RIP Betty Bainbridge

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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Betty Bainbridge who was a proud Parklands member for many years. Betty was an active member of the Ladies Section, who only in the latter years, reverted to playing her competition golf over 9 holes. She was the life and soul of every party, even into her eighties, always willing to dance and encourage others to join in. She has made lasting impressions on so many members with her genuine warmth and vitality.

Funeral Arrangements == Friday 10th June at 12:30 at the Newcastle Crematorium on the West Road, then afterward at High Gosforth Park Golf Club for the Wake. 

Click this link to see the funeral notice

https://www.dignityfunerals.co.uk/funeral-notices/09-05-2022-elizabeth-nichols-bainbridge/?fbclid=IwAR3YxE3nZ0p4vghqd4fQ493LWYcPTsRy80vKUxfeMe1-1-R2DWTHleptpkY

Broken Agreement

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Committee members give their time and experience to run competitions for your members and the Company provides block bookings to do so.
This seemed like a good agreement to me!

Removal of all Our Agreed Block Bookings

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Despite having a written and signed agreement with the Company for block bookings (used for our section competitions) at agreed times throughout the week, the Company has decided unilaterally, to remove all the weekly competition block bookings from the 1st April.

Please read the attached which is applicable to all our membership and respond accordingly.

Dear Member
Can you please comment on the Company letter informing the Club Committee on how club competitions will run from this April.
The main change is that they are going to take away all the sections block bookings for tee times for our club competitions. This would result in there being no start sheets, members would need to book a tee time themselves for the day of the competition they wish to enter by using the club booking system. Also, members would have to find their own playing partners.
Your club committee does not agree with this we would like to keep the current block-booked tee times. We feel this helps with new members joining the club to find members to play with, it supports members playing with different players and it helps with the social side of the club (every golfer likes to meet up in the clubhouse to say how good or how bad they played after a game over a drink).
The committee is asking every member to read the attachment and if they want to keep the block bookings or if they are happy to let the company implement these changes to let us and the company know.
Committee email address keith-simpson@live.co.uk
Company email address info@parklandsgolf.co.uk
Or send a letter to the club (you can hand it in to the club office or club shop).
We need your views/thoughts/opinions on this important issue.
Members may also receive a letter from the company regarding this issue.
THANKS
CLUB COMMITTEE

MENS SECTION AGM AND PRESENTATION NIGHT.

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The men’s section held their AGM and Presentation Night on Friday 3rd December in the clubhouse. The event was the first held as High Gosforth Park Golf Club and was attended by around 50 members who enjoyed a free drink and table snacks.

The Chairman, Kenny Shepherd, welcomed the members and gave thanks to all the Bar Staff, Shop and Office staff, the Greenkeepers and ARC. A minute’s silence was observed to remember all those lost in the last two years due to COVID and other reasons.

We welcomed four new members to our committee, Ian Cunningham, Keith Gill, Mark Hurley and Daniel Train who will no doubt prove valuable assets to the section. Terry Cooper was thanked for his hard work during many years as a valued committee member.

There were a number of proposals put before the AGM which will result in a couple of rule changes being implemented next season ( details to follow). There will also be some changes to the fixture list to include more Pairs and Scrambles being included.

There were 39 Trophies and awards due to be presented however disappointingly only 17 were given out due to winners not turning up. A great deal of time and expense is spent on this event and it is quite upsetting that so many cannot be bothered to attend.

I will take this opportunity to wish all members of High Gosforth Park Golf Club a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Keith Simpson

Men’s Secretary.

Stormy Seniors Presentation Night

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On a night that brought a tempest to High Gosforth Park, with trees falling and debris blowing across the roads driven by torrential rain, 70 members and guests sat down for an early Christmas meal and Presentation Evening. Our first event for 2 years brought us together to see an array of trophies collected by smiling Seniors, who had dined on a three-course Christmas menu, with a few libations (for medical reasons only), followed by a very generous raffle. Well done to all our trophy winners.