ladies Captains report
Maggs Kyte won the Masters
Julia Petrusyk won the 9 hole End of Season Stableford.
Maggs Kyte and Rose Kay won the Daily Mail Foursomes and will go forward to represent Milford in the knockout rounds. Many thanks to Chris Clay for organising this event
October results- Sunday Medal 15/10/23 Clare David.Tuesday Medal (17/10/23) Ann Berry. Weekend Ladies Stableford (28/10/23) Debbie Smith.Tuesday Stableford (31/10/23) Val Watson.
The feedback on The 30th Anniversary Dinner was very positive. A good night was had by all. My thanks to everybody who helped to make it such a success.
Ann
Members Christmas Party Night
We still have space for you to sign up for the Milford members and guests Christmas party on Friday 15th December.
Last year’s party was a great success, so I would encourage you to come. we will have a 3 course menu, a cocktail on arrival, dancing and catching up with friends old and new. Food choices will be requested nearer the time.
The cost is £45 a head and if you would like to join us please send the full amount per head to the details below. For those who have already signed up with a deposit I will email separately shortly to request the balance which I will need to send to crown fairly soon.
I hope you will be able to join us,
Details to make payment:
Account name: Maureen Potter
Sort Code: 30.90.09
Account: 65807160
Please email me direct on Maureenjpotter@btinternet.com when you make payment so I can confirm receipt back
Also feel free to get in touch if you have any queries.
Maureen
Golf professionals report
The junior section is growing and with new children enjoying learning golf in a relaxed environment it is wonderful to see.
We had a very successful open day and I’d like to thank Ann Berry, Jack White, Richard Bollons and Chris Padmore
The parents congratulated everyone on a perfect day!
The junior camps are nearly full so I have added a new one from 1 - 2pm on Saturdays.
What is your short game handicap? Why not come and find out and be surprised at what it actually is? For all members the cost will be reduced from £65 to £50 and will take 1 hour. It’s a brilliant handicap system designed by David Pelz and will give you a true reflection of your ability around the greens.
I would be delighted to hear from as many of you as possible and design a winter programme for you all to get you ready for spring, as believe it or not,
it’s not far away!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me .
Robin
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