Welcome to our new steward, Grant Convey, who is now in post at the club. We encourage our members to give Grant a friendly welcome and to show patience as he gets used to working at a new club. Our thanks again for your patience while we have been between stewards, and to the members who have generously given their time to help in the bar and kitchen.
Upcoming Competiitons
This weekend (28 and 29 April) sees the staging of the Four of Clubs, first played for in 1967. As the name suggests, players are limited to using just four clubs (including a putter) in this competition. The reigning champion is Dion Rowntree, who showed he was not hindered by a lack of clubs last year on his way to shooting a net 64. In fact, the scoring is usually pretty good in the Four of Clubs; the average winning score in the last five stagings is 64.8.
The two Spring meetings - the Davidson Cup and the Wemyss Cup - are held over the first two weekends of May. Both are 'major' competitions in their own right and together make up the 'Spring Scratch', first competed for in 1868 and won by the player with the best aggregate gross score over the two rounds. We will include more information on the Spring meetings in the next newsletter.
Honours Board
Thank you to all of the members who generously donated to the fund to get the honours boards updated. We're pleased to report that we have raised the money required and have paid the supplier to carry out the work. We expect to have the boards fully up-to-date in the next few weeks.