200 club news

The latest project, "Amen" Planting at the rear of the 13th Green, has been approved by 200 Club members.
Thank you very much for your votes, the fantastic level of support and also your valuable feedback which is very important to us.

This project will be actioned in the coming weeks by our Greens Team, managed by John Dixon, together with our Ecology Group. In fact, you will have noticed that the area has already been cleared in readiness for the planting.

Thank you once again for your support of the 200 Club. With this project, the new tee yardage markers which are ready for installation, and the new course accessories we trust you will enjoy the course even more.

December Draw

Our December draw took place as usual at the New Years Eve party, and what a party atmosphere there was! It is also the occasion for the 2nd "Big Draw" of the year.
There had been a session of "Simply Red" songs and then the wonderful buffet which Rick had prepared for us.
After everyone had had their fill we managed to extricate the Captain, Lady Captain and the President to pull out the lucky numbers for us.
The Captain was asked to pick the big one and out came number 56. This belongs to Joe Holten who now lives in Ireland but just happened to be over for New Years Eve. Well worth the trip I think, and it was said that he could help the Irish debt crisis with his £860!
We were delighted that we had the winner present so Mr Captain could present him with his cheque.

Then we carried on with the usual monthly draw. Mr President pulled out the first prize number 166 which belongs to Simon Poucher and he will be the lucky recipient of £649.

Lady Captain did the honours next and pulled number 82 out of the box. Howard Stockwell was the lucky owner and will pick up a cheque for £173.

Lastly the third monthly prize was picked by an elf helper! She pulled 199 out and to our delight the owner of this number was also present. It was Peter Broadbent who won £43. I think there was an extra round of drinks bought!

So an enjoyable end to another very successful 200 club year.

A big thank you to all the members of the 200 club and look forward to seeing more improvements around the club next year courtesy of you input.

Don't forget that January is the time for those who pay by cash or cheque to do so. It needs to be done before January 20th so that you are in next months draw which will be on Friday January 27th 2012.

Happy New year to all and hope your number is picked during the coming year!

November Draw

The November draw took place on Friday 25th with our regular supporters there to enjoy their fish and chip supper after the draw. We were pleased to have Lady President in attendance and asked her to pull out all the numbers for us. She was delighted when all the numbers to come out were owned by ladies!! The first prize of £649. was won by number 122 owned by June Cutler.

Second to come out was number 71 owned by B. McIntyre ( Charlie McIntyre's wife). She won £173.

Third out was number 62 which is owned by Shirley Lawton. This gave her £47.

Don't forget the next draw includes the "BIG ONE" This will be in excess of £800. It will take place at the New Years Eve social event, so get your tickets and be there to collect your cheque!!

October Draw

Our October draw took place on Friday 28th October in a fairly noisy Richard Burton room as there was a birthday party in the mixed lounge. However with our loyal bunch of followers and a musical background the numbers were pulled out.
First out was M. McHugh C/O Charlie McKintyre. We think it is his mother-in-law. It was number 179 and netted her £649.
Second was Lyndon Bates whose number 103 gave him £173.
Third out was number 14 which is the second time that Kevin J Moore has won. This time it was £47 and we caught up with him after his game on Saturday for a photo.

You may have noticed that work has started on the course furniture which is a 200 club project,

If there are any more ideas please put them forward.

The next draw will take place on friday November 25th at 8pm.

Come and enjoy a fish and chip supper and maybe a cheque as well!

September Draw
The September Draw took place at the McMillan coffee morning on Friday Sept 30th. There were lots of ladies attending and they were all hopeful for a win!
The first number pulled out was 191 and the name was B Mathews. It is Julie's father who is not a member of the Golf Club but has been a member of the 200 club since the beginning. I think his arm was pulled up his back by Julie! He won £649, and I feel sure a treat will be coming Julie's way!
Photo to follow
Second out was number 171 which belongs to Shiela Houghton (Captain Elect's better half!) They just happen to be in Australia at the moment but word got to them pretty quickly! Lets hope they celebrate "Aussie style".

Look where Sheila spent her winnings!

Third out was number 28, no stranger to success! It belongs to Dereck Smith and he won £43.
Have you registered your vote for the new proposal? Don't forget, if you have any ideas as to how our money should be spent, do a bit of homework and put your ideas and costings to the 200 club organisers.
The next draw will take place on Friday October 28th. We will revert to the old time of 8pm during the winter months.

August Draw

The August draw took place on September 2nd due to a clash of events the previous week.

Before the draw took place a few details of our income and expenditure were explained.

The last project that the members were asked to vote on ( Course accessories) has been approved, and will come in at a cost of just under £6000. We still have approximately £9000 in the bank and would ask anyone with a proposal to do the groundwork on costing so that it can be put to the membership.

Mr President was at the draw and was given the job of pulling all three numbers out of the box.

The first to come out was 93 and the helper whose job it was to scan the list to see who was the lucky owner went very quiet for a moment and looked at the assembled group. Lady President said "Whats wrong?" and she said "Its my number!" That lucky person was Judith Stanistreet who won the sum of £649.

The second number to come out was 67, this belongs to David Carlisle,who won £173, and third out was 35 which belongs to David Ashton. He won £43.

After the draw people were discussing how some members have won a few times. The only reason we can come up with is that some people have more than one number.

The Stanistreets have 3 numbers, David Carlisle has 3 numbers and the Ashtons have 2 numbers.

SO Members you know what you need to do! Buy another number!

The next draw will take place on September 30th.

July Draw

What a good crowd of regular supporters including the Captain we had for our fish and chip supper before the draw this month.

Before the draw took place the Captain seemed worried that he might once again pull out one of the "regular" winners!! He therefore asked Kevin Alston to pick the first number out.

This was number 30 which belongs to Ian Bullough. He won £645.

Lady Captain Sylvia delved deep for the next number which was 44. Tony Ball was the lucky owner and receives a cheque for £172.

The Captain then picked the third number, 43.This belongs to Tony Ball's son-in-law Colin Byrne!! He receives a cheque for £43.

Thank you to all the 200 Club members for your votes and comments on the latest project proposal. The vote was very much in favour of the investment in course accessories - ball washers, divot boxes, broken tee recepticles and bins. So very soon you will start to see these appearing on the course complementing the existing accessories we have out there for your use and convenience.

Thank you again. We really do appreciate your input.

If you have any more ideas you need to get them costed and then presented to Hilary Tarleton so that it can be put to the 200 club members for approval.

The next draw will be on Friday August 26th.