Dear Member,

The Castle Park Golf Club AGM took place at Gifford Town Hall on Wednesday 7th December 2011. I would like to thank the members who braved the chilly weather to come along to the meeting and voice their opinions on the running of the club.

My thanks go to Paul Huish, Alan Herkes and Sheila Herschel for all their hard work over the years as they step down from their positions on the committee. Congratulations to Margaret Ross on becoming Ladies Captain, Lynn Moodie on becoming Ladies Vice Captain, Paul Knight on becoming Junior Organiser and Hazel Bryson-Chalmers/Carolyn Gemmell on becoming joint Social Organisers.

The notes from the AGM will become available shortly and I will email out a copy of them to you, post a copy on the club noticeboard and add the main topics to the website. The main topics of discussion were unsurprisingly the clubhouse plans, the course and the annual presentation night. The committee will be seeking your views on how we can increase the numbers attending the presentation evening next year.

I'm pleased to say that our club funds are in a good position and we are keeping the club fee at £20 for adults and £5 for juniors for the 2012 season.
Please note that the Club levy is NOT included in the membership fee you pay to LFC Castle Park Golf and must be paid separately to Castle Park Golf Club. This is because our club is slightly unusual in that the owner of the golf course (to whom your annual membership is paid) is different to the Club which is run by the Committee. The Club Committee at Castle Park run the various competitions and maintain members' handicaps.

The Club levy of £20 per adult and £5 per child funds the SGU, SLGA and Lothian’s Golf Association levies that the Club is obliged to pay for all playing members and also goes towards the funding of the Club newsletters, fixture cards, maintenance of the handicapping system and other Club activities including the computer system used for the competitions.
The Club is obliged to pay the SGU, SLGA and Lothian’s Golf Association levies across to the relevant bodies in January, therefore we ask for payment of the Club levy no later than 1 February 2012. Failure to pay the Club levy for the 2012 season will mean that you will not be eligible to enter Club competitions and will not have your handicap maintained by the Handicap Committee.

I hope this explains the difference between your membership fee and the club levy but please email me clarkblack2412 (at) hotmail (dot) com if you have any further questions.

I look forward to the weather improving and seeing you on the course.

Regards

Clark Black
Club Captain

Winners of 21/08/11 Medal were :-

See Medal Results on menu list.

All part of the ageing process ..... I suddenly couldn't remember the password to allow me to FTP files to the web-server. I've now found the book where I had written it down!

Championship Finals Day 30/07/2011 Winners were :-

Winners of 16/07/11 Medal were :-

See Medal Results on menu list.

Winners of 12/06/11 Medal were :-

See Medal Results on menu list.

Winners of 21/05/11 Medal were :-

See Medal Results on menu list.

Message from Captain

Winners of 01/05/11 Medal were :-

See Medal Results on menu list.

Championship qualifying positions will be added towards the end of the week.

Winners of 09/04/11 Charity Medal were :-

See Medal Results on menu list.

Championship qualifying and OrderOfMerit positions will be added in next day or so.

List of past trophy winners added, see via "Hall of Fame !!" menu option.

APRIL FOOLS COMPETITION SUNDAY 3 APRIL 2011

Nearest the pin (1st) Ricky Thorburn (8th) Robbie Waterston
Lowest Putts (13) Sheila Herschell

Many thanks to everyone who entered!

Winners of 05/03/11 Sweep Medal were :-

See Medal Results on menu list.

Winners of 20/02/11 Monthly Medal were :-

See Medal Results on menu list.

Dear Member,

Now we are finally seeing some blue sky and perhaps looking for more regular golf, I would like to highlight a couple of up and coming events at the club.

• The first event is the Texas Scramble on Sunday 27th March and is open to teams of three. Tee times from 0730 until 0930 and is a fun alternative to the usual strokeplay competitions held monthly. Prizes will be awarded for the best placed gents and ladies teams and there will also be some nearest the pin prizes. The entry sheet is up on the noticeboard and spaces are limited.

• The April Fool event on Sunday 3rd of April is open to all members but restricted to 36 as it's a shotgun start at 8am. This is the unique opportunity for you to play the back 9 holes backwards, which I know sounds very strange but is actually great fun and worth seeing the course from this unique viewpoint. The entry sheet is up on the noticeboard now so don't delay.

After these events we are into the serious business of the club championship qualifying medals. The committee have decided that the qualifying medals will be played from the white tees this year although the knock-out stage will again be played from the blue tees. This has come about as a result of feedback from members and again we will review how this works at the end of the season.

Finally can I wish all of you a successful golfing season and for those of you who have recently joined Castle Park, a very warm welcome to you and I hope to see you soon at the club.

Regards

Clark Black
Captain

Fixtures for 2011 season have been added.

See Fixtures on menu list.

Winners of 05/02/11 Sweep Medal were :-

See Medal Results on menu list.

Dear Member,

The Club AGM was held on the Tuesday 4th January 2011 and it is with great pride that I accepted the post of Captain from Alan Herkes.
Alan steps down as Captain but will remain on the committee for a further year to continue to share his knowledge, he has my thanks for all his hard work over his two years.

The full list of the committee is shown below but I would like to welcome Lynn Moodie into the post as Social Secretary and to Richard Thorburn who has agreed to be my Vice Captain.

A copy of the AGM minutes will be posted in the clubhouse.

As I write this once again we have been hit with another snowfall and our golf has been all too infrequent over the holiday period. I hope the big melt starts again soon and we can all get out on the course and start swinging again.

I look forward to the forthcoming year and hope you enjoy your golfing season.

Kind regards
Clark Black Captain

Some photos from Colin, taken on Monday 24th December.
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Some photos from Colin, taken on Monday 6th December.
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Will we be seeing Colin in the World Rally Championship in 2011?

The entry sheet for the Sweep Competition on 02/01/2011 is on the clubhouse noticeboard.
Phone reception if you want your name added.

If you have got to here, then you will have noticed the website has had a makeover.
The Members Area is not complete. I'll tidy it up and bring info in it up to date as spare time permits basically!

The main priority was to revamp the more public side of the website, to highlight the Membership Price reduction and to provide more photos and feedback to potential new members and visitors.