Well Spring has finally sprung - a Saturday morning of sun and no wind took everybody by surprise. 

Four Man Team Competition

Roger Eames, Duncan Innes, Len Fawke and Matthew Fawke set the early pace with 85 points in the Four Man Team competition, which held on for a long time only to be equalled by Carl Pick, Mike West, Tom Loukes and Iain Robb but they were all left in the wake of James Burnett, Elliott Kay, Robert Allison and Dave Robinson who scored a fantastic 90 points - Elliott recording 3 gross birdies helped by Dave scoring 3 birdies and an eagle two on the 5th! Well done guys.

Against All Odds

Pictured are just a few of the ladies who played in the Winter Alliance matches this year. 

They are (l-r) Sue Rogerson, Beverley Burrows, Sue Winn, Liz Boldy, Christine Mannion, Patsy Mannion, Lady Captain Didi Powers, Glenys Smart, Susan Mannion, Lady Vice-Captain Glynis Webster, Beryl Pickering and Fiona Stoddard. 

Moortown ladies showed their mettle in the final Leeds Winter Alliance meeting at Leeds Golf Club, Cobble Hall, to win the trophy for the 3rd season in a row. 

Starting play in 3rd place with only 10 points, behind Headingley with 12 points and Alwoodley with 18 points, our ladies pulled out all the stops. The Moortown ladies took first, second and third places, courtesy of Karen Duffield and Liz Milner, Beryl Pickering and Vicky Renny, and Susan and Patsy Mannion who added a total of 15 points to Moortown's eclectic score and beat Alwoodley (always pleasing!) by five points into second place. 

Congratulations to all the ladies who played in the matches, especially organiser Christine Mannion, who can't wait to polish the trophy (it won't take long as it's not the biggest trophy!) and put it back where it belongs - along with the rest in the ladies trophy cabinet!

 

Incoming captains

There are still a few spaces left for The Incoming Captains on Saturday, 9 April.  

7:30pm till 1:00am

£35 a ticket.

If you would like your names going up on the board email me mheggie@moortown-gc.co.uk or Peter secretary@moortown-gc.co.uk it is always one of the best nights of the year at the club.

Easter

Lots happening in the clubhouse over the next few weeks, following on Mothering Sunday which was a complete sell out. Stuart informs he has one table left for Easter Sunday and one table for the Fine Dine & Wine this Saturday. This sounds like a great evening with a menu inspired by Raymond Blanc, Claire Smyth and Gordon Ramsay. 

£35 per head including your wine must make it the best value Saturday night anywhere in Leeds - wish I could make it.

Click here for the Fine Dining Menu.

To book contact Stuart - sscott@moortown-gc.co.uk - 0113 268 6521 Ext 5.

The Lombard Trophy

It's The Lombard Trophy qualifier this Saturday. 

Prepare yourself, back on the main tees and a qualifying competition - don't panic it's yellow tees not whites (Yet). 

The winner of the competition will join me at the venue of the 1981 Ryder Cup, Walton Heath, with many similarities to Moortown I'm sure we will start as favourites to qualify for the finals in Portugal in September! It probably doesn't need any introduction but if you want to start dreaming! Good Luck. 

Prostate Cancer UK Marathon Walk

D Day for the walk is next Tuesday - we have been training but done nothing like enough but I'm sure we'll be fine. 

Thank you to all of you who have supported via Just Giving and those who have made contributions directly - £500 was my initial target and then thanks to your generosity I thought we'd aim for a £1,000. 

We are at 228% of that initial target and close to £1,200 if you haven't donated yet if we could get to that £1,200 or even more it would be totally amazing. 

https://www.justgiving.com/Martin-Heggie/ 

http://prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved/jeff-stellings-men-united-march

 

New in store 

We have taken delivery of all the new SM6 Vokey Wedges from Titleist this week. We have a full bag of demo wedges with almost every loft and bounce combination to try. 

During April we are offering a free wedge gapping/fitting session when we can explain what would be ideal loft spacing and bounce for you individual technique. 

There are five different sole grinds 20+ loft and bounce combinations and three different finishes, so choosing should be really easy - not! We are all different and it really does make a huge difference.

To learn more take a look at the video included.

If you would like to book yourself in for a free fitting please get in touch here. 

Titleist 4 for 3

We are currently offering Pro V1 and Pro V1x at 4 dozen for the price of 3. We are also offering free personalisation on these golf balls. 

The link is now live on our website. Click here to get personalising.