What a week that was at Hoylake! Congratulations to all of our 3rd hole marshals for contributing to a hugely successful Open Championship.

The prizes for our sweep have now been allocated, check our notice in the shop to see if your player picked up a daily spot prize. John Hynes picked out Rory McIlroy who was the 2014 Open Champion, Ally Macdonald and Oli Carr had Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler to win the main prizes.

Centenary Salver Stableford - Those gents who fancied a break from the golf battled it out in foul conditions for the Centenary Salver Stableford last weekend. Division 1 saw a high scoring affair with three people coming in with 39 points, but winning on countback was Graham Thomas from Keith Greenfield in second and Dave Garratt in third. In Division 2 Chris Moores triumphed with a solid 34 points - was it his lesson in the week or his day at the Open that inspired him? In second, having rushed onto the tee in the nick of time, was Colin Smith with 30 points and in third, playing in the worst of the weather , was Russ Favager with 29 points.

Ladies Stableford - The ladies enjoyed a stableford on Tuesday however many didn't enjoy the 'Asian like' sticky weather. In Division 1 Kath Milligan reduced her handicap with a superb 38 points, Trudi Harris was a close second with 37 and Sue Hewitt came in third with 36 points. Division 2 was headed by Marylin Jones with 37 points to finish one ahead of second placed Barbara Chesworth, with Pat Kearon in third on 34 points. Three lots of 34 points in Division 3 meant that countback was used to see Jaqui Hynes take first place, Jan Lyon second and Eileen Kilgannon in third. Another big score of 38 points for Sylvia Comer won Division 4. Jacqueline Walker kept up her recent form with 32 points in second and Beryl Chase scored 31 to complete the top three.

Well done to all of our competitions winners this week!

In March we started a promotion on Vokey SM5 wedges with the prize being a Vokey limited edition Tour bag. The draw for this took place on Monday and congratulations go to Lance Flor whos name came out of the hat to win the prize.

The £22.50 saving on Srixon balls has been well received and there is still time for you to take advantage. Stock up for the rest of the season with this 4 for 3 offer.

Peter Thomas and I will compete at Dunham Forest in the morning in the Regional finals of the Lombard Trophy. Results to follow.