This year we saw one of the most exciting opens in years with so many great shots being hit on a fantastic golf course and what a worthy winner in Rory McIlroy. Helen and I had the opportunity to go and watch on Thursday taking our youngest Georgia as Lauren our other daughter was already there as part of a school trip organised by the St Ivo upper school.
It was fab to see all the players and we watched them all playing from the 17th Tee in the morning and the 14th Tee in the afternoon also watching them play the short par thee 13th in the afternoon
The Winners of the Open Sweepstake this year
1st Bob Burgess with Rory McIlroy £120 credit
Joint 2nd John Davey with Sergio Garcia
Joint 2nd Dave Ives with Ricky Fowler £70 each credit
4th Mark White with Jim Furyk £40 credit
Thank you to everyone that took part and look forward to the US PGA Sweep
Callaway Demo day
A reminder that we have our Callaway custom fitting day over on the range on Wednesday 6th August between 2pm and 6pm, make sure you pop in to the shop and book a slot !
Junior summer coaching
With the school holidays now underway we have coaching available for all juniors on a Wednesday afternoon. Either contact the shop on 01480 434705 or pop in and let's see if we can produce a future Rory McIlroy
Charity Day
Friday 18th July saw the annual Brampton Park Golf Club Charity Day with 33 teams entering and starting at 0930 with a two tee start on the 1st and 10th.
The day started with a short spell of rain and some thunderstorms but soon brightened up and with a score of 98 points the winning team was Doug and Mo Poole, John Davy and Karen Cox. In second place with 93 points was our Vice Captains Team led by Chris Cuthbert, and in third place with 92 points were the Cambridge Building Society team led by their Chief Executive, Stephen Mitcham.
Sponsors on the day were DHL (Mike Dunn), Swiss Post Office Solutions (Stuart Miller), Pat Doyle, Peter Lane and Partners (Ben Haymes,) Jody Greenall and Bob Kamper.
The first prize in the draw for a year's membership at Brampton Park was won by Dave Woody who is currently a member at Abbotsley Golf Club who couldn't believe his luck when informed late on Friday evening and he is looking forward to playing at Brampton Park.
Thanks must go to all the sponsors, prize donators both for the auction and registered draw and helpers on the day, starters Stuart Blackburn, Phil Rogers and Clive Sheffield and Kay Perry for the mulligan sellers on the 4th and Nell Phillpots Kristina and Sarah for helping at the registration desk.
Special thanks also to June Cowper for the excellent selling of the registered draw tickets in the last 8 weeks and Doug and Mo Poole for being the auctioneer and his helper!
Takings on the day including sponsorship fees, entrance fees , the auction, registered draw and mulligan collection resulted in the sum total once all auction lots have been settled as £11,549.00.
Allowing for the expenses for the meals, and prizes purchased for both the golf and the 2nd and 3rd prize in the registered draw which totalled £2265.00 the final total to be handed to the Woodland Centre at our AGM in November should be:
£9,284.50
Thanks to Nick Wastling and Bill Evans for the cleaning work they did on the patio and upstairs area last week.
Thanks to all who participated for their support
Photographs taken on the day by Terry Turner and his assistant can be found on their website www.vistacam.uk and you can also see the drone photography and videos on that website.
Ray Miller and Katie Dixon (Men's and Ladies Captains 2014)
PRP SILVER MEDAL
The PRP Silver Medal took place on Sunday and many of you must of been inspired by the Open Golf as 17 players broke par out of a field of 81 The winner with a superb nett 61 was young Adam Steel . Who is the grandson of David Creek. Runner Up with a 66 was Steve Pinner and third were Justin Ives, Michael Gays and Jack Edwards with nett 67s I am sure a very proud moment for David!
Wednesday 'W' 16.07.14
A Fantastic first place goes to David Bartlett this week with 40 points! In second place with 39 points is Keith Anderson and in third place Craig Goldsworthy with 38 points! Well done to you all! Also to a staggering list of thirteen twos winners!
