New Mills Golf Club

Glorious weather for the Open Weekend

The Open Weekend was blessed with outstanding weather – clear blue skies and lots of warm sunshine although the strong wind on Saturday made playing conditions more difficult than on Sunday.

The Quad Am on Saturday was extremely well supported and was a very close affair with Junior captain Sam Shaw, Steve Price and Dave Bray finishing first with 85 points. One point behind, in second place was the team comprising Mr. Captain, Mike Wilson, John Read and Jon Swindells whilst 3rd place went to Gez Moran, Pat Walker, Clive Garside and another of our up and coming juniors, Jack Marshall.

A Quartet from Mart Rodger's Manchester Jazz visited in June

Four members of the well known Traditional Jazz band ‘Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz’ performed a stunning set in the clubhouse on Wednesday 2nd June, for over 50 members, their spouses and friends.

We invited two of our non-golfing friends from the Hope Valley, who are avid Trad Jazz fans, to come along. As Keith said “Evenings like this take me back to my miss-spent youth in the early 60’s in the Jazz clubs of Sheffield and sitting on the stage at the City Hall next to those two ‘B..... Lions’ watching all the greats of jazz perform”.

M.E.N. Golf Challenge Qualifing Competition and Final

Qualifier - 10 April 2010

Over 100 hundred club members took part on Saturday 10th April in the club’s qualifying competition for the Manchester Evening News Golf Challenge 2010. The competition, which was a fourball betterball stableford event, was won dramatically by club president Hugh Jones and his partner Bob Palmer with a score of 52 points. The result required a count back on the best back nine as Bob and Hugh were givcen a fright by Junior captain Sam Shaw and his fellow junior partner Jack Marshall who also finished with 52 points. Bob and Hugh went forward to the final at Romiley Golf Club on Sunday 6th June.

Final - 06 June 2010

Club President, Hugh Jones and his playing partner, Bob Palmer, represented the club in the final of the inaugural Manchester Evening News Golf Challenge at Romiley Golf Club on Sunday 6th June. 27 pairs took part in the final.

View your competition results and handicaps online

The Club are now using the Club 2000 membership and handicap system to not only streamline the administration of membership information, but also for maintaining the handicap information. The great advantage for members though is not the smoother admin by those who do that, but that up to date handicap information and results of competitions in can be viewed online. Additionally, when fully registered and verified you'll be able to print your own handicap certificate for entry into competitions when playing elsewhere. A paid for (minimal at £15) service will also text and Email you the results of competitions and any changes in your handicap - and it really does work!

**  AS THIS EVENT IN APRIL SOLD OUT  ** 

**  CLARINS TEAM ARE RETURNING ON 27 OCTOBER  ** 

The Clarins team from John Lewis at Cheadle offered their services to provide a wonderful evening of beauty - on the evening of Wednesday 21 April. Yvonne Cawley, wife of a member at the Club but not a member herself, went along and wrote the following by way of a thank you.

Upon arrival, everyone was welcomed to the event with a complimentary glass of wine and the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for prizes totalling over £450. Everyone also received a complimentary goody-bag which contained an array of Clarins samples, including a couple for the man in your life - a cracker for the £5 entry ticket!