Bill Cleere MBE, ex Seniors Captain of PRGC has sadly passed.  He was a wonderful man and our golf club memories of him are his smile, his laughter and his helpfulness. Every time you sit on one of our blue and gold conference chairs, have a think of Bill, who helped us source them.

For those who knew Bill, his funeral will be at Amersham Crematorium at 11am on Tuesday 24th June 2025.

RIP

Bill Cleere – Old favourite at PRGC, gets his award…

This is PRGC at its finest!! 4 lads out to make a difference for prostate cancer... and boy did they do it!!

They raised circa £3500!!

Well done lads - Ewan, Tom, Luke and Dan - the club could not be more proud of you

P R G C - LADIES SECTION

May/June Newsletter from The Lady Captain

May has been very busy, and our summer calendar is even busier. We look forward to plenty of exciting golf both locally and with other clubs in the County and beyond.

Wed 7th  We changed the format to one of our ladies morning competitions and still had a most enjoyable morning. We were due to play our medal competition but had to cancel this at the last minute.

From Monday the 12th to Wednesday the 14th, we attended our annual three-day break at Staverton Park. What a wonderful trip. All credit must go to our Social Team consisting of Rosie Brand and Val Bate. They organised the golf. the accommodation, the food and the entertainment. The good weather also helped as it was sunshine all the way! A brilliant time was had by all, so our thanks go to these 2 ladies for all their hard work. The main competition for  The White Horse Trophy was won by Val Bate and the runner up was Jill Peppett. Congratulations to both ladies.

Thursday 15^th  We played our first League Match of the season against the ladies from Weston Turville. Our ladies played exceptionally well and beat them resoundingly by 3 matches to zero. A maximum 6 points on the scoreboard for us. Well done ladies.

Sunday 18^th   Ladies Open Day .  What a success! Our thanks must go to the clubhouse team, the greenkeepers, Bruce Loome, our Pro and the lady members who helped on the day. Last but certainly not least our thanks must go to Sue Pomeroy, our County Rep and one of our match organisers. Sue, who was the instigator of this Open Day, with the help of Sarah (our clubhouse manager) and Luke (our Pro Shop Manager) have greatly managed  to increase the numbers of our Lady members here at PRGC. On the day we all had a great time meeting these ladies who liked what they saw in our club and wanted to join. We have recruited 6 flexi members and 1 new 7 day member so far. Some are return to golf ladies, some are “have had lessons but want to learn more” while others are completely new and are having “first time” lessons with Bruce Loome our Club Pro. Whichever category these ladies are in, our Ladies Section here at PRGC sincerely welcome them to the club and we look forward to introducing them to more of our members and helping them to enjoy their journey into golf.  

Wed 21^st Seniors Cup  This was a greatly contested competition and was won by Chris Hallett, so well done Chris.

Sat 10^th and Wed 28^th  These are the dates we played the monthly Medal. Sat for the weekend players and wed for the weekday members. 13 ladies entered and the competition was won by Christine Stevens with a nett score of 69. Alma Piddington was second with a nett score of 73. Congratulations to both ladies.

Events in the Calendar for June

Mon  2nd   RAGS  Golf organised at North Oxford GC by this in house golf society. This is for both male and female members. A good opportunity for ladies to play at different Golf Clubs and have a good day out. Interested? Please contact myself, Melinda or Jill  for info.

Wed 4^th    Ladies Morning

Thus 5^th League Match at Home v Chiltern Forest

Sat 7^th  Weekend Medal  

Wed 11th    Weekday Medal

Thurs 12^th Past Captains and Committee Trophy Competition

Wed 18^th  Lady Captain’s Day and Dinner    All ladies welcome for a day of golf , a light lunch (as the Captains Guest)  and dinner in the evening.

Fri 20 ^th  Friendly Match away at Whiteleaf.

Sat 21^st and Sun 22^nd   Barcilon Cup Club competition for all members. Please see email from Al Bowyer.

Wed 25^th  Ladies Morning

Every Wed Afternoon from 4pm  WAGS  a 9 hole competition for both male and female members .  Players meet up in the clubhouse after golf to socialise and have a Bar Snack/Meal in clubhouse.

Happy golfing to all.

Liz France 

Lady Captain

We would like to say a huge thank you to Sue Pomeroy, ex Ladies Captain for her leadership of the Ladies Open Day initiative - great camaraderie and team spirit.  Sue pushed hard for BCLGA support and achieved a grant to support the event.  The clubhouse team have loved working on this and were able to support the bid with promotional materials and help drive potential visitors to the day with marketing activity.  Just under 10,000 Facebook hits, external road signage, clubhouse signage and emails.  A big thanks also to Liz France for her leadership in shaping the priorities for the day.

On the day itself we have so many people to thank for their support:

• Bruce Loome was amazing on the day, voluntarily giving up his time and energy to create a little coaching fun on the putting green whilst also being accessible for any questions.  Thank you Bruce.
• The Ladies [Sue Pomeroy, Liz France. Donna Convery, Jill Peppett, Melinda Pooley, Chris Hallett and Gill Young], who volunteered their time to show off how great it is to become part of the PRGC ladies.

  In particular - a massive thanks to Sue Pomeroy for her Boards promoting the Ladies Section and to Donna, a reasonably new member to the group, who has encouraged some of her friends to give us a try on one of our trial membership pathways.  Thank you all so much for your help.

• The clubhouse team; a big thank you to Sarah and Luke for manning the Club promotional boards, where they highlighted the pathways into membership and to Chloe who kept the customer service behind the bar to an amazing standard - including a regular supply of cake!  The teamwork behind the scenes on this event was amazing.
• The greenkeeping team; their work on the new Practise Area and Warm Up Nets in particular has made such a difference.  Well done and a huge thanks to Jack, Chris and Evan.

All in all we had a very successful day with the new e-Flexi Trial Membership pathway proving to be hugely successful.

Thank you again to all who helped and supported.  Let's ensure that our new ladies have an amazing induction and we thank the Ladies Section in advance for the work they will be doing along with the clubhouse team in making the trial memberships a success.

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We tee off at 5am on June 1st

Thank you

Ewan, Tom, Dan and Luke

Mark Collins (standing by one of the white poles that he volunteered to paint!) and David Thomas are taking on the Longest Day Golf Challenge for Macmillan Cancer Support.

They will be covering over 20 miles in one day, whilst playing 4 rounds of golf (72 holes)!

Sponsor Waffles and Wings to show your support for them taking on this heroic challenge - please click here

If you want to know a little bit about the amazing nurses that the boys are raising money for, please click here

We would also like to call out that both Mark and David both offer voluntary time to the club with Mark supporting as Membership Sec and David supporting Al Bowyer on the Competition side - so a big thank you from members and management, for all that you do for the club.

Best of luck guys!!

PR GC - Captain's Monthly Message  -  May 2025.

Good Day

A welcome warm start to May, means that at least all the major internal club competitions can begin without delay.

Recent Results.

An extremely good result in our Mixed Match at home to Chartridge Park, beating them 3 1/2 to 2 1/2.  Well done to the team and Jill Peppett for organising.

In the first Mens CBL match of the season, our team claimed a hard fought draw at home against a very strong Wycombe Heights team,    3 - 3  with several matches going all the way!  Again, well done to Steve Sargeant and the team.

April was the last month of the Seniors CBL matches and Dave Orford and team beat Aylesbury Vale at home  4 - 2  which lead to Chartridge Park eventually winnng the league.  In the "wind up" for this competition at Chartridge Park on 28th April, we entered seven players for the Texas Scramble, all of whom played in different mixed teams.  In the only team from fourteen that did NOT contain a Chartridge Park player, my team scored a nett 55 and beat five other teams on countback!  Dave Orford will put the full league results up in the mens locker room. We came third in the league.

Club Results.

Mens April Medal,  Division one was won by Barry Woledge with a very impressive nett 62, from Neil Martin nett 68.

Division two was won by Mark Stinchcombe with nett 65, from Richard Aldridge nett 69.

The Seniors Monthly Club Stableford was won by Mike Pool with 45 points, from Steve Tucker with 43 points.

The Friday Mixed Club Stableford was won by John North with 37 points, from Mike Pool with 36 points.

The Mens April Club Stableford was won by Neil Martin with 39 points, from Dick Pooley with 35 points.

The St. George's Day, Captain's Challenge - "3 clubs and a putter" was won by Tony Taylor with 37 points, on countback from Meron Jacyna. Four delightful ladies joined us for this competition, after which all 24 players enjoyed a lovely roast beef lunch with all the trimmings. It should be noted that both Al Bowyer and Ladies Captain, Liz France also achieved 37 points in a very tightly contested match. Our competitions secretary has not really been forgiven (by me) for naming it "St. Davids Day"!!  by accident of course!!  Sarah kindly ensured that all the correct St. Georges flags were flying.  The "St. George's Day Crystal Vase" team winners were Melinda Pooley, Luke Viney and Meron Jacyna.

Another event that PR GC hosted in April, was the Captains Charity Day, where "On Course Foundation" were entertained to lunch and then a Texas scramble. OCF is a small charity that endeavours to help wounded ex Service personnel back into civvy street through golf. One of their players had been shot in the throat and still uses a button communication system, having also recovered from a quadruple heart by pass. Another player was badly wounded in Iraq having been shot in the back and legs. Many of these folk, both men and women, suffer from PTSD and from which it sometimes takes years to recover, if ever. If anyone would like further information on this wonderful organisation, please contact me separately.

Future Events.

The mens away trip to Draycotes Hotel and Whitefields Golf Club takes place on 6th, 7th and 8th May.  (32 players)

The ladies away trip to Staverton Park Hotel and Golf Club is from 12th to 14th May.  (13 players)

Saturday 3rd May - we are at home to Beaconsfield GC in our first match of the Hillman Trophy. We wish our team of seven, "Much Good Fortune and Play Well!"

Sat. 10th May.  Club Monthly Medal, & CBL Richings Park - away.

Tues. 13th May. Seniors Monthly Club Medal.

Sat. 17th May. Mens Spring Stableford

Tues. 20th May. Grandads Cup.

Fri. 23rd May.  Mixed Club Stableford.

Sat. 24th May. CBL vs. Weston Turville - Home.

Tues. 27th May. Seniors (2024 washed out replay) of the Seniors Championship.

Sat. 31st May. CBL vs. 3-Locks - Away.

WAGs runs on every Wednesday throughout the Summer - all welcome. Dave Mackenzie is the main contact.

RAGs will be playing at the North Oxford GC (it's last year!) on Monday 2nd June. Contact John Stephenson. Again all welcome.

Saturday 9th August. Captains Day.  This year the theme will be Vintage Golf 1920s/1930s. ie. Plus fours, check waistcoats and flat caps for men and tweed skirts for ladies!  I appreciate it might be a very hot day, in which case the dress code maybe relaxed a little!  All welcome and further details to follow.

Club Pro Shop.

Please contact Luke Viney for all your golfing requirements, from gloves to trolleys.

Bruce Loome.

We understand that Bruce, having partially recovered from his serious motor accident, will be back with us in a couple of weeks.

Teeing off from White & Gold 18th tee.

I would just like to confirm to all players that it will become a local rule, and with immediate effect, that under no circumstances should any member, green fee, or e-card player attempt a shot at the green from this tee.  "New reception staff" will be trained to ensure sufficient emphasis is put on this requirement. And posters will be put up to the same effect.

Meanwhile enjoy the good weather and your golf.

Dick Pooley, Club Captain.

mob. 07785 996511, land 01494 269615, email "richardpooley5@gmail.com"