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Seniors on a roll with another win ........

St Enodoc has the honour of hosting County Week which starts on Sunday 20th May and volunteers are required.

One of our most revered Members needs help setting up his Apple Mac.

Full details of both the golf and social celebrations which will be taking place on Tuesday 5th June are under Extras.

St Enodoc continues to rise up the Golf World Top 100 U.K. & Ireland rankings moving up from 38th in 2010 to 35th today

 A busy week for the St Enodoc Ladies with 2 league matches, a Better Ball Competition and the 5th round of the Mail On Sunday.

21 pairs took part in the Ian Waters Memorial Mixed Greensomes in bright sunshine albeit with a chilly and ever increasing wind.

On Thursday and Friday the Club hosted the annual visit of the Senior Golfers Society.......

The 2012 Academy had their first experience of playing on the Holywell on Saturday 12thMay.

The St Enodoc B Team played Tehidy on Sunday 6th May in bright but breezy conditions.

Another Seniors away victory

Three wins and a loss for the Seniors .......

The Lambs Gambol on Friday, 4th May, turned out to be a balmy ...........

The Crouch Cup and Dingle Trophy were recently played for by the Ladies ....

More weather information may now be found on the website weather page ........

On Saturday St Enodoc Ladies played Perranporth ...........

Nash makes the cut, Cruse misses out by one shot ..........

It has been a busy week for the St Enodoc Ladies with a Stableford Competition........

The Mens Mail on Sunday Team played Falmouth away at the weekend ....

The Cornwall Closed Championships were held yesterday at Perranporth ....

In conditions which the winners Kath & Martin Biddle described as \"brutal\" .........

St Enodoc Ladies have a lot to celebrate..............

This morning, April 22nd, Mark Arrowsmith and Matt Westlake completed the London Marathon.............

Katie Rule yesterday beat a previous holder.........

The final day of the Cornish Festival saw a stunning gross 64 from Joe Cruse ....

Remedial work has now been completed on the Himalaya bunker

St Enodoc Ladies have so far won six of the eight trophies awarded for the 36 holes played on Tuesday.

Katie Rule won the Aston Bowl for the lowest gross with 77 and she was also runner up for the 36 hole prize with a total of 161.

Lauren Williams won the Challenge Cup (36 hole h/cap) with a net score of 147. She also won the prize for the best morning net score and the Judy Taylor Trophy for the best score by a player under the age of 25.

In the knock...

The Cornish Closed Stroke Play Championship takes place this Sunday ......

At the end of Day 2 of the Cornish Festival another solid round from Mark Arrowsmith maintains his position on the leader board ......

News from the Ladies County Championships ....

Mark Arrowsmith one shot off the lead at 2 over par on day 1 of the Cornish Festival ....

On a mostly dry day there was a record entry of 20 Juniors in the fifth year of this increasingly popular competition ....

EGWA Medals before Easter and the Spring Meeting after saw much activity for the Ladies.

On Friday 13th April Captain John Baxter presented Robin Bates, with a cheque for £1100 made out to Cornwall Music Therapy Trust .......

Rumours have been circulating over the last few days of a quite appalling incident which occurred during the recent Am-Am competition .......

As has now become the norm the wineers of the Club Championships were presented with their trophies at the AGM and as a result Joe Cruse who won the Mens\' Championship, the Magor Gold Medal, and Katie Rule who won the Robson Cup, the Ladies stroke play Club Championship, were duly applauded by all the Members present.

The 2012 AGM took place after the Am-Am on Easter Saturday with a a large number of Members present.

Monday 26th April saw the Junior Club Champion qualifier played at Trethorne.

Men\'s Mail on Sunday team prevails again...

The early week competitions enjoyed the glorious sunshine which had departed by Friday\'s Mail on Sunday.

Please note that Winter Rules ceased to apply on March 29th.

Bunty hangs on to win the Cory Cup

Two members of the St Enodoc staff Matt Westlake and Mark Arrowsmith will be running in this year’s London Marathon please support their chosen charity .....

Seniors Match Play teams on form in the sunshine ....

Following in the steps of Sir John Betjeman comes our own talented Lady Poet - Bobbie Rounsevell

Things went horribly wrong in the Farmers recently when the weather forecast had predicted only the odd isolated shower.

In a recent Roworth Salver Kath Biddle came in first with 35 points followed by Barbara Willmott with 34 and Pauline Meredith on 31.

Malcolm Jones will become the President of the Cornwall Golf Union on 29th March.

The difficulties of the format and the threat  ..........

Sucessful away trip to Wales for St Enodoc Ladies .....

The Cornwall PGA Alliance met at St Enodoc on Wednesday 14th March and we were well represented in the prizes.

Round 2 saw the demise of our remaining pair Antony Nash and Katie Rule.

A mixed day for the two St Enodoc pairs with a win and a loss.

The St Enodoc Church is in need of urgent repairs for which an appeal for £70,000 has been launched.

In the most recent Roworth Salver Chris Dymond was the winner with 35 points .........

Steve Chapman, Joe Cruse and Antony Nash in winning form against Cornwall Pro's ...

"Mail on Sunday" win away at Treloy for the Men .........

European PGA Tour Member Chris Wood ..........

Harper and Barber benefit from Winter training in the sun........

Weather station glitch ...

Close match for St Enodoc Ladies away at Trevose .........

Niblick is reliably informed of a potentially serious loose dog problem in the clubhouse on Thursday .......

On Tuesday the ladies played in a Yellow/Reds Competition on the Church Course ........

March 24th will see the start of the new seasons Junior Academy programme ........

Katie Rule, Antony Nash, Mark Justice and Mark Arrowsmith will compete in this years prestigious Sunningdale Foursomes .....

A score of 65 gross was good enough yesterday to win the latest round of the Harlyn Cup at Trevose

Charles & Mary Rayment clear winners of Sunday\'s mixed foursomes .......

A medal competition was held on both courses on Tuesday in very pleasant conditions and with the courses playing well .........

Mens County Week tee times now available in the Club House

St Enodoc Ladies had a highly successful day on 29th January when they played Roserrow Ladies in the first round of the Mail on Sunday Competition. The format is singles match play with 5 ladies in each team. Despite deteriorating weather, the ladies of St Enodoc played some great golf which is reflected in the scores. Jane Bendall beat Maggie Day 6 & 4, Beth Elliott beat Irene Breckon 4 & 2, Shannon Ashcroft beat Jackie Smeeth 4 & 3 and Sue Willmott beat Ann Braithwaite 6 &...

Early indications suggest that Seniors golf is growing in popularity ..........

Important change to the Local Rules ...........

Leaden skies and rain failed to dampen the spirit of our Ladies this week ..........

Mark Arrowsmith on form at Trevose PGA event.......

Jane Bendall wins latest Salver by nine points !

The EGU Central Database of Handicaps (CDH) was introduced in 2009 to assist Golf Clubs in the administration of their member’s handicaps and in particular in the transfer of qualifying scores back to the player’s home golf club.

This is the first report of the New Year with very different weather conditions from January 2011 and with fluctuating temperatures.

Christmas has now come and gone at St Enodoc and various competitions have taken place when the weather has permitted.

The Ladies Committee are now busy arranging their Annual Charity Coffee Morning for 17th Februar

The PGA Alliance made its first visit to St Enodoc in 2012 which gave our players home advantage in very windy conditions.

Due to the recent irrigation works on the Church Course there are remaining tractor tread marks in various places on the course.

Main ammendments to the Rules of Golf 2012

A quiet month for the hibernating Seniors.........

Secretary\'s Team master the elements and ease to victory in the annual Tom Noggi

Cruse wins Scratch Play Knockout

Jane and Peter Bendall shake off Christmas Day torpor to win the Boxing Day Foursomes

Friday 16th December saw two Ladies competitions.

Members will be sad to learn of the death of Andrew Jolley, who died on Friday 16th December.

Deadlines for mens knockouts extended

The Farmers celebrated their 40th anniversary at their end of season festivities.

St Enodoc Ladies have been busy during the build up to Christmas with all sorts of competitions leading up to the Chicken Chase.

As usual the course designers made every effort to make the Pandora\'s course as difficult as possible for this year\'s event on 10th December.

Niblick was lurking round the Clubhouse during Pandora\'s Box and one Member was seen in a state of total confusion

One of the annual golfing fixtures is the match between the Greenkeepers and the Committee.

Beginning 12th December we are replacing the green surround irrigation heads on 10 holes of the Church Course.

History was made as two of our Juniors, Sam Jarvis and Rhiannon Rich won the annual Turkey Trot against one of the biggest fields for some while as 152 Members took part.

The very large entry of sixty-six Lady Vets and Seniors managed to squeeze their Holywell rounds ....

A quiet November for the Seniors

There was standing room only on Junior Captain\'s Day on November 27th as Junior players and families attended the presentation ceremony.

Members of the Saturday Early Birds have recently recorded 2 Holes in One.

Following the recent AGM Penny Moon and Lynn Ashcroft have now begun their year as Ladies Captain and Vice Captain with a flurry of events.

From Monday 28th November the bunkers on holes #12 and #15 will be under repair.

Belated congratulations to the St Enodoc contingent who did so well at the Cornwall Alliance meeting at West Cornwall.

Junior Captain\'s day on Sunday 28th November brings to a close the Academy programme for 2011 and it would be fitting to review the year.

This time last year St Enodoc beat Tehidy in a very closely fought match at Perranporth; this year Tehidy reversed the result

The local rule for the winter months for an embedded ball is now online

Instructed by the Management Committee to improve the yardage markings on the course our General Manager decided to involve NASA..

After some considerable to-ing and fro-ing, 'phone calls to India and confusion all round our telephone system has been restored.

Due to an equipment failure the club's telephone system is currently out of order.

The world of hi-tech has reached the Pro shop at St Enodoc with Nick\'s acquisition of a Foresight CG2.

A rain cancelled Stableford Salver followed by Greensomes in warm sunshine for the Ladies.

The squad from which the CTC Team to play Tehidy will be chosen has been announced.

The first Cornwall dual county PGA Medal of the Winter for professional golfers in Devon and Cornwall was a great success.

Saturday the 5th November was the final round for the Colonel’s Cup and Metropole Cup series,  hotly contested over the summer months on the links.

This annual event was played in lovely sunshine on November 6th but with a tough North Easterly wind and saw the Men triumph.

On Sunday 30th October the final Roworth Salver was played. Shannon Ashcroft played some lovely golf to come in with 38 points......

Niblick hears of a fine old kerfuffle today in the Club car park.

Maxine Rich, Ladies Captain, welcomed a large number of members to the Annual General Meeting on 1st November and dealt with the required formalities with ease. A beautiful selection of silverware was on display, ready to be presented to the winners of these lovely trophies and salvers.

Welcome to the new Members Page which we hope you like. There are some notes under Extras to the right which are designed to help you get the best out of it. Hopefully you will have no difficulty navigating around all of the new website as it is fairly intuitive if slightly different from the old one.

Seniors elect new Captain and Vice-Captain at their AGM. Mike Worden wins the Dudley Watts Trophy

A Stableford Competition was held on both courses on Tuesday 25th October in surprisingly good conditions considering the torrential rain of the previous day. As ever, the course was immaculate without any obvious signs of flooding. In Division 1 on the Church Course Fiona Lunt scored an outstanding 40 points and cut her handicap from 10 to 8. In Second Place was Jan Derry who also cut her handicap by one to 12 by scoring 36 points.

In Division 2 Edna Alford and Mary Baillie both...

The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA) have announced the publication of the new Rules of Golf for 2012-15.

Church Course Report

Present cutting heights: Greens- 3 mm, Surrounds- 8 mm, Tees- 8 mm, Fairways- 12 mm.The greens received their annual maintenance this month which consisted of the greens being tined with ½” tine, heavy sand dressing applied (1.5 tons per green) and then over seeded with pure Fescue. Once this process had been done we were reliant on the weather to introduce a final dressing and the Bent seed, which was achieved.

Played in very difficult windy conditions, today Sunday 23rd October at Carlyon Bay GC, St Enodoc got their 2011/12 CTC campaign off to a convincing start by winning every single match both morning and afternoon. This gave a final winning points score of 12 and 3/4 to 0. Good golf was difficult and putting was especially a challenge. Those holes along the exposed Carlyon Bay cliffs posing the biggest test of Steve Chapman\'s team.

With immediate effect the water hazard on the 5th hole of the Church Course has been designated an Environmentally Sensitive Area.

Antony Nash, St. Enodoc, and professional David Wilson, Eaton GC, won the 2011 Trevose International Pairs Championship at Trevose with a four round total of 351.5, seven strokes clear of the field, and in the process qualified for an all expenses paid trip to Thailand.

A Medal competition was played on the Church Course on Sunday with Annie Cruise in 1st Place with a nett 72. This enabled her to cut her handicap from 20 to 19. In second place was Sue Willmott with a nett 74. As the Church Course was closed for maintenance this week the ladies played in an Odds and Evens Competition on the Holywell Course. Players were only permitted to use even numbered clubs on the even numbered holes and vica versa on the odd numbered holes. A bit of a...

This event previously planned for 23rd October will now be played on Sunday 6th November. There is a sign up sheet in the club house. The Challenge will be followed by an optional meal.

Our Cornwall Bowl team unfortunately lost 3 - 2 in the first round on Saturday 15th October against Launceston at Bude. The match was played in beautiful weather and after 9 holes our team looked in a good position, but then the wheels came off and we were just pipped at the post.There were two notable wins by Will Rich and John Glynn-Jones, also with Nigel Thomas and our junior, Sam Mc Closkey.

The full results are as follows-

Peter George & Kevin Richards ...

The St Enodoc Ladies held their Autumn Meeting on Tuesday playing in a Dallas Scramble on both the Church and Holywell Courses. The prize table looked wonderful - laden in pots of beautiful autumn plants which were well received by all prize winners. On the Church Course Jan Derry, Beth Elliott and Sue F Jones came in first with Nett 70.8. Second were Jax Buse, Meg Godfrey and Sheila Hirst on 72.5. Third were Trudie Tensjo, Penny Moon and Cath Buscombe with 73.1. In 4th and 5th...

The ninth Roworth Salver was played recently with an excellent win by Kathy Biddle on 40 pts. This cut her handicap to 12. Anna Clagett was second with 35pts.

A Medal Competitiion was played on both courses on Tuesday on a dry but quite windy day. Pauline Meredith played some lovely golf to win Division 1 on the Church Course with a Net 72 and cut her handicap by 1 to 17. Heather Brewer took second place with a Net 77 and on the same score, Jax Buse was third on...

Our Frank Wills team again failed to progress beyond the 1st round in this winters competition, losing 3 and 2 to Perranporth on Saturday. A full report is awaited and will be posted here on receipt.

Ten St Enodoc mixed pairs bravely ventured out of the County on Sunday 9th October to the Northam Burrows at Westward Ho! RND lays claim to being the oldest links course in England and is rightly famed for that. Originally designed by Old Tom Morris and modernised in 1908 by Henry Fowler the course is common land and a wayward shot will still put a commoners sheep or pony in danger. In short the place is full of character and history and on Sunday also full of wind and drizzle to add to the...

St Enodoc Country member Jenny Justice (wife of CTC Team Member Mark Justice) along with fellow Walton Heath partner Alison Gee won the Sterling Salvers at Worplesdon on 2nd October. The inaugural playing of this scratch Foursomes event was open to all Surrey Lady Members. On their way to the final they defeated several Senior Home International players including the recently crowned British Seniors Champion. With the impending arrival of her second junior golfer in early December time...

Thirteen fourballs set off from the 1st tee and another thirteen from the 9th tee from 10.00 a.m. to compete for the Norman Walmsley Trophy in glorious sunshine thankful that our Indian summer had lasted another day.  Two hours later, as the dampening sea-mist advanced inexorably towards the course and the gentle zephyr transformed itself into a gusting wind, the game of golf became a different challenge and a few scores suffered as a result.  However, some continued as if the sun...

On Friday 23rd September the Lady Vets held their Annual Championships when two cups were played for. The Vets Champion and a new cup, played for for the first time this year, the Chris McCormick Cup. Chris was Captain of St Enodoc Ladies in 1991 and during her time as a member had particulary enjoyed playing with the Vets, she donated the cup to commemorate this. The Vets Champion cup was won by Barbara Willmott with 36 points and runner up was Barbara Robson with...

Weather as good as we have had all summer was one of the rewards for all those who signed up for our Club Captains Day on Saturday 1st October. This event was also coupled with the Mens Prize Giving Dinner.
Played in teams of four the stableford golf competition had a unique risk and reward scoring system designed to benefit those who chose to play from the Blue tees - but only if the score was par or better - a bogey or worse resulted in nul points. This did not deter Joe Cruse who...

The month began with an upturn in fortune evidenced by a convincing 5 ½ - 2 ½ win at home against Royal North Devon, but this was sadly reversed with interest in the away match which RND won 6 ½ - 1 ½ (in spite of a dogged, hard-earned point by our last pair) thereby retaining the Johnny Fallon Driver trophy by a score of 9 – 7.  Against Bude at home, played in the tail–end of Hurricane Katia, the team achieved a 3 – 3 draw, but again lost...

Perfect weather was the order of the day for a change on Sunday 25th September for the home match against Saunton which saw St Enodoc run out the winners 5 - 3. There were some noteable victories;- Andy Bunt & Dave Derry 5 & 4, John Paul & Joe Cruse 5& 3, Charlie Runnalls & Dave Pooley 3 & 2, Richard Hawken & John Rowe 2 & 1 and Rob Davies & Kevin Francis 2 & 1.

Absent from the list of winners was team Captain Mike Buse with Richard ...

The summer long Mens singles knockout came to an exciting end on the 19th green with Andy Bunt beating Dave Pooley. Andy reached the final having overcome Colin Earle who had had a great run to reach the semis.  Dave on the other hand had to beat son Dan in the quarter finals before coming up against the tough competition in the form of John Pease in the semis whom he also dispatched.

On Tuesday 20th September St Enodoc welcomed ladies from far a wide for their Open Day. Unfortunately, the weather let us down badly with rain that worsened as the day went on and blustery winds. However, the bravehearted ladies left the first tee to play in a 3 Ball Better Ball Competition in the hope that they could overcome the elements. Only 3 teams did not complete the course and some very wet ladies achieved some surprisingly good scores! 

The winners were Barbara...

The Gammon Trophy Final was played on Sunday, 18th September, at Trevose Golf Club in the most horrendous conditions imaginable. The wind was gale force and the one hard shower of rain was extreme and made play very difficult for all involved. A good crowd of supporters from both clubs braved the elements as well to cheer on their team. St Enodoc played Perranporth in a very closely fought battle with many matches lost and won on the 17th and 18th holes.  Di Dingle won her match 5 &...

On Tuesday 13th September, a blustery and showery day, saw 26 pairs of extremely determined ladies compete in the Cornwall versus the Rest of the World 4 Ball Matchplay event. Appropriately dressed in some sometimes intersting uniforms the Cornish Ladies beat the Rest of the World 8 matches to 5. The golf was followed by a pasty lunch and donatons were made to the Captains Charity.

On Friday 16th Sarah Sandercock played Di Dingle in the Final of the President\'s Cup which...

There has been a new addition to our resident gamekeepers family. He goes by name of Nigel and he is a Goshawk.

 The English name derives from the Anglo-Saxon for \"Goose Hawk\". The scientific name was given during the middle ages when only noblemen were allowed to fly them. \"Accipiter\" is Latin for hawk and \"gentilis\" comes from the Old French \"gentil\" meaning noble (which is where the English words Gentleman and Gentry are derived and ultimately from the Latin...

Due to the horrendous weather on Tuesday 6th September no golf was played on that day. On Friday 9th we played our penultimate League match against Tehidy in some lovely weather. The score was close and some good golf was played. However, we eventually lost 4-3.

The Ladies Club Championship was played on Sunday 11th in ever worsening conditions. The wind was extreme and got worse as the day wore on. However, we were lucky to only have a couple of hard showers. Scoring was...

Church Course Report
Present cutting heights: Greens- 3mm, Surrounds- 8 mm, Tees- 8 mm, Fairways- 12 mm
This month on the greens my focus has been on maintaining a good quality surface now that we have had the consistency in growth. So to achieve this, greens were sprayed with a conditioner (seaweed, iron and potassium) a total of 3 times. A growth regulator was applied. The greens were then tined with an 8mm tine, rolled and top-dressed, each receiving 0.5...

On Tuesday 30th August we enjoyed some lovely golfing weather and a large field played a Stableford on both the Church and Holywell Courses.

On the Church Course 2 family members excelled themselves! Janine Clagett had a briliant hole in one on the fifth hole and when she came in to celebrate she found her daughter Anna had scored a fantastic 45 points! What a day!! Anna reduced her handicap to 16. Second in Division 1 was Larry Barnecutt with 37 points and third was Sue...

Cornwall 2nd team played Devon 2nd team at Staddon Heights. Cornwall won 7-2 and will now meet Dorset in the final at a venue to be arranged sometime in October. Bev played foursomes with Suzanne Courtenay from Bude and they won 3 and 1. In the singles Bev won 7 and 6! The morning was glorious but it was a wet and windy afternoon!

A total of 72 players from 42 clubs throughout England arrived in the early hours of a bright and calm Saturday morning to try their hand at the Church Course over 36 holes of medal play. The Ernie Goodman Trophy has been an annual fixture at St. Enodoc now for many years and is one of the countys premier events.  Ernie Goodman was the Professional at St. Enodoc for 25 years, starting in 1956. As usual, the benign conditions did not last and a very pleasant morning turned nasty in the...

Having won their match against China Fleet at the Quarter Final at Carlyon Bay last Tuesday our Junior team took their place in the semi-finals and final of this years competition at Tehidy Golf Club on September 1st.  They were drawn against a strong side, West Cornwall, in the semi-final in the morning whilst Merlin were drawn against Carlyon Bay, the winner of each match to play the final in the afternoon.  The remaining two sides to play for third and fourth places in the...

Every year we host a scramble on our Holywell Course aimed at our own junior girls with a high handicap and girls from throughout the County. This year, with our junior section expanding so rapidly, we included a St Enodoc boy with a high handicap too. Teams were made up of one St Enodoc Lady, one St Enodoc boy, one St Enodoc girl and a girl from another club in the county. Its a great starting point for many juniors who do not get to play in competitions until their handicaps ...

Fifty-nine players teed off on Saturday the 3rd of September to compete for the coveted Presidents Cup. This was a drawn competition playing predominantly in 3-balls. The early starters got the best of the weather and conditions became increasingly difficult in the afternoon with rain and wind providing some interesting golf. Scoring was difficult in a westerly wind that sometimes made club choice quite tricky.

In the end it was Mark Richards who dealt best with the elements,...

The Champion Club Tournament was held at The Scarcroft Golf Club in Leeds on 3rd and 4th September and  Scarcroft has some trees!!!! Not a long course,(6456 yards par 71) but a course that demands that you fade it sometimes, draw it at other times and it even invites you to hit it straight at times! A good test for all. You had all the English counties there and we were there not only as Club representatives but proudly representing the County as well. Steve Chapman led the team with...

This is the holiday month when Senior Grandfathers turn up at the Monday roll-ups looking for respite from the annual invasion by grandchildren and sundry dogs. The first competition was the Church Stableford won in some style by Peter Commings with 39 points from Harry Gliddon in second on 37 and Geoff Matthews third with 35 - Peter’s gross 73 included a three-off-the-tee at the 11th. In the Holywell Stableford David Girling triumphed with 38 points with Geoff Longman second...

Living in Falmouth and being in full time education not many St Enodoc Members have met Katie but have only seen her name in lights as one of our most talented young players so a short article on her was felt to be in order.

Katie is 18 and only played her first 18 holes of golf at the age of 13 having decided to change sports after winning the British Under 10, 11 and 12 Table Tennis Championships in successive years.  So a surprisingly late start to proper golf but ...

Sunday 28th August saw the playing of one of St Enodocs premier mixed events the Viscountess Clifden Trophy and it attracted a large field of 34 pairs eager to play the full handicap Stableford  event.  It is always a very hard format to score well in and many of the scores on a bright sunny but cool blustery day reflected it. However all the more meritorious therefore were  the winning scores which really were very good under the circumstances of the strong North Westerly...

Congratulations to Joe Cruse who won the Cornwall Golf Union Champion of Champions event on Sunday 21st August. This event which was held here at St Enodoc this year is open to all those winners of Cornish club championships, Joe who won the Magor Gold Medal, was therefore our representative. With a gross 67, some 5 under the Standard Scratch of the day, Joe was 4 shots clear of the field and walked away with the Depot Cup awarded to the best gross score.

Captains Away Day and More for the Ladies
Sunday 21st was a fine pleasant day welcomed the 2 early starters for the Roworth Salver "8" Sue Roworth and Kath Biddle who played at 08.21 in order to get in and play in the Cole, Rayment and White Competition on the Holywell Course. Well worth the early start Kath was Runner up in the CRW Competition along with Steve Smith and Zac Burt!

The rest of the field also enjoyed good conditions but tricky pin ...

The cup was played for on Sunday 21 August 2011 and what a fantastic turn out we had. Fourteen teams made up of one Junior, one lady and one gentleman played a Texas scramble on our Holywell course.  There was a shotgun start at 12.30 pm and suddenly the course came alive with players young and old all out together for a great game of golf on a warm August afternoon. 

It was a pleasure to see the Juniors being encouraged and supported by adult players.  For some...

As you would expect it was a tremendous experience for your junior players to play at Woodall Spa in such an event representing Cornwall as the champion club. The organisation was slick and formal and the standard of play at an extremely high level. The course was long, demanding and testing with the greens difficult. You would have been proud of the youngsters ably coping on the big stage.

As you would have expected the scoring was exceptional. In the...

Serial winner Richard Hawken and partner Richard Lawrence yesterday evening (16th August) won this summers Angus Scott Foursomes match play competition. In the final, and conceeding seven shots, they beat Gary Cooper and Nigel Thomas. After a series of golfing mis-adventures on the 6th, 7th and 8th holes Hawken and Lawrence were soon three down. In Richards words they had to get their game back together quickly, and which they subsequently did by winning a string of holes on the back...

On Sunday 14th August the Hoskin Cup was played in pleasant conditions on the Church Course.  The winner of the cup, with a net 73, was Sue Willmott who has continued her purple patch following her trip to Carnoustie and winning the Richard Beaven and the runner-up on Net 76 was Mary Rayment.

A EWGA Medal was played on the Church Course on Tuesday 16th August.  Despite the threat of continuing rain, we were pleasantly surprised as the rain cleared and conditions...

The Junior Academy side played a much fancied China Fleet side at Carlyon Bay on Tuesday evening in the quarter final stage of The George Bolitho Shield. Sam Jarvis again led from the front playing against County player Sam Church. It was the China Fleet player who raced into an 3 hole lead but to his credit Sam clawed his way back but unfortunately lost the match on the 18th...1 down.

Jake Sanders fresh from his triumph in the Junior Masters Competition took on Jack...

Charged with the heavy responsibility of trying to reverse the fortunes of the Frank Wills team it was good to see that “Revvin” Kevin Francis believes in leading his brave, brave boys from the front. 

On Sunday 14th August he played a friendly against a Member of the Captains Committee and his wife Kevin, at the 8th and into a strong left to right cross wind smote a 7 iron in the direction of the hole and encouraged by shouts of “get in” from the...

This was a curious month marked by the absence of a formal, Seniors competition of any sort on the Holywell, as the Stableford was twice postponed and finally cancelled because of poor weather and therefore too few, would-be participants. On the Church course our Vice-Captain, Harry Gliddon, spread-eagled the field with 39 points, remarkably including two blobs, followed by a resurgent Frank Harper in second place on 35 points with Richard Parsons third on...

Sunday 31st July saw the Mens Invitation Day with 36 teams of 2 playing a shotgun start better ball Stableford competition off ¾ handicap. The light breeze and dry conditions ensured that the event was set up for good scoring and the teams certainly did not disappoint. The longest drive on the 2nd was won by Nick Prior and closest to the pin (on the 17th) was won by Kevin Brenton. Those in the serious money were:-

1. Andy Bunt and Adrian Hardy 42...

The first of the seasons social events took place on Friday 26th July which was a 3 part event the first of which was a display organised by Simon Hunt our  resident gamekeeper with a large number of raptors including a Bengal Owl, Harris Hawks, an American Kestrel an a Lana Falcon, Simon also had his 2 spaniels and ferrets working. It was  most interesting and many Members had the opportunity of seeing the birds close too and even with them on their gloved hands.

Part 2...

This annual match between teams from St Enodoc, Mullion, Perranporth, Launceston, Nomads, and Cornish Captains was played at Perranporth on Sun 24th July. The format was Better Ball Stableford with all 4 pairs to count. The St Enodoc team and their scores were:-
Nigel Buse and Mike Buse 42 pts
Steve Buse and Mark Meneer 40 pts
Kevin Francis and John Paul 38 pts
Stuart Kirkbride and Rob Young 38 pts

As a result of these excellent...

Niblick hears that the past Past Captains Match on Wednesday 27 July began very optimistically this year with 80% of the 10 Past Captains actually remembering the date and time. However, a hint of the stress these occasions can produce came when three members of the first four ball left the bar saying to the fourth member of their group .. “see you after the match” ...Having been reunited said fourball spent serious time on the first tee exchanging data regarding the...

On Sunday 7th August St Enodoc Ladies met Trevose Ladies at Newquay Golf Club for the semi-final of the Gammon Trophy.  It was very windy and the showers were very blustery making the golf a real challenge. However, our ladies played wonderful golf giving us a well earned 5-2 win.  The team were Katie Rule, Sarah Sanderson, Bev Vann, Judy Hultgren, Sarah Sandercock, Meg Godfrey and Sue G Jones. Sue should have a special mention as, despite walking into a metal pole when ...

Despite the forecast we had sunny weather for the annual Captains Day festivities on Saturday 6th August albeit the wind did increase later in the afternoon. 18 teams of four players took part in this Dallas Scramble event which was played at great pace and produced some excellent scores. The day was not without incident with Anders Tensjo having a hole in one at the 5th hitting a 5 iron into the wind and straight into the hole. Nigel Buse managed to hit his ball into the St Austell...

Fourteen junior golfers took part in the annual Masters Cup and Plate on August 14th- the Cup being played for on the Church course and the Plate being played for on the Holywell course.  Our Captain, John Baxter, presented the prizes, amongst which was a signed visor donated by Luke Donald for the Church course winner and a signed glove and ball each for the winners from Chris Wood. 

There were some fantastic scores from both...

Last week The St Enodoc Ladies travelled to Killiow for a league match. It was a fairly calm dry day and the course played well although a little bouncy after the mainly dry weather. Some good matches ensued but sadly the eventual result was a loss of 5 games to 2.

On Tuesday it was time to play the annual Sir Cecil Carr 4 Club Competition on the Church Course with donations being made in memory of our late member Bernice Hancock. An astonishing score of 45 points ...

Seven clubs from East Cornwall were invited to attend St Enodoc Junior Invitation Day held on Sunday 7th August. Adults actively involved in Junior golf were also invited to come along and have a fun round. The format was indeed a fun one with all the players drawn in teams of 4 playing a better ball competition. Although the weather threatened to spoil the day we were indeed fortunate to have a prolonged period of fine weather in between the heavy showers.

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Alans illustrated talk will be entitled “Christmas in the Unholy Land”. Alan will be relating tales of his time as a Territorial Army surgeon at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan dealing with military casualties – a sort of 21st Century M.A.S.H. It will be a most interesting insight into the problems faced by the British Army in such difficult circumstances.

Alan is a retired surgeon specialising in trauma having cut his teeth...