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Dear Member, Redevelopment of Pro Shop building/golf office - invitation to tender In April this year a planning application to redevelop the Pro Shop building was approved by the Planning Department. The planning application provides for the installation of changing facilities on the ground floor of the building and redevelopment of the upper part of the building, to include a members' bar, catering facilities, a Committee room and Competitions/Secretary's room. Parking spaces for Club members are also provided for in the approved application. The Course Owner, through discussion with David Creane, has asked the Club to proceed with seeking tenders from those parties interested in carrying out the redevelopment work in accordance with the approved plan. David will be responsible for overseeing both the tendering process and the redevelopment project thereafter. Any interested parties should contact David in the first instance for further information (dcreane@cowleygroves.com). Copies of the architect's plan (as approved by the Planning Department) are available for inspection at the Douglas office of Cowley Groves at 18 Victoria Street. All quotes/tenders must be received by 31st August 2010.
Kind regards, Month end presentation Saturday 31st July 2010 The next month end shotgun and prize presentation will be taking place this Saturday. The following members all won competition prizes during the month and we would be grateful if they could attend the presentation, which will be held in the bar at 12.30pm. Date: 26th June: Captain’s day (trophy winner) Ian Hodgkinson Date; 10th July: Cowley Groves Monthly Medal Date; 24th Barclays Wealth Medal If any prize winners are unable to attend, please can they telephone Dave Bell (834737) and email Kyle McConnell(kmcc@manx.net), giving apologies and provide the name of the person they have nominated to collect their prize. We look forward to seeing you next Saturday. Comps For the first time in several years, we are running two team competitions on Saturdays this summer. The first one is the Bash Edwards AM-AM, due to take place on Saturday 31st July. The start sheet will be put out this Saturday. If you are unable to make up a team of 4 and would like to take part in the AM-AM event, please get in touch with Club Pro Andy Patterson (either in person or by phoning 822211) and in the week leading up to the comp he will try to get the teams made up. Good luck! Men’s Dinner will take place in the Sefton on Friday 1st October . Further details to follow! O’MAHONY IN THE MONEY AFTER BARCLAYS WEALTH WIN Perhaps fittingly, after several recounts our former treasurer Anthony O’Mahony (5) claimed a closely contested Barclays Wealth sponsored medal competition at Castletown GC. On a blustery day three players shot nett 70, but O’Mahony’s masterly one over par back nine blew away the opposition. Keeping a six off his card would also have won O’Mahony a brand new foil wrapped Dunlop 65 ball back in my heyday! Neil Harris (6) couldn’t quite match O’Mahony’s three beautiful birdies; his brace was blotted out by a double bogey six on the 15th, although a timely two on the 16th propelled Harris into second spot and gave him a one fifth share of the £56 pot. Dave Litton (18) started par, par but went putt, putt, putt just once too often, so had to settle for third place after double bogeys on the 5th, 11th and 16th. David McGregor (6), last week’s category one/two award winner, repeated the performance with 77, nett 71, in a round that was up and down like a fiddler’s elbow. Birdies on the 3rd and 9th were negated by double bogeys on the 5th and 8th. Back-to-back double bogeys followed on the 10th and 11th, although a rewarding two on the 13th and a trio of threes finished off a sublime but ridiculous rendition. Young Scott Donald (10) fresh from golf tuition “across” with our former resident Pro, Mike Brooks, took fourth place but no prizes. Tim Callow (18) was at sixes and sevens on the longer holes but half a dozen pars made up for his shortfall and an 89, nett 71, captured the category three/four award. Julian Sutton (1) sunk an uninsured two on the 8th and with just three bogeys on the homeward run; his solid 74 secured the best gross prize. Keith Fleming (14) had a pair of 45’s to shoot 90, nett 76, to rifle the senior’s prize. Which leads me to this Saturday’s twin shotgun starts for the Bash Edwards AM AM that takes place at 08:15 and 13.15 to facilitate the lunchtime prize giving ceremony. MALCOLM LAMBERT Gentlemen, Thanks again for your donations to the MSPCA at Captain’s Day on Saturday. With your entry fee money and other donations we raised over £400 and this was in addition to all the pet food contributions – a really tremendous effort all round! All being well I will be visiting the MSPCA this weekend to drop everything off and I’ve no doubt that the Club’s efforts will be very much appreciated. I hope you enjoyed Captain’s Day as much as Sandra and I did. A perfect day weather wise, it was great to have a field of over 100 members and to see you all at the drinks van. It was a shame that we didn’t get to see a hole in one on the 13th, but well done to David MacGregor for getting so close! I wish you all the very best for the rest of the season, Peter Some of the lucky winners on Captain's Day!
Cowley Grove's Medal Winners Junior Coaching at Castletown Golf Club Begins 28th April and will run every Wednesday until end of September Supervised by PGA Professional Andy Patterson Starts at 4 45pm and will finish at 6pm. Meet at Professional shop at Castletown Golf Links Initial beginner’s course will run for 5 weeks and will cover For more advanced junior members there will be a separate course and details of this will be available in the near future. All juniors should attend first meeting. COST: Free of charge for junior members of Castletown Golf Club. There will be a charge of £25 (payable on the commencement of the course) for non members. If your parent is already a member of Castletown your children play free as long as they are in full time education. If your parent is not a member the annual cost for a junior is £50 For further information please contact Duncan Donald at hopps@manx.net or on 07624 495469 Duncan Donald
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