Congratulations to Shinobu Tachibana who holed in one at the 14th today, on his way to qualifying for the George Sinclair knockout stages, following up his first hole in one two months ago also at 14th.

In 1974 a group of Saturday lunchtime golfers formalised their weekly sweep with a trophy which one of their regular players, Ben Clark, an ex-footballer who had played for Derby County, donated. The group have continued playing each Saturday lunchtime ever since, and this weekend celebrated their 50th anniversary with a special event, with some of the founding members of the society playing.  The event was won by Mike Thompson with 39 points.  After the round Mark Wilkinson led the presentation,  with prizes presented by men's captain, Chris Miller, whose father was one of the founding members, and a toast was proposed to Ben Clark by another of the founding members, Mike Emens.

Any potential new members wanting to join the group can contact Mark Wilkinson (wilkinsons.all@btinternet.com) for further information.

Congratulations to Phil Ridden and Andrew Minnikin who won their Northumberland Semi Final match against Slaley Hall 2&1 at Alnmouth Village this morning in a hard fought match.  They now play local rivals, Northumberland GC in the Northumberland final next Saturday 27th April at 9:30 at Alnmouth Village, with the winners playing against the Durham winners in the afternoon to compete for the Inter County Foursomes title. Supporters welcome.

Ground Under Repair areas have been marked up for the water affected areas on the 7^th and 16^th and these Local Rules: GUR rules on 7th and 16th  apply until further notice.

This notice will also be available in Locker Rooms

If you have any questions contact the Competitions team at: competitions@cityofnewcastlegolfclub.com

Competitions Team

With a much drier weather forecast than we have had for several months the summer tees will return from Tuesday.  The first competition of the season from the summer tees will be the Pro’s Sweep on Wednesday, 24th April which will be played from White tees for men and Red tees for women.

Winter Non Qualifying Rules will remain in place for now, and we will make a further announcement relaxing those rules as the ground conditions dry out further.

If you have any questions contact competitions team at: competitions@cityofnewcastlegolfclub.com