Welcome to another exciting edition of the weekly newsletter bringing you up to date with all the latest news and offers from Hockley Golf Club. I hope you've all had a good week on and off the golf course and managed to dodge the showers? I have heard good weather is forecast this Bank Holiday weekend.
Thank you for all the good wishes to Ben and Abby on their engagement, we had a great time celebrating with them in Atlanta and now await a wedding date and the burning question…. will it be in England or America? Enjoy this week’s read.
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£10 OFF
Our £10 shirt trade in continues so still time to clear out those old golf shirts of yours and more lines have been added to our in-store Sale Rail.
Click here for more information or speak to a member of staff in-store.
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Huge savings £100 OFF... yes that’s right... £100 OFF Titleist AP2 stiff flex and AP3 regular irons (stock sets only, not custom) These irons were £899 4-PW, now they're £799, saving you £100. These are on a first come first serve basis and we only have one set of each so call now to avoid disappointment. |  |
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Tip of the Week
Correct body movement in the golf swing
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If you would like to work on this area of your game or any other weaknesses, then get in touch. Call us on 01962 713165(2) or click here to book your lesson today with one of our professionals. |
Seniors Invitation
Our second Seniors Invitational was held on Friday, 16 August, and despite a very rainy forecast, 12 Hockley seniors and their guests set out playing betterball stableford off 9/10 handicap. In the end, we were very lucky, and the rain did not arrive in earnest until everyone had finished. The winners with a very impressive 48 points were John Fisher and his guest Ian Nicol. Second place with 45 points went to Andy Gradidge and guest Chris Weldon, and in third place with 44 points was Roy Hutson and guest Rick Hassell, who just pipped their playing partners Stephen Moore and Garry Williams on the back nine. As usual, Tom provided an excellent meal for everyone.
The day before, David Morgan and his team had a home win against Stoneham. We had won the away match as well, so it was nice to get the double.
We have over 60 entries for the Seniors Open on Wednesday, 4 September, which is set to be a superb event.
John Taylor
Hockley Seniors Captain 2019 |
Our future stars
Just a little update on the Junior section activities, the Greenjackets Finals Day was held at Hockley in appalling conditions of heavy rain and gale-force winds. The competition was reduced on arrival to 18 holes from 36, the players eventually went out but were called in after 10 holes and the result was made on the first nine. A sad way to end the competition with Hockley finishing a disappointing third. I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to all that took part in the qualifying and final, a great effort. The 4th round of the Junior Triangular took place this weekend and the team improved their lead again on both of the other clubs, we now lead South by 50 points and Royal by 88 with two rounds to play. Once again, my thanks to all of you who give up your time to play. It is very much appreciated.
Colin Field
Junior Organiser 2019 My junior groups start again on Saturday, 7 September at 10.30am. Please contact one of my team should you know anyone aged between 6 and 16 that maybe interested in taking up the game. Click here to get in touch. |
Hockley retain the Hornsey Cup
The winners of the Hornsey Bowl were Kay Walshe and Kay Warner with 41 points beating Gill Quick and Susie Lilley on a countback.
Alison Baker won the Midweek Ladies Medal with a nett 70 and Louise Spruce won the Ladies Stableford on Saturday with 39 points and is very pleased with herself as she now has a single figure handicap, well done Louise.
I am delighted to say the ladies team beat Royal Winchester at Hockley on Sunday 5 - 4 to win back the Hornsey Cup. One of the Royal Winchester ladies had a hole in one at the 12th and instead of buying drinks is going to donate to Naomi House and Jack's place.
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Parkstone Trophy
A great win in the Semi-Finals of the Parkstone Trophy against the holders, Stoneham, who brought a strong side to Hockley. The event is for five pairs of foursomes for over 55's, played off scratch over 36 holes. We were missing three of our original team through holiday, injury and operations, but the squad performed really well as a team. Leading 3 - 2 at lunch with wins for Lawrence and May, Carpenter and Russell and Bell and Wilson. As the home side, we had to win at least 2.5 points in the afternoon (as a drawn match goes to the visitors). Lawrence and May had a wonderful win against England Senior International Alan Mew and one handicapper Martin Milne, while Carpenter and Russell had another win 2&1. The last pair of Bell and Wilson needed a half to ensure victory, but were two down with five to play, and one down with two to play -- they won the 17th and holed out manfully at the last to ensure the half required for victory. Marvellous stuff! The other pairings did not fare so well but took out some excellent golfers during the course of the day; team effort is the name of the game.
En route to the Semi-Finals we had beaten Parkstone away and West Hill at home, where Elliott and Hopper were unbeaten and Andrew and Whitfield had been in excellent form.
This prestigious final is on Sunday, 15 September at Parkstone and we will play either Frilford Heath or Hankley Common.
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Dave does the double
The Midweek Stableford was won by David Bannell with 39 points, beating Stuart Marks and Mike Andrew on a countback
Doing the double, the winner of the James Braid medal played on Saturday was David Bannell with a nett 68.
Sunday’s Medal was won by Kirby Sinclair with an excellent nett 67, beating his playing partner Mitchell Bligh on a countback.
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Forthcoming events
- Thursday, 21 August - Ladies Stableford
- Sunday, 25 August - Men’s Long Course Stableford
- Monday, 26th August - Doug Peacock Long Course Stableford
- Wednesday, 28 August - Men’s Short Course Stableford
- Sunday, 8 September - The Sonny Sharpe Trophy is now open for entry on the PSI. 18 holes of medal in the morning and 18 holes of Stableford in the afternoon. The Stableford points are deducted from the nett medal score, the lowest score wins. The field is limited to 66 players and will be balloted by handicap if oversubscribed
- Sunday, 29 September - Champion of Champions is now open for entry in the foyer. Sign up if you have won a competition from October 2018 to now. It is an 18-hole qualifying stableford and includes a one-course meal after play and of course the major trophies will be presented. |
On the course, strutting down the high-street or enjoying a well-deserved holiday; no matter what we’re doing we want to know that the sunglasses we’re wearing look great. If we can find a pair that looks the part in all of the above scenarios then even better... |
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Performance, versatility and style are a must and if you hadn’t guessed already, Oakley bring those three elements to the table with their Mercenary Prizm shades. For the course, Prizm lens technology comes to the fore to enhance colour contrasts so we can spy any course undulations with ease - especially useful on the greens. |
However, the versatility of these shades is the main USP. Its modern styling allows for a look that fits any surroundings with ease, whilst the impressive UV protection means the Mercenary is ready to tackle any beach holiday! We have a wide range of Oakley sunglasses available in-store so come and try a pair or two on for size before your next round. |
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