Nevil Bland

Hello Golfers,

Welcome to another edition of our newsletter, in this week’s mail the juniors have been filling the news columns with their competition results, we visited The Leicestershire for The Captain’s Away Day, and we highlight some upcoming events. Enjoy the read!

Pro's news

Schools out for summer…

Lots of competitions on at the moment, the juniors have only been off school for a week but they are already filling out the news columns. Soon after his hole-in one last week, Alfie White shot level par gross, nett 5 under in the Sky Sports Junior European Open Qualifier. This saw him finish in second place and booked his place to the grand final in Malaga in November. Great stuff Alfie!

Hannah Golding’s Junior Captain’s Day took place this week and Ellie Ashley-Brown won the nett with a scintillating 60, droppping her handicap by 5 shots in the process. The ladies stole the show as Hannah won the Gross with 4 birdies in a round of 1 over par 71 and Ellie Treadwell slotted 3 birdies on the front nine.

Best Gross
1st - Hannah Golding = 71
2nd - Ethan Evans = 76
3rd - Harvey Hall = 78

Best Nett
1st - Ellie Ashley-Brown = 60
2nd - Hannah Golding = 67
3rd - Ellie Treadwell = 68

A trip to The Leicestershire...

The Captains Away Day at The Leicestershire was perfectly sandwiched between a day when it would have been too hot for 36 holes of golf and a day when it would have been too wet with 24 hours of torrential rain. I travelled over to Leicester on Thursday afternoon and got off the train at 5pm when it was 37 degrees!

I had a brilliant trip as I got to spend the night at my Mum’s house and we stayed outside all evening, watching satellites zip overhead and easily watching the International Space Station gracefully float across the sky.

My brother dropped me off at The Leicestershire at 7am on Friday and it was quite surreal as the same thing used to happen exactly 30 years prior when I was the Trainee Assistant Pro there. For me, the great atmosphere continued as I met some of the members who were there during my 4 year stint and some of the staff could recall a similar time. I’ve written to the club and remarked how well we were looked after by Chef Simon and Bar manager Peter as well as Alice in the office whose door was open all day by the patio and they were all keen to ensure we had the best day possible. Many thanks to everyone at the club who provided a memorable days golf and I’m so happy to see the fantastic club atmosphere that I remember is thriving and progressing at the same time.

As a kid we used to walk the dog across the course on the public footpaths and it was always considered uber-exclusive, so it was nice to see that many of the same people were at the club as in those days, yet the club had acknowledged the need to adapt and now allowed casual dress and jeans in the clubhouse, golf shoes were ok everywhere and there was a pilates session going on in the committee room.

If you get the chance, I’d definitely recommend a visit at this club which was established in 1890! In a busy day the only picture I took was an un-exciting view looking over the putting green as I was entering some scores.

56 golfers thoroughly enjoyed the day -some lost their shoes, some lost their clubs, some left their jackets and others lost their golf games. Craig Nesbitt lost nothing however as he won the 36 hole event narrowly from Andy Glassey whose consolation was winning the morning event and the afternoon being won by Pete Hughes. Thanks to everyone who paid up for their 2s after the event and in the process made a contribution to the Captain’s Charity.

A couple of events on the horizon…

The first is the 125 year anniversary Pro-Am on Friday 16th August and if you’d like to act as a stand-in to play or a volunteer for ball spotting, please click here and I’ll get in touch with you. We have a record entry, a record prize fund and a fantastic list of talent in the professional entries.

Another event is my Pro’s Day which takes place for the ladies on 11th September and for men on 14th September. These will both be Texas Scramble events, the ladies in 3-balls and the men in 4-balls.

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Get out and get golfing!

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