Ryder Cup Is Here!!

With the Ryder Cup starting on Friday I'm sure that everyone is excited to see if Europe can maintain the Cup! The Teams have all arrived at the magnificent Gleneagles and got there last minute notes and tactic's down for a successful week! The European Team looks a great deal stronger then the American, but let's hope that with the team spirit still pumping from the Miracle at Medinah that we can pull together and make another fantastic Ryder Cup victory! Make sure you tune in to the coverage so you don't miss any important moments! GO TEAM EUROPE!

English Champion Club

Over the weekend 20/21st Sep, Brampton Park scratch golfers Owen Davies, James Reeson and Dave Milburn competed in the prestigious National Club competition at the beautiful course of Trentham Golf Club in Stoke. 30 counties were represented and Brampton had qualified to represent Cambridgeshire by winning last year's Inter Club competition at Bourn for the second year running. The standard was very high and after day one Southport and Ainsdale had built up a commanding 10 shot lead over the team in 2nd place with all three of their players shooting 2 under par 70's! James, Dave and Owen had scores of 76, 78, 80 respectively.

Day 2 saw the autumn sunshine for all the players and the scoring conditions, with little wind, seemed good. The Brampton players had the first tee off at 8 o'clock and were all keen to improve on their fortunes from Day 1. James and Dave were playing pretty solidly on the front nine but Owen was struggling and got to the turn in 42. Keen to make amends on the home stretch he holed a few solid putts and hit some solid irons to come back in 37. A solid nine holes on a course set up for tournament conditions with some tricky greens. Dave, James and Owen had 75,76,79 respectively. Southport and Ainsdale kept their nerve and the 10 shot advantage and were worthy winners. They now go on represent England in the European Club championships in Bulgaria in late October. Brampton finished the tournament in 22nd place but some valuable national experience was gained, they certainly have the ability to make it into the top 10.

Steve Lockert.
Scratch Captain

September Specials ending soon

Our four specials this month have been very active but sadly they are now coming to an end and this is your last chance to grab a bargain, so don't miss out and come and have a look!

Special number 1 - Trade in an old glove and receive £1.50 off any FJ glove.
Special number 2 - Buy 3 dozen Srixon AD333 and receive one dozen free (48 srixon AD333 balls for £60) this has been one of our best specials so don't miss out! There's only a few more days for this to be running!
Special number 3 - Club trade in! £50 off drivers, £40 off fairways, £30 off hybrids. If you're looking for new clubs and want to get some money off, then this is a great opportunity!!
Special number 4 - We have new ProQuip gear and waterproofs come and have a looks at our new ProQuip winter clothing as the autumn is now beginning.

RAF Interservices

Last week I was at Saunton Golf Club in Devon coaching with the RAF for their interservices tournament.

This is the event where the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Army compete to see which service takes the spoils.

As always the event was keenly contested and the great news was the RAF came out eventual winners.

This was the third straight year we have won which is the first time the RAF have won three times in a row for 50 years hopefully this lets me keep my job with them for another year.

Wednesday W - 17, September 2014
Chris Moderate - 41
Michael Earl - 41
Colin Allison - 38
Owen Davies - 38
Ross Starkey - 38

Monthly Medal 21, September 2014
Division 1 winner Richard Pearce gross 78 nett 71
Division 2 winner Steve Nokes gross 84 nett 69
Division 3 winner Tony Butler gross 92 nett 66

The CSS for this competition was 73 so it was clearly playing tough so well done to all the winners.