CassieCunningham and Claire Crogerwere the winners of the Centenary Medals atColchester Golf Club. After another busy week atthe Club, Cunningham won thegross prize and Croger thehandicapped prize played on a day blessed withgood early spring weather.
Playing off 4 Cunningham'sround of 81 had seven pars and to top it all shefinished with a birdie on the difficult 18th. MandyRix (7) took second spot just theone shot back also with a birdie on the 18th butshe just made too many doubles to win. Croger(26) had a nett 72 to win her medalwith Maureen Devenish (17)one behind on nett 73. Rixturned the tables on Cunninghamwith a nett 75 to take third whilst Cunninghamshared a nett 77 with MargaretCarter (24)to take fourth.
In the County Munro Foursomes Colchester'srepresentatives Cunninghamand Louisa Storey moved intothe third round with an impressive 8&7 winover the Gosfield Lakes pairing of Mel Ponsenbyand Sandra Parnell.
Cunningham and Storeyalso completed a double with a win in the HunterFoursomes at Thorpe Hall winning on the 20thhole after giving the opposition 19 shots!
Sunday at the Club was the Paxman Trophy, afoursomes open to all members which has playedfor since 1965 to celebrate Paxman's Centenaryyear. Iain Cruickshank (7)and Don McBurney (21) pairedup to take the trophy with 37 points. They wereclosely followed in on 36 points by Sheila(28) and John (6)Dornan who themselves were justone point ahead of ColinWilliams (19) and StewartNess (12) on 35 points.
It was a tale of woe in the men's teams duringthe week. The seniors losing out to Bentley GolfClub in a repeat of last year's match, againaway from home by 8&2. Bentley with bighandicap advantages just played steady golf.
The Jubilee Cup lost 5&4 where it all comedown to the last match, which was lost on the17th. Likewise in the Curry Cup, where the Clublost 10&8 against Colne Valley. The onebright spot being the Norman Plum where somerevenge against Bentley was taken as the teamwon by 4&2 making a clean sweep of the homegames.
The ladies are faring somewhat better than themen at the moment as in their Silver Shieldmatches they have played 2 with wins in both.The first match at home to Thorndon Park; waswon 4&1 and the second was away to Chigwelland an away win 3&2.
Summer Shirt Offer
- 15%off all stock shirts this week. We have FootJoy,PING, Puma and Stuburt shirts all on offer.
- New Puma Colchester golf club shirts havearrived. Available in White, Navy and Black
- Ashworth Trousers from just
£39.99!
TitleistDemo DayThereare only 2 more spots available for fittings!!
Running from 11.30am - 1pm on Tuesday, 7 June.Book now!
If these spots do fill up, please still come alongas Mark and I will be fitting on that day as well!
To book please
clickhere.
Colchester Golf Academy - coming soon...
The Colchester Golf Academy is launching
via a club par 3 tournament
onSaturday, 28 May. Please come along tothe see the new layout.
It will be a great day with music, games, BBQ andcoaching!!
Our
Junior Academy Coachingstarts again on
Sunday, 22 May.We have limited spots left, so please contact ussoon to get enrolled into our 5 week classes.
We have 2 groups, one starting at 10am and theother at 11.30am.
New MembersWe have had an amazing 5 new members join lastweek!! This is a great sign for the club and Iwould like to personally thank
LorrieAustin and
RussellStorey for all the great things thatare happening with our Junior section at themoment.
Our Junior Youth Shield team are playing Stoke on
Saturday. 1st tee is at 1pm, sowe ask you to please come out and show yoursupport!
A reminder for the
FREE JuniorCoaching on
Saturday's 1pm - 2pmfor
ALL our current JuniorMembers!
What does my divot mean?? Analysing a divot plays a vital role in analysingwhat was wrong with a shot. Here are some resultsand reasons for the fault
Divot aiming left - the swingpath is too much from out to in. This will cause apull or a slice
Divot aiming Right - The club istoo far from inside to out. This will usuallyproduce a good strike, but usually to the right.
Deep divots - The swing is toosteep, this can lead most commonly to a fattedshot. Or a big slice
Shallow divots - Not enough shaftangle, usually leads to high and shorter shots
