Men’s February 2025 Update

PR GC - Captains February 2025 Message.

Forthcoming Events.

"Save the Date" A PR GC Social for all members, family and friends.

Friday March 7th. A Pub Games Night at our Club. Details on the flyer to follow.

Tuesday 11th Feb. Seniors Monthly Club Stableford.

Friday 21st Feb. Mixed Monthly Club Stableford.

Saturday 22nd Feb. Monthly Club Stableford.

Recent Results.

Barry Keats with 39 points beat Mark Collins with 36 points in the Seniors January Stableford.

Alun Pugh with 36 points beat Dick Pooley with 35 points in the January Friday Mixed Stableford.

Roger Meakes with a majestic 40 points beat Steve Wagerfield in the Club Monthly Stableford.

Well done to all our winners.

Refurbished Golf Balls.

Liz France is now collecting her third tranche of used golf balls, ready to send off. She thanks everyone who has brought so many in, so far.

"On Course Foundation" Presentation.

On Tuesday 14th January, two representatives from my Captain's Charity came along after Seniors golf and both gave a short talk on where the money raised goes. Both Alastair and "G" were extremely articulate and in the case of "G" he told movingly of his own serious injury in Afghanistan. We presented a cheque to them for £1820.00 and a big "thank you" to all those who helped raised that sum. I am supporting the same charity this year. PS. don't forget the Captain's charity bunker fine on the 9th/18th hole.

Club Pro Shop.

Luke Viney is always available to help spend your money on any golf items from basic balls and tees, up to and including new bags, polos and gillets.

The Course.

Please, please, please replace divots and repair pitch marks. Certain fairways are looking decidely the worse for wear! Jack and his team need help at this time of year especially. So far we have only played to temporary greens on a couple of occasions, but Winter is not over by a long way yet!

Work is continuing on the new sheds and I hope to hear that the practice net area will be next on the list of projects.

Hilman Trophy.

Our mens vice captain, Phil Sloan will be asking for your support in making up a team for this prestigious competition. He will be especially interested in hearing from low handicappers!

Mens Club Competitions.

Al Bowyer will be circulating details shortly of the five mens competitions; Club Singles, Club Pairs, Scratch Singles, Seniors Singles and Seniors Pairs. The usual £5.00 entry fee per competition will be required BEFORE the entry draw.

I look forward to seeing you all on the course or in the Clubhouse, and a big PR GC welcome to all new members and players.

Dick Pooley, Club Captain.

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

‘Tee’ Break – Quick Heads Up from Jack…

Further to the November update - during the heavy rains we have been resting and carrying out some essential repairs to the main tees.

Thank you for your patience with this, we are lucky to be one of the few courses able to do this due to our recently opened Brown (mats to mains) winter course.

The greenkeeping team will be rotating between mats and main tees throughout the winter period dependant on the weather conditions. The 6th tee will be receiving some additional drainage to help bring it back into play at the earliest opportunity.

When the main tees are open we would ask that you always use a tee and repair any damage using the seed and soil boxes provided.

Thank you once again for your patience

Stableford Jan 25th 2025

Friday Mixed Stableford – Jan 17th 2025

Seniors Stableford … Jan 14th

Club Calendar from Al Bowyer – January and February 2025

Liz France – Lady Captain’s December Update

P R GC - December Newsletter from The Lady Captain

As you can see by the date above, we have already had Christmas Day and Boxing Day and I hope you all had a wonderful time with family and friends. I am sure you will all agree too, that we have also had a good month of golf and attended some well organised social events here at PRGC. My thanks go to Sarah and her staff at front of house, Tricia and her staff in the kitchen and Jack and his staff for keeping the course in such good condition, considering the wet weather they have had to contend with. Thank you all on behalf of the Ladies Section

Wed 4th Dec We played the midweek Stableford. This was our first morning teeing off at 10am. It was considered a success overall as the temperature had warmed considerably and it was a pleasant morning weather wise. The winner with a very good score of 45 points was Sylvia Clark. The runner up was Fiona Coogan with 34 points. Well played both ladies!

Wed11th Dec Annual Turkey Trot Competition. We had a halfway house with mulled wine etc, organised and served by Sarah and Luke. After the golf, we had a traditional roast lunch with all the trimmings. Polly Allen organised a guess the weight of the cake competition and we had a raffle for a turkey voucher. These were won by Jill Peppett and Anne Ward respectively. We had a slight hiccup with the system when entering our score cards but eventually the results came in as 1st Sylvia Clark with 30 points 2nd Jill Peppett with 29 Points and 3rd Jules Bendell with 28 Points Well done ladies. Also thank you to all the participants, as due to illness only 2 members were unable to play. A fantastic turnout and I think a good time was had by all.

Wed 18th Dec This was to be a Greensomes competition, but the entry numbers were very low, so we switched to our Winter Challenge competition. When we returned to the Clubhouse and drew the Raffle for the Annual Christmas Hamper, which was donated by Polly Allen and won by Carolyn Dowle. A huge thank you to Polly and congratulations to Carolyn.

Tues 24th Dec Xmas Eve Florida Scramble. A mixed competition organised by the Club Captain, Al Bowyer and a few “helpers”. This was for all Members and Guests. It was a large turnout with 61 people in total. The largest number of entrants anyone can remember! The winners were Bird’s the Word and second Vice Capt.’s Team. The winning guest team was Xmas Hackers and Slackers.

That is all for 2024. I wish you all a very HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR

January 2025

Wed 1st/8th/15th and29th Ladies Morning

Sat 18 and Wed 22nd Winter Stableford.

Liz France The Lady Captain

Christmas Eve Scramble Winners – Amazing Turn Out!!

A big "thank you" to everyone who took part in the Christmas Eve Scramble, members and guests, and of course to our Greenkeeping staff, our Bar staff and our Catering staff, who all contributed to the day going off so well. It was a testament to all golfers that we more or less completed in the regulation four hours and were then able to enjoy a well organised meal together.

Members were competing for the Bob Wilson Trophy (a highly esteemed former greenkeeper of our club and an excellent player to boot!)

Winners were "Bird's the Word" - Pat, Dan, Alfie & Jack, all new members, with a nett 45.7

then:-

Vice captains team 55.7

Time Bandits 57.1

Tubb Family 57.4

Sod All players left 58.1

I, J, S, & S 58.3

Talk A Lots 58.5

Captains Crew 61.3

The 2 Wise Women & the Flock 62.1

G, G, V & J 67.0

Guests Teams:-

Xmas Hackers & Slackers 53.5

Gorgeous Four 55.7

The Birdie Seekers 57.4

Pigs in Blankets 59.3

O.R. 63.0

Well done to All.

A massive "thank you" to Al Bowyer for doing all the preliminary organisation and to Mark Richards who kindly brought his lap top in & enabled the results to be completed quickly.

Finally, may I wish everyone a Very Happy and Exciting New Year with lots of golf and many other competitions to look forward to.

Best Regards

Dick

Club Captain.

mob. 07785 996511