Dear All,

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.

Giving every man the power to navigate prostate cancer

1 in 8 men get prostate cancer, and if you’re Black, your risk is double. Together, we’re supporting our dads, brothers, partners and friends - by raising awareness, funding lifesaving research, campaigning for change and providing helpful support and information.

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We tee off at 5am on June 1st

Thank you

Ewan, Tom, Dan and Luke