LADIES SECTION – 2017 Invitational
WELLOW GOLF CLUB 2017 INVITATIONAL
Wednesday 12th of July 2017
This Month saw one of the biggest days in the Ladies’ calendar. The Ladies invitational is one of the highlights of the year as the Wellow Ladies invite friends from all over the country to showcase their course and have a day of golf, good food and fun.
The 32 pairs set off on a grey but pleasant Wednesday morning, but the day was to brighten up as the ladies hit the half way point.
After nine holes the groups were greeted by Captain Gill Whalvin and gang, who supplied light refreshments from the clubhouse patio.
The day was ended with the sunshine showing its face and a buffet served up by Mike and his catering team in the Nightingale Room before the presentation was to begin.
The eventual winners were Helen Parker and Chris Robinson. 
A great day was then rounded off with a move away from golf. Many of the ladies remained in the clubhouse and delayed their trip home, only to witness the shock exit of Andy Murray from Wimbledon.
All in all everyone had a lovely day catching up with old friends and hopefully making new one as well.
OTHER RESULTS
The month of July has seen multiple competitions being strongly competed by all.
Sue Lanham, now playing off 11, followed her win in the Club Championship to win the stableford the following week .
New member Laurie Wallace won the EWGA Medal by 1 shot over Barbara Shier.
Hilary Lee and Margret Morgan also both enjoyed success in the Wednesday Ladies Stablefords.
Reminder !!
COFFEE MORNING – SEPTEMBER 6th 2017
This event is always one of the most popular dates in our calendar. Visitors from all over sign up for our coffee mornings each year.
There are a few spaces available still, but must act quick to secure you place. The day will see plenty of stalls set up, together with the ever popular cake stand.
If you need more information, send us an email at info@wellowgolfclub.co.uk
So what are you waiting for? Come and join us here at Wellow Golf Club.
Note to current members.
Look out for Danny’s New Clinic Dates in the Changing room and the notice boards.
Also see the boards for all the forthcoming events i.e friendlies/mixed matches and other competitions
HAPPY GOLFING LADIES
Wellow Junior Section – July 2017
Wellow Junior Section JULY 2017
Monthly Report
GRASSROOTS COMPETITION
Our Grass Roots competition took place on Monday 19th June. It was won by Flynn Stevens and Feddie Leigh. Our thanks go out to Malcolm Calvert for donating the prizes
RESULTS
The June Junior Medal was won by Lewis Sutton with a nett score of 65.
Our 2nd round match in the Poppy Golf competition against Stoneham , took place on Sunday 11th June. Stoneham won the match by 6 holes. We were beaten by a very experienced team and we wish them well in the next round.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
The standard of play was high, despite the added pressure of yearlong bragging rights within the club. The juniors especially showed their spirit for the competition. Junior captain Lewis Sutton and last year’s Captain Zak Leigh both played well and will have their handicaps reduced as a result, with Zak shooting a very impressive 77, seven under his handicap on Saturday.
Zak went on to Win the Junior’s Top Prize , Congratulations
RICK ZHOU SHINES IN THE MENS CHAMPIONSHIP
The eventual winner of the Men’s Trophy was Billy Ray. Billy, who holds a handicap of 1, finished on top with a total gross score of 143, ONLY four strokes ahead of future Wellow Star, junior, Rick Zhou (4 handicap).
The two were paired together on both days and with multiple birdie exchanges and mixed fortunes for each player around the greens, resulted in an exciting and well contested finish to the championship. Rick continues to show his talents and after the weekends play and firmly established himself as certain future favorite for the competition.
MONDAY ROLL-UPS
A programme is being put together to hold competitions for the junior players over the School summer holidays. A roll up system will take place on Monday afternoons when competitions will be held for the CONGU handicap players and the Academy players. This will keep the junior section active in the holiday season and help with them achieving handicaps.
DANNY and the JUNIORS
The Junior Training programme has been progressing well under the leadership of Danny Harris. The new juniors are now actively pursuing getting handicaps , which will allow them to play in our competitions and the HJL and Academy league fixtures during the Summer Holidays.
ONWARDS and UPWARDS
Some of the new juniors have been very active playing rounds of golf to achieve handicaps, They are George Ludlam, Jack and George Miles. George Tanner and Flynn Stevens. This will help us fill the squads for the forthcoming HJL and Academy fixtures.
NEXT FIXTURE in HJL:
SUNDAY 23rd JULY 2017 @ Wellow Golf CLub
Regards
David Board 12th July 2017.
Junior Organiser
2017 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2017 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
26TH ANNUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
This past weekend saw the 26th annual Club Championship played at Wellow Golf Club, Romsey.
The hot weather during the week helped to firm up the course and quickened the green’s speed just in time for the clubs’ most sought after Prize.
The 36 hole competition, played over the Saturday and Sunday was contested on a calm and pleasant Saturday morning, with the wind picking up on the Sunday, this only added another aspect to an already tight and challenging course.
JUNIORS
The standard of play was high, despite the added pressure of yearlong bragging rights within the club. The juniors especially showed their spirit for the competition. Junior captain Lewis Sutton and last year’s Captain Zak Leigh both
played well and will have their handicaps reduced as a result, with Zak shooting a very impressive 77, seven under his handicap on Saturday.
MEN’S SECTIONS
The eventual winner was Billy Ray. Billy, who holds a handicap of 1, finished on top with a total gross score of 143, four strokes ahead of future Wellow Star, junior, Rick Zhou (4 handicap). The two were paired together on both days and with multiple birdie exchanges and mixed fortunes for each player around the greens, resulted in an exciting and well contested finish to the championship.
LADIES SECTION
Wellow’s growing Ladies section were also out in force competing for their Club Championship and the Embley Cup. Sue Lanham won the main event with a gross score of 172, which now means she has won the past 4 years in a row. Laurie Wallace picked up the Embley cup with an impressive Nett 69 on Sunday.
SPECIAL THANKS
Special thanks to Club President Ken Parker who acted as 1st Tee starter on both days, Club Captains Gillian Whalvin and Kevin Porter and their committees for helping to put on another great Championship weekend of golf at Wellow.
HOLE- IN -ONE
Lastly, the day will not be forgotten by Mr. John Dowling as he achieved his first Hole-in-One on Ryedown #9.
Results:
Congratulations to John and all the prize winners.
Wellow Junior Section – June 2017
Wellow Junior Section May 2017 Monthly Report
The May Junior Medal was won by Lewis Sutton with a nett score of 67.
Captain’s Day- Junior Winning- George Ludlam 49 points
Our 1st round match in the Poppy Golf competition against Bramshaw , took place on Sunday 28th May. Wellow won the match by 4 holes. Our next opponents are Stoneham away.
Our 2nd round match of the Greenjackets competition took place at Wellow, when we were narrowly beaten by Barton on Sea with just 2 points separating the teams playing a Stableford format.
The Spring/ Summer Training programme for the Juniors has been progressing well under the leadership of Danny Harris. We have attracted 3 new juniors which hopefully will continue to stay with us and develop into active players with handicaps. They are now actively pursuing getting handicaps , which will allow them to play in our competitions.
Our Grass Roots competition is scheduled for Monday 19th June in the evening. Notices have been posted in the clubhouse to attract volunteers to play.
JUNIOR FUN EVENING
As part of the Junior Sections objective to find new players, a fun evening was arranged and took place on 30th May. In the afternoon a medal competition was held for those with Congu handicaps and a 9 hole stableford competition was played by the younger juniors from the new blue tee boxes. This was followed up with a social evening for juniors, parents and friends when teams made up of parents and juniors, undertook 6 different disciplines including crazy golf, putting, boules, chipping, bunker play and a quiz. A total of 26 people attended the fun night which finished with a supper and drinks. A lot of thanks goes out to Jan Board, Gill Lobb, Jane Leigh , Dave Board and Billy Ray, who organized the evening. Hopefully we will attract new juniors when the word gets around about the fun and events which took place that evening. Lastly a warm welcome to our three new young members Elliot Herd, Harrison Young and George Tanner 
David Board 1st June 2017.
LADIES SECTION – 2017 RALLY
WELLOW GOLF CLUB 2017 SPRING RALLY
The ladies season is off and running. On May 10th 2017, The section hosted the Ladies Spring Rally.
The day saw over 120 ladies making up 17 teams, arrived from all over Hampshire on a beautiful sunny day, a vast contrast to last year’s very wet and windy start to their day.
So with spirits high and the sun shining, a shotgun start was scheduled for 9am, with the Wellow Lady members making sure all the teams found their correct starting points.
The day was a great success. The combination of a lovely presented course, pleasant weather and good food, meant that the reviews from the visiting ladies were very positive.
The club also managed to raise £365 for the Captains Charity , Meningitis Now .
Spring Rally Results
FIRST PLACE : Gosport and Stokes Bay 175 points
SECOND PLACE : Bramshott Hill 164 points
THIRD PLACE : Barton-on-Sea Golf Club 159 points (on countback)
FOURTH PLACE : Hamptworth Golf Club 159 points
NEAREST THE PIN : A9- 5ft 11in Sue Jacobs Hamptworth
NEAREST THE PIN : B8- 5ft 2in Karin Williams Barton-on-Sea
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL
OTHER RESULTS
The closed meeting was won by Sue Lanham and the County Centenary Foursomes was won by Sue Wren and Marilyn Daish. The pair now go on to play at Hockley Golf club in October.
Reminder
COFFEE MORNING – SEPTEMBER 6th 2017
This event is always one of the most popular dates in our calendar. Visitors from all over sign up for our coffee mornings each year.
There are a few spaces available still, but must act quick to secure you place. The day will see plenty of stalls set up, together with the ever popular cake stand.
If you need more information, then send us an email at info@wellowgolfclub.co.uk
So what are you waiting for? Come and join us here at Wellow Golf Club.
Note to current members.
Look out for Danny’s New Clinic Dates in the Changing room and the notice boards.
Also see the boards for all the forthcoming events i.e friendlies/mixed matches and other competitions
Wellow Golf Club is the closest golf club to Romsey, Hampshire and is an easy walking, yet challenging, parkland course, with 27 holes. The 3 courses, Ryedown, Embley and Blackwater all with their own individual character, offers opportunities for all standards of golfer to come and enjoy at Wellow.
