Clubhouse Noticeboard

Merger talks are taking place between the English Golf Union and the English Womens Golf Association.  Follow this link for more detail.  Merger.

Can I personally thank everybody who came to my 60^th birthday party last Saturday and made it such a success. Many thanks for all the presents that came my way, they were gratefully accepted.

Special thanks to Phil and all his staff for the excellent buffet and hard work behind the bar.

Entry sheets for the summer knockout competitions are now in the Golf Shop.  Closing date for entry - Saturday 27th March 2010.  More Details.

Just to let you know the diaries are now available from the Golf Shop. Thank you to our sponsors for the new look diary:  Bayliss Print & Media; Harrisons Removals & Storage; Weaver Flooring; Stephenson & Nuttall Accountants; Jon Brambles Estate Agents; JB Motors;M&R Systems;JC Surfacing; PJ Stark Electrics; Sibleys Butchers; Footjoy; Srixon and Adidas.  Thanks also to Newark Steel for sponsoring the scorecards for 2010/11.

Due to the weather conditions the winter league completion date has been extended to the 15th February.

We now have the new range of Titleist AP1 and AP2 irons in stock in The Golf Shop. 

Two full sets of Demo Clubs are available to try plus the Titleist 909D3 and 909Dcomp drivers -  come along and give them a try.

Don't let the weather stop you working on your swing.  The newly refurbished, heated, swing studio will be open for business from Wednesday 13th January.  Peter is available for individual lessons and club fittings; including video and the launch monitor.  Contact the Golf Shop to book your appointment on 01 636 626282.

Yes, we're all frustrated by the weather, hopefully it won't last too long, but why not take the opportunity to have your clubs re-gripped;  when the weather improves so will your scores !!  The Golf Shop has some great offers on grips with prices starting from just £4 each; this includes fitting and can be done while you wait. 

Call into the Golf Shop from Sunday 27th December if you're looking for a bargain buy in golf equipment or follow this link for a quick preview.  
Ladies, if you're looking for a change of clubs we have a super offer for you....follow this link.

A date for your diary  -  The Captain has arranged his 2010 Exchange Day with Ashbourne Golf Club on Friday 11th June.  More details will follow in due course but if you'd like a preview follow this link.  Ashbourne Golf Club.

Book your table with Phil in the Clubhouse; telephone him on 01636 626241; or send an email to reserve your place. 
Follow the link for more details...Sunday Lunch.

Wednesday Club Nights have been successful during 2009 and will continue into 2010.  As we did last year there will be a short break over the Christmas and New Year period so the nights will start again on Wednesday 13th January.   From 7pm you can enjoy a hot buffet, including a choice of curry, eat as much like for £6.50, watch the football on the large screen high definition TV or simply catch up with the gossip.

One of our members, John Miles, is training hard to take part in his first ever marathon in 2010, at the age of 46.  John is running for the Nottinghamshire Hospice.  For more information and sponsorship details log on this link:  Just Giving

This year The Club Captain, Barre Ramsbottom and The Ladies Captain, Olive Spouge, joined forces and raised a magnificent £6256 for Alzheimer's Society.  In addition the annual Golf Club Charity Open raised £2672 for the League of Friends Newark Hospital.  Well done to our Members and Visitors for their contributions and thanks to everyone who gave up their time to make all the events successful.  Congratulations to all concerned.    

The Members Forum is now up and running and I'm sure it will become very popular.  Log into the Members area for access.  When logged in a link will show in the very top right hand corner (marked Forum) or you can access it from the members area menu.  From there on in its standard forum etiquette;  Ken Gibson is our Forum Moderator.

Peter Lockley, our Club Professional, has been appointed High Performance Manager of the Irish Ladies Golf Union and will officially take up his position later this month.  We wish Peter every success in this additional role which he will run alongside his current committments here at Newark.  If you wish to read more details please follow this link.  I.L.G.U.

An excellent evening was enjoyed by members on Sunday 4th October when a good number gathered to congratlate this year's prize winners.  A selection of photographs taken on the evening can be seen on the gallery.

Congratulations to Pip Hallam  who won the annual Newark Past Capains Prize
with 35 points (back nine 20 points) on Wednesday 9th September 2009.

With  Lewis White 35 points (back nine 18 points)
 and Keith Goodwin 35 points (back nine 17 points)

The annual match between Newark and Seacroft for the Oldham Cup took place on Sunday 5th July at Newark Golf Club and resulted in Newark retaining the coverted trophy  13½ to 2½ ; the overall result after 71 matches is now Seacroft 36  Newark 35.

We are experiencing more and more incidents at the main entrance to the golf club from the A17.  There are several reasons for the accidents; the main one relates to traffic waiting to turn into the Golf Club.  This can cause a build up of several vehicles; the accidents are mostly occuring three or four vehicles back by other vehicles failing to slow down.  An added danger is that occasionly vehicles will also try to overtake prior to the Golf Club turning.  Despite repeated requests for more definitive signing into the Golf Club, along with no overtaking and speed restriction signs, Nottinghamshire Highways have to date been unable to respond positvely.  We have cleared the hedge growth away from the signs but it is advisable as you approach the golf club to slow down early and clearly indicate your intentions.

It’s cold, it’s windy and the forecast is for the wind to strengthen with rain arriving later in the day.  This must be Scotland – Actually it’s The Old Course St Andrews.

We struck lucky with The Old Course daily ballot on a recent golfing trip to Fife.  Although which verity of luck, good or bad, is a matter of some debate.  We now appreciate what a pot bunker is and how brutal the St Andrews bunkers are.  The strength of the wind making missing bunkers a matter of luck rather than judgement, with yardages impossible to judge.

It extremely interesting to see how one of the world’s top courses prepare their holes and how little the grass is managed in some areas of the course.  This links is not prepared like a municipal park, some areas are paid little attention.  The green staff’s energies concentrated presenting the playing areas of the holes to a very high standard.

All in all a great experience, although we’ll keep the scores between ourselves and the golfing gods.

John Robertson, Kevin Baines and Gary Goodwin

Newark Golf Club was given a 4 star rating in Todays Golfer magazine

''New bunkers and old trees make this a very tricky course. Precision iron play should be rewarded with some decent birdie chances. The greens are among the best in the area and the clubhouse is superb''

The EGU are launching an initiative which will require all members with CONGU handicaps to have returned at least three qualifying scores each year to ensure they have an active handicap.  Follow this quick link for further information.  EGU Initiative.

The Board of Directors remind members that it would be appreciated if medium/large commercial vehicles/vans were parked in the larger visitors car park, not the front members car park.  Thank you for your co-operation .