What a triumph for Sue Pomeroy and the Ladies!

A great Ladies Day - full of energy and enthusiasm.  Potential new lady members getting to see what it is like to be a Lady Member at PRGC!  Fantastic!

Everyone got behind the event; from PRGC advertising on Facebook and in the clubhouse to members word of mouth amongst friends and family.

Special thanks to the ladies who played with the visiting ladies and to Bruce who put his shoulder behind the event, both giving some coaching and some advice.

Very proud day for PRGC 🙂

Princes Risborough Golf Club

AUGUST NEWSLETTER FROM YOUR LADIES COMMITTEE

Hello Ladies

We had a very successful July with three events – Race Night, Ladies Open Day and Afternoon Tea at Polly’s house. – which were all enjoyed and well attended.

July results:

July Medal                            Winner:  Jill Peppett

Summer Stableford            Winner: Alma Piddington

Ladies league match v Whipsnade at home – win for PRGC

Many congratulations to all the winners.

The Race Night on 22^nd July was well supported and great fun.  Many thanks to Steve Sargeant and his helpers for organising the night.  No doubt a great deal of money was raised for the two captains’ charities -  MS and MND.

Our first Ladies Open Day was held on 26^th July and was a great success.  The event was organised from beginning to end by Sue Pomeroy who did a fantastic job and is sure to be in demand to organise another one next year.  Our pro, Bruce, was also available to speak to prospective new members and help them on the practice ground.  A big thanks to Sue, Bruce and all the ladies who took part in so many different ways.

On 28^th July Polly Allen hosted an Afternoon Tea at her home.  Many thanks to Polly for providing the ladies with a lovely treat.  The weather was good and the surroundings were beautiful.  Polly’s garden was an absolute picture.  On top of this £340 was raised for Jill’s MND charity.  Many thanks Polly for all your hard work.

AUGUST

Wed 2       Ladies morning – to be organised by Jacqui Taylor

Thur 3       Friendly v Huntswood - Home

Fri 4           Mixed Stableford

Wed 9       Ladies morning – to be organised by Liz France

Fri 11        Mixed Stableford

Wed 16    Ladies morning – to be organised by Sue Pomeroy

Fri 18        Mixed Stableford

Wed 23    Grannies Cup

Fri 25        Mixed Stableford

Sat 26       MENS CAPTAIN’S DAY

Wed 30    Ladies Inaugural Cup

The California Cup is now being held on Sunday, 24^th September and Jill is taking names for couples who would like to play in this competition.  It is a Mixed Greensomes Stableford starting at 10.00am and finishing with a Sunday lunch and presentation.  This event is also open to non-members with a recognised handicap partnering a member of PRGC.

Happy golfing in August.

Beryl Austin - on behalf of the Ladies Committee

30.07.23

It was an incredibly wet day and not everyone finished but what a great competition!!

A massive thank you to Brian Fowler for the imagination to start this amazing event for PRGC

A massive thanks to our new Green keeper, Jack and to all of the greenkeeping team for their hard work in prepping the course - great job. And of course to Sarah and the clubhouse team for their great customer service. And Trish and team for the great food.

Congratulations to the winners and everyone who played, for embracing and celebrating being a 19+ handicap 🙂

The biggest thanks of all though - to John Harvey who leaves the club today after an amazing career as our Head Greenkeeper.  From a 16 year old apprentice to the youngest Head GK in the country, supported by some of the UK's leading greenkeeping consultants on his great journey with PRGC.  John will be back periodically with his own consultancy hat on - or a bag of sticks on his back to enjoy the beautiful course he helped to create.  Thank you John!

On the 12th July, Jack Martin will join us replacing John Harvey within the Greenkeeping team. Jack is joining us from the Oxfordshire Golf Club.

Jack has good experience, an eye for detail and a strong work ethic and we are looking forward to having him on board. Please make him feel welcome. John is leaving us on the 14th July after a handover period spread over approximately 4 weeks. During this time Jack has familiarised himself with the machinery and systems that we use.

Chris and Ollie will remain in their existing roles. Jack and I will be recruiting a further team member over the coming months. I would like to express my thanks to John for his work within the team over the past ten years and for providing an effective handover period to Jack. I would also like to express my thanks to Chris who has put a substantial amount of time and effort into the team during the Spring and Summer to date allowing us to keep things running as smoothly as possible.

Please feel free to call me on 07767770364 if you have any questions on the above or on the course in general.

With the kindest regards

Mark Tubb
Joint Managing Director