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.

 SUMMER 2010 KNOCK-OUT COMPETITIONS  

Please note that your handicap will need to be 'active' by
28th March 2010 in order to qualify for the club knock-outs.

This will involve entering 3 competitions or 3 supplymentary cards

between 1st January 2010 and 28th March 2010 if you are 'inactive'.

Alan Feltham
Secretary

LEARN MORE ABOUT INACTIVE/ACTIVE HANDICAPS 

Click on here for more information.

Please Note: Bookings for tee times are not taken for individual Green Fees. Please refer to 'On the day Information Line 01449 737222 or the Calendar page on this website  for details of Tee Closures

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.

Spotted at the Club Saturday Night, SNOW JOKE a singing Chef,

but what was he singing for his supper?

"Food Glorious Food"?

"Boiled Beef and Carrots"

There may well be prize for the best publishable guess.

Email The Captain with you best ideas......just click here

BABY ANNOUCEMENT

GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR

GREENKEEPER RICHARD AND ALEXIA

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUCE THAT RICHARD  & ALEXIA EDWARDS
HAD A SISTER FOR ELI ON THE 12 DECEMBER 2009 WEIGHING IN AT 8LB 4OZ NAMED ISOBEL

CONGRATULATONS TO THE WHOLE FAMILY

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WINTER PROGRAMME


The final part of the Winter Bunker programme will be the building of a raised mound to the right of the 3rd green as recommended by Hawtree in is his 2001 report. The idea is to counter balance the weight of the left hand greenside bunker and at the same time give players an additional visual aid to help locate the precise position of the green.



The work will be carried out over the next week or so. This new feature will be either turfed or seeded in the New Year and will be marked as GUR until the Spring.



Your support and cooperation will be appreciated during any period of disruption.



Pat Jacklin

Chairman Green Committee

Congratulations to Rosemary

Stowmarket member, Rosemary Stutely recently competed in the World Masters over-70s Tennis Tournament in Australia. She won a Gold medal in the mixed doubles and a Silver medal in the ladies doubles. The lady members congratulated her on her success at their recent AGM.

ONLY £25.00

Thursdays and Fridays

5 November 2009 – 26 March 2010
(NOT 24/25/31 December 2009 or 1 January 2010)

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

Handicap Certificate Required

Must book 24 hours in advance through the Professional Shop

01449 736392

Please note that WINTER GREENS and TROLLEY BAN may be in operation.
Please ring 01449 737222 for on the day information

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!

Tree-mendous Win for Vic

Past Captain and self-styled Stowmarket Tree Xzar Vic French had a  fantastic 42 points in the annual Past Captains and Presidents meeting competing for the "Pearles Plate" 

Using only 6 shots of his 12 handicap he was 7 points clear of his nearest rivals 2nd place Roger West with 35 points on countback from Club Captain Ian Duncan in 3rd place

This was the second time Vic has picked up the plate. His handicap was reduced to 10.5.

FANTASTIC PGA DOUBLE FOR CHRIS

followed by treble with a Winter Alliance win as well.

Chris Smith of Stowmarket pictured above with the Suffolk PGA match play  trophy to add to the Suffolk PGA stroke play title he won the previous week. Chris beat Andrew Collison from Bungay two up at Thorpeness in an excellent final. A fabulous start to his PGA career. Chris followed up with a win in the Winter Alliance taking the Pro Prize and the team Prize at Hintlesham

Chris with Trevor Holley and Ken Mcredie after their great win at Hintelsham

SOCIETIES WELCOME AT STOWMARKET GOLF CLUB 

FULL BROCHURE AVAILABLE BY RINGING THE SECRETARY ON 01449 736473

SOCIETY DAYS AVAILABLE THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS

Green Fees 2009

8-16 £34 per person
17-32 £32 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

£22.50

DINNER
3 Course dinner £16.75 - £19.50
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BUGGY HIRE £15 one round £20 all day.
RING 01449 736392 to book.

 2009 PRESIDENTS WEEKEND  

KEN COOPER - President

The weather was gorgeous and held all weekend for Ken Cooper’s Presidents Weekend.

218 golfers entered the competitions set up for this annual event and between them they managed to eat 300 sausage rolls and enjoyed Ken’s generous hospitality out on the golf course.

For 14 hours Ken cheerfully handed out his refreshments and was overwhelmed by the number of members that helped to raise £452 for his nominated Charity – The Multiple Sclelosis Society.
Ken’s wife Joan had been up since 4.30am to prepare the food and drinks for the day and Ken presented her with a huge bunch of flowers in the evening of the presentation. He did comment that this had delayed her from her usual weekend tasks around the home such as the pile of ironing that needed to be attended to.

The evening presentation of prizes was attended by over 70 members and prize winners were in attendance to receive their prizes (and some of Ken’s much appreciated wit).

For a full list of the prize winners please visit the results page. In addition Ken would like to congratulate:

Trevor Holley on the longest drive down the 5th measuring just over 300 yards!
The very special prize of a weekend for 2 at the 4 star Belton Woods Hotel with 2 rounds of golf was won Di and Ivor Evans. This prize was drawn out of the competitors cards playing in the Sunday Mixed Greensomes event.

Ken would like to thank everyone for their support and generosity in raising the money for his charity (which has now been distributed) and for making his day such a special one to remember.

P.S. Ken would also like to thank the Secretary and his wife, Jackie, for all their help over the weekend in helping out and processing all the cards on time.

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING

-  25 SEPTEMBER 2009 -

A very big thank you to all who came on the day, and who gave cake, raffle prize or a donation.

WE RAISED £521.10

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.

Thank you to all the Competitors, the Greenstaff, Catering and Bar Staff who made our day such a great success raising thousands of pounds for our nominated charities. A special thank you to The girls on the desk, Sheila Cummings, Veda Berriman and Maureen Lloyd also starter on the first  tee Pat West. and an equally special thank you to our great auctioneer Ron Ion.

Thank you so much

Ian & Bev

Disappointment for Parks Team in Semi Final

In near perfect golfing conditions at Bury St Edmunds Golf Club on Thursday 13th August, the Stowmarket Parks team were unable to beat Haverhill GC who eventually won by 8 holes

The games were all very tight early on and after 9 holes it was still all to play for. There were a magic moments from both sidea with but it was some long putts and chip-ins that swung the match in favour of the strong Haverhill team.

The details were:

Nobby Clark and Tom Collett lost 4 down.
Gerry Sparling and Bob Osborne lost 3 down.
Keith Rooney and Jeff Gilham lost 5 down.
Roger West and Russel Green won 4 up.

Bad luck boys, we'll be there again next year.

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.

NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT

Outline proposals for the development of the new land are available for members to view in the committee room.

Comments are welcome and should be entered in the book provided.

Pat Jacklin

Chairman of Green Committee

PATRICK IS STOWMARKET CLUB CHAMPION 2009

This result caps a fantastic summer so far for Patrick

- Congratulations on being the Stowmarket Club Champion for 2009 -

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 (Won on the 1st extra sudden death play off hole with a birdie 4)

Two Semi Finals and One Final for the Ladies

what a great summer of golf for Stowmarket Golf Club

On Monday 3rd August Stowmarket ladies played against Stoke by Nayland. In the Haskell Liz Laflin and Cheryl Chisolm won 11 and 10 (over 36 holes) and in the Stearn our team won 3-0 (Fiona Ferrie, Julie Blemings, Mary Prentice, Joan Hunter, Maureen Lloyd and Lesley Barnes) "It's a great result.the teams have played so well" said Lady Captain Bev. The Semi final will be played on 7th September at either Diss or Haverhill. Haskell will play either Felixstowe or Bungay and the Stearn will play either Fynn Valley or Bungay.

We are already through in the Weston Final against Felixstowe on 6th September - venue to be announced.

Two hundred and twenty five entrants played in the 2009 Stowmarket Captains Weekend they were rewarded with great weather and with the course at its magnificent best the scoring was of the highest quality.There were gasps of envy when players saw the lenght of Sam Forgan's drive at the 5th hole which won the longest drive for the men beating Chris Underwood's great tee shot by a few yards.

There were prizes for nearest the pin on all par 3 holes over the weekend. At one stage Dave Smith held two out of five until the penultimate Mixed match when Martin Anderson knocked his tee shot to 11 inches at the 11th.

Patricia Wilding hit a great tee shot at the 17th to win the ladies longest drive and Jane Holley hit her tee shot very close at 18 to take the nearest the pin on that hole.

The leading Lady Stableford prize for the weekend went to Sue Knights on countback from Kim Davis with 42 points.

The winning Mixed Greensome prize went to Paul & Jackie Presland with 43 points. The Mens prize was won by Matt King who only joined the club recently with a fine 43 points off of his 14 handicap.....he wont see 14 again for a very long time now he has been cut to 12.1.

The oustanding score of the weekend and winner of the overall competition was 13 year old Henry Cutting with a stunning 47 points off of his 25 handicap, he is now 21 handicap and a real star in the making . Watch his handicap tumble in the months ahead. When he received his prize from The Captain he made a speech that sounded as if it came from a practiced after dinner speaker, it was obvious to everybody present that this golfer will go far and is a credit to his parents and Stowmarket Golf Club.

Well Done Henry.

The Winners

Thank you to all that attended and all the Stowmarket staff that made my weekend go so smoothly and a set up the course in such fantastic condition. A special thank you also to Adrian and Nigel who broke into their game at the 8th to help a helpless Captain try to put up the gazebo.

Ian

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The Stowmarket Hambro team Captained by young Bill Darling (a lot older now after this tight finish) fought back from a huge morning deficit of 8 holes against a strong Diss team to win in the most dramatic fashion on the last hole at Hintlesham on Sunday 26th July.

After the traumas of the morning Bill initiated a couple of subtle change in order and brought in David Walker for the afternoon matches and thankfully the team were rewarded for their efforts with an amazing win by 1 hole.

With some fantastic golf being played the afternoon matches were off to a great start with Martin Darling and Kenton Jameson continuing their outstanding form this season coming home 6 holes to the better of the quality opposition. By the time that Tom Darling and Patrick Spraggs stood on the 18th tee in the afternoon the scores were level after 143 holes of stunning golf. With both teams in the rough on the right, Ken Mcredie, Tom's caddy dissapeared into the trees, was it nerves or was it the Peroni at lunch? Perhaps we will never know. Tom chipped out sensibly and with the Diss lads taking three to get out and then flying into the pond in front of the green all that was needed was a good shot to the green from Patrick and the game was ours.

What a great win. Thank you to all members and caddies that supported the team it was much appreciated.

Now the team are off to Rushmere to play Ipswich Golf Club in the final on Sunday 23 August 2009.

Please come and support your team and help them win the Premier County trophy for the first time since the mid-nineties.

ACE FOR MATT AS HE EQUAL COURSE RECORD

Matthew Rawlings with Club Secretary Alan Feltham on the 18th green where Matt holed his final tee shot in the Jack Barnard Trophy to equal the course record of 64. Playing off a 5 handicap Matt registered a net 59 for his second round . His card has been posted next to Adrian Merediths card in the lounge.

Congratulations on a fantastic round of golf Matthew

** Parks team through to Semi-Final **

Congratulations to John Blenkinsop and the Parks team for their emphatic victory over The Suffolk

The Parks Trophy team entertained The Suffolk at Stowmarket on Thursday 9th Jul 2009 in round 3 of this year's event.The Stowmarket team was in great form with all pairs winning handsomely.The results were:Nobby Clark and Ken Mc Credie beat Mick Davey and Don Mills 5up.Gerry Sparling and Dave Barnes beat Hugh Thomas and Peter Sharpe 4up.Keith Rooney and Bob Osborne beat Brian Wiltorn and Peter Plumb 4up.Roger West and Russel Green beat Malcolm Johnson and Eddy Stone 7up.The next round is the semi final, which is played on neutral ground.

Stowmarket will play Haverhill at Bury St Edmunds on Thursday 13th August

PLEASE SUPPORT THE TEAM.......

Its hot out there.............but the course is in great shape

members enjoy the hottest week of the year so far.

And the ladies were hot this week as well......................

HOLE IN ONE FOR JULIE

Hole in One for the Ladies section on Wednesday 1st July 2009

Julie Blemings (18) holed a 6 iron on the 11th.. (and she's a very happy bunny...)

So were the ladies who were treated to a cool glass of Pimms on one of the hottest days of the year (so far!!) Well done Julie.

SENIORS AWAY TO STOKE BY NAYLAND

- July 2009 -

Picture courtesy of Lionel Denny

HAMBRO LADS STORM TO SEMI FINAL

Bury St Edmund Hambro team must have wondered what hit them when they found our Hambro team in awsome form at Stowmarket yesterday.

With three former Stowmarket members in their team they had high expectations but these had been battered out of them by the completion of the morning matches leaving Stowmarket 12 up.

When our leading pair Martin Darling and Kenton Jameson finished 4 up in the afternoon the writing was on the wall and the game had already slipped away.  Some great performances all round by the Stowmarket team ended with an emphatic victory.

Martin and Kenton actually finished 9 up on the day to a former Stowmarket Hambro player Matt Fordham and his partner. All the other other matches were a bit tighter but victory was secured  with a great margin of 16 holes up.

The Stowmarket Team Captained by Bill Darling was:-

Martin Darling & Kenton Jameson

David Walker & Tom Darling

Dave Daniel & Jonny Daniel

Andrew Forgan & Sam Forgan

Caddies were, Mrs Darling, John Jameson, Keith Rooney, Ken Mcredie, Matt Rawlings, Clive George, Kelvin Last,

The Semi Final will be on the 26th of July against Diss at a neutral venue to be advised.

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR TEAM

The course was in fantastic condition to host the Suffolk Amateur Championships, this was a real opportunity to build the clubs reputation as one of the premier venues for golf in the region and our team on the Course, in the Clubhouse and Pro Shop did us proud

Club Captain, Ian Duncan in pictured welcoming the Suffolk Golf Union Secretary Ron Kent.

Well Done to Matt and his team for getting the course in such great shape.

PARKS TROPHY

GREAT RESULT IN A TIGHT MATCH AGAINST HINTLESHAM

In a very close match played at home on Wednesday 3 June Stowmarket beat Hintlesham by 2 holes to progress to the next round


John Clark and Ken McCredie lost to David Sadler and David Steward by 2 holes.

Gerry Sparling and David Barnes beat Brian Miles and Ian Procter by 2 holes.

Tom Collett and Bob Osborne beat Russel Gissing and David White by 1 hole.

Keith Rooney and Russel Green beat Martin Lamb and Les Emmerson by 1 hole.

We can be proud of our Juniors...... Junior update

The 2nd Round of the Suffolk Junior Team Handicap Cup was played against Diss on 17th May at Home.

We won 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 with notable performances being put up by Eleanor Tindall who won 8 and 6 and Angus Chisholm winning 6 and 5.

The Junuiors all looked very smart in their new club junior team uniforms and were rightfully proud of themselves for having their first victory.

They have had a complimentary round at Aldeburgh where they will be playing away on Wednesday 27th May, in The Suffolk Junior Club Team Championship. 

All supporters are welcome 

Chris Rankin  - Junior Organisor

GREAT WIN FOR THE HAMBRO TEAM

In the second round of the Hambro Stowmarket were at home to last years winners, Rushmere. On paper this tie was potentially one of the closest matches of the round, but some fantastic golf by our boys on the hottest day of the year lead to a amazing final result of 30 up

15 up in the morning followed by 15 up in the afternoon what a great result.

Creative Team Captain Bill Darling picked fathers and son's for this match which worked so effectively

The Team:

Martin Darling & Kenton Jameson
Thomas Darling & Patrick Spragss
David Daniel & Jonny Daniel
Andrew Forgan & Sam Forgan

Well done boys . A performance to be very proud of.

COME AND SUPPORT OUR TEAM IN THE NEXT ROUND

at home to Bury St Edmunds Golf Club Sunday 28th June 2009

WELCOME ALAN.................

..................and a fond farewell to Roger

8.00 am  Monday Morning and Roger finally hands over the keys to the office to our new Club Secretary Alan Feltham. The first telephone call of the morning and Roger calls out to Alan, "your phones ringing".

Good Luck in your new position Alan we all hope you enjoy belonging to Stowmarket Golf Club.

Pictures coutesy of Ivor Evans and James Duncan

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A big thank you to all the members that supported the Captains "Drive In" weekend. A pretty horrible morning weather wise on Saturday followed by a lovely bright beautiful day on Sunday. Martin Andersons 38 points in the wet on Saturday was the best score overall and his mates will be please to know he is now playing off 11. Sharon Davey was the top lady but the Captain did notice some ladies choosing to sit in the bar rather than go out in the cold and damp weather on Saturday

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The Mixed Greensomes was won in the sun with a magnificent 41 points fro Teresa Wardlaw and Andrew Witter. See full results on the results page of the website.

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Thank you to all who tried in vain to put the Captain off with loud whoops, claxons, whistles and bells. The drive just scraped past the recent record of Lionel Denny's (246 yards) coming in at 248 yards. Can Ivor Evans beat it next year?

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John Rowland won a bottle of malt whisky by guessing correctly the  length of the drive. More than 200 members competed during the weekend and over £150 has already been raised for the Captains favoured Charity SSAFA.

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Thank you to everyone members family and friends

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Ian

 ROGER WEST HONOURED BY MEMBERS

Retiring Secretary Roger West was presented with a superb painting by the members of Stowmarket Golf Club. Roger is pictured with Club President Lionel Denny who made the presentation on behalf of the members at the conclusion of the 2009 AGM. Roger retires in April afetr 10 years in the role. Roger was also given honary membership of the club for the next 5 years as a gesture of thanks for his efforts. In coming Secretary Alan Feltham starts on the Monday 27th of April. 

ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT BENEFITS FROM

CAPTAINS' CHARITY EVENTS

Generous participants to Ron Ion and Maureen Lloyd's charity events during their year as Captain and Lady Captain helped to raise a fabulous £6300 for Ipswich Hospital Oncology department.

Ron and Maureen are pictured with  a delighted Suzanne Isherwood,  Radiotherapy Manager at Ipswich Hospital.

The cheque was presented prior to the Annual Gerneral Meeting at the club on Thursday 26th March 2009.  Suzanne was able to thank the club members who were present saying that this amount would make a real difference to her department..

A big thank you to all who participated in the event during the past 12 month from Ron and Maureen.

Retiring Roger Radiant After Rifling 1st Ace

Roger West with Club Steward Chris White and the bottle of Rioja Bordon

Stowmarket Golf Club Secretary, Roger West secured his first Hole in One to add to his previous golfing accomplishments over many years in the game.

Roger retires from his job at the club after 10 years as Club Secretary Manager in April. He is a past club captain and served for many years on the Board.

9 handicap Roger secured his “ACE” with perfectly struck 4 Iron on the par 3, 159 yard second hole at the club on Saturday 14th March 2009. He generously made available a bottle of whisky to share his celebrations with fellow members.

Roger was playing in the Captain/Pro Challenge with the incoming Vice Captain Ivor Evans in which they qualified in first place with a fantastic 45 points, better ball score, off of three quarters of their handicap. Ironically it was also the same day that the Club Board and previous Club Captains that he had worked with, paid tribute to him for all his hard work for the club at a special Board dinner.

At the Dinner he was presented with a 6-litre bottle of Rioja Bordon an award that is sponsored by suppliers A & A Wines Limited. 

HIRE OF GOLF BUGGY

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

Spring is on its way- February 2009

Snow Joke ......

Tears from golfers unable to play because of snow causes flooding.................but we are all back to normal now

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE REFURBISHED CHANGING ROOMS

Members gathered on Friday 5th December to attend the Official Opening of the newly refurbished changing rooms. One could detect a just the hint of a  little smile on Project Leader Ken Coopers face as the ribbon was cut by Lady Captain Bev Waspe and Captain Ron Ion. Ken, who has spent the past 7 weeks in and out of the Ladies changing rooms will now be restricted to the Gents unless dressed in the correct attire or  only having received a personal invitation from any lady member.

Pictures by Alex Kilbee

and the members view........

....................another great success for Stowmarket!

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

Images of Stowmarket Junior Star Sam Forgan recently captured by a professional photographer

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.