JUNIOR NEWSLETTER - May 2008

Dear Junior Members,

Welcome, the nights are at last getting lighter, I am sure that it will get warmer, the first competition of 2008 has taken place, the first junior lessons are ongoing at Haigh Golf Academy and Tuesday night’s is Junior night at the Golf club. So are you enjoying the season or are you yet to take advantage of all of the competitions, junior practice night and the external lessons with the PGA team at the Haigh Hall Academy.

Competitions

On Monday 5th May (Bank Holiday), we will see the first of this years main Junior Spring Trophy’s and also the Junior Spring 6 Hole Competition. The Spring Trophy will tee off at 9.30am with the 6 hole competition to follow from 10.00am. The prizes for the competition have been donated by the Captain Tim Dickinson. The Captain has kindly donated prizes for first and second prize plus there will be a nearest the pin competition and a longest drive competition. Nicky Sutch is the current holder and is looking forward to defending his title. Are you good enough to take of him? If the answer is yes then we will see Monday morning at 9.15am.

The first round of the Junior Organisers Challenge Cup attracted a small but enthusiastic field. Andrew Eyre won the day with 37 points, which was fantastic, other noticeable score were posted by Christian Lawless with 29 points and Oliver Walker with 28 points.

Our next competitions are as follows so please make a note of any changes to the dates and come and see if you are good enough to win.

• Monday 5th May - Junior Spring Trophy – Tee 9.30am
  Prizes donated and presented by Captain
• Sunday 25th May – Junior Centenary Cup – tee 9.30 am
• Sunday 15th June – Junior Organisers Challenge Trophy
• Sunday 6th July – Wigan Ladies v Wigan Juniors
  
  If you do not have a handicap but would like to play to help you obtain a handicap please come along on the day and join in the competition.

There are competition sheets on the Junior Notice Board and we would like for you to enter your name on the competition sheet prior to it taking place. This is what is required of you if you want to play in the club competitions on a Wednesday or a Saturday so please get in the habit of putting your name down.
Also on the notice board are team selection sheets so if you wish to be considered for the Victory Trophy team, match against ladies team and for the squad to play against other clubs please put your name down.

Junior Lessons and Practice Nights

Tuesday nights are practice nights are open to all juniors and children of members who are not currently members. We are looking to help all levels of golfer from those who want to try it for the first time to those who want to work on their game. We start at 6.00pm and finish around 8.00pm, so if you are looking to try golf or need so practice come and join in on the fun.
We have also begun a series of starter lessons at the Haigh Hall PGA Golf Academy. The lessons are Wednesday evenings between 6.00pm and 7.00pm. We still have some places available and the sessions are on the following dates :

• 7th May
• 14th May
• 28th May
  

Please can you call Andrea Lawless on 01257 421360 if you wish to benefit from these lessons.

Junior Organisers Team

We are very lucky to have two new team members that are assisting in the development and well being of the Junior section. Our past Junior Captain Chris Lyon has been assisting with the lessons on Tuesday evenings and is adding real value to the younger players. Kevin Eyre has also been a great help to those who are looking to improve their game, with tips and practical assistance. Kevin is a new member to the golf club and was until recently the Junior Organiser at Gathurst Golf Club. Their help and assistance is first class and their main focus is to help you enjoy golf whilst hopefully improving your game.

Other News

Save the environment send your email address to HYPERLINK "mailto:info@wigangolfclub.co.uk" info@wigangolfclub.co.uk we can send out newsletters and competition dates and you can also use your email address to get together for a game with other juniors.

The Open Championship is at Royal Birkdale Golf Club between Sunday 13th July – 20th July. We are interested in taking members of the Junior section on Tuesday Practice day. The tickets for under 16’s are free, for 16 – 21 years it is £15.00 and for adults the tickets are £30.00. We are looking to arrange transport to and from Wigan and will inform you what the cost of that will be shortly. Please email Andrea on HYPERLINK "mailto:info@wigangolfclub.co.uk" info@wigangolfclub.co.uk to let us know that you are definitely going as we need to provide the right transport. Any cancellation will mean that you will still be charged for the cost of the transport as the club does not provide it free of charge

I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Steve McDonald
Junior Organiser

Junior Newsletter - March 2008

Dear Junior Members,

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2008. With the Easter holidays fast approaching and the new season now underway, I want to give you a brief overview of what is happening for the junior section over the coming months.

Junior Lessons at Haigh Hall Golf Academy

For all new juniors and those yet to achieve a handicap I am pleased to announce that we have arranged a series of lessons at the Haigh Hall PGA Golf Academy. Our first taster session will be on Wednesday 30th April at the Haigh Academy. The session will start at 6.00pm and will finish at 7.00 pm.

We have secured 16 places for juniors, so we will allocate places on the following basis: -

• New Junior members without handicap who have not previously attended the academy.
• Juniors without handicap who have not previously attended the academy.
• Juniors without handicap.
• Any other interested juniors if places are available.

Please can you call Andrea Lawless on 01257 421360 if you wish to benefit from these lessons.

The taster sessions will continue over a 4 week period for the same group of individuals at the Haigh Academy. The lessons will be every Wednesday evening and will start at 6.00pm.

• 30th April
• 7th May
• 14th May
• 21st May

Please be aware that we will be arranging various sessions with the Haigh Academy team throughout the season so please look out for an update in future newsletters. Tuesday night Junior lessons at the Club will commence every Tuesday from April 1st. The sessions will start at 6.00pm and finish at 8.15pm and are available for all members of the club. Our past Junior Captain Chris Lyon and PGA assistant Chris Clarke will be assisting with the lessons on a regular basis. These sessions aim to be fun but also help your game so don’t miss out.

Competitions

To help get the rustiness of winter out of your system, we have arranged the First round of the Junior Organisers Challenge Cup on Thursday 27th March with a 9.30 tee off. Our first main competition, the Junior Spring Trophy will be held on Sunday 27th April tee off time 9.00pm. The prize for the competition is being donated by this years Captain, Tim Dickinson. The current holder of this competition is Nicky Sutch, are you good enough to be this years winner. If you do not enter then you will never know, so the starting sheets for both of the competitions are on the notice board. You will find the comprehensive list of all of the arranged competitions and matches on the competition sheet.

If you do not have a handicap but would like to play to help you obtain a handicap please come along on the day and join in the competition.

Team Golf Wear

Our aim is for all Juniors to have at least the polo shirt of the same colour with the club logo, which they will wear when the are playing in competitions at the club and representing the club at events away from the club. We have now found a shirt that we can supply and are happy with the quality. The order forms are available on the website and the price includes your personal details and Club Logo.

Junior Website Update

If you don’t already have the clubs website on your computer then please add it to your favourites the address is www.wigangolfclub.co.uk
In our section you have the ability to see what is going on at the club, when all our competitions are and enjoy the links to the English Golf union’s magazine for Juniors “The Bunker”.

We would like you all to receive all future correspondence by e-mail (Our bit for the environment) plus we can hold your email address on record so if any junior is looking for a game then simply email the club at HYPERLINK "mailto:info@wigangolfclub.co.uk" info@wigangolfclub.co.uk and we will send it to all the junior members to help you get together for a game.

I would like to wish the Junior Captain Mark Helm, the Captain elect Scott Henderson and all of the junior members a very enjoyable and successful golfing season.

I look forward to seeing you all soon
Steve McDonald
Junior Organiser

September 2007 - JUNIOR NEWSLETTER

Dear Junior Members,
Welcome to the latest update from Wigan Golf Club. In this edition, you will find who won what, who played well and the nearly if only since our last newsletter in July. Also in this addition you will find an update on the Junior Victory trophy Competition, the latest golf lessons session begins at Haigh PGA centre and a request for the return of the photograph permission form. We are also looking to put a team together for the Juniors v Ladies match Competitions.

The summer was a busy period with The Junior Scratch Cup, The Daily Telegraph Junior Championship, Round three of the Junior Organisers Challenge Cup and who can forget that we hosted the Junior Victory Trophy.

So what happened, who won and what was the weather like…? On the last point it did at last stop raining and you produced some magnificent golf. The Junior scratch cup was won by the Junior Captain Chris Lyon with a score of 69, Chris beat of a late challenge from David Johnson to retain the title, the Nett prize was equally exciting with four players battling it out but with a score of 62 Phil Dawson beat the quality field. In the Daily Telegraph championship, David Johnson took revenue for missing out on the Scratch Cup by winning the competition with a gross score of 76, a great score considering the conditions on the day and in the third round of the Junior organisers trophy Phil Dawson who scored a fantastic 77 Gross 62 nett to win round three.

• Junior Victory Trophy – Friday 10th August 2007

This event was hosted by Wigan Golf Club this year and if I may say I thought that every one that was involved made it a very memorable day for all of the visiting teams. The course was in first class condition and a big thank you to the greens committee for liaising with the green staff. Our thanks also must go to all of the ball spotters for their assistance throughout the day on what was a thankless task. Thank you to House for arranging the Car parking marshals and a big thank you to the steward, stewardess and the catering staff who pulled out all the stops especially at lunch time to ensure players and caddies were fed, water and turned round in their allotted time. A big thank you also for our reserves who had to stand in at the last minute due to injuries to some of our nominated players.

On the course the team played very well and finished third overall in the main competition. Chris Lyon defended his title magnificently, shooting the lowest gross score over the two rounds only to lose the title on a card count back. Well done Chris and well done team.
There were some hard lessons learnt on the day for one of our players who shot a great score of 62 in the morning round. Unfortunately his playing partner put down the wrong score on one hole which meant that our player was disqualified. The lesson form this is that we must all be responsible for checking the score cards before submitting them into the competition. This means you must check the scores hole by hole with your playing partners, if you don’t then you will find that rules state that you are to be disqualified from the competition if the scores are incorrect. So please check your cards before handing them in!!

Junior website update

The Clubs website has now been upgraded and on it you will find our own section. If you don’t already have the clubs website on your computer then please add it to your favourites the address is www.wigangolfclub.co.uk
In the section you will be able to see result sections, what is going on at the club when all our competitions are and enjoy the links to the English Golf union and its very enjoyable magazine “ The Bunker”. We have also included a parent’s information section which helps them understand the game, its rules and the protection that is in place for the juniors. Please ensure you share this information with them and show them around the site.

In our last newsletter I sent you a photograph permission form for your parents/ guardians to complete. This will enable us to take photographs of you when you are playing on the course as we have designed a player profile section and we would like to have your photograph on the website. If you haven’t already completed this form then please return it as soon as possible, if you have lost it then please go to the website and download the forms. They can be found in the parent’s information section.

Junior Golf team wear

Have you order your team shirt yet? If the answer is no then why not ask for it for Christmas or your Birthday! The cost of the shirt is £11.99 and the cap is £5.99, the order form is also available on the website.

New Members

A warm welcome to our latest member’s – Adam Reid, Lewis McConville, Max Green and Matthew Eccles, we look forward to seeing you out and about on the course and hope that you enjoy your time in the junior section at our wonderful golf course.
We have also started the last round of lessons at the PGA centre at Haigh there are two sessions left Tuesday 25th September and Tuesday 2nd October, please let me know if you wish to attend, my contact details are 01257 424194. I hope that you enjoy this newsletter and I look forward to seeing you all at the club very soon.

Steve McDonald
Junior Organiser

2008 Junior Captain

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