Hello golfers,

Another busy week at Hockley, it's surprising what a difference a few lighter evenings make, I hope you enjoy another edition of our weekly newsletter bringing you up-to-date with all the latest news and offers.



Charity Games

The winner of the bonus ball this weekend was Alan Boucher.

Sainsbury's Active Kid's Vouchers

We are still collecting the Sainsbury's Active Kid's Vouchers on behalf of Naomi House and Jack's Place, so if you are shopping in Sainsburys and are offered the vouchers, please accept them and hand into the pro shop. Thank you to all those that have already donated.

Easter Raffle Tickets

Don't forget to buy your tickets for the Easter Raffle of chocolate and wine from any member of the bar team and all proceeds are going to the Captains' Charity, only a £1 a ticket, please give generously and buy as many as you like. Many thanks to Ann Younger for creating this beautiful basket.

Course Update

Can we politely remind you not to take trolleys across the 'teeing areas' of the course.

Upcoming Events

We have a number of events coming up at Hockley, including:

• Thursday, 6 April - Ladies Medal.
• Saturday, 8 April - The Tank Cup and Wells Trophy. Enter on the day in the pro shop.
• Sunday, 9 April - Hockley Masters Par Three Competition, shotgun start at 1:00pm. Please note if you are playing in the morning the course must be clear by 12:30pm. There are a few available tee times for this competition, so if you're planning to play this Sunday afternoon, you won't be able to as the course will be closed! However, you can enter this unique, never been done before event with a BBQ afterwards. As a reminder, this will be a Shotgun start from 1:00pm, individual medal with lots of prizes for men and ladies. The start tees will be posted shortly, so please sign-up in the clubhouse foyer where you can also find further details.
• Monday, 1 May - The Spring Texas Scramble, entry information will be posted this coming weekend.
• Wednesday, 24 May - The Hockley Pro-Am - We would love to see more members playing in this event and supporting our club and Captain. Why not invite some of your friends to play and make up a team of three? Your chance to play with a Hampshire Professional and your entry fee includes coffee and bacon roll on arrival, a two course meal and prizes.

Good Luck... 

'Fernando New Knees' our new Spanish member (alias Mike Eames) played his last game for a while on Sunday as he's getting a new half knee on Tuesday, best of luck Mike from the pro shop team and I'm sure all the 'Numpties' that you play with as well.

 

It's Time To Upgrade

The popular battery trade-in is back and we will give you £25 OFF a new lithium battery when you trade-in your old battery, working or not. Lithium batteries are quicker charging, last longer and work out cheaper in the long run than the standard Lead Acid alternatives, so it's time to say goodbye if you're still using one.

Click here to learn more.

Are You Going On A Golfing Holiday This Year?

Take advantage of our travel cover rental programme. For only £20 for 10 days we will hire out a BIG MAX travel cover with wheels keeping your clubs safe.

Contact one of the team here for more details.

Stay Calm It's Masters Week!

It's an exciting week ahead as golf's first Major of the year is almost upon us, The Masters, and our sweepstake draw will be posted on Thursday. Please remember we are running daily prizes of the best and worst scores, each winning £10.

I am sure you will join me in wishing Scott Gregory from Corhampton GC all the very best in The Masters this week, such an achievement from the Hampshire lad.

Masters Madness

Come and celebrate Masters Madness as for the four days of the tournament we will be offering you 15% OFF any golf bag, item of clothing or pair of shoes (excluding sale lines). Now is the time to come and revamp your spring golfing wardrobe, we have so much to offer you. We could have the smartest dressed members in the South...

 

On The Course...

An excellent entry into the Ladies Spring meeting last Thursday and the results were as follows:

Silver Division Winner - Louise Spruce with 36 points.
Bronze Division Winner - Vicky Kimber with 39 points.

15 Ladies played in the Medal Winner's Salver on Sunday and the winner was Lesley Milne with a nett 69.

 

Captain/Pro Challenge

Our last two matches took place on Friday against some regular foes, the doctors Martin Mitchell and Senior Captain Tony Crawford, with Graham Light and Peter White. Nick and I started poorly and were severely punished being four down after five to Graham and Peter and one down to Martin and Tony. We then had a mini revival and turned two down to Graham and Peter and one up on Martin and Tony. The next few went back and forth leaving us all square with Graham and Peter and three up on the Doctors, who then won 16 and 17 to be one down on 18 and Graham and Peter stood level on 18 after I missed from 6ft on 17. The Doctors then let us off the hook on 18 by not playing the hole quite as they wanted, but Graham and Peter and ourselves were both on the green in regulation. So, it then came down to the putting and fortunately for us Peter missed and Nick holed for birdie to give us a one hole win.

As we were shaking hands Graham then told us it was the only time we had been up on them, good timing.

Captain/Pro Final

On Saturday, 1 April 10 exclusive pairings successful in defeating Gary and myself during the Captain/Pro event, took part in the final show down.

With the weather forecast set fair, it was anything but. For the first hour of play the heavens opened and made for tricky and difficult scoring. This was a chance for Gary and myself to seek some revenge! However, it wasn't to be and we were pipped by worthy winners Jason Cattle and Dave Daish who scored a very creditable 39 points. Since the start of the Captain/Pro matches way back in November 2016, we have played 52 games and enjoyed every one of them with some memorable moments along the way.

Through your kind generosity these matches have raised over £1,000 for the Captain's Charity - Naomi House and Jack's Place. A massive thank you to all that participated and a special thank you to my partner (Golfing that is) - Gary. They say in foursomes you should never apologize for a bad shot, well now we have finished, if anyone finds golf balls out on the course with "STUBBS" written on them, it was me that put them there. Sorry Gary.

 

Pat's Weight Loss Challenge

I am pleased to report that Pat Lawson has managed to achieve his personal goal of losing two stone in weight by the target date of Friday, 31 March. On behalf of Pat, I would like to thank everyone that sponsored him as well as refusing him that extra portion of cheesy chips. In total, he managed to raise £120 from within the club as well as further sponsorship outside.

Well done Pat - Top man or should that be slim man.

Nick Goater,
Club Captain.

 

 On The Course...

24 seniors played in the annual Duff Putter event last week and the winner was Jeff Ashford with 40 points, beating John Fisher on a countback.

 

Junior Triangular Matches

The first of the Junior Triangular matches took place last Sunday resulting in a great score for Hockley. The team outscored both Winchester teams with two notable performances of 39 points from both Beth Goater and Taylor Archer, well done guys. This gives us a great start to the 2017 season and we can hopefully move on from this to a win over the six matches. Next games are on the same weekend, Saturday 22, April and Sunday, 23 April at South and Royal respectively, please do your very best to be available as we have no spare choices for the selector this season.

Great result guys.

Colin Field,
Junior Organiser.

Junior Coaching

I am running two junior sessions on Tuesday, 11 April and Tuesday, 18 April from 10:00am - 12:00pm if you have any friends interested in taking up golf or you may want to come along yourselves. The cost is £15 for the two hour session, please contact the pro team for more information or to sign-up as this is limited to 10 per session.

Click here to get in touch for more details.

 

Friday's Short Course Stableford Results

Division One Winner - John Fisher with 38 points.
Division Two Winner - James Osman with 38 points, beating Colin Showell on a countback.

Saturday's Men's Medal

The first Medal of the year was played on Saturday in dreadful weather, despite this we still had some good results:

Division One Winner - Mark Abel with a nett 65.
Division Two Winner - Taylor Archer with a nett 66.

Only one two was recorded by Nick Bell who won a sleeve of Titleist Pro V1x golf balls.

Sunday's Long Course Stableford Results

Division One Winner - Alex Olney with 39 points, beating Mike Andrew on a countback.
Division Two Winner - John Platt with 38 points, beating Crispin Weidman on a countback.

There were two two's - Merreck Denton-Thompson and Dan Mould who both receive £5.50 professional shop credit.

Summer Knockouts

The draws have now been made and have been posted on the noticeboards. Can you please ensure you record your results on the draw and on the PSI machines, thank you.