NEWS 2008 WEEK 1 DECEMBER 4TH
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Local Business web page links........ *Security Products ...* Mini Bus Hire ...* Machine Tools *Car Leasing ... Ode to Peter Wyatt
Car Valeting Service
while you play golf 07525 774 692
Sunset 3:56pm
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This enjoyable day is a shotgun start. Your entry fee is a wrapped gift with your name on it and valued at £10. Everyone wins at this event, if you come 1st you get first pick from the table, last man gets the last remaining prize. TEE TIMES FOR THIS EVENT ARE LIMITED.
DO NOT FORGET! Book a Morning off from your family or meet them in the bar later! Monday the 29th of December is Broseley
Classic Day.
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The Winter Tour has begun! Sunday saw the beginning of the winter league. A format that sees shots deducted if you come in 1st or 2nd and a league format run over the period from November to March it is a good test in the bad weather ahead of us. The first week saw the dreaded cross country played out and as expected was won by the big hitters! Here are the results........... 1st D.Bradshaw G.Turner J.Houlston M.Boyd 37.7 nett 2nd A.Farnen P.Leng C.Jones 37.8 nett 3rd D.Baines M.Cooper M.Houlston B.Devey 39.3 nett. Points are awarded to the first ten positions, the winner taking 10 points and the 10th placed person collecting 1 point. click HERE to veiw the League Table
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Captains Make a Wish Charity
Captain Jim Hollins Charity, organised by Sue Shaw, has donated his collections of 2008. The totals of £3250 from Captains Charity day and £452 raised in the Past Captain Peter Wyatt and Captain Jim Hollins sponsored slim, when a total of 3 and a half stones were lost between them were handed to Jenny Mould, regional organiser of Make a Wish. The money has gone towards the holiday of a life time for a young Telford girl suffering from a terminal illness.
Pictured with the Captain are Sue Shaw organiser, and Jenny Mould from Make a Wish..
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The Secretary has retired!
Ian was our sec for many years and was Captain in 1995. Lets wish him well for the future.
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Lets hope this get well soon card cheers him up! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter course maintenance click HERE
A taste of things to come!
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A roast carvery is being served in the sports bar every Sunday between 12 noon and 3 pm. So you can now invite your family out to lunch without leaving the bar! The cost of this roast carvery is £5.95 per person, for £7.50 you can also order sweet and coffee.There will be no need to pre book.
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IT'S A HATRICK OF WINS ! Telford have won the
inter club Triangular Trophy for the 3rd time in succession. ----- This competition, played between Telford Patshull and Worfield, looked like it was going to the wire with Telford holding a slender lead going to the hill top course of Worfield. But with all of our 8 pairings scoring level par or better Telford clinched victory. All we have to do now is find the shield
______________________________________________________________ HOLE IN ONE !
Madam Captain has celebrated her first hole in one. The acheivment took place on our 11th hole when Helen hit a 9 iron into the hole.
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TELFORD LOSE FINAL Telford have lost the final of the SHUGC Handicap league. Despite a great effort over Hawkstones parkland course, they were just beaten by Hill Valley by 3 holes after drawing the games 3 - 3. This is the 3rd time Telford have lost in the final of this event in there 31 year history.
BUT IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS! While the handicap league team were going down by just 3 holes to Hill Valley in the final our scratch players were winning away at Hill Valley 3-0 in the Hargrove winter scratch league. Darren Child - Steve Lester - Craig Burgoyne - Jas Christian - Steve Powell were the winning team for Telford in this first round foursomes County winter league. They will play Leominster who were given a bye in the next round.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPTAIN WINS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT The third annual match between the Captains team and the Presidents team ended 7-6 in the Captains favour despite the presidents team taking an early 3-0 lead. The electronic score board results presentation by Vice Captain Trevor Allsopp was well received by all, showing the modern way forward for ourscoring system.
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AUTUMN COLOURS Lots more pictures at the bottom of the page.
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AND NOW IT IS OFFICIAL Have we not all thought our course was harder than it is said to be. Well we were right! The EGU have been here, re examined the course and altered the SSS to 73, 1 over par. And ..... did we all not think that the course played longer than it's 6741 yards. Well the answer to that feeling is simple. The EGU have re measured the course and it is 6809 yards long! The re assessment was carried out by L.R.Snelling of the County Union and J.Crampton of the English Golf Union on the 28th September 2008.
As every one should by now know, Fred Snape along with Terry Osborne were the instigators of Telford Golf Club but to give you an insight into his life which is now in its 88th year click the title above and share with us his memories.The poem was written in 1997.
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TELFORD LOSE JOHN STOBBS TROPHY but strengthen the bond!
For the first time since the spring of 2005 Telford have failed to retain the Little Hay Great Hay Sheild. Having won on the first day 4.5 matches to 1.5 matches on Sunday they surrendered the lead and lost the event by 6.5 games to 5.5 games John Stobbs was a golf Writer who at the age of 63 still played of a handicap of 1. He noticed in 1978 that two Golf Courses with almost the same names opened in 1977, Little Hay in Hemel hempstead, and Great Hay in Shropshire. John thought it would be a good thing for the game of golf if these 2 Clubs got together and arranged a match. Little did anyone know that 30 years later they would still be playing each other twice a year. He came to Telford for the 10th anniversary of this event and at 73 years old covered our front nine in 39 strokes ------------------------------------------------------------------------
TERRY OSBORNE MEMORIAL TROPHY
Most of that first steering committee consisted of ex military personel who having played golf for many years abroad decided to use their new Telford Corporation golf course "Great Hay"as the home for this new Golf Club.Terry was a member of Wrekin Golf Club and at 65 years old played off a handicap of 5.This Gentleman learned to drive whilst abroad during his army career and to his demise continued to use his left hand drive Morris 1100. He died of a heart attack in 1979 just as the golf course was changing into the private hands of Country Club Hotels who were in the process of building the Hotel and Leisure complex.
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*NEW PLANTS FOR THE 15TH*
is the specimen Hebe, a mid to late summer flowering shrub with a height and spread of 2 to 4 feet. The shrub now sits alongside the Mexican Orange blossom donated by Rose and Steve Lester and the Lady Captains second contribution of C.Japonica" or Camellia as it is more commonly known" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TELFORD 4 BALL OPEN This years "Open" attracted 144 players and was played under ideal conditions. Winners of the £220
1st prize were N.Werson and G.Dickens who scored 66 nett They were visiting us (as they do every year)from Hart Common Golf Club near Wigan.
Vive Captain T.Allsopp and
Little Hay Captain T.Biggerstaff were 3rd. he 5th prize was won by G.Vater and R.Wooley visitng us from The Shropshire. Best gross prize went to J.Showell
and G.Turner scoring 71. Nearest the pin was K.Alvet from Telford. Nearest the pin on the 8th with his second shot was B.Lee from Lakeside Golf Club and the straightest drive was N.Ridgway from Bridgnorth. There were13 two's. Well done to Dave Worton and Dave Ball the organisers who put in a very long and successful day!
The History of the Mahogany Sheild.
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weather forecast for Thursday is ...Cloudy with a high of 3C. (37F)
Don't forget the
BRING AND WIN on Sunday 14th of December
It is a 6 man team event. Add your teams name to Presidents
pimps, Powells Pirates, The Odd Bods, Dirty Dens, The Rambos, The Plonkers,
Bash Street wizards, Old Mexicans, The Aardvarks, Dawley Dosers, Tippararies,
And the Winners Are, WorthWaiting For,The Drivers.The
individual winner gets the coverted Green Jacket! another shotgun start.
Our secretary Ian Lucas has retired from his post and can now get on
with the rest of his plans in his life.
We are all sorry to hear of Geoff Bailey having a heart attack.
FINAL TEAM
Terry Osborne was part of the original team who set up and inaugurated
Telford Golf Club in January 1977. 
Donated by Cheryl Jones 
Second place and £140 went to club members C.Burgoyne and J.Christian
who won on count back with a nett 67.
P. and C. Jones were 4th also scoring 67 nett
