Welcome to this week's newsletter.
Roll-Up, Roll-Up! No we are not trying to sell you something today, (maybe later) we are simply inviting you all to come and play some golf! With the Devon County Championships a few weeks away, the course is looking and playing magnificently at the moment so now is the time to get out there and play some golf.
With this in mind I thought I would inform you all about the Roll-Up opportunities you have as a member here at Thurlestone. These Roll-ups have been put in place to give all members the opportunity to just 'Roll-Up' and play some social golf. It's a great way to meet new people and get a guaranteed regular game of golf with different people.
We start on Tuesday's with the Seniors Roll-up, which is probably our most popular Roll-Up with 20+ players playing each week. Although this is called the Seniors Roll-Up, all golfers are welcome. The normal procedure is that the Seniors turn up at around 8am and meet in the Men's Locker Room where they draw the groups and advise on the format for the day. This Roll-Up currently has 8 Tee-times starting at 8.34am.
On Friday's we have 2 Roll- Up opportunities for you to play. For the Ladies we have the Ladies Roll-Up at 10am every Friday. Once again the Ladies tend to meet in their locker room to decide the format and groups for the day.
Every Friday afternoon throughout the summer is the Pro's Roll-Up, which is a 9 Holes Stableford competition. This is a mixed Roll-Up open to every member, you can play with whoever you wish teeing off between 3pm and 6pm. The Prize presentation takes place at 8pm in the Clubhouse. The kitchen will also have a special menu each Friday, so you can grab a bite to eat after your game or invite the family down to join you. I think you will agree, the perfect start to the weekend.
One of my goals this year was to play more golf with you the members. I will be playing most Friday evenings so if you fancy 9 holes just drop me an email by clicking here or give me a call and I would love to fix up a game.
Our newest Roll-up is the reintroduction of the 'Saturday Circus' . As the name suggests it will take place on a Saturday morning when there are no other competitions. Again this is open to all members and the groups and format will be drawn on the morning by us in the pro shop. All entries must be in the shop by 8.45am and the first group will go out at 9am.
It would be great to get some support for all of these Roll-Ups. If you would like some further information about any of the Roll-Ups please just give us a call in the pro shop and we be happy to help.
Special Congratulations this week goes to both our Ladies Sheelagh Creasy Team and our Seniors Emmerton Court Teams.
Ladies first - The Ladies played away at Stover last week and managed to win 4 matches to 3. All of the ladies teams have put a lot of practice and effort this year after the Ladies success in the Still Cup last year. They have had a series of lessons with Jack and I who have concentrated on Course management and sharpening up the Short Game. Well done Ladies and good luck against Staddon Heights Golf Club in your next match.
The Seniors took on Great Torrington at home this week in their Emmerton Court match. Thurlestone Seniors played them at Torrington a few weeks ago and narrowly lost 3 matches to 2 which meant they had it all to do here at Thurlestone.
All of the matches were very close but Thurlestone managed to win 3 ½ matches to 1 ½ which meant that they won overall by 5 ½ to 4 ½ . Good luck in the next round against Dawlish Warren!