Rob Humphrey

Greetings golfers,

Welcome back to the weekly newsletter. This week we great news from the gents Hilliard League team, a Cameron Cup update, Jo reminds you of her Winter Coaching and recaps her trip back to Birmingham Uni, and we have our usual competition news and upcoming events update. Enjoy the read!

Club news

Ladies Match update from Bettina McFann

On Saturday 30th September we had a friendly match at Puttenham and our ladies won 3:1, and on Sunday 8th October we had a friendly match at Croham Hurst and our ladies lost 1:3 (we only had a team of 6 ladies).

The ladies played Bramley Golf Club on Thursday 12th October and Tyrrells lost 1 1/2 : 2 1/2 against Bramley. It was a very close match with one draw and 2 matches that were only resolved on the 18th (being all square on the 17th) one win to Tyrrells and one to Bramley. Lorna Johnson chipped in from off the green twice to score 2 birdies!

2017 Warren & Hilliard league - Mark Crompton

On Saturday the Hilliard team won both the Cup and the better ball plate competitions at Kingswood, with a 3-0 win over Redhill & Reigate in the Hilliard Cup and Stuart LaFrenais & Andy Foley (pictured) scoring 40pts to win the Hilliard plate.

Match 1
Ken Drew & Malcolm Allan won 1 up
A very close match with Tyrrells 2 down with 5 to play but Ken won 17 and Malcolm then parred the last to win the hole and the match.

Match 2
Damian Connolly & Neil Parker won 2&1
Always against 2 young long hitters, and a great 30’ putt on the 13th by Damian for a 5 nett 4 half kept them 2 up. Neil closed out the win on the par 3 17th.

Match 3
Sean Griscti & Dave Orpin won 3&2
Very steady play from both Sean and Dave all day which had them 2 up at the turn and always in control, and they secured the first match point on the 16th and the cup was won about 5 minutes later with the middle match.

Well played to all for our 2nd win from 4 finals in 5 years, and many thanks to the other 16 players that played throughout the season.

This win is for Geoff Hubbard

Mark,
Hilliard team

Cameron Cup

Cameron Cup Update

The Captain and I faced another tough challenge last week against Gregg Barnes and Lee Murray. We were all square after a very close front nine, the highlight being Gregg's tee shot on the 4th almost going in the hole. It was also touch and go on the back nine, Steve and I managed to get two up by the 14th hole and after a couple of close holes Steve made an excellent 3 nett 2 on the 16th to close the match out for a 3&2 win. Thank you Gregg and Lee for your company and the very generous donation to the Captains' Charity.

Stevenson Cup Update from Chris

It had been a while since our last Stevenson Cup match and, after four consecutive defeats, Alan and I were determined to stop the rot. We were up against Toby Jones & Doug Tidmarsh who had both been in very good form recently. We didn’t get off to the best of starts after losing the 1st hole, but we bounced straight back by winning the 2nd courtesy of Alan’s 4 nett 3. The match remained very tight up until the 7th hole as we moved into a commanding position by winning the 7th, 8th & 9th holes to move 3 up at the turn.

We would soon move 4 up after winning the 11th hole courtesy of Alan’s 4 nett 3, before Toby & Doug began their fight back. Doug managed to win the 12th with a 7 nett 6…that pretty much summed up the standard of golf that was on show! Toby then made an impressive 3 nett 2 on the 13th before winning the 14th to cut our lead to 1 hole. I was beginning to get worried at this point, but luckily we managed to win the 15th to halt their fight back and move 2 up with 3 to play. We would go on to close out the match on the 17th for a 2&1 victory (our first since March!).

I would like to take this opportunity to thank both Toby & Doug, not only for their company on and off the golf course, but also for their generous donations to the Captain’s Charity. Thank you gents. I have to mention the weather on the day was totally bizarre! I’d never seen anything like it before…I thought it was the start of the apocalypse

Assistant's news

Back to school

This week I went back to my University – The University of Birmingham, to talk at the annual Applied Golf Management Studies Alumni evening. This year there were four of us giving presentations about our careers since graduating, including my housemate who now works for the golf union of Wales. The four of us represented a real cross section of career paths, I spoke about coaching and the academic qualifications I’ve moved onto since graduating. We also had a director of golf, a tournament director and a member of PGA staff.

It was great to go back and talk to the current AGMS students, I remember attending alumni events as a student and hearing what graduates were up to, it was always inspiring to hear where the degree can take you. It was fun to go back, if a little strange to be stood up at the front of the lecture theatre! As you can see by my opening slide I wasn’t afraid to share some of my dodgy Uni pictures with the current students, I have a drink in my hand in an alarming number of them!

Winter Coaching Package

Ensure you play better and get more enjoyment out of the game next year by working on your game this winter.

Take the first steps to improving your game this winter with a winter coaching package. The package includes:

1 hour initial assessment session and plan – on course we assess your current game and begin to plan how we can make improvements

3 x 45 minute coaching sessions – with the plan in place we keep your improvement on track with coaching sessions taken in October, November and December.

The package is available for just £155.

For more information or to book your assessment session, contact Jo – assistant.professional@tyrrellswoodgolfclub.com

Competition news

Wednesday 11th October

Congratulations to the team of Roger Sinclair, Alec Tombs and Peter Boullin for winning the Seniors Team Stableford competition with a score of 76 points. For the full results please click here.

Sunday 15th October

Very well played Diana Morris who won the Ladies weekend stableford with 36 points. Marcelle Jansen finished in second place with 33. Please click here for the full results.

Many congratulations to Phil Anderson (pictured) who won the Peter Earle Masters on Sunday with an excellent nett 67. All entrants qualified for the Peter Earle by winning a competition throughout the year and so it’s a great achievement to make the starting field. Mike Rowe finished a close second with a nett 68. Please click here for the full results.

Upcoming events

The next 10 days at Tyrrells

As an updated feature to my weekly newsletter, you will now be able to find all of the recent competition results and what's happening at Tyrrells over the next 10 days in this section using the link below.

Click here to see the upcoming events at Tyrrells in the next 10 days.

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