Well the Olympics has finished and didn't we do well! I think it was an amazing performance by all our Sportsman across all sports, to bring home that amount of Medals from such a relatively small country is fantastic and let's hope it inspires the next generation of young people and everybody that plays sport to be more active, as well as encouraging more people to participate in a broad range of sports, golf included. This year seems to have flown by and the Ryder Cup is now only just over a month away, the automatic qualification for the European Team has now finished with Rory McIlroy, Danny Willett, Henrik Stenson, Chris Wood, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, Raphael Cabrera-Bello, Andy Sullivan & Matt Fitzpatrick guaranteeing their places on the team, the three Captains picks will be announced next Tuesday 30th, with five rookies already on the team it will be interesting to see if Captain Darren Clarke goes for experience or more rookies. 


  

John Unwin 82-12=70 was the overall winner in Wednesday's Mid-Week Medal topping Division I from Giovanni Rizzo 86-15=71 and Les Cardy 85-13=72. Division II saw John Smith 93-18=75 lead the way from Thomas Holman 104-28=76 and Malc Matthews 95-18=77. Gav Heaton scooped the Two's Sweep on his own. 

I also need to give a very belated congratulations to Rob Cottingham who scored a Hole in One on the 2nd Hole in the Mid-Week Medal back on the 22nd June!! Not sure how I missed that but well done Rob.




I am sure a lot of you will have heard that Nike will no longer be making Golf Clubs, Balls or Bags from the end of this season, this is has been a big shock especially as we have done very well with the Clubs over the last few years and the new range of Golf Balls are excellent. The clubs perform very well and market share in the UK in Europe has been growing but we are a small area in relation to America and the rest of the World. I must stress that good product doesn't become bad product overnight but inevitably it will be perceived differently, 

I am sure there will be some price reductions, but custom fit will still be available also at a lower price and all warranties will still stand going forward.

 I will certainly still be using all of my equipment, so it actually a great time to get some great performing equipment at a great price. 

Nike's core business in every other sport is Shoes and Clothing and this will continue to be the case in Golf with some very exciting and innovative products coming for next year. 

 
  

Scratch Matchplay Semi Final to be played by 4th September 

Ash Anthony/Matt Deegan v Chris Rippon
Brendan Greville v Paul Day




Cleveland Wedge SALE £59.99 Each 2 for £99.00 

With the launch of the new Cleveland RTX-3 Wedge in mid September the 588.RTX 2.0 is now on Special Offer at only £59.99 each or Two for £99 while stocks last, so why not grab a Bargain. 


New PING iBLADE Irons 

The new PING iBLADE is now available in store for Fitting/Trial, this new iron is the replacement for the S55 iron and I must say it is a fantastic looking golf club, if you are looking for a soft feeling golf club with the set up to shape the ball then this club is certainly worth a look, it will not be the most forgiving iron out there but it is not without forgiveness, it has tungsten weighting in the toe for higher moment of inertia and has a really thin face for greater ball speeds. I would say it is the best looking golf iron PING have ever made! 

£10 Trade In for your Old Golf Shirt! 

We are offering a £10 Trade In for your old Golf Shirts, bring in an old Golf Shirt and get £10 off a new PING Shirt.   

SHOE SALE 50% Off 

We have a shoe sale of 50 % off on selected styles of Nike and Skechers Golf Shoes.


 

JUNIOR ACADEMY    

Throughout the season there is a series of Coaching Sessions for both Rookies (10 and Under) and Juniors (11-18 years), please see the dates below.
 
- All  sessions Free to members and only £3 a session to non Members
- Junior Membership for a year is a very reasonable £25 for Rookies and £64.75 for Juniors (including unlimited Golf on both the Lakes and Academy courses and all the Lessons)   

       

Wednesday 31st August and Sunday 4th September.

There is also a host of competitions over the season to be played off the new Junior Tees on the Lakes Course.  




Gold Medal for Justin Rose in the Olympic Golf Event, after all the fuss about who was going to compete, who wasn't and the reasons etc. Justin Rose won the Gold, Henrik Stenson the Silver and Matt Kuchar the Bronze, the event produced some excellent golf and an exciting finish, the feedback from the players and the experience seems to have all been positive. I don't think anybody can doubt Justin Rose's delight at winning, let's hope that the event captures the imagination of spectators and players in the future.