I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Newark Golf Club members for there kind donations/sponsorship for the Beaumond House trek of the Sahara Desert.
I'm proud to say that with your support I was able to be one of a group of record breaking trekkers that walked 100k in the desert.
We as a group of 46 are the biggest party of people to go overseas to raise money for a hospice and fingers crossed we will have raised the most amount of money for a single event for a hospice.
Myself and Beaumond House cannot thank you enough.
Andy Roe

Just to let everyone know, in case we have one or two insomniacs, the website will not be available between 10pm and 6am on Sunday 19th February.  This is planned maintenance due to the migration of the server to a new datacentre suite.  I hope it doesn't cause any inconvenience.
D. Collingwood

The merger of the English Golf Union (EGU) and the English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) was approved today (16 November 2011) at simultaneous general meetings of both organisations.   The merger will come into effect on 1 January 2012 and will create England Golf, one national governing body to represent all amateur golfers in England.
Affiliation fees for men and women will be harmonised and will be equal by 1 January 2014. Women will continue to pay an additional subscription to the Ladies Golf Union.

For more information follow the link

The Annual Dinner Dance took place on Friday 11th November.  The members and their guests who attended had an excellent evening  with superb entertainment and dancing provided by After Eight, an excellent vocal instrumental duo.  Future social events can be seen by following this link.  Coming Soon.

Our next quiz night takes place on Friday 7th October; everyone welcome.  There can be a maximum of 6 in a team and the evening kicks off at 7pm.  Food will be available so come along and enjoy a great night out.

We have the weather data from Waddington weather centre for this area starting in 1947  and recorded monthly.  It indicates the conditions that  our course manager has had to contend with recently. This data can be accessed from the course report page or go directly from  :-http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/waddingtondata.txt

I hope you will find it of interest, notice the consistently low rainfall in March and April.

 Malcolm Smith

As we have seen from recent competition results the members of our junior section are showing rapid improvement and potential. This has been recognised by the NUGC as Daniel Oliver, Charles Bentley, Ryan Maclachlan, Alex Wright and Oliver White have all been selected to attend their relevent age group County Coaching assesment day at Woodhall Spa during October.

This week Emma is playing at The Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club in the Ladies British Amateur Strokeplay Championship.  Go to this link to follow her progress:        Championship

Friday the 12th of August marked the launch date for Ping's New G20 range of equipment and true to their word the first delivery arrived right on time. As with all our equipment, Demonstration Drivers, Fairway Metals, Hybrids and Irons are available to take out onto the course or onto the practice range and don't forget we can compare your current equipment against the new G20 using our state of the art launch monitor system.  The G20 Clothing and accessory range will follow very shortly with Ping's new bag range available from November.

Below is an email received Monday 1st August

Good afternoon to you all.
I regret to inform you that the Seniors Championship, scheduled to take place at Rushcliffe Golf Club next Saturday, has been cancelled due to insufficient entries.
Your club has members who submitted entries to me and I would be most grateful if you could ensure that a notice to this effect is placed on your notice board. Any cheques submitted with entry forms will be shredded by me. Online entries will be refunded.
Many thanks for your cooperation.
Kindest regards
Martin Hathway, Competitions' Secretary, NUGC.

Congratulations to Tim Cooke who won the Club Championship in a very close hard fought competition on Saturday 23rd July. 

Congratulations to the Social Committee and in particular to Margaret Lewis and Howard Lockwood for organising a brilliant Summer Ball on Saturday 16th July.  What great value this was.  The Monsonaires Big Band were a huge success, playing music from Glen Miller, Ted Heath, Tommy Dorsey and James Last and featuring a superb female vocalist, Rachael Levine.  Everyone who attended had a great evening, enjoying a superb buffet prepared by Phil Maxwell and his team.  We look forward with anticipation to a repeat of this occasion; in the meantime the next social event is the very popular Player/Non Player.  Watch this space !!

Richard Sills and Richard Borrill have now played  their fifth round DailyMail Foursomes match at Newark on Saturday 9th July.

They played against a pairing from Serlby Park Golf Club (Doncaster) who were off a 5 & 8 Handicap.
They were 2 down after 2 holes, which was how it remained to the 9th, but after the 12th they were 4 down.  They managed to rally back to 1 down after 16th and it was looking good on 17th but Serlby Park holed a 15' put to halve the hole.
The match result was 1 down as they halved the last.

Well done to both Richards' for getting as far as they did.

If you want to track the progress of the Daily Mail visit  www.mailgolf.co.uk

The Oldham Cup was presented by John Oldham in 1931.  John was a member of both Newark and Seacroft and the inaugral match took place on Sunday 1st June 1931; it ended in a win for Seacroft by 6½ to 3½.  The annual fixture has continued down the years interrupted only by the Second World War. 

The teams are made up of The Captain, Vice Captain, Gentlemen from the Board of Directors, Secretary and Professional; selected members from Committees or Members who have given good service to the Club make up the required eight pairs.  It is an annual match played over 36 holes with the venue alternating. 

 In 2008 Newark regained the trophy with an excellent win at Seacroft; in 2009 Newark retained the trophy at home and in 2010 completed an exceptionally rare hatrick of wins.  The score on that occasion was Seacroft 7½ Newark 8½,  levelling the overall score at 36/36.  This year Newark have continued their successful run with a fine 12 - 4 win in exceptionally hot conditions moving the overall score on to 37/36.  Well done everyone.

Do you know anyone interested in taking up the game ??
1 hour group coaching sessions, for men and women new to Golf, every Thursday evening at 7pm. 
The first lesson is free and equipment is supplied.   Thereafter 5 sessions can be booked for £25. 
 Please call the Golf Shop on 01 636 626282 to book your place.

Congratulations to Club Captain Maurice Mayfield and Vice Captain David Howson, and everyone who assisted with the competition, both on the course and in the clubhouse.  Well done to all who took part on a day that proved to be the hottest so far this year.  The full results can be seen on howdidido or the prize winners by following this link.  Prizewinners.

Congratulations to Junior Members, Daniel Oliver and James Larking for winning the Wardman and Carr Handicap Trophy, a Nottinghamshire Union of Glof Clubs Junior event. To see the full story of their triumph click through the link :-

http://www.nottsgolfunion.com/juniors/j_index.html

Many thanks to Ivor Samways who has not only kept us entertained with his blog since 2008, but has also ensured the Newark Advertiser were kept abreast of the comings and goings at the Golf Club.  Ivor has decided to call it a day and his contribution will be greatly missed.Thanks from everyone Ivor.

Robert Rock ended his 9 year wait for a European Tour title with a great victory at the Italian Open in Turin.  Robert of course currently holds the course record at Newark Golf Club; he shot 62 in a Pro Elite Tour event in 2003. If you wish to read more about Roberts victory in Turin follow this link  Robert Rock.  If you wish to have a look at Robert's Course Record score back in 2003 follow this link.  Course Record. 

Enjoy FREE Grandstand Enclosure entry to the Summer Music Evenings at Southwell Racecourse, with superb live music following racing on the following dates:                                          Follow this link

Thursday 28th April          Live music from Steve McGill.                        First race 5.15 p.m.

Tuesday 10th May            Live music from Buster Unplugged.             First race 5.30 p.m.

Wednesday 25th May      Live music from Urban Intro.                          First race 5.50 p.m.

Tuesday 7th June            Live music from The Joe Strange Band.     First race 5.45 p.m.

Tuesday 28th June          Live music from Urban Intro.                         First race 6.30 p.m.

Tuesday 5th July              Live music from The Joe Strange Band.     First race 6.40 p.m.

Tuesday 12th July            Live music from Urban Intro.                         First race 6.40 p.m.

Tuesday 19th July            Live music from Wild Wood.                          First race 6.30 p.m.

Tuesday 2nd August       Live music from Wild Wood.                          First race 5.55 p.m.

Thursday 18th August     Live music from Richie Muir.                         First race 5.30 p.m.

Tuesday 30th August      Live music from The Joe Strange Band.     First race 5.05 p.m.

 Please note: first race times are subject to change.

On the 31st May and 1st June we are hosting the Boys EGU County Finals Qualifying competition.  The course will be closed until 4.30 pm on both days but we do have some courtesy rounds available.  The list is in the Spike Bar so get your 4 ball together and add your names to the list.  The draw will be made at the end of April.

Coaching sessions and activities to help adults, young people and families to Get Into Golf are now being organised by our Golf Shop staff.  The initial taster session will be free and equipment will be provided.  Anyone interested should book a session and turn up on the day in comfortable clothing.  So if you are looking to Get Into Golf or you know someone who is, then look no further.

The winner of the Car Park Draw is Howard Lockwood.  Howard has kindly donated the space back to the members for everyone's use.  The money raised will go to a charity of his choice.  Thanks to everyone who entered.

The Bentley Trophy is a very popular early season 27 hole competition for members over 50 years of age.  This year the competition was played in very windy conditions.  Ist place went to Kevin Kilcoyne with an extremely good score of 53 points.  In 2nd place was Graeme Macdonald with a score of 50 points.  A special thanks must go to Peter Bentley who provided the Over 70's prize, won by David Crockett, and the four Nearest the Pin prizes, won by Graeme Macdonald, Peter Johnson,Paul Skelton and David Hood respectively.  Go to howdidido for the full results.

EGU would like you to help shape the future of sport in England

 Dear club member,

Sport England has commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct this important survey about your experience of taking part in Golf and we would appreciate you taking the time to share your views.
You may have already been contacted by Ipsos MORI inviting you to take part, if you have already completed the survey there is no need for you to do this again.
The survey will help drive and shape sport inEnglandin the years to come as we work to deliver a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The survey will establish how satisfied you are with the quality of your sporting experience when taking part in Golf.  Last year 44,000 people told us about their experiences and we are now repeating to ensure we keep up to date with your views.
To become part of this unique project and help shape the future of sport in England, please click on the link below – your help and time would be much appreciated by Golf and Sport England.  

EGU Survey

Tuesday 1st March saw the EGU launch of an initiative for members of golf clubs.  It provides you with access to your latest handicap online (Central Handicapping database), the chance to win great prizes in a weekly prize draw and also a wide range of discounts, services and special offers from EGU partners.   The EGU says It will offer additional value to club membership and will highlight the benefits of being a club member. 

To be part of the Member Benefits programme, a golf club member simply registers through the EGU website.  This may be an opportunity for golfers to get more value from their club membership and the EGU are encouraging you to support the initiative.

Registration:
Step 1  Visit www.englishgolfunion.org
Step 2  Click on the Member’s card
Step 3  Enter their details 
Once registration is complete you will receive a confirmation email and can then take advantage of all the discounts and benefits on offer.

I am sure members will be interested to know that over the past four years  the usage of our website has steadily increased every year since 2007 when we started the website. 

              Unique computers /month                    total hits/annum

2007                   1100                                                 30000

2008                   2100                                                 61000

2009                   2700                                                77000

2010                  3500                                                 99000

This success is down to a number of factors:

1   A well designed site which is easy to access. http://www.uxello.com/

2  The constant updating, our site prides itself in being up to date giving the very latest information available

3   We must congratulate everyone at the club who use the website and all those people who are responsible for keeping their pages current. Our site is truly a members site that gives members the everyday  information they need.but it also serves the needs of a large number of non members.

4  Our club manager is responsible for much of the diary information but the rest of the pages are being continually  updated by the members from the various sections and they are essential to our excellent achievement.

5  The most popular  pages  are of course the diary followed by our two webcams but the other pages are close behind 

     If you have any ideas how we might improve the website further please let me know.

Malcolm Smith   malcolm@lambskinnet.co.uk

Director IT NGC

Entry forms for  our 2011 Open Competitions are now available for downloading:

Thanks to Ken Gibson who continues to produce our 'Rule of the Month' we now have a substantial number of important rules which everyone should check from time to time.  This section should be particularly useful to new members.  Take a look.  Rules