I have persuaded the fabulous 30 piece Gospel Choir who performed and wowed us last Sunday to come back and do it again
on Sunday 18th December at 2.30pm.
So put it in your diary and come along for lunch or just a drink.

Bring some friends.

They are fantastic and well worth coming along to see for an hour.

Peter Brookes

On the Front nine 1st were Gillian and Simon Gravett,   2nd were Michael and Rosie Black.

On the Back Nine 1st were Peter and Carol Brookes,   2nd were Paul Clifton and Gay Mulvey.

We then sat down to  a lovely dinner of roast pork and trimmings.

Following the dinner we were then entertained and wowed by a 30 piece Gospel Choir.
They were absolutely brilliant, and they lifted the roof off of the club house.
Everybody went home very happy.
Stephen said theChoir were the best he had seen in the clubhouse in all of his 35 years of service.

Peter Brookes

The first Competition order of play sheet is now up on the Seniors Noticeboard for members information. This is the first of six competitions that have been arranged from October to March. The format will vary from month to month. The dates for future competitions in the Winter Series are already published on the Seniors Noticeboard, or they can be viewed or downloaded from the website by going to the Home Page & looking at the Senior Mens Club Competition Overview. Seniors are reminded that they need an active handicap to play in competitive matches for prizes and points. However, it is possible to play in these matches with an inactive handicap provided no prizes or points are accepted. 

Please click on the following links to find out the results

Ladies Open AmAm - Thursday 16 June 2011

Mixed Open AmAm - Sunday 19 June 2011

Seniors Open 4BBB - Thursday 23 June 2011

Ladies Open 4BBB - Thursday 28 July 2011

Lady Vets Open AmAm - Thursday 29 September 2011

Several Trophies were presented at the seniors Section AGM held on Thursday 22nd September.
The photographs show Gordon Steven being presented with The Simpson Bowl

Seniors Captain Alan Baker presenting the Daniels Trophy to Robert Esterbrook.

Mike Lewis is pictured presenting Barry Davies with The Lewis Jug. This is a new Trophy donated by Mike for the best all round Senior golfer which involved 6 winter series games, 6 stablefords and a 4somes competition.

On Saturday 17th September Jevann Parmar tied first with three other players at the ENGLISH BOYS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS event held at Woodhall Spa.
It is traditional in EGU tournaments that in the event of a tie the title is shared.
This is an excellent achievement for Jevann and will provide a good springboard for further national recognition.
Jevann has been a Junior member of the Club since 2004. This season he won the L&RGU County Junior Championship to which he has now added the English Champion of Champions Crown. He has represented  our Club and County during his career to date and has been involved in the EGU Junior Regional Training Squad for the past two years.

to The Leicestershire Ladies Scratch League Team 2011.

Having won every match throughout the season they have gained promotion to Division 2 for next year.

Very Well Done to Everyone Involved.

final league standings

Round 3  -  Wednesday 27th July 2011

The Leicestershire Team of Roger Corp & Mary Jarvis and Christian Dean & Gee Jackson narrowly defeated the Team from Longcliffe by 1 Hole.

Round 3 is to be played on Wednesday 27th July, Tee Off 5.00pm, at The Leicestershire against Lutterworth for a place in the Semi Final.

Your Support on the Night would be Greatly Appreciated.

L&RGU Mixed Foursomes Draw

By popular demand I have arranged some mixed golf as follows:-

Thurs 21st July Ernest Cowney Trophy tee reserved from 3.0 - 5.30
Weds 24th August 3 club competion 9 holes tee reserved 4.00 6.00
Weds 14th Sept Texas scramble tee reserved 3.00 - 5.30
Sun 9th Oct tbc tee reserved from 1.00 - 2.30

Peter Brookes

The next social event is The Club Day BBQ on Saturday 25th June at 6.30pm after the prize giving.
Tickets are £12.50 and are available from myself or from behind the bar.
A menu is posted in the Foyer.

Peter Brookes

I regret having to inform you that this event has had to be cancelled because of insufficent numbers booked in to make it viable

Peter Brookes.

There were six mixed teams playing. No married couples played together, although six married couples took part. The winning medal score after handicap adjustment was 58.9. Left to right in the photo are: Pat Binnie, Ian Hedley, Jean Cullip, and  Max Jelley
Only the winners received a prize. Second place (no prize, but an honourable mention, 61.7: P. Laurenti, P. Wootton, C. Wilks, I. Burns). We all had a splendid day on the course, and the lunch which followed was acclaimed as excellent by all of us. Altogether a very enjoyable occasion

During the winter months two new developments have extended the opportunities and rewards available to Seniors at The Leicestershire.

The Lewis Trophy
This new trophy has been presented to the Club by Michael Lewis, Club Captain 1992, and distinguished Senior member over many years. It will be presented annually to the member with the best overall performance in all Seniors events, including Qualifying Stablefords, the Ted Stanger foursomes knockout and the new Winter Series ( see below).

In devising a scoring system that combines results achieved in a wide variety of events, Michael’s intention was to reward consistently good performance. Points are awarded down to sixth place in each event, allowing players who consistently finish strongly, without necessarily achieving a podium place, to accumulate points throughout the season.

The current leader board for this competition is displayed on the Senior’s noticeboard and the club website, where a detailed explanation of the points system can also be found.

Winter Series
To add excitement to the winter golf scene, the Seniors have played a series of team events throughout the winter months. The series included both four-man and two-man team events, including a ‘Yellow Ball’ competition, a two-man scramble and an Am-Am competition. In addition to prizes for each event, players accumulated points throughout the series, leading to the award of prizes for the best overall personal performances. Each player’s Winter Series record is also incorporated in the new Lewis Trophy points system.

Despite dreadful weather conditions over a couple of months, enforcing a number of postponements, all planned events were eventually completed. Sincere thanks are due to Aj and Tim in the Office, who helped arrange the original events timetable, and then very generously helped with re-scheduling postponed events.

Thank you to all that supported our February event "A Night with the Stars."

Our next event is on Saturday 26th March - 7 for 7.30.

This will be a French Evening with good food accompanied by some excellent French wine with every course, including Grand Cru wines selected by Peter Howkins.

The cost per ticket is £35, and the dress code is Jacket and Tie.

A Table plan is in the club Foyer and the Menu for the evening will be posted shortly.

We are looking forward to another good evening.

Peter Brookes

07778 233811

REMINDER

Please come to Lady Captain’s Coffee Morning this Monday 21st February at 10.30 in aid of LOROS

Entrance £3 which includes Coffee, biscuits and some Clarins samples. Children will be £1

There will be some golf accessories from GOLF 4 YOU, Goody bags, a stand from LOROS, and a raffle, as well as lots of chat.

Please come and join us THIS COMING MONDAY

Pam Laurenti Lady Captain

Our Open Entry Forms are now available. Click here for details

Events for members to put in their diary’s.

March 26th Spring Dinner

May 21st Dinner /Dance Themed Evening

June 25th Club Day BBQ

Sept 10th James Bond Evening / Casino Theme

October 29th Dinner Dance Halloween - Aaaaaaaagh

Further details will be posted on the board and e-mailed nearer the time.

Peter Brookes

The christmas lunch was well supported with over 100 people attending. A few played golf, but the xmas comp. was cancelled due to the weather, this was a pity because it turned out to be a really nice day.

We had a lovely lunch followed by Carols led by the Choir of St Wilifreds Church of Kibworth.

We also did a raffle which raised £260, which we are going to donate to Rainbows.

The attached photos show that those who chose to play golf really enjoyed it out there, perhaps fortified by the refreshments they carried with them!

They are Paul Clifton and Gay Mulvey, and Robin and Mary  Bullock.

Merry Xmas to all at The Leicestershire Golf Club.

Peter Brookes

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Owing to the recent inclement weather and the forecast for the remainder of Tuesday 30th November the Ladies AGM has been postponed and will now take place on Tuesday 14th December.

The pre - AGM lunch has also been postponed.

Nine teams of six entered the quiz, with questions set by Quiz Master Barry Davies. In all, 18 rounds of 10 questions were attempted by the teams, ranging from sport to politics and from picture rounds to music. The eventual winners were "Norfolk and Chance" captained by Mark Scarratt. Many thanks to Barry, who must have spent a lot of time preparing for the quiz.

If you missed the quiz why not come along on Sunday 5th December for a 9 holes mixed golf competition? So far 28 couples have signed up for it. The golf will be followed by a lunch in the clubhouse and a carol concert  after lunch. Anbody is welcome to come to the Xmas lunch and carol concert, but places are limited and booking up very quickly.

Peter Brookes

The Mixed Weekend away at Thorpeness Hotel & Golf Club was enjoyed by

all despite the torrential rain and hail storms. The first days play was Ladies V Gentlemen. Naturally the Ladies won

however the rules may have been slightly weighted in favour of the Ladies!

The second day was an Am Am won by Carol Smith , Liz Mitchell , Peter Howkins and Adrian Keene.

The final day was a win for the team of Liz Mitchell, David Mitchell, Simon Pollard and Hilary Pollard,

with Hilary Pollard and Clive Smith wining the individual prizes.

Finally the Longest Drive was won by David Walker – but that is another story …………
 

The Annual Dinner

of

The Society of Leicestershire & Rutland Golf Captains

is due to be held at The Jarvis Hotel (formerly The Grand Hotel)

on Friday 29th October 2010

All Members are welcome. You don't need to have been a Captain.

The Cost is £29.95 and parking is free subject to availability.

This is the last formal function for the President Lars Helgeson

and it would be wonderful if there could be a strong support from our Club.

If you are interested in attending please sign your name

on the list in the Gents Locker Room. 

From September 18th printable forms for recording Winter League matches & dates  are going to be available by going to the Mens Section on the Home Page. Just click where it says PRINT and you can have everything you need, rules, fees, dates available and  Tigers & City  Home matches on Saturdays.  All you need to find is someone to play!

Kay Moulden came 2nd (out of 102 entries) with 35points at a Ladies open on Tuesday 10th August 2010 at Woburn.Six Ladies from The Leicestershire entered that day, playing on the Dukes Course. What made Kays 35 points even more special was that the weather was dreadful and it poured with rain all day.Unfortunately Ian Poulter was unavailable to present the prizes and gave his apologies !

The annual match between The Ladies & Gentlemen took place on a beautiful sunny afternoon.

Pictured right - on the 1st Tee are Jane Jelley (Ladies Captain) & Simon Pollard (Club Captain), with their partners Fay Brook (Lady President ) & David Allcock (Club President)

After the match a splendid Dinner was enjoyed by all those taking part, this was followed by speeches from the Lady Captain & Club Captain.

The  Barbara Fulton Rosebowl for the winners of the match (The Gentlemen) was presented by Jane Jelley to Simon Pollard.

Lars Helgeson is President of  "The Leicestershire & Rutland Golf Captains Association".

On Tuesday 18th May, Lars chose Brocton Hall for the Presidents away day.  Pictured are Lars with all the past Captains of Leicestershire who were in attendance. It was a wonderful day, on a wonderful course with great weather and company.

Brocton Hall Golf Club was founded in 1894 and moved to its present location at Brocton, near Stafford, in 1923. The beautiful 18 hole parkland golf course, on the edge of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, was designed by Harry Vardon and its layout remains very largely as he planned it. The mature trees and attractive water features combine to provide a searching test of golf.

Chris Sturmey

The annual Club versus Club Captains was held on Saturday 8th May where the Past Captains Side was represented by twenty-two distinguished members (see picture right).

An excellent lunch was enjoyed by both teams with the wine flowing freely and the customary large glasses of Kummell!

Many stories of both past and present Captains were enjoyed among the participating teams. Play eventually began around 2:20 p.m. where there was initial banter but a more serious tone materialised as the competition got under way.

The tees and handicaps had been negotiated over lunch and though questioned by many of the participants the match resulted in an honourable half for both teams.

A great day and we look forward to next year!!

Simon Pollard - Club Captain