What's Happening Week of 26 October.........

This week the Club is involved in a special imitative through the Saturday competition and hopefully under separate cover you will have an e-mail outlining the programme.

Briefly under the direction of Bryan Andrews his sponsors day will be dedicated to raising funds for the Canterbury Golf Development Trust and the Wagstaff Family, who most of us know are suffering through a difficult time at the moment. I would urge all members to fully participate in the events planned to support these very worthy causes.

The cost of the day will be $20 including two's and nearest the pins and there will also be a $10 raffle for some exceptional prizes. In addition Bryan has committed to a morning and afternoon prize table so it is more than value for money. Any extra donations for the Wagstaff family will of course be accepted. The match of the day is for the Arthur Donnelly Salver a Pairs Aggregate Stableford so get your names down if you have not already done so!!Full marks to Bryan for taking the lead in this effort so get in behind him and show some support!!

Please note this is also the last qualifying round for the Shootout and will be played from the Shirley Open blue tees on the Alternate Course. You will recall last month I ventured a view we should give consideration to moving to the Alternate Course so I will welcome your feedback after Saturday's round. One small hint is watch out for the rough as it is extremely heavy in some places.

Sunday sees another busy day at Shirley with the over 50's playing in the morning followed by the President's and a Mixed Event in the afternoon so if you are intending to play you should check for tee times. The Mixed event is the Hill Skinner Cup for husbands and wives being a four ball par competition from multiple tees at 1.00pm. A meal will follow as usual.

We are moving into an exciting time for the Club with the next lot of fairways scheduled for renovation early in November. I will outline the events programme in more detail in the next blog in the interim good golfing and I will see you at Shirley if not before.