New Mills Golf Club - (01663) 743485

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Peter and Pat Chadwick change course 

After 10 years as Steward and Stewardess of New Mills Golf Club, Peter and Pat Chadwick retired in December 2010.

During their spell at the club Peter and Pat have witnessed many exciting changes. Firstly in 2001, the existing nine hole course was extended with the creation of an additional nine holes on the other side of the clubhouse. Then in 2007, the clubhouse was modernised and completely re-furbished to provide an attractive venue for members and visiting golf societies.

Peter, served in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards for 23 years, much of the time as Sergeant Major and then worked as a driver for Mini-Gears an engineering company based in New Mills. Pat worked for local firm, Swizzels, in the works canteen before moving to the golf club.

Return of the Classics -  November 2010

A near full house enjoyed a tremendous evening of live ‘60’s music from the’Classics’ on Wednesday evening.

There was barely room left on the dance floor as some of the clubs slightly older members relived their teens and twenties! Watch out ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ there’s some real talent out there especially the ‘young’ octogenarian in the blue checked shirt!

**  REVISIT DUE TO SELL-OUT IN APRIL  ** 

The Clarins team from John Lewis at Cheadle are returning after a sell-out demonstration in April, and are again offering their services to provide a wonderful evening of beauty - on the evening of Wednesday 27 October. The team will provide a demonstration of sheer indulgence, and each guest with receive a goody bag of samples.

Clarins have also donated over £400 of their Beauty products as prizes for a raffle on the night, to help our fundraising programme for the Club. Click on this Clarins Evening link to see write-up from April's event.

Open to members and non members alike, admission is by ticket only, priced £5 per person which includes a free glass of wine. Tickets can be purchased from the Ladies committee members, from Pat at the club house and Carl in the Pro's shop.

Quad Am Sunday September 2010

A superb event involving 43 teams for the Annual Quad Am took place on Sunday. As organiser Graham Hadfield said ‘It’s a long time since I’ve seen the carpark so full for a Quad Am. An intriguing mixture of teams took part in the competition –there ought to have been a prize for the most bizarre or cleverest team name.

The day started promising enough and the forecast by the Met office was encouraging. However, around 11am the first of several torrential downpours occurred. Not only did brollies blow inside out but one of my playing partner’s had his brolly snapped in half! However, everyone soldiered on, albeit at times having to stop playing and find whatever shelter they could and wait for the New Mills monsoon to stop. Why was it that we were on the highest part of the course when the storm was at its worst!!!!

Despite the abysmal weather, which did improve considerably in the afternoon, some excellent scores were recorded and some fine golf was played.

CAPTAIN’S WEEKEND: August 2010

Despite some less than promising weather on Saturday –drizzle turning to quite persistent rain and then finally improving for the late starters - a great time was had by all the 125 male members which included Juniors and five day members. Some fantastic scores  were recorded and as you can see from the photograph, members really got into the spirit of the day!

The format on Saturday was an individual Stableford off a three quarter handicap  which combined with some challenging pin positions made the winning scores  even more impressive. The winner, after a countback, was Jim Wharmby with 41 points, second was Chris Wood with Trevor Higginbottom a close third with 39 points, also after a back nine countback.

The annual charity golf day for 2010 was held at New Mills Golf Club on Friday 09 July. The event, now in its third year, for the Alan (Mick) Jones Memorial Trophy with all proceeds being split between Ashgate Hospice and Alzheimer's Society. The day was quite hot and humid so the light breeze was very welcome, with the course and especially the greens being complimented by competitors for being in very good condition.