This lockdown has felt like a long car journey which never seems to end; the weather is pretty rubbish and the nights are long. BUT the silver lining is that the green keepers and Tim have been able to concentrate on drainage and bunker reshaping without getting in anyone’s way.

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After a month of named storms and what can only be described as ‘a bit of a battering’ the weather forecast from the Met office for November is looking much better; meanwhile, stage left due to the huge increase in covid infections; Boris is having to say; ‘stay at home’

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There was a huge turnout for the 30^th Anniversary golf competition on 10^th October, everyone was eligible to play and the format was a 2 ball Texas Scramble. We had all sorts of combinations – husbands and wives, friends, fathers, sons, daughters and pairs who’d never met but wanted to join the celebrations.  The field was so large that the final entries were playing up the 18^th when the sun was going down.

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October 2020 blog - It’s been a while since I last wrote a blog – I have been thinking about writing some sort of explanation about the World Handicapping System but procrastination of Olympic proportions has produced nothing.

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One of my favourite weeks of the year is Junior Week and one of my favourite evenings is Junior Week Presentation Night, which sadly we won’t be hosting this year. The common themes throughout the social media posts and the general conduct involving our juniors are: It doesn’t matter how filthy the weather is – they still want to play......

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Not everyone will relate to this; but to me, life since March has been like living in a reality board game.  The board is a calendar and the player progresses from one day to the next turning over cards which issue a set of instructions that the player has to adhere to according to their personal circumstances and how they’re feeling........

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I’ve loved being able to play golf over the past few weeks, it’s so much easier with a bit of run on the ball and the fresh air and fun of a good walk spoilt really lifts the spirits.

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