View this email in your browser

Gloucestershire Golf Union

E-Bulletin - May 2019

Welcome to the first Gloucestershire Golf Union Newsletter – a monthly update for clubs, reps, players and members featuring highlights, news, information and initiatives. We hope you enjoy!

This months contents:

Congratulations to our players of the month...
Junior Teams Selection
Forthcoming events - Opens & Championships
Tour player Chris Lloyd - Inspiring talk about mental health
County Card details
Volunteer sign up
Info on how to share this newsletter & follow us on social media

Players of the month

Congratulations to Nick Day - 2019 Winner of the 103rd Amateur County Championship!

Nick Day (Henbury GC) is winner of the first two Duchess Salver events of the season The Ashton Vase with a score of 141, and The County Championship with a score of 281.

Junior Winner

Milan Reed - Long Ashton Golf Club

Winner of the County U16's Championship 2019. A fantastic start to the season placing 14th at The Ashton Vase, shooting a superb 73 in the afternoon round and 21st in the Men’s County Championship. Excellent effort, Milan - well done!

Junior & School Teams Selection

South West U16/U14 Championships at Truro GC on Fri 31st May

Milan Reed (Long Ashton) (Captain)
Harry Griffiths (Ross-on-Wye)
Louis Ross (Long Ashton)
Josh Millington (Players Club)
Alistair Curnock (Minchinhampton)
Dylan Duffy (Minchinhampton)
Toby Janes (Kendleshire)
Ashley Millington (Players Club)
Jamie Berry (Minchinhampton)

Start sheet available here

South West Schools at Broadstone GC on 28th May

Louis Ross (Long Ashton)
Oli Jenkins (The Players)
Scott Davis (Broadway)
Jaydn Decloedt (Ross on Wye)

For further information about onward progression for Junior Players please see here

Forthcoming Event Dates

Tue 28th May - Knowle GC
Junior Open (Boys & Girls)

Wed 29th May - Chipping Sodbury GC
Junior Open

Sun 2nd Jun - Ross on Wye GC
36 holes - Duchess Salver

Sun 9th Jun - Filton GC
Junior Open - Jeff Hall

Chris Lloyd on mental health

Click on the image above to see Tour Player, Chris Lloyd (ex-GGU County Player), giving an inspiring talk about mental health

GGU County Card

Click here to see how you can receive discounts on green fees across the country. If you haven’t got your card yet, then have a chat with your Club Secretary/Manager.

Help us share our message

Our aim is to grow the game within the Gloucestershire region and to do this we need your help - if each recipient could send this email to other relevant people we'd be very grateful indeed. You can do that by pressing the 'Forward to a friend' button in the footer below 👇

New to Gloucestershire Golf Union? If you're a new recipient of the GGU newsletter and would like to receive further communications from us in the future, please use the button below to sign up for our emails.

Want to become a volunteer? We just couldn’t do what we do without the support of our committed and friendly volunteer workforce. Please sign up below if you’re interested in helping to grow the game in Gloucestershire

Forward to a friend

👇 Follow us on social media 👇

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram