4th November 2010 – 25th March 2011

(NOT 24//31 December 2010)

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Tee Times

10.15–11.15am followed by Fish & Chips
12.00-1.00pm preceded by Full English Breakfast

Special Christmas Menu available in December at £10pp extra

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Handicap Certificate Required

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HIRE OF GOLF BUGGY

MEMBERS   one round £12  all day £18
VISITORS   one round £15 all day £20

WORK ON THE RESERVOIR

Club Vice Captain, James Lewis spent all day on the new land yesterday while the Suffolk CC Archeologist looked for any finds. They dug 12 trenches but found nothing of significance. They have to go back today for a bit more detailed work but don't expect to find anything.

Ivor Evans,

Captain

1st September 2010

LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2010

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CLUB CHAMPION - EMMA EARP    

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Emma Earp became Stowmarket Ladies Club Champion and won the Jenny Seeley Shield following her two rounds of 81 & 79 to finish on a total of 160. Emma finished four shots clear of her nearest rival Cheryl Chisholm who finished on 164 with two rounds of 82.

The Nett Prize, The Phl Morris Trophy was one by Mary Prentice with a 74 and 73 Total 147 on countback from Judith Von Isenburg 71 & 76

The trophies were presented by Ladies Captain Kay Hazell  

Results were:
Lowest Gross - Josh Cantwell 82+81=163
Boys best nett - Charlie Jones - 141
Girls best nett - Eleanor Tindall - 144

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There were 21 entrants and they all had a thoroughly nice day, the weather was good  with the odd shower and the Juniors, as usual,  were extremley well behaved both on the course and in the club houseand are a credit to Stowmarket Golf club and our Junior organisers and our professional team.

PATRICK WINS THE

2010 SUFFOLK OPEN AT HINTLESHAM

Patrick Spraggs continued his winning ways over the weekend at Hintlesham Golf Club when he won the 2010 Suffolk Open. Patrick was in great form finishing the three rounds in 11 under par and just piping Jamie Abbott by one shot after a birdie on the final hole.

Round 1 - 68

Round 2 - 70

Round 3 - 67

Total - 205

Congratulations Patrick on another great performance

BEV & JANE OFF TO ST. ANDREWS

On Friday 20th August Stowmarket hosted the Area Final of the Peugeot Coronation Foursomes at Stowmarket. We were one of 16 Area Finals in the UK and we had 116 ladies playing on the day. We are delighted to report that Bev Waspe and Jane Holley won with 38 Stableford points and now qualify to enter the Grand Final at St Andrews on 20 Sep 10.

It was also pleasing to hear all the praise given by visiting players on how good the course was and the warm welcome received. With a great help from many of the Ladies in our section we also raised just over £500 for the Lady Captains Charity

Pictured above left to right Jane Holley, Lady Captain Kay and Bev Waspe

Picture and report supplied by Sylvia Pearce

 WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINING 

TO BOOK YOUR TABLE PLEASE RING PAUL, LAURA OR ANDREW

ON 01449 736133

SOCIETIES WELCOME AT STOWMARKET GOLF CLUB 

FULL BROCHURE AVAILABLE BY RINGING THE SECRETARY ON 01449 736473

SOCIETY DAYS AVAILABLE THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS

Green Fees 2010

8-16 £35 per person
17-32 £33 per person
33-60 £30 per person
A further 11 holes or 18 holes an extra £10 per person.

MENUS

BREAKFAST

Coffee unlimited £2
Full English Breakfast £7.50
Bacon Roll £2

Lunches from £6.75 - £8.25

Available for lunch & dinner)
Two course full carved buffet (Min 20 people) £18.50

Available for lunch & dinner)
Bargain Basement Soup & one round of mixed sandwiches
Steak and Kidney Pie
Pudding
Coffee

£23.50

DINNER
3 Course dinner £16.75 - £18.50
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BUGGY HIRE £15 one round £20 all day.
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JULY 2010

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EMMA IN THE FRAME AT WOBURN

....as she wins the 2010 LADIES OPEN

Congratulations to Emma Earp

Last Tuesday Emma won the Ladies Open at Woburn
On a very rainy day on The Dukes Course she beat 102 ladies .
She won a print of the 4th hole, ironically  the hole that she lost her ball on,  and a round of golf at Woburn for 4 people . She had a great 36 points and cut her handicap as standard scratch moved by 3

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OUR GIRLS JUST CANT STOP WINNING

Elaine Anderson Annie Tyler and Kim Davis played in the Ladies Open at Colchester Golf Club on Tuesday 17th August 2010 and Picked up the top prize. They won with 2 scores out of 3 to count and had 83 points.

Captain Ivor Evans and Ladies Captain Kay Hazell wish to thank all the members of Stowmarket Golf Club for all their support over Captain’s Weekend.

With 266 participants in the Captains Weekend competitions it was one of the most popular competitions of the year. Captain Ivor and wife Di manned the halfway house throughout the weekend supplying endless refreshments and a fine array of nibbles.

With the competition entries and the raffle for wine the amount raised for St Nicholas’ Hospice Care was £697.00

The presentations to the winners followed the Mixed competition on Sunday afternoon. for full results please visit the results section .


Thank you,

Ivor Evans                                         Kay Hazell

What a fantastic picture has greeted members and guests this year as they come to the first tee and around the clubhouse. Thanks to Matt Gill and his Greestaff and Chris White for providing a such a colourful sight. Thanks also for the pictures provided by chief snapper Mo Lloyd

IT'S ONE MORE TIME FOR PAUL!

Paul Buckle won the Club Championship for the 12th time on Sunday with two 69's finishing 3 shots ahead of last years runner up Sam Forgan. 2009 Club Champion Patrick Spraggs finished out of contention on a total of 149

The Ken Brand Trophy 36 hole handicap competition was won by Jonny Daniel. Seniors Champion 18 holes Scratch Knobby Clark and Seniors Handicap Martin Anderson

For full details please visit the Results Page

For full results please go to the results page

Pictures Coutesy of ace photographer Mo Lloyd

ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR THE RESERVOIR

Following the recent Board and Finance meetings it has been decided to proceed with the construction of the reservoir on the new land from this Autumn. Members voted at the AGM for the proposal. The "green light to go" was subject to a satisfactory revue of the clubs finances following the annual subscription and new member intake.. The work will  start from 2nd September 2010 and is likely to take approximately 8 weeks.

CONGRATULATIONS PATRICK

OUR CLUB CHAMPION PATRICK SPRAGGS WON THE SUFFOLK AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT IPSWICH GOLF CLUB  ON SUNDAY 13TH JUNE 2010.

PATRICK’S SCORES WERE:

69 IN THE am 1ST ROUND & 71 IN THE pm 2ND ROUND.


WE WISH PATRICK EVERY SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

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GREAT INITIATIVE FROM DUNCAN LEADS TO AWARD FROM GOLF FOUNDATION

On Wednesday of last week Eleanor Tindall, Antonia Ridley, Holly Davies and Danni Lee joined me at Wentworth Golf Club to collect the Laddie Lucas award from the Golf Foundation. The award was given in recognition of the Girls Allowed Project that ran throughout last year and was presented in front of 120 influential people from the golf industry. The girls were given a real treat as Bernard Gallacher presented the award and walking around the course they got to chat to Ernie Els, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Padraig Harrington. The girls also helped out on the Golf Foundation stand were they worked with Ken Brown, tour players Rebecca Hudson and Felicity Johnson and Ross Fisher.

Girls Allowed starts on Thursday 8th July between 7pm and 8pm. It is free and open to all girls with or without prior experience, junior girl members from the golf club run the sessions under my guidance. It’s a lot of fun and a great way to introduce your daughter or grand daughter to the game. If you would like to get involved please get in touch with me to book your place.

Suffolk’s ‘Girls Allowed’ earn the applause at Wentworth

A Suffolk project to encourage girls into golf was an award-winning hit during The European Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, at Wentworth Club, Surrey, on Wednesday.

‘Girls Allowed’ is an initiative started by PGA head professional at Stowmarket Golf Club, Duncan Burl, following discussions with the Golf Foundation, the leading golf charity that makes golf more accessible to children. Christened ‘Girls Allowed’ by Foundation Regional Development Officer Katie Cooper, this is a special club where young leaders encourage younger girls to learn about the basics of the game in a safe and friendly environment, with an emphasis on fun and the social aspects of the sport.

Duncan coaches the group but the young leaders run their club. With money from the government’s ‘Sports Unlimited’ fund, and Sport England’s Small Grant Award, they take the game to new players in schools and invite them back to the Girls Allowed club to develop their golf. During the last year, 20 girls new to golf enjoyed the delights of the sport through this club and all are playing regularly.

So enthusiastic have the young leaders been that the team from Girls Allowed won one of the Golf Foundation’s prestigious Annual Awards, presented at a special ceremony on Wednesday in Wentworth Club’s famous Ballroom. Former Ryder Cup Captain and Foundation Vice President Bernard Gallacher presented four girls – Danni, Eleanor, Holly and Antonia – with their award for the best local initiative (The Laddie Lucas Award), in front of a packed audience of VIPs.

Duncan Burl said after the ceremony: “The girls were absolutely delighted to win this award and I’m delighted for them. It is well deserved. As a team we have reached out and included many girls who previously had not thought of golf as an option. Having young leaders to mentor these girls has been really successful.”

Brendon Pyle, National Development Manager for the Golf Foundation, said: “Girls Allowed shows how the imagination of a professional and enthusiasm of young volunteers can be a highly productive mix to encourage girls into golf. This is a great example of what the Foundation is looking to achieve with volunteers in support of the national golf partnerships of England, Scotland and Wales. Young leaders can be excellent mentors and really help youngsters in their development.”

Before the awards ceremony the girls enjoyed a real treat as they helped BBC commentator Ken Brown and Ladies European Tour stars Rebecca Hudson and Felicity Johnson take part in a Tri-Golf challenge with youngsters in Wentworth Club’s tented village. At the junior golf centre, which was made available by The European Tour, Danni actually teamed up with Ken Brown in the quick-fire challenge while the rest of the Girls Allowed team did the scoring for the event.

Later, out on the course at Wentworth, the girls got to meet one of their heroes, Ryder Cup star Lee Westwood, during the championship pro-am. Lee walked and talked with the girls on the fairway and signed autographs. Lee is a Golf Foundation Golf Roots Ambassador and a great supporter of junior golf.

The Suffolk Girls pictured with Ross Fisher

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LOCAL OFFICE BENEFITS FROM CAPTAINS CHARITY

Branch Secretary of the SSAFA, David Layte, was literally speechless for a few moments when Ian Duncan called to tell him that Stowmarket Golf Club members and visitors had raised £3115.15 for the Stowmarket Office during Ian's year as Club Captain.

SSAFA provides much needed help to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Famillies through their association.  Ian is pictured with Chairman of the Suffolk Branch, Robin Newell OBE  on the left and Branch Secretary David .

Thank you to everybody who contributed so generously over the past 12 month. If you would like to find out more about the help that SSAFA provide please visit their website by clicking on the link below

http://www.ssafa.org.uk/Branch/suffolk.asp

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Flanked by his guard of honour with Vice Captain James Lewis leading the way

New Stowmarket Captain Ivor Evans drove in in style on Saturday in front of friends and family he smoothly struck the ball down the middle of the first fairway to mark the start of what will inevitably be a great year in office.

GOOD LUCK IVOR

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 Pictures Courtesy of Anita Lewis

2009 Lady Captain's Charity

Bev Waspe is pictured presenting  a cheque for £3556.35 to her chosen Charity Clic Sargent. The representatives of Clic Sargent were absolutley delighted with the contribution to their hard working childrens charity.

Bev would link to thank all of the generous members that contributed during her year as Lady Captain

About 4000 Forestry Commission funded trees and shrubs are being planted on the new land this week, to provide boundary hedging and landscaping tree belts. The job should be completed by Friday, by a team comprising the Greenstaff and Club Members, plus a contractor with a hydraulic auger to make the planting holes.

FAQs:

What species are being planted ? They are all UK native species. For the tree belts it's 30% oak, 15% ash,10% field maple, and 5% each of hornbeam, aspen, willow and alder, plus 25% woody shrubs. For the hedge it's 75% hawthorn and 25% woody shrubs including dogwood, hazel, blackthorn, buckthorn, geulder rose and spindle.

Why are the trees planted in straight lines ? This is to facilitate mowing between the rows in the early years of growth. Eventually the lines will not be apparent, see next question.

Why are the trees planted so closely ? Up to 20% loss is expected up to about year 5, at which stage the trees will be thinned out and from then on the plantations will be in irregular clumps, rather than the straight lines of the initial planting.

JUNIOR ORGANISERS 2010

The Juniors organisers for the forthcoming season are Beverly Waspe and Terry Southgate. Please look out for forthcoming events on the website and the club noticeboards.

GREAT TURNOUT FOR HAMBRO CELEBRATION DINNER

Friends. family and supporters all joined in to celebrate the teams success in the 2009 Hambro Competition at a special dinner held on Friday 30th October 2009 to honour all that played in this years victorious campaign.

Pictured above is the the full squad for this year with the exception of Paul Buckle and Sam Forgan.

LADIES WESTON TEAM CELEBRATION

The celebration dinner for the all-conquering Ladies Weston team was held on Tuesday 3rd Novermber 2009. This was the first time this important County trophy had been won by Stowmarket

Well Done Girls

Pictured above  Back row L-R
Wendy Wilderspin, Fiona Ferrie, Cheryl Chisholm, Emma Earp, Mary Prentice, Liz Laflin
Front Row L-R
Mo Lloyd (Weston Captain), Beverly Waspe (Ladies Captain), Joan Hunter

 There must a strong chance that they will win it again very soon again based on the picture below!

FANTASTIC WIN FOR OUR LADIES

WESTON WINNERS 2009

Stowmarket Ladies won the Weston Trophy today at Ipswich. They beat a very strong Felixstowe team 3-2. It's the first time that Stowmarket have won the trophy in its 29 year history.  The format is five singles matches playing off scratch.

"To say I'm pleased is a big understatement!!! " said a delighted Ladies Captain Bev.

"OurLadies are off to the semi finals of both the Haskell and Stearn trophies at Haverhill on Monday - make room in the trophy cabinet!! "

Team l-r Cheryl Chisolm, Liz Laflin, Bev Waspe (Ladies Captain), Mo Lloyd (Weston Organiser), Mary Prentice, Fiona Ferrie and Wendy Wilderspin

ADJUSTMENTS TO LOCAL RULES
The Stowmarket Golf Club score card has been reprinted and is due for delivery around 8th September.
Members should be aware of three significant changes to the Local Rules printed on the back of the score card.

These are:

1. The “power poles and lines” have now all been removed.
2. “All boarded artificially surfaced paths” The word boarded has been removed.
3. The SSS for men off the white tees is now 70 and 69 off the yellow tees.
Please be aware of these changes.

Thank you
Alan Feltham
Secretary

3rd September 2009

STOWMARKET STARS TAKE THE THE HAMBRO

 On a blistering hot day at Rushmere Golf Club our Hambro team had a stunning victory over Ipswich Golf Club by 7 holes

2 holes up at lunch this was a tough match but our lads came through on top in the afternoon as well to pick up a further 5 holes.  It caps a fine season for Bill Darling's team and it has been teamwork all the way along the line. With several different tactical team changes throughout. A big thank you to all the players that have contributed in all this years matches helping us win the trophy for the first time in more than ten years. Thanks also to all the supporters that turned out it was very much appreciated.

The FINAL Team

Martin Darling
Tom Darling
Kenton Jameson
John Jameson
Ken Mcredie
Chris Underwood
Jonny Daniels
David Walker
Reserve and  Caddy Dave Daniels

Well done lads

Thanks to all the Caddies and a big thank you to Martin Darlings company Sempers Consultancy for sponsoring the team shirts please click on the image below to find out more details about our shirt sponsors

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Ian and Bill recieved the trophy from the Suffolk Golf Union President they didn't hold on to it for long though

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This is an annual This year the match was won by the Juniors

A great time was had by all - the juniors providing the ladies with a fine display of golf from some so young.

The match was followed by a tea - the ladies treat!!!

These juniors are certainly a credit to the club.

The shield was presented to the Junior Captain (George Gilbert), by the Ladies Vice Captain, Kay Hazell.

Rising Stars Continue to Sparkle

Henry Cutting, Jack Forgan & Casha Nijharwin  won the Team Shield in the Junior Open at Sherringham on Thursday 13 August. Apparently it was the first time the shield had left Norfolk so the boys were quite rightly very proud of themselves. Henry is also continuing his winning streak with a best individual score of 65 winning the Duffield Cup at Sherringham on the same day. All three boys are in the Suffolk Under 14's County Squad.

Pictures by Alex Kilbee - www.club-noticeboard.co.uk

Keeping standards high  2008.......

Club’s new rough mower and fairway mower recently provided to help maintain their excellent high standards of course presentation.

SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE COURSE- SUMMER 2007

These pictures were kindly supplied by a friend of one of our members who floated over the course in a baloon recently. Any members who have equally spectacular or just great photographs that they feel would interest visitors to our website  can feed them through to Alan or Charmaine in the office or directly to Ian Duncan (ian@club-noticeboard.co.uk) for publishing on the site.

For a view of the course from space click here for a satelite view

Please note that this is the latest satelite picture from Google and you may notice a few recent additions to the course are not included.