The next fun quiz is on Wednesday 15th February, 8.30pm. The bonus question will be approximately £70. Food available.

Competitions

2012 Competition Prizes and Presentation Dates

Medal winners will be awarded a £15 voucher to use at various golf associated outlets or behind the bar. Intermediate Prize winners will get £20 and Board Prize winners - £25. All vouchers will be placed behind the bar as usual. In addition all winners of the above competitions will receive a memento of their victory to be awarded at club social events as follows:

Saturday 21^st April - Spring Medal, Thwaites Medal, Easter Medal and April Medal

Saturday 26^th May - Albert Eastwood Trophy, Doug Tattersall Team Trophy, May Medal, Brian Nuttall Trophy, ELGA Mixed Qualifiers and Blackburn v Burnley Team Event

Saturday 14^th July - Espley Trophy, Silver Medal, ELGA Scratch Team, June Medal, Ormerod Cup, Charity Trophy, Jack Simpson Trophy, ELGA Handicap Qualifiers and Haworth Cup

 Sunday 5^th August - Jim Waddington Scratch Prize and Council Trophy

Saturday 1^st September - July Medal, Roland Spencer Cup, CBC Trophy, August Medal, Breakthrough Breast Cancer Singles

Sunday 21^st October - Jack Mantle Trophy, Reddihough Trophy, Len Howard Millennium Trophy, Club Cup Singles, Autumn Medal, September Medal, October Medal, Golfer of the Year, Millennium Team & Singles Winners and Men’s Closing Day

If you are unable to attend to collect your prize please inform a member of  the Competition Committee or arrange for somebody to collect the prize on your behalf as failing to do so will result in forfeiture of the prize (the voucher will still be awarded).

Competition Prize & Two’s Vouchers

Competition prize and two’s vouchers for 2012 may be used at Rossendale Driving Range, Newchurch Rd, Rawtenstall and D.T. Law Butchers, Blackburn Rd, Haslingden as well as existing outlets. Unfortunately Sanderson’s Butchers, Baxenden, has opted out of the scheme and vouchers can no longer be used there.

Golfer/Non-Golfer Fun Competition

The Lady Captain’s Golfer/Non-Golfer 9 Hole, Fourball, Fun Comp is on Sunday 4^th March with a shotgun start at 12.30pm. A golfing member (male, female or junior) will invite and play with a non-golfer. The golfer will play to the green. The non-golfer will putt.

Presentation in the clubhouse afterwards with prizes for the best golfer and non-golfer, plus other prizes.

Only £5 per couple. Food available all day.

‘International’ Matchplay and Midweek Competitions

‘International’ Matchplay information is posted in the locker room together with details of summer Wednesday comps. 

Close Season Fun Comps/Green Fees

During the ‘Close Season’ non-members may play in weekend fun comps such as ‘The Ashtray’ as long as the appropriate green fee has been paid in addition to the expected fun comp entry fee. This is applicable solely to fun comps and only before Opening Day and after Closing Day in any golfing year.

Greens

Work on the 6^th green drainage is complete. Two more drains have been dug on the 8^th green. A dead tree has been removed from between the 8^th & 9^th fairways. All greens are to be vertidrained soon.

Socials

The collection bottle containing money donated from those unfortunate enough to enter either ‘The Captain’s Bunker’ or ‘The President’s Pond’ realised a total of £399 during 2011. The funds were used for the Children’s Christmas party.

The Social Committee have put together a varied and interesting social calendar for 2012. Full details will be published in due course but the following are examples of what could be happening:

Chocolate Evening – Friday 23^rd March.

Tea Time Comedy – Saturday 14^th April.

St George’s Function – Saturday 21^st April

Annual BBQ – Saturday 26^th May

President’s Social – Saturday 30^th June

Casino Evening – Saturday 14^th July

Captain’s Night – Saturday 18^th August

Quiz Night

The next fun quiz is on Wednesday 15^th February. The jackpot question is in the region of £70. (The £100 jackpot question was won at the last quiz evening.)  Food will be available.

Chairmen and Committees for 2012

Presidency, Captaincy and Membership: President, Captain, Secretary and Directors

Finance: President, Captain, Treasurer, Secretary and Directors

Competitions: Chairman: Anthony Wood

Assistants: Stephen Taylor & Ian Hackett

Greens: Chairman: Billy O’Neill

Committee: Brendan Butterworth, Danny Coleman and Pat McGauley

House: Chairman: Danny Coleman

Committee: Garry Aspinall, Brendan Butterworth, Jim Eke, Ian Hackett and Bruce Howard

Socials: Chairman: Alan Whittaker

Committee: Lady Captain, Garry & Pauline Aspinall, Brendan & Kath Butterworth.

Bar Committee: Secretary, Treasurer and House Chairman.

Marketing: Chairman: Jim Eke.

Committee: David Blackley, Ellis Blackley, Brendan Butterworth, Danny Coleman, Alan Henderson and Maurice Peel

Health & Safety Officers: Jim Eke and Ken Hall

Junior Organiser: Garry Aspinall

Press Officer: Anthony Wood

The President, Captain and Secretary are ex-officio members of all committees.