Sunday 1st July HOME at 14:00

Sunday 8th July AWAY 13:30

Rumours that Junior Captain John Wright is considering retirement following his defeat are ill founded. But he has asked never to play against a  girl again!

Victory has put us up against our old adversaries Sandy Lodge who beat us last year in this same competition. Sandy Lodge has recently been awarded the status as an open qualifier course so it will be in tip top condition for our visit.

Both dates are still to be finalised so watch this space for more information once known

CONGU
1st Joshua Whinnet 45 points
2nd George Hewitt 43 points
3rd John Wright 39 points

Div 1
1st D. Frost 67
2nd S. Tickner 68
3rd T. Bradbury 70 ocb

Div 2
1st A. Liddiard 65
2nd A. Cotteril 66
3rd R. Craig 68 ocb

George Hewitt and Jonathan Wyllie, representing All Saints Academy, came first in the High Handicap Pairs element of the Championships with a combined total of 71 Stableford points a full 5 points clear of their nearest challengers.

Recently, both lads have been putting in a lot of practice, including participation in recent club matches and their golf is clearly on an improving trend – something we are seeing with a number of our Junior members – lets hope this spurs both George and Jonathan and acts as an impetus for all our Junior members to work on improving their games. Well done boys!!

Recognition must also go out to Bedfordshire Schools Golf Association where David Sweetnam and his organising committee did an excellent job in organising these Championships at one of the County’s premier venues.”

They are both in a rich vein of form and George has subsequently been cut to 24…and it is only May! Jonathan won the junior fiddle so keep a track of both these boys progress as the season has only just started!

1st B. Potter 40pts
2nd S. Jasper 38pts
3rd D. Greatorex 37pts

The video shows a Golf Ball hitting steel at 150 mph. This one you will not believe, but @ 70,000 pictures a second this will make you a believer. Whether you are a golfer or not, this is pretty amazing. I thought golf balls were fairly hard. No one has a swing speed of 150 mph, including Tiger Woods who is just under 130 mph.

So…

1- The Pro V-1 golf ball by Titleist is actually a three part ball, but you have to have a club head speed of at least 100 mph or more to be able to compress all three stages. If you don’t the ball never fully compresses and you don’t get the distance out of it that the pro’s do.

2- We, will get more distance out of a ball that only has two stages of compression…like the Titleist NX Tour. It is more suited to our swing speed and we can compress it upon impact and can hit it further than the Pro V-1 ball.

3- So the secret is not to buy the most expensive balls out there because we are actually decreasing the distance we can hit the ball, unless your club head speed is over 100 mph, which unless you are 21 to 50 years old, isn’t going to happen!!!

And the lesson is…speak to Darren and ask him what is the best golf ball for your game. Just like club selection and the type of club you play, it is a very important part of your overall game

My thanks to JimMcGuigan for providing this information

Having checked out what the other golf clubs in the area do the answer was pretty simple really. Get the boys to buy their own shirts that they can keep for good.

John Hill & Darren have worked hard to source a quality and lower cost alternative to the men’s shirt and with the help of a club member have invested in a new clothing range that is available to purchase now. Darren is selling these at the cost price of £13 a shirt in DDGC white with a  junior team logo embroidered onto them. They are available in a wide range of sizes from the very small to the very large so their is a shirt for everyone…so get your order in now.