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15 Year Bentley Old Stoke by Nayland Member, Golf Club Lily May Humphries, Wins Prestigious Refurbishment on Track England Golf 2018 “Rising Star” Award

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ily May Humphries, the super-talented 15year-old member of Stoke by Nayland Golf Club, has wowed the judges of the 2018 England Golf Awards with her 7 incredible international tournament wins over the past 12 months, and earned her title as winner of their Rising Star Award. The announcement was made last night at the glittering England Golf Awards Dinner at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.

The young Essex golfer had been recognised alongside some of the biggest names in the game – including Race to Dubai and European Tour winner, Tommy Fleetwood, and European

2017 ACHIEVEMENTS FOR LILY MAY:

amateur champion, The Open silver medallist and Walker Cup player, Alfie Plant, as well as the England Women’s Team who won the European Team Championship for the 2nd year running.

The award has been selected by the judging panel from a record-breaking entry which shines the spotlight on fantastic achievements in golf in England by volunteers, coaches, clubs and counties.

Lily May was thrilled to receive the award; ‘It’s been an incredible year and to be recognised in this way is very special. I’ve had such amazing support from my family and the coaching team at Stoke by Nayland and I really hope I can continue my good form through 2018. I was thrilled to win in my first event in the US in Florida last December and if seleceted I can’t wait to go back to the USA this year with the Curtis Cup team.’

Her coach Roly Hitchcock, Head Pro at Stoke

by Nayland Golf Club, stated: ‘Lily May’s progress this year is indicative of the hard work and dedication she has shown. Twinned with her natural ability, I am sure Lily May can build on her success of 2017 and I am delighted her achievements have been recognised in this way’ She was also a finalist in the Performance of the Year awards alongside the eventual winner of the award Tommy Fleetwood, 2017 Race to Dubai title holder, as well as two European Tour victories; England women’s team; winners of the European team championship for the second year in a row; Alfie Plant of Sundridge Park Golf Club, Kent; European amateur champion, silver medallist at The Open and a Walker Cup player.

England Golf Chief Executive Nick Pink said: “We were thrilled by the number and quality of nominations we received and delighted that so many people are helping us to tell golf ’s great stories to the wider community. www.stokebynayland.com

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Lizzie Johnson has a pet, a Flat Coated Retriever she walks when not striding the fairways of her golf club.

In a morning themed round of Pets Are Us, many of her fellow members wore animal costumes, and vice-captain Cate Fraser appeared as cartoon character Deputy Dog. In very cold and bitter weather, 50 ladies showed dogged determination as they set out on a 10-hole Delaney scramble competition, which had been preceded by Lizzie witnessing retiring captain Rebecca Evans putting out on the 18th green to complete her season.

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Have Your Best Season Ever!

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ith the 2018 golf season about to start, why not make it your most success one ever!

Perhaps you may think, ‘Easier said than done’, but with a few good quality questions that you can ask of yourself, there is absolutely no reason why this year could be your best year ever!

Firstly what is success to you? Clearly that’s a question that will differ for many people, however, how would YOU define success?

Examples could be playing regularly to your handicap? Reducing your handicap? Winning a tournament or simply gaining more enjoyment from the game!

Next, look at your whole golfing environment and consider how you can improve it? Areas to be considered could include the following; Technique - with your PGA Professional look at your swing right through to your short game and identify areas to improve. Focus more on your pitching wedge distance and closer. Perhaps even strive to become better at those ‘half shots’ when we feel we are ‘in-between clubs’? You will save more shots in this area and significant improvement can come very quickly.

Equipment - make sure your gear fits you!

Ensure you have only clubs in the bag that you hit consistently well. Lofted fairway clubs such as 7 woods and hybrids will make your second shots far more successful.

Organised - plan your season. Look at the competition dates, society days, golf trips etc. and get them in the diary. Those playing in teams, try to factor-in practice rounds at courses you are not

familiar with.

Mind-Set - when playing golf this is the most important factor! All the preparation is done, it’s time to deliver! If you have followed The Mind Zone in the Essex Golfer or have attended Mind Zone sessions you will have some useful tools to help your performance. Examples being; the ReSet Six, the Three Phases (pre-shot, shot and postshot), Focus & Attention and the Shot Process.

In order to perform consistently it is essential that you have a process/routine for your golf shot.

This must be trusted and used for each and every shot you play from a drive to a 3ft putt. It is possible that you may hit a less than perfect shot on the course… and if so, it is also key is not to ‘sway’ from your process. Trust your process as that is where you need it the most and watch those poor shots diminish and those great shots become far more regular.

Develop your ‘process’ with your PGA Professional or with us at The Mind Zone.

Working on these areas is a sure way to improve your golf this year.

Although an old cliche it’s one of the best…

‘You must play one shot at a time and focus your attention on only that’.

Society today is so fast paced and results oriented it’s hard to ‘stay in the moment’ and focus on what you are doing - bad news for playing good golf! When on the course try to ‘get lost in the process’ of your shot, thinking constructive thoughts rather than thinking about the result. We never add up the score during the round, but simply go through the process… once you are in the moment of enjoying good golf, you’ll find that the scores actually take care of themselves.

So follow these steps, being organised and prepared will lead to a calmer, quieter mind allowing you to play your best golf yet!

Wishing you an enjoyable and successful 2018 and please drop us a line telling us of your success. If you’d like more information on what The Mind Zone can do for your game or indeed your Club, simply get in contact with us now, via our website.

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e all know we have to practice to get rid of the winter rust. Off course hitting shots on the range is part of doing that but don’t neglect getting on the course to sharpen up the game as well. Please respect the course and ensure you are not holding anyone up. The reason you have to is that golf is a game of variability where no two shots are the same, so we have to learn to deal with that if we are to make the best our our rounds. Also, if you think of it golf is probably the only sport where we train in a different environment, the range, to where we play so it makes sense to do some training out on the course. Here are some ideas. n Play a few holes instead of heading to the range - You can get out for 4 holes or 9 holes if you can. n Play best ball - This is a great game to learn to deal with different situations. The rules are you can hit another shot if you it a bad one. If you do try to learn from it and make a few adjustments.You will identify some shots you have trouble with and learn what adjsutments you need to make. n Put yourself in some funny spots - We all like to think we willl hit it straight everytime but in reality we will face a lot of differnent situations. Get imaginitive and have fun trying out some different shots.

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entley Golf Club is on track to achieve one of its key building milestones. Building work continues to progress well with the major fittings to the Lounge area completed. The Lounge with its extended footprint is now open to Bentley Golfers and the community as a whole for functions. Along with the Lounge the main Restrooms have had a major makeover. Bentley will shortly be taking delivery of a suite of new furniture giving it a modern look and feel. Roy Manning House Director said the changes have been eye catching and we have noticed an increase in our current members using the facilities.

We have also taken the opportunity to refurbish the pro Shop.

Mark Gallop Club Secretary said ‘One advantage of a being a members club is that we can invest the money we make straight back into our facilities, very soon Bentley will have a Clubhouse that will naturally sit alongside a fantastic Golf Course. We have already seen an increase in our membership since the building work started and look forward to seeing more of our current members enjoying the club and hopefully welcoming a few more new Members’ Anyone interested in finding out more or joining Bentley Golf Club can contact Mark Gallop on 01277 373179 or Email secretary@bentleygolfclub.com

Work is now focused on the upgrade to the Spike Bar which over the years was looking tired and dated. The Spike Bar will undergo a complete refurbishment and will be carried out to the same high standard as the Lounge. In conjunction with the internal work there has been substantial work carried out on the creation of a new Patio area.

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hen we play golf, especially in our practice, The Mind Factor have you ever imagined being the golfer #YOURGOLFCHALLENGE you admire? If you have, did you play a good shot If you are interested I will be running a Mind or did you feel better about what you did?

Factor evening #YOURGOLFCHALLENGE at Why do I ask these questions? Well, Phil The Essex Golf and Country Club on Wednesday Mickelson copied his Dad’s swing and look what 9th May from 7pm till 9pm with Karl Morris he has achieved in his career and I know there are Performance Coach who has worked with Six other countless stories of this.

Major Winners, including Graeme McDowell and As a Certified Mind Factor Coach, which I Louis Oosthuizen. COST will be £20 per achieved last November in a very snowy person. Payment must be taken to guarantee your Manchester and as we write snowing in Essex, I place. learnt some very valuable tools and one of them n Free Prize Draw - A draw will take place on was to copy a golfer. My specialism in Putting and the evening and 1 lucky winner will receive a gift from Karl and will get their entry refunded. using the latest equipment from Quintic Ball Roll, I tested this out on Paul Grotier my fellow PGA Professional at The Essex on my return. He pretended to be Jordan Speith!

Now by copying what he imagined to be viewing, the results suddenly changed. I got Paul to do this exercise by viewing around Jordan whilst he was imagining his Putting Stroke, then to imagine he was copying this action.

The best thing to do is firstly do this exercise without a putter as you are focusing on movement, then introduce the Putter and then introduce the Picture of myself with Karl. In April last year, I had suspected Prostate Cancer, which fortunately was negative, so grew beard for Prostate Cancer Awareness in November and ball. Give it a whirl and since then I have heard many Men being diagnosed with this! A £1 from your entry will go to maybe your results will this Charity, so please make the event as not only will you be helping yourself, you will be change! helping many others as well.

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ver the next few months I’m going to be writing some articles on junior golf and what I’ve learned in the last 25+ years through my own coaching experiences. I’ll share my views on a variety of topics such as coaching, competitions, practicing, time involved, mentoring, strength and conditioning, equipment and others that will hopefully help to guide you either as the parent or child to give you more success. It’s something I’m extremely passionate about and through my own experiences I know there’s many pathways you can take both good and bad.

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he natural pathway for juniors once they’ve started is to join a club and represent that club then be part of the county set up. Then progress to the national regional areas, then hopefully play for their country, represent GB&I, turn pro, go on tour, win the Open, job done!

If you believe that is the only way to succeed then please read on as this may be of interest to you. Through my own research in the last 25 years only half of the players that played in a Walker Cup side have played on tour! Think about it, there are so many factors that mean every pathway is different. When you start playing golf, your size, access to golf club, competition from other juniors, growth, finance, school, personal life, the list goes on.

I turned pro at 17 which really was to young, my parents couldn’t afford the amateur competitions so we took the decision that I’d get a career behind me with the PGA. Whilst my dream didn’t materialise to play in the Ryder cup

I gained a career which I love. Two people that chose the same pathway are Ian Poulter and Simon Khan ... the decision was the right one!

My point is that circumstance dictates the pathway so get sound advice and try and get a team behind you that will be part of the journey and understand your circumstance and goals so they can create the right pathway.Yes I have players that would love to play on tour but I also have players that want to go to college in America or also caddy on tour so it’s my job to help create the pathway. Some may even play golf as it helps them at work. That’s great as the game has many avenues and great values.

One of the best feelings in coaching is to get the call from a parent or child to say what their child has achieved whether it’s they’ve qualified for the Ricoh Open championship as Charlotte Thompson did or winning the monthly medal.Whether they do well or not the proudest part is being there for them and being part of their pathway.

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laygolf Seniors played a Stableford competition, run as a non-qualifier with a large amount of entries. Will Elder (13) took first place in division one with 34 points from Peter Saye (15) on 30 points and third Jeff Coles(16) on 29 points. Division two was won by newcomer Shaun Evans (24) with 33 points followed by Senior Captain, Steve Dale (24) in second on 32 points and Robert Few (25) in third on 31 points.

Will Elder and Trevor Cocksedge received a sleeve of balls each for achieving par-three birdies.

ifficult weather conditions didn’t prevent a reasonably large number taking to the course in the Ladies February Stableford competition. Jeanette Shea took top spot on countback from Gina Macmillan in Division one with both carding 30 points. Linda Smith was just one point off the pace on 29 points.

Division two also required countback to separate first and second places with Linda Marshall taking first place from and Pauline Jordan after each carded 25 points. Emma Rowe took third place, one adrift, on 24 points.

The pairing of Ann Longman and Nicky Withycombe progressed to round two of the Daily Mail Foursomes after a very tough home match against Clacton’s Laura Forder and Kath Sinnot. Having to give away 10 shots the Playgolf team won the day at the 19th hole (drinking them under the table).

Enjoyable Day at Stoke by Nayland

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wenty six Stoke by Nayland ladies played a nine hole Stableford competition on the Gainsborough course on Thursday 15th Feb. It was a beautiful day with only two temporary greens, which was due to them being very wet from Wednesday evenings down pour. The ladies had a choice of Blue or Yellow tees, with almost equal number of ladies playing off each tee.

After the match, the Ladies were invited to a Charity Social, Lady Captain Elaine Davidson

had asked that the Ladies to bring items that were non perishable, these were then taken to the Sudbury Food Bank, she was totally overwhelmed by the response with lots of the ladies bringing in several items.

The overall winner of the days competition was Betty Cox with 21pts!

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Caroline Lowe.

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Sue Latham was the England Golf Medal winner for 2017 for Stoke by Nayland. She will now go on in May to enter the Bridgestone Chase your Dream Trophy to qualify for the Regional Finals. The top 10 players will go forward to play in the National Finals.

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laygolfs 2017 Ladies’ Captain, Maureen Dale, chose Sense for deaf blind children, The Hadley Centre, as her Captains Charity.

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huge well done to John Kemp of Clacton Golf Club for raising £3000 last year for Cancer Research UK. Today John hands his Seniors Captaincy over to Rick Hale for 2018.

(John is holding cheque in the middle of two ladies).

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THE GARY PIKE GOLF ACADEMY

Top teaching professional Gary Pike PGA.AP (advanced professional) invites you to his golf academy at Forrester Park Golf Club near Maldon. Gary has over 31 years of coaching experience and is a David Leadbetter trained instructor. He has published over 150 articles on the golf swing. Gary is coach to Walker Cup player Dale Whitnell and was the Essex County Senior Coach from 1998 to 2012.

Contact the golf academy on 07801 428 174 or visit www.garypikegolf.com

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rrr! Its freezing outside, but I can still spend some time working on my putting indoors and here is a really good way to do it.

Firstly, place two clubs parallel to each other slightly wider than the width of the putter head.

Next place another club at the front, with the narrow part of the shaft at the end of the two clubs and lastly place a cushion against the wall at the end. This can be seen in picture one.

Place the balls at the front of the station as I am doing in Picture 2 and roll them into the cushion. The object being that since you swing the putter up and down a straight line, you strike the ball slightly on the upswing which is necessary to clear the front club.

What I like about this practice station is it provides you with lots of square lines so its easy to check your set up and ball position and as mentioned encourage an upward hit on the ball.

Also furthermore, it overcomes the main problem of carpets in that they tend to roll much quicker than the greens so hitting into the cushion you only have to focus on your stroke.

Hopefully, it warms up by next

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month, and we can talk about the speed the ball ideally rolls into the hole.

It’s not too late to join me at El Rompido in the spring 5th to the 12th of May give me a call on 07801 428 174 for more details.

If any of the above resonates with you Steve Cardy and I invite you to join us in the sun this spring at the El Rompido Resort in southern Spain 5 to 12 of May 2018, for our Hosted Golf Holiday week with Coaching. Where we will work on all parts of golf with you. The cost of the week is ÂŁ895 (based on two people sharing) includes return airport transfers from Faro airport, Half Board, 5 Rounds of golf with us and coaching available with us both including free practice balls. (Maximum No 24 booking now).

Very happy golfing 2018.

To book your place call Brenda at Golf Travel Services on 01202 861 536 or Gary on 07801 428 174.

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Great Start To The Year For Masud

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rian Masud started his golfing year with a win at Colchester Golf Club Walk-On Stableford.

Masud, one of Colchester many improving juniors, had obviously used the half-term break well and recorded a solid 36 points from his eight handicap and cleared the chasing pack by two points. With doubles at the ninth and thirteenth he could have easily improved his round, but he did finish with a birdie on the eighteenth, which is a feather in anyone’s cap at Colchester.

Second spot went to another eight handicapper, Keith Jacobs, who returned a credible 34 on a course playing long after all the wet weather. Richard Hayes (12) was hard on his heels with a 33 and fourth spot went to Peter

Clarke (18) with 32 points.

Behind the apparent inactivity at Colchester over the past few weeks, the knockout stages of the winter leagues have been beavering away. The competition is now in its semi-final stage.

With three of the four semi-finalists know Martin Hall, and Danny Simmons are drawn against Lewis Barber and James Angel. Simon Rippingale and Mike Mays are the third known semi-finalists.

Rippingale and Mays won the competition back in 1990 a feat, they are trying to repeat their opponents will be either Glenn Sibbons and Paul Jackson or Ben and Joe Williams, champions in 2015 and 2016, whose quarter-final will be played before the week is out.

Junior European Champion Golfer Joins Harlow Club

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anons Brook Golf Club are very proud of all their junior members and the latest young golfer to join the club in Harlow is no exception. Sophia Fullbrook who lives in St. Albans won the U12 European championships in 2017, at the event held in Scotland where over 630 children from 52 nations play in competitions across all ages.

Sophia has followed her coach and new head golf professional James Blake to Canons Brook from Redbourn golf club in Hertfordshire, where James has been teaching Sophia since the age of five.

James says “She is a great girl and an amazing golfer to work with. She is very competitive and focused when she plays and has lots of fun with her friends when at the golf club practicing. On

only the third time of her playing Canons Brook she nearly had a hole in one by hitting the flag from 140 yards away on our par 3, 7th hole.”

If you have a child that would like to give golf a try, James runs group lessons on Saturdays at Canons Brook and evening lessons at Totally Golf store in Templefields, Harlow on their state of the art indoor golf simulators.

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The two organisations plan to work together and learn from each other to attract more people into golf, to improve the image of the game and to make the sport more inclusive and accessible.

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Lee Porter, the PGA Professional attached to Hylands Golf Complex is not only one of Europe’s most respected club-makers but also manages Accra Golf & True Temper Plus Europe. He is responsible for all after sales of Accra, True Temper, Project X & Grafalloy golf shafts within the EU. He is also a Certified Flightscope Professional, a member of the Flightscope UK Advisory Board and teaches the Flightscope Certification Course.

THE WAR ON DISTANCE A Ground Or Air Offensive?

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o another year and another offering of equipment based solely around distance. Can this years driver go 15 yards further than last years? I don’t think so, in fact I worked it out the other day that if I had hit the ball 15 yards further year on year for all the years I have played golf my average drive would now be 645 yards – not bad!

If you look at mainstream golf equipment there is a reason that golfers are drawn to certain brands, distance (marketing) and quite often the Professional Players that play that brand. But, professional endorsement does not come cheap so in reality it’s the club golfer that is paying the big bucks to a player who is ultimately going to persuade you to buy more product – nut’s really.

So, in my opinion the golf industry runs most of the time on a golfer’s inefficiency – the reason you can always hit the ball that bit further is that very seldom does a golfer ‘max out’ what they have.

This is not always just technique related, it can be ball flight or the club itself but as an example if your golf course has elevated tees you may be better of hitting the ball a little lower to get a flatter landing angle, in turn giving you more roll.

This leads on to an interesting point – a golf shot has two elements ... carry and roll. Time in the air and time on the ground is balanced to optimise distance. So, your ball flight needs to suit

the golf course you play and your swing type.

Obviously, most golfers will play at different courses from time to time but generally we have one course where we play our competition golf or visit more often, it would make sense to optimise our game for where we play most.

If you punch into Google ‘How to hit my driver further’ somewhere in there you will find ‘High Launch, Low Spin’ but for many golfers this is unrealistic due to their swing type. If you want to find the Google culprits look on driving ranges, they will be the ones leaning back as far back as they can and throwing themselves backwards every drive they hit ... not the best idea to be honest. So, here’s a thought: Swing type = Driver type = Optimum ball flight = Maximum distance With this on mind I will holding a seminar on 20th March that will look into this exact subject in more detail. I will discuss swing types, drivers and shafts and the red flags to look for in your own game so you can get more distance. I am also delighted to announce that European Tour Professional Robert Coles will be joining my team this year and will be sharing some insights on how you can play your best golf.

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ere’s the story of Charlotte Thompson over the few months since she won her place back on the Ladies European Tour by securing a top 5 finish on the Ladies European Tour Access Series last season.

When Charlotte secured her card for the Ladies European Tour she was full of excitement and looking forward to the challenge ahead. At the start of 2018 Charlotte was pleased to announce her new attatchment for the fore coming future at Stoke by Nayland golf hotel and spa, the place she will call her golfing home. With this sorted her attentions were then directed to planning the start of the year with maybe some warm weather training. When the 2018 LET schedule was released it revealed that the first few tournaments were being played in Australia from Mid January to early March with also the opportunity to join the Australian Ladies Tour and play in some extra pro ams through this time. All the entrants have to fund their own flights, accommodation and costs for the tour and it looked at one stage that this would prohibit her from taking place. Thankfully Martin Weaire of Associated Security Solutions kindly offered to help with her flights and some expenses for the trip, in return for some future appearances at their corporate golf days. With the flights, some expenses and clothing sorted (thank you to Swing Out Sister Ladies Golf Clothing) Charlotte was booked and ready to head over to make the long trip to the other side of the world.

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Charlotte started the first tournament a little rocky as expected after not competing since October, but worked hard on her game and the specific areas that showed up that needed improving. In the ActewAGL Canberra Classic Charlotte made the cut and finished T34 which meant she picked up some points and gained a spot on the Order of Merit. With confidence ever rising the next tournament was the Australian Ladies Classic Bonville in Coffs Harbour and this time the performance was even stronger. A beautiful and challenging golf course was ahead of Charlotte this week, the course was known as Australias Augusta. With extremely grainy greens, tree lined fairways and narrow misses. Charlotte played two solid rounds to make the cut on 2 over in 32nd place. Ready to try and make her way up the leaderboard over the weekend. In the third round she posted a 2 under par which pulled her score to level par overall and into T13th place. The final round draw was announced and Charlotte was excited, if not a little nervous, to find that her three ball was made up of none other than Dame Laura Davis (her idol) and Caroline Hedwall (who has represented Europe in the Solheim Cup three times). She powered through the last day refusing to let nerves get to her and was one under coming into the last hole, then eagled the par 5 18th to finish on 3 under for the day and -3 total overall, which put her in a wonderful T9th place. An experience and memory Charlotte will never forget. This is her first top 10 finish on the Ladies European Tour and has moved her up in 35th place on the Order of Merit at this early

stage of the season. The next challenge will be the last of the events on the LET in Australia The NSW Women’s Open in Coffs Harbour, let’s hope it’s onwards and upwards from here.

Charlotte is very grateful to Martin as this has given her a great start to her 2018 season and a boost in confidence playing alongside some of the golfing greats. She is still looking for sponsorship for future events in the 2018 season.

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GOLF ETIQUETTE Some people may be asking, “Why would I need a book about correct conduct? I know how to behave myself.” Although integrity and fairness are an excellent basis, good manners alone are not enough in golf.

A certain amount of specific knowledge is essential, especially in the light of the dangers involved in sport.

Furthermore, golf also involves social conventions that are not based directly on accepted behaviour patterns. The etiquette is just as important as the rules of play and it ensures that all players can enjoy their game as much as possible.

This book does not claim to cover every single issue but it does contain everything you need to know in order to be welcomed at virtually every course in the world. However, please bear in mind that the etiquette may very slightly from club to club. Therefore find out about the Local Rules in advance, follow all the instructions and heed the information on the notice boards.You will then be a welcome guest and playing partner on any course – irrespective of your ability level.

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Sarah Bennett Golf

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Sarah Bennett PGA Fellow Professional & Head Teaching Professional at Three Rivers Golf & Country Club.

Sarah is the current England U18 Boys & Girls East Regional Coach and Essex Girls Head Coach. Her 25 years as a Ladies European Tour Professional and Mind Factor Certification ensures she has an unrivalled skill set to coach course management and critical mind skills to aid scoring with no technical changes.

Sarah’s Plane Truth & TPI Level 1 and Level 2 Certification is highly sought after by both new and elite golfers including those Juniors new to the sport.

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his article was prompted by a recent visit to a driving range which is blessed both with pros and cons.

However, the biggest disadvantage of range work is the ease of hitting a large quantity of balls with no specific consequence or pressurised outcome.

You may have heard of the “Golden Shot” when practicing this refers to the ball at which you finish your practice session. This shot is linked to providing you with the confidence for either your next range session or for your next game with your friends.

My question to you is “Did that last shot really mean something?” the background image is one I see quite often at a range.

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Has the player ran out of time, or has the frustration set in that the player has left the range in disgust? these could be two explanations.

However, I think one more likely reason is the “Golden shot” which was the previous ball hit ...

I strongly believe the balls which really count are the last three in this instance, so set your self a real pressurised challenge such as a narrow target re-creating a certain tee shot which causes problems at your home course.

If you cool down using the last few balls with wedges select a distance marker which maybe an uncommonly practiced yardage such as 40 or 60 yards placing pressure to play the distance.

“Let’s become comfortable by playing the uncomfortable shots” Happy Golfing Everyone.

Sarah Bennett

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Secretary: Colin Reynolds pgainessex@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: 0771 3926 108 www.pga.info

Report from Woodbridge Pro-Am

Report from Orsett Better Ball 2018

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Essex PGA Captain Mark Talbott with winning team and Professional Matt Stables.

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he PGA in Essex returned to the excellent Suffolk course for its first Pro-Am of 2018 and the full field indicated the popularity of the venue. The weather was damp with a very cold wind making scoring difficult and this was shown in the number of Professionals scoring under par.

The clear winner was Lloyd Kennedy from Chelmsford Golf Club with an excellent round of 68 and enough to win by 2 shots from Jason Levermore from Little Channels. In third place on 2 over 72 was Craig Housden also from Little Channels.

The team event was won for the third consecutive year by Matt Stables and his team who recorded an exceptional score of 84 stableford points. The teams with Lloyd Kennedy and Craig Housden both scored 79 points with Kennedy’s team winning on countback.

he PGA in Essex made its regular trip to Orsett Golf Club for the annual better ball competition. The event has 3 categories comprising two professionals, two amateurs and a professional with an amateur. Despite wintry temperatures and persistent rain, the course was presented, as always, in an excellent condition and this was reflected in the scores.

The overall winners, and winners of the professional and amateur category were David Hawkins from Wanstead Golf Club and his amateur partner Kishen Velani, former Essex cricketer. Their score of 44 points was sufficient to win by 3 points from Steve Cipa of South Essex Golf Centre and Eddie Martin and also Nick and John Moncur.

The professional pairing competition was won

by Jason Levermore from Little Channels and Andy Pestell from Chelmsford Golf Club with 42 points. This was a 2 point win over the pairings of Mark Talbott and Joe Ellis from Thorpe Hall Golf Club and Michael Vandenberg and Fred Harrington from Rochford Golf Club.

Essex PGA Captain Mark Talbott with David Hawkins and Kishen Velani.

The winning amateur pair were Malcolm Prior from Thorndon Park Golf Club and Colin Reynolds from Burnham on Crouch Golf Club.

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Essex Open 2018 Friday 11th May Thorpe Hall Golf Club

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ntries are now being taken for the 98th Essex Open pre-qualifying which will take place at Thorpe Hall Golf Club on Monday 16th April.

Entry is open to Essex based professional golfers and also to category 1 amateurs. The prequalifying is over 18 holes and the top 35 will be guaranteed a place in the Open. There may be more places available depending upon the number of entries from exempt players.

Essex Golf Club Captains

CAPTAINS: Don’t forget to get your 2018 Fixture Sheet in early, these are available on line.

Our Annual Dinner is once again at the Chelmsford City Racecourse on the 23rd March, Tickets are priced at £45.

Why not get up a Table from your club.

Tables can be arranged for 6-8-10-12 or you can join up with neighbouring clubs. ! !

For Membership please contact the Hon Sec at

peter.freeman@essexgolfclubcaptains.co.uk

or 07957 698 557

Finally to all Captains past and present i wish you a very happy new year.

Peter Freeman Hon Secretary

Entry fee is £40 and those successful in qualifying for the Open will pay an additional £20 on 11th May. To enter, please contact Colin Reynolds PGA in Essex. Tel: 07713 926 108 T T Email: pgainessex@yahoo.co.uk

Captain Phil Smith Nevada Bobs

Tom Walker President Romford GC

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18 May 2018 MIXED PAIRS OPEN Gosfield Lake Golf Club Includes coffee and bacon roll on arrival and 2-course carvery. £60 per couple.

Tony O’Shea: 01787 474747 gosfieldlakegc@btconnect.com www.gosfield-lake-golf-club.co.uk

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17 May 2018 LADIES TEAM OPEN Bentley Golf Club Includes Danish on arrival and 2-course meal after golf. £140 per team (4).

Mark Gallop: 01277 373179 secretary@bentleygolfclub.com www.bentleygolfclub.com

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13 April 2018 CHARITY PAIRS OPEN Essex Golf & Country Club Includes 2-course meal after golf. £66 per pair.

John Tuffen: 01787 224466 essex.info@theclubcompany.com www.theessexgolfandcountryclub.com

12 June 2018 LADIES TEAM OPEN Stoke by Nayland Golf Club Includes tea/coffee and pastries arrival and evening meal after golf. £152 per team (4).

Tom Everett: 01206 262836 www.stokebynaylarnd.com

13 April 2018 CHARITY SENIOR PAIRS OPEN Essex Golf & Country Club Includes 2-course meal after golf. £66 per pair.

John Tuffen: 01787 224466 essex.info@theclubcompany.com www.theessexgolfandcountryclub.com

13 June 2018 VETERANS OPEN DAY Orsett Golf Club Includes coffee, mini breakfast on arrival and afternoon buffet. £36 per person.

01376 891352 www.orsettgolfclub.co.uk

27 April 2018 GENTS SENIOR PAIRS OPEN Gosfield Lake Golf Club Includes coffee and bacon roll on arrival and 2-course carvery. £60 per pair.

Tony O'Shea: 01787 474747 gosfieldlakegc@btconnect.com gosfield-lake-golf-club.co.uk

14 June 2018 GENTS SENIOR PAIRS OPEN Colchester Golf Club Includes 2-course meal after golf. £72 per couple.

David Blackmore: 01206 853396 secretary@colchestergolfclub.com www.colchestergolfclub.com 20 June 2018 MIXED PAIRS OPEN Braintree Golf Club Includes lunch and 2-course meal (smart/casual). £80 per couple.

Luan Markham: 01376 346079 clubmanager@braintreegolfclub.co.uk www.braintreegolfclub.co.uk

14 May 2018 LADIES TEAM OPEN Playgolf Colchester Golf Club ENTER AS A TEAM OF 3 at £105 and you will be joined by a Playgolf Lady.

Or as a team of 4 at £140.

Pauline Coxon: 01206 843333 colchester@playgolfworld.com www.playgolfcolchester.com

26 June 2018 LADIES’ CHARITY DAY Abridge Golf Club Includes Half Way House and 2 Course Meal with Prizes. £65 pp.

Abridge Office: 01708 688921 info@abridgegolf.com www.abridgegolf.com

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28 June 2018 Ladies Team Open Three Rivers Golf & Country Club Includes tea/coffee & breakfast on arrival, refreshments after 9 holes and 2-course meal after golf. £70 per pair.

Caroline Crispin: 01621 828631 www.threeriversclub.com

26 July 2018 MIXED PAIRS OPEN Harwich & Dovercourt Golf Club Includes coffee, brunch (ham, egg and chips), Pimms and evening meal - advise if vegetarian. £85 per pair.

Kate Fender: 01255 503616 secretary@harwichanddovercourtgolfclub.com www.harwichanddovercourtgolfclub.com

05 July 2018 LADIES OPEN MEETING Clacton-on-Sea Golf Club Includes: Coffee and Danish pastry on arrival, refreshments, 2 course buffet. £70 per pair.

Jakie Bright: 01255 812742 jakieabright@btinternet.com www.clactongolfclub.com

31 July 2018 LADIES TEAM OPEN Upminster Golf Club Includes coffee and pastries on arrival, halfway refreshments and 2-course lunch. £148 per team (4).

Frances Payne: 01708 222788 www.upminstergolfclub.co.uk

18 July 2018 FIVE LAKES OPEN MEN’S AMATEUR OPEN PAIRS MEETING Five Lakes Golf Club Inclusive of tea or coffee on arrival and bacon baguette and rolling carvery lunch. A vegetarian lunch option is available by prior booking. £35 per player.

01621 862326 fivelakesgolf@gmail.com

06 August 2018 LADIES’ CHARITY OPEN MEETING Rochford Hundred Golf Club Coffee on arrival, refreshments and Pimms at halfway house and 2 course carvery. PM starting times. £99 per team of three, Pam Meredith: 01702 554469 pamandgeoff1@gmail.com www.rochfordhundredgolfclub.co.uk

22 July 2018 PAUL FARNSWORTH TROPHY, GENTS PAIRS OPEN Braintree Golf Club Includes lunch and 2-course meal (smart/casual). £76 per pair.

Luan Markham: 01376 346079 clubmanager@braintreegolfclub.co.uk www.braintreegolfclub.co.uk

09 August 2018 GENTS SENIOR PAIRS OPEN Harwich & Dovercourt Golf Club Includes coffee & bacon roll on arrival, refreshments at the 7th & 16th and 2-course rolling meal after golf. £65 per pair.

Kate Fender: 01255 503616 secretary@harwichanddovercourtgolfclub.com harwichanddovercourtgolfclub.com

19 July 2018 GENTS SENIOR PAIRS OPEN Bentley Golf Club Closing Date: 29th June 2018 - Includes coffee on arrival and lunch after golf. £60 per pair.

Mark Gallop: 01277 373179 secretary@bentleygolfclub.com www.bentleygolfclub.com

08 August 2018 LADIES’ OPEN Abridge Golf Club Includes Half Way House and 2 Course Meal with Prizes. £42.50 pp.

Abridge Office: 01708 688921 info@abridgegolf.com www.abridgegolf.com

25 July 2018 2018 LADIES OPEN Stapleford Abbotts Golf Club Includes; light breakfast on arrival. Refreshments on the course. 2 course lunch followed by tea/coffee. £38 per person.

Sue Anderson: 01245 442516 suesgolf@outlook.com www.staplefordabbottsgolf.co.uk

19 August 2018 MIXED PAIRS OPEN Colchester Golf Club Includes 2-course meal after golf. £72 per couple.

David Blackmore: 01206 853396 secretary@colchestergolfclub.com www.colchestergolfclub.com

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Magnificent Romford

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proud day for Romford Golf Club on Sunday 25th February 2018, last year’s Captain Michael Miles had the privilege of handing over his charity donations from his captaincy year (2017). Pictured left Sue Ellis from London air ambulance, Michael Miles our Captain of 2017, right Laura Stock from Cancer Research UK. The incredible sum of £14,500 was raised by the members of Romford Golf Club for Michael’s two charities, Cancer Research UK and London Air Ambulance and both charities received £7,250 each. London Air Ambulance

stated “This money raised could potentially save three peoples lives, which is just magnificent and made us at RGC feel extremely proud to have been some help.

Each year the newly appointed Captain of Romford Golf Club selects a charity of their choice, this year our Captain John Fuller will be raising money for DT38 Foundation. Dylan Tombides a West Ham player who sadly passed away from testicular cancer. We started this charity off by holding a golf day for our members yesterday too and raised an impressive £700 which is a good start to this years charity”.

Five Lakes Golf Club Seniors Section Charity Donation

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uring his year in office, last year’s Five Lakes Golf Club Senior’s Captain, Mick Phillis, nominated The Starlight Children’s Foundation as his Charity. The Charity grants the wishes of seriously and terminally ill children with the aim of lightening their lives at a sad time. These wishes range from being a Princess or a Fireman for the day, to swimming with dolphins, and visiting Mickey Mouse. Starlight has recently arranged for a little Essex boy to meet his favourite American football team, The Seattle Seahawks in Seattle and to be part of their match day at the Century Link Field.

With raffles, auctions and a Charity Golf Day at Five Lakes Golf Club, the Section raised a total of

Immediate Past Captain, Mick Phillis presenting the cheque to Daisy Cook.

£1,520. On Monday, Mick Phillis, Immediate Past Captain, presented a cheque to Daisy Crook, the representative of The Starlight Foundation.

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The Jubilee Cup

Update from Jubilee Cup Committee, sponsored by Seabrook Warehousing, and reported by Chairman Phil Redhead

The Competition Starts Here

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have been hearing from clubs who are 2nd Round M busily arranging their matches now for atches to be played by 6th the four initial League matches - the first of May 2018 Div A Mardyke Valley of which will need to complete by 8th Div A -- v -Top Meadow GC Royal Epping Fo rest Div A -- v -April. I published these first round pairings Essex (The) Burstead (The ) Div B Playgolf -- v -in last month’s Essex Golfer, and as Abridge Colchester Div B -- v -Brentwood GC matches takes place through March Colchester Div B -- v -Epping Benton Hall (hoping the “Beast from the East” does not Div C -- v -Stoke by Nayla Ballards Gore nd impact us!) you will see the results live on Div C -v -Bentley Regiment Way the website at Div C Rayle -- v -Clacton on Sea igh Club (The) Div D -- v -www.jubileecup.com/matches2018/ Braintree Langdon Hills Div D -- v -Manor of Grov draw1.htm No results in yet as I write Maldon es Div D -- v -Burnham on Cr (we had a few Chigwell ouch Div E -- v -Theydon Bois Garon Park early birds in Div E -v -Wanstead Notleys (The) 2017!), but Div E -- v -South Essex West Essex Div F -- v -expect these Woolston Mano Canons Brook r Di -v v -F to populate Blakes Gosfield Lakes Div F -- v -Nazeing Forrester Park rapidly from Div G -- v -Frinton GC Warley Park when Essex Div G Roch -- v -Stapleford Abbo ford Hundred Golfer starts tts Div G -- v -Colne Valley Ilford arriving on your doorstep/clubhouse.

Div H -v -Stock Brook Ma Warren (The) nor Div H Harwich -- v -Looking forward then to the Round Crondon Park & Dovercourt Di -v v H -Two, and taking us past Easter and to be Three Rivers Thorpe Hall -- v -Five Lakes completed by 6th May, please see below for subsequent League round pairing.

Continued thanks to the Committee who are supporting this whole effort, in handling your queries on the competition format and rulings, or when there are changes to the Club Contacts sheet www.jubileecup.com/Jubilee_Cup_Entrants_2018.pdf. Any changes please do flag to myself or our main email address JubileeCup@yahoo.co.uk Thanks also to those clubs who have already proffered dates and venues of later qualifying matches we need on neutral ground – I hope to be in touch shortly on this.

Excellent support as always from Essex Golfer, especially I am consistently late with my text for updating, and we are very grateful to the sponsorship provided by Mike Seabrook at Seabrook Warehousing.

The Jubilee Committee are always looking for volunteers to help us out – please contact myself or one of the Committee at the Contact details on our Homepage (top-right). www.jubileecup.com Please do LIKE or subscribe to our Facebook and Twitter sites: Twitter (@jubilee_cup). Facebook page (www.facebook.com/thejubileecup).

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Annual General Meeting

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he 87th Annual General Meeting of the Essex Golf Union took place at Upminster Golf Club on Thursday 1st February 2018. The President of the Golf Union, Roger Walmsley chaired the meeting at which 24 affiliated Clubs were represented. Roger highlighted the challenge facing the County Union and Clubs in the next few years with changes to the Rules of Golf coming into effect in January 2019 and changes being introduced by CONGU to the handicapping system in preparation for the new Worldwide handicapping system which is due for implementation in 2020.

Roger also took this opportunity to introduce the new County Captain for 2018, Andy May from Boyce Hill Golf Club. Andy has been a consistent member of the County Team squad in recent years and was pleased to be taking on the role of County Captain. It is going to be a busy year for Andy as well as his golfing commitments he is due to get married in May. The AGM was followed by the traditional ‘AGM Supper’ meal, which gave all those attending an opportunity to renew acquaintances and make new contacts whilst discussing some of the issues facing golf today over a most enjoyable meal.

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Arron Edwards-Hill Heads to Asia B

orn a few days before the millennium, Arron started playing golf in Scotland at the age of 6 with the “Wee Wonders” and “US Kids Golf ” golf programs.

Eventually the family moved to Maldon in Essex and Arron joined Chelmsford GC. In 2014 Arron was selected for Essex Golf Union elite coaching and in 2015 England Golf regional coaching.

From the age of 14 Arron has represented the county at each age group and now is a member of the Essex men’s team having turned 18 at the end of last year.

In 2015 Arron played a number of England school qualifiers, being the U16 & U18 winner in the Essex competition, runner up in the regional competition and the runner up in the national finals. The reward was a place in the England U18 team to play at Troon against Scotland in September 2015. In 2016 he also represented England Schools against Wales and played in the Faldo series Grand Final at Stoke-by-Nayland.

In early 2017 Arron was the runner up in the Essex Amateur Championship as well as winning the Clifford’s trophy at Warley Park, the U18 2017 Faldo Series at Old Ford Manor GC, the South East Group individual at Woodbridge and the Essex Boys Championship at Langdon Hills GC. This great form set up a win in the North of England Open Amateur Youth Golf Championship in early August with rounds of 71, 66 & 66. These are the MacGill Challenge Trophy and The Fairweather Salver (under 18) which Arron is pictured holding at Middlesbrough GC. From here he played in the Romford Trophy in early September securing another win with - 48 -

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rounds of 65 and 69. Arron is pictured with this trophy below.

In the autumn Arron travelled to Gloria GC Belek, Turkey to play in the men’s M.V.K Turkish Amateur Open; securing 2nd place with rounds of 73, 71, 69, & 69. Then onto the 21st Faldo Grand Final at Al Ain Dubai on the 27th of November where he was 1st in the U18’s category with rounds of 68, 70, & 67 and 3rd Place Overall.

Arron is now playing off a playing handicap of +3 and is looking forward to the 12th Asia Faldo Series Grand Final (having qualified in Abu Dhabi) in Vietnam at Da Nang, Laguna Lăng Co Golf Club on the 1st to 3rd March 2018.

Arron says of the future: “I will continue to move forward with various competitions at home and abroad until the end of this year. My aim is to play competitions where I can gain World Amateur Ranking Points to help take my golf career onto another level. I am currently ranked at 1187 position. I will work on any weak points I think I may have and continue to strengthen my good points.

My future ambitions are to stay focused, be realistic, take on board any help that may be offered, work hard at my game, focusing on my fitness and health as an athlete and enjoy the process of hopefully becoming a pro golfer sometime in the future.”

The Essex Golf Union wish Arron every success in the future.

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Essex Golf Union Website O

ver the winter period we have been trying to find time to update our website content and improve the overall experience for the user. Regardless of the amount of resources and time we have now reached a stage that we feel is an improvement on where we were last year.

A Quick Look: The website is now presented slightly differently with far more submenus being available than ever before. This hopefully means that you will never be more than 2 or 3 clicks from what you are looking for. We have introduced two separate ‘News’ pages which focuses on County News and Information for Clubs, these two locations are accessed through the home menu page under ‘News’. We now also have implemented an archive section to the ‘Results’ page, making past competitions since working with Intelligent Golf available to view as well research data from each individual championship. These pages will become heavily used we suspect as the season unfolds.

The menu heading ‘Juniors’ hosts everything relating to Junior Golf in Essex, from Junior Opens and The Under 14 Community Golf Tour to the Coaching Nominations, Parental Consent Form and the Junior Inter Club Youth Shield Competition.

Our website offers the opportunity to enter competitions, view draws and results, download useful information for use at your club and even download useful forms and documents from the ‘Forms’ page.

Our County Handbook will be available in the next few weeks and our website is fast becoming the place to get it. Although we have distributed approximately 600 handbooks in recent years to all of our clubs, it would appear that a growing percentage are now downloading the document straight from our website. For all those with smart phones surely appreciate the convenient way in which we can download something from online to me available offline. This is

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exactly why our handbook is fast becoming the most visited page on our website found under the ‘Information’ menu.

We hope you enjoy getting familiar with our newly structured website and find it easier to use than ever before. It is host to some very useful information for everyone that plays golf in Essex, our Competitors, Team Managers, Junior Organisers delegates and the Clubs themselves. This is just another step in working to support our clubs and their members.

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PowaKaddy Launches Revolutionary Cart Bag With 4-Times Waterproof Performance

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Zoom Aqua Control Glove – The Perfect Fit Whatever The Weather

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nnovative golf glove brand ZOOM is bringing its latest development to the market this spring – ZOOM Aqua Control. Built on the brand’s unique FLEXX-FIT technology, the Aqua Control boats ‘One Size Fits All,’ meaning that the days are gone of retailers having to guess how many of each size to stock.

Developed with Austrian Tour player Marcus Brier, ZOOM technology fits the contours of a golfer’s hand, feeling like a second skin. It was introduced to great success in 2017 with the Tour, Grip, Control and Weather versions of the glove which will continue this season along with the addition of the ZOOM Aqua Control.

The Aqua Control combines breathable Lycra material with premium kangaroo leather to provide a glove that is twice as durable, fits all sizes, and delivers incredible grip in both dry and wet conditions. This innovative blend of technology also benefits from ZOOM Shape-Fit which maintains the perfect shape of the glove, staying wrinkle free round after round and providing a perfectly secure connection to the club.

In addition to the most modern technology, ZOOM gloves feature several colour combinations that make them stand out from the crowd. With choice of technology, lasting durability, multiple colour combinations and one size that fits all, ZOOM takes all the guess work out of stock decisions on gloves.You’ll never have a glut of XL’s clogging up the shelves and with technology that gives every golfer the right glove for their game, ZOOM really is the best fit for every golf retailer.

Colours: White-black-red, Charcoal-fuchsia, Blackcharcoal-lime, Black-red. www.zoomgloves.de/en/

owaKaddy, the market-leading electric trolley brand, is set to revolutionise the cart bag sector in 2018 with an incredible new, super-lightweight Dri-Edition model that boasts four-times the waterproof performance of all standard models on the market.

Powakaddy Dri-Edition cart bag weighing just 2kg and available from March, the high-performance Dri-Edition bag incorporates a hydrostatic-rated fabric of over 10,000mm, which is four times the performance of most waterproof bags found on the market. Using a super-lightweight Nylon fabric, as well as super seamsealing methods and a special coating, the new DriEdition bag offers a level of waterproof performance unrivalled in the cart bag sector.

Whilst most waterproof bags come with hydrostatic ratings between 1,200mm and 2,500mm, the DriEdition’s lightweight, technical fabric enables a premium coating to deliver superior waterproof performance and ensure golfers’ belongings and clubs stay dry in the heaviest of downpours. The perfect bag for the everchanging British weather conditions, the Dri-Edition is available in five colour options, with a classy Gunmetal running throughout.

“The Dri-Edition marks a major advancement in cart bag technology. We believe it offers the perfect option for trolley users who look to play all year round,” said PowaKaddy Marketing Manager Mei Tierney. “We introduced the first Dri-Edition back in 2016 and it has sold extremely well, so the investment we’ve made in the incredible new lightweight waterproof fabric makes it an even better proposition for golfers of all ages and abilities.”

Dri-Edition Cart Bag Key Features: n Waterproof heat-sealed waterproof fabric n 10,000mm hydrostatic pressure rating n Super lightweight design n 14 Individual dividers with Lift Handle n 7 storage pockets n Drinks cooler pocket n PowaKaddy Key Lock system n External umbrella loop n Karabiner glove and towel holder n Rain Hood n 5 available colours: Black/Gunmetal/Yellow, Black/Gunmetal/Red, Black/Gunmetal/Hot Pink, Black/Gunmetal/Blue, Gunmetal/Black/Silver The Dri-Edition cart bag will be available at retail from March 2018. www.powakaddy.com

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Titleist Introduces All-New Tour Soft Golf Balls

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Galvin Green Launches Interface-1 Range

he continued pursuit of breakthrough technology and performance by Titleist golf ball engineers has resulted in the all-new Titleist Tour Soft golf balls, available in golf shops across the UK & Ireland, from February 1st.

For golfers demanding improved feel, the invention of Titleist Tour Soft – the softest-feeling golf ball in its category – delivers an allround better performance. Tour Soft’s innovative design combines the largest core ever engineered into a Titleist golf ball with ultra-thin cover technology to provide responsive feel, very fast speed for commanding distance and excellent short game performance.

New Titleist Tour Soft Technology and Performance: Category-leading soft feel, commanding distance, and excellent short game performance. n The largest Titleist core ever produces categoryleading soft feel and high ball speed for commanding distance. In developing Tour Soft’s core, the Titleist Golf Ball R&D and Operations teams were challenged to surpass previously accepted core size limitations in order to produce a golf ball that feels better and is longer or just as long as the competition. n A new ultra-thin 4CE grafted cover made with TCU Process Technology generates advanced short game control. Innovations in the manufacturing process at Titleist Ball Plant 2 in Massachusetts allowed engineers to mould the extremely thin, very soft cover formulation – made from a proprietary blend of four different materials – uniformly across the surface. n A new spherically-tiled 342 cuboctahedron dimple design, optimised for the new Tour Soft construction, delivers a penetrating trajectory and consistent flight.

Tour Soft, available in both white and high-optic yellow, replaces and improves upon the prior generation NXT Tour and NXT Tour S golf ball models in the Titleist golf ball family.

Tour Soft, available in both white and high-optic yellow, replaces and improves upon the prior generation NXT Tour and NXT Tour S golf ball models in the Titleist golf ball family.

New Titleist Tour Soft golf balls are available in golf shops throughout the UK & Ireland from February 1st 2018. Tour Soft models include white and high-optic yellow options with play numbers 1-4. www.titleist.co.uk/golf-balls

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alvin Green, the leading premium technical performance golf apparel brand, is introducing ground-breaking layering technology into its latest collection to help serious golfers play and perform throughout the season.

State-of-the-art fabrics in the new Interface-1™ hybrid range of Shell Layer garments provide golfers with exceptional levels of performance and protection.

The versatility of Interface-1™ products is what truly sets them apart, allowing the jackets to be worn 95 times out of 100 rounds.

The leading outerwear brand – Official Supplier of Weatherwear to The European Ryder Cup Team in September – is also launching its softest waterproof jacket ever, plus body-mapped INSULA™ mid-layers for outstanding thermal regulation and striking Ventil8™ Plus shirts providing outstanding breathability.

“The mission was to create a group of products that could be worn by golfers in 95 of 100 rounds they play, so they can enjoy playing the game more often in different weather conditions,” said CEO Christian Nilsson. “We set out to find new fabrics and design quality garments that will act as genuine performanceenhancing equipment when called upon out on the course and the latest Interface-1 jackets are in a class of their own when it comes to regular playing conditions,” he added.

The lightweight, windproof Interface-1™ garments are also water repellent and extremely soft, stretchy and breathable for maximum comfort. They come in seven different styles and up to eight colour variations, including new Orange and Fore Green in three colour combinations. Sizes range from S-3XL. Leading the new Interface-1 ™ line is the LANCE, a full-zip jacket with a sleeve pocket made from 100% polyester stretch fabric and a PU membrane in four colour options. It has a repositioned side seam for greater comfort and an elastic drawstring at the hem.

Another full-zip jacket is the short-sleeved LARS in three colourways and a distinctive pattern on the sleeves and across the back. The LENNOX is a half-zip jacket with a 3-layer fabric construction in five colour variations with elastic binding on the cuffs, while the LEON also incorporates a moisture-transporting backer in a full-zip style across four colourways. The LENNY is the bodywarmer version with 3-layer construction in two colour options.

The LARRY full-zip Interface-1 ™ jacket in two colour choices combines a soft Polyamide fabric with premium PrimaLoft® padding, matched with a water repellent finish; while the LOGAN full-zip body warmer with a chest pocket provides excellent protection from the elements with similar PrimaLoft® padding in Navy or Black. www.galvingreen.com

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www.essexgolfer.com FOR SALE: £35.00 – Taylormade rbz fairway wood no4 mens regular shaft very good condition almost new lamkin grip 22 deg loft. £35.00 – Cobra Hybrid mens regular shaft loft is 22deg h/l no4 completely as new only used a handful of times grip/shaft/head etc all unmarked.

Items Locations: Tiptree.

Alan Hayes 07803 938 230 Email: truckerhayes@hotmail.com

FOR SALE: £4.00 – Golf Balls for sale - pack of 10. £2.99 – brand new golf balls in the original box of 3. £1.99 – A bottle of over 100 different sizes Tees and 2 golf balls.

Items Location: Southend-on-Sea Enrico Bedini 01702 600454 Email: ebedini95@outlook.com

FOR SALE: £250.00 – Ping i-series 4 iron -pitching wedge, set at blue dot 3 quaters of a degree upright, the shfts are a Ping CFS distance shaft. The grip is a Ping standard white compound.

Condition:Very good.

Item Location: nr. Tiptree Michael Britton 07512 259 235 Email: brittonm18@gmail.com

FOR SALE: £50.00 ono – Motocaddy Lite cart bag. Grey. Won in raffle, only used a few times, in excellent condition. Item Location: Chingford. Steve 07590 253 258 Email: steve.tall@btinternet.com

FOR SALE: £50.00 – August 2010 Hill Billy terrain black carry bag, charger, battery (18 hole) In good working order. Have recently upgraded due to a smaller car boot.

Item Location: Galleywood, Chelmsford.

Ian Crumpen 07767 611 419.

Email: ian.crumpen@googlemail.com

FOR SALE: £200.00 ono – 40 x left hand Pinline putters - 3 ball back. £100.00 ono – 20 x left hand Fairway controller irons - Muscle back.

Item Location: Woodford, Essex Ashley Johns 0781 512 8915 Email: rachel.ellen9@gmail.com

FOR SALE: £120.00 – Power caddy trolley with 36 hole battery and charger. Item Location: Tiptree D Barwick01621 332 718 Email: barwick-d@sky.com

FOR SALE: £125.00 – Powakaddy Sport Golf Trolley, battery, charger, distant function, instruction manual and trolley travel bag.

Item Location: Brentwood.

Arthur Kemp 07551 617 873 Email: arturo4312@gmail.com

FOR SALE: £75.00 ono – Mizuno MP37 irons 3-PW excellent condition (small nic to bottom of 7 iron doesn’t affect playability). £50.00 ono – Tiger Shark Great White irons - 2-Pw. £50.00 – Energy Powakaddy clone electric trolley and travel cover. 36 hole battery and charger (will only do 18 holes). £50.00 – Odyssey Backstryke 2-ball putter with Superstroke 5 grip. 32inch Items Location: Harlow Richard Fisher 07859 218 099 Email: richard_fisher@hotmail.com

FOR SALE: £75.00 ovno – Set of Mizuno MX19 irons - 3 iron to s/w.

Regular graphite shafts R/H. £75.00 ovno – Callaway X Hot Driver.

Item Location: Witham.

Alan Springall 07852 357 410 Email: alan.springall21@btinternet.com

FOR SALE: £100.00 ono – Taylormade R11 driver and R11 3 wood regular flex, head covers and adjustment tool.

Item Location: Rainham, Essex Tony Woolcock 07867 806 389 Email: ar.woolcock@gmail.com

FOR SALE: £70.00 Good value – Callaway X 13 irons newly gripped plus wedges and putter cobra stand bag VGC can be seen in Hoddesdon or Canons Brook Golf Course area.

Doug Johnston01992 467 001. Email: douglas.johnston11@btinternet.com FOR SALE: £139.00 – Ping G400 brand new unused 19 degree 3 hybrid stiff shaft with headcover. Cheapest -- 54 54 --

price around. £180.00 – Bushnell v4 brand new in box. Tour v4 with jolt and pinseeker facility. Opened only to check contents. £239 rrp. Cheapest price around. £139.00 – Ping G400 brand new unused 22 degree 4 hybrid regular shaft with headcover. Cheapest price around. £129.00 – Ping G400 brand new unsued 19 degree crossover #3 stiff shaft. Cheapest price around. £129.00 – Ping G400 brand new unused. 22 degree crossover #4 regular shaft. Cheapest price around.

Will accept collection or post at cost of £7.99 tracked delivery.

Items Location: Dagenham.

Martin 07578 096 034 Email: bigcrown69@gmail.com

FOR SALE: £60.00 no offers – Electric Power Kaddy trolley (no battery). £60.00 no offers – Power Kaddy Electric Kaddy no battery. £60.00 no offers – Power Bug Sport Electric Trolley battery plus charger plus case all good. £25.00 no offers – Powa Kaddy Trolley Bag good con. £35.00 no offers – Tileist Trolley Bag good cond/ £30.00 no offfers – Ping Pro Bag plus hood vgc red with black lettering. £60.00 no offers – Taylor Made R.A.C irons P to 3 iron reg steel shaft good condition. £30.00 no offers – Tiger Shark irons S to 3 regular steel shaftI. £40.00 no offers – Ping Rapture Driver 460 plus headcover 10.5 loft stiff graphite shaft unmarked. £45.00 no offers – Ping G20 driver plus 3 wood stiff shaft. £50.00 no offers – Titliest Pro Bag with hood black and white as new. £90.00 no offers – Ping S59 irons graphite s shaft red dot excellent condition P to 5 irons. £40.00 no offers – Odyssey white ice putter plus. headcover with weights and tools.

For Sale: £60.00 no offers – Graphite Outward 9 easy to hit irons S to 3 irons. £15.00 no offers – Mizuno 4 wood plus headcover regular shaft very good condition. £65.00 no offers – Hill Billy electric trolley good battery and charger.

Items Location: Brentwood.

Roy Fisher 07720 005 129 Email: royfisher33@gmail.com

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