Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2012
NOTICE FROM THE GENERAL COMMITTEE Dear Member, As you will all be aware, RYAN WALLACE is representing Handsworth Golf Club as an elite golfer. His handicap is plus 0.5, and his golfing CV is as follows:- Warwickshire Junior County player for the last four seasons. Captain 2010. Last season he was in the Warwickshire first [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 17th, 2012
The dates for the 2012 Open Competitions have been announced as follows. Mens Open – 20th May Ladies Open – 22nd May Junior Open – 8th June Bridget Jackson Bowl – 26th June Mixed Open – 1st July Midweek Open – 25th July Seniors Open – 2nd August Ladies 3 Ball – 16th August Seniors [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2012
Above Junior golfers Michael Dewsbury, Grace Cannon, India Clayburn, Jake Clorley and Jack Reekie EUROPEAN Junior Open history was made in the latest qualifier when Handsworth’s Jake Clorley shot the best round seen in the event.His 68 was one better than Justin Rose’s 1994 score at Stoke [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 22nd, 2011
This year Santa arrived without any travel problems on Wednesday 21st December. As you may well guess a large number of Merry Men from Dad’s Army were eagerly awaiting his arrival in anticipation of the grand gifts that would be theirs. Before Santa handed the gifts out he insisted that they all sang three [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 2nd, 2011
The Senior section of Handsworth Golf Club (known as Dads Army) has had another busy 12 months. The section has nearly 70 members including the Club President and Club Captain. The section has a full programme of team matches and internal competitions (all off the yellow markers). Any member over the age of 55 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 30th, 2011
January, 2012 Tues 3 12.30 Seniors Lunch Sat 7 2.00pm Childrens Pantomime Wed 11 8.00am Midweek Stableford (Q), No Starting Sheet Sun 15 8.00am Winter Stableford, Course closed until 12noon Fri 20 9.00pm Bi – Weekly Draw Sat 21 8.00am Competition of the Day, No Starting Sheet February, 2012 Fri 3 9.00pm Bi – Weekly [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2011
The fourth year of the Senior pairs competition again proved very popular with the entry list being full some two months before the competition date. The course was full as128 golfers played in the shot gun start event. The weather was dry to start but the forecast was thundery showers which arrived as forecast two [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2011
Handsworth Golf Club is proud to be part of the 1895 club. This is a great benefit of being a member of Handsworth Golf Club as this club was formed by a number of clubs, all celebrating their Centenary in 1995. All members of the 1895 club offer reciprocal courtesy of the course to visiting members [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2011
Each year the Handsworth past captains have an away day to play for the ‘Bill Blake Memorial Putter’. Bill was the founding member and driving force in setting up The Society of Wawickshire Golf Club Captains, adding to the list of already current county societies. It came into being in 1981 and comprises the 21 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2011
Handsworth Lady President, Nicky Edwards played 100 holes on Sunday 29th August and raised around £1,300 for Cystic Fibrosis. Nicky played some excellent golf on the day, gaining 4 birdies and to many pars to remember. When asked how she got on, she said for the full rounds completed I shot net 75, 77, 77, [...]