As the course lies idle, hidden by a blanket of
snow and ice, your new Committee is actively laying plans for an exciting new
season ahead. Many of you will, I hope, have got to know me over the past couple
of years, but for those who haven’t, my name is Martin Lang and I have the privilege to be your Club Captain,
again - for the season 2010/11.
I have enjoyed working on the Members’
Committee for the past nine years, as Secretary for six years, as Captain in
2008-2009 and latterly as Competitions Secretary and Vice Captain to
Steve Cooper who has captained us so well over the past
twelve months. I take this opportunity to thank Steve for his tireless work on
behalf of the members and to welcome Ken Wrintmore
as my Vice Captain.
Entry for all Club competitions has
increased dramatically year on year over the past two years and we are now
getting, right across the board, some 40% more entries than we were two years
ago. Whilst that means that competition to win is tougher, it also means that
the prizes are considerably better, too - particularly now that we are all
remembering to pay our entry fees for the Knockout competitions, without too
much nagging!
The more involved we get in Club
competitions and events the more enjoyment each of us will have. The golfing
facilities here at Cumberwell
Park are second to none - so let’s
each of us enjoy them to the full! As I hope you will all have noticed, the
Pro Shop is now running a Qualifying
Stableford competition every week that there is no other competition on. The
Winter League is well under way and the first of the six Winter Medals is on
Sunday 2 January 2011.
This year I have two Captain’s
charities - FARM-Africa and the Cots for Tots Appeal [which is part of the
Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal] in aid of the neo-natal Special Care Unit at
St Michael’s Children’s Hospital in Bristol. Please support my Drive In on
Sunday 19 December 2010 - tickets at £1 each are on sale in the
Pro Shop.
My Captain’s week-end is booked for
Saturday and Sunday 9 & 10 July 2011. There will be individual competitions on
the Saturday with fabulous prizes, a social extravaganza on the Saturday evening
[with casino and disco] and a team fancy dress competition on the Sunday. I
promise you a fabulous week-end. Whatever you do, don’t miss it!
Up-coming events for your diary:
Saturday 4 December 2010: St Andrew’s
Day Foursomes [Men’s, Ladies or Mixed pairs]. We already have over 50 pairs
entered so the prizes will be excellent! The competition will go ahead unless we
have really bad weather conditions later in the week. If the weather
deteriorates please contact the Pro Shop
on the day, as they will know whether we have had to postpone the event. Please
don’t just fail to show!! The green-keeping staff will do their level best to
insure that the competition goes ahead, as planned.
Saturday 18 December and Sunday 19
December 2010 - complimentary port and cheese in the Spikes Bar, followed by my
Captain’s Drive In [on the 10th hole] on Sunday at 2:15 pm. All
proceeds go to the Captain’s charities.
Sunday 13 February 2011 - Deerest
Trophy [Mixed Pairs]. Details will be posted on the Mixed Notice Board and on
the website early in January 2011.
Martin Lang
Tel: 01249 717870
Mobile: 07968 112975
Email address:
captain@cumberwellpark.com