Juniors 15 hole Stableford (Easter Comp) - Sunday, 5 April
1st - Josh Nadin - 36 points
2nd - Joe Blackburn - 34 points
3rd - Ryan Nevins - 33 points
Results from the Junior D&C Comp
Well done to the whole team: Sam Carey won the nett today with a 68. The team is leading the way in the nett and gross competitions as below:
Last Call!! Don't Miss Out!!
We have arranged a PGA Rules evening with Andrew Snoddy, Senior Tournament official for the PGA It takes place on Monday, 13 April - between 7pm and 9pm at Hazel Grove golf club.
The presentation is open to all members and guests.
The cost is £15pp and includes a meal during the event. We will cover 4 key areas of the rules:
1. Improve the general understanding of the rules
2. Improve awareness of definitions, rule numbers and sub sections
3. Develop ability to solve a ruling
4. Develop efficient navigation of the rule book
With the help of video clips and games to test and improve your knowledge, the evening will be educational and fun at the same time.
There will also be a discussion on our course and any rule issues that may occur on a regular basis, and the official will be available after the presentation to answer any questions.
Spaces are filling up fast, so please make sure you get in touch asap...
For more information or to book your place please contact me on 0161 4837272, email james-golfpro@hotmail.co.uk, or click here to get in touch.
Ladies Chip & Sip Evening
I am organising a Ladies Chip & Sip evening at HGGC on Friday, 8 May.
9 holes, none of them longer than 50 yards and no hazards to go over! Teams of 4 with the best score on each hole out of the 4 golfers goes down on the card, GREAT FUN WITH NO PRESSURE!
I will be out on the course to help you with some tips and advice. This event is open to non members and non golfers. If you have a friend who may be interested in giving it a go please bring them along!
After the game you can enjoy a glass of wine or soft drink whilst I do a presentation for the winning teams! I appreciate this is a while off, if you're FREE please put a date in your diary to help me make this event a success!
For more information please get in touch. Or add your name to the list in the ladies locker room.
Family Fun Golf Day
We are hosting a family fun golf day on Sunday, 19 April from 11am-4pm
The day will include:
FREE group lessons for beginners
Tri Golf for children
Target golf lots of prizes to be won
5 minute golf tips
Raffle, win a 4 ball at HGGC
Putting competition, prizes for best ladies, men's and junior score
Bar snacks served all day, FREE tea and coffee
The event is open to everyone. Please share this with your friends and help us make the day a real success! For more information please get in touch with me in the pro shop or click here.
Times from 5pm onwards
Ladies Group lessons for beginners at HGGC!
Tuesday, 5 May - 6-7pm
Tuesday, 12 May - 6-7pm
Tuesday, 19 May - 6-7pm
Tuesday, 26 May - 6-7pm
Tuesday, 2 June - 6-7pm
Max 8 ladies per group, equipment provided! To book please ring James on 0161 4837272. Please share this with you friends
You can also book by clicking here.
Snow Storm hits our course on 29th January. The whole of Greater Manchester came to a halt. The Working Party had to abandon the road kerbs, as the temperature plummeted . Concrete will not set unless the ambient temperature is 4*C.
The road was finally finished on April 7th. 2015. The verges have been dressed with root zone soil and sown with grass seed. One final touch, we intend to highlight the edges of the road with “Cats-Eyes” hopefully to give everyone good vision of the boundaries of the road at night.
Many thanks to the entire working party
Please observe the STOP signs at each end of the new road. The road is to be treated as a “One-Track Road”—so if a vehicle is on the road, please give way to on-coming traffic. NO PASSING. Be Aware of Golfers on 1st Tees.
HGGC Council are extremely grateful to all members of the 300 Club, who have funded this massive project. The work has been very arduous, and time consuming due to the bad weather and very low temperatures. Thanks to Bill Dootson, for projecting this task. The Working Party excelled all expectations in their diligence to finishing the road. The quality of the workmanship is there for all to see. Nick Taylor was our site controller who ensured every kerb was laid correctly, a brilliant job. Nearly 30 tonnes of concrete was mixed by hand, for the footings of the kerbs.
I feel very humbled to be part of the Working Party, supported by Greens Staff who have completed many tasks during recent years, but the road has been the largest project. HGGC Council and golf members THANK-YOU ALL.
The Summer will see the WP working on many projects around the Course— All paths and bridges to be refurbished. Astro turf utilised in some areas. The external walls of the white buildings opposite main entrance to be painted. Trees to be cut down, around the course, and logged for re-sale. Plus many more. The WP always need more helpers,if you can spare any of your valuable time, please come and join us on a Tuesday or Thursday 0830—-
HGGC 300 Club:
The 300 Club was set-up many years ago, to help fund projects both in the Clubhouse and around the course. The fund relies on the generosity of members contributing £10.00 a month by direct debit or payment by cash 6 months in advance. The easiest way to pay is by DD to Lloyds Bank.
Details—
Lloyds Bank-Hazel Grove
Sort Code: 77-67-07
Account Number: 23207668
Please use your surname as Reference
Please help us by signing up today. When you have set up your Direct Debit, please contact one of the administrators below, so that we can enter your name into the 300 Club monthly draw. Each month we pay out on 4 prizes worth £420, if we could get more members then the prize money would increase. Thank you to all the members currently involved and we look forward to many new members joining us.
Projects Completed during the last few years—April 2015:
- Contribution towards dining chairs in Mixed Lounge——£3000
- New Bench at 9th Hut—-£314
- Shrubs to right of 14th path—-£65
- Refurbishment to Gents Washrooms—-£2900
- Ladies entrance carpet—-£589
- Club stairs—£1500
- Course Entrance Sign—£250
- Built Shoe Cleaner with compressor—£1100 (saving the Club over £2000 on new purposed built machine)
- Refurbishment of the Back Lounge new curtains,tables,lighting and renovation the chairs——£2700
- Pond Pump—-£500
- Gents Locker Room, furniture,carpet and lighting—£5000
- Spike Bar refurbishment, walls,tables and chairs—£1700
- HGGC Access Road—£13760
300 Club Contacts:
Bill Dootson, Ian Sandels, Malc Shannon, Nick Taylor, John Blakemore.
Thank you all for your help, we look forward to your continued help and ideas.
Ian Sandels
Click here to view the full greens report.
Hi Guys,
I hope you all had a good weekend over Easter- possibly got a good game of golf or two while the weather has been so nice!
I wanted to talk today about the use of a Foam Roller. (You may have heard of one). If not, basically what it is, is a cylinder foam tube that is used to "iron out your muscles" so to speak. It's like having your own sports massager whenever you want it.
So why do I need to use it you ask?
Over long periods of time, both active and non-active muscles become tight and knotted. You know the feeling of a tight muscle, it can be quite painful to live with. The foam roller helps address the tightness in the muscles by ironing out the knots and adhesions that build up over time in the muscle.
It can take as little as 10 minutes per day to work on your mobility and flexibility which I think is very important. Not only will this make feel great and perform at your best each day, you'll be less likely to have any injuries- your body is more "flexible". Therefore you'll bend….not snap. Bit harsh :)
This rather inexpensive piece is a must have if you ask me and can be bought from any sports or most leisure shops.
I wrote a blog post not long ago which you can check out by
clicking here.
Click here to view a short video of how to use a foam roller.
This is for cycling but is the same principals for golf too.
Have a great week,
Your Coach
Alex
www.mypersonaltrainerstockport.co.uk
