Second Place: 130points Chris Rhyl, Steve Fox, Steve Pearce & Andy Pickering

Third Place: 132 points Danny. Oldfield, Chris.Cooper, David Oldfield & Malcolm Scothern

Fourth Place: 133 points A.Stokes, A. Maskill, P.Stokes & M.Lawley  from The Nottinghamshire G&CC.

Nearest the Line (1st Hole) - Oakmere's Andy Sanson, with a well flighted tree iron off the left hand side plantation which smashed into the tress only to gentle appear within 2 inches of the line.
Nearest the Pin (8th Hole) - Gary Wilton of the Chevin Golf Club.

The tournament went extremely well from start to finish with decent weather and excellent golf played. Many thanks to all the volunteers who gave up their valuable time to support the event and raising £187 for the club’s charity, Fountaindale Special Needs School.

Two team matches took place during March. The first was away at the Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club (Cotgrave Place) which was lost by a margin of 6 games to 2. The second was on home territory against the Admirals Ladies section which was won by a 3.5 to 2.5 margin on the final green.

Their first round Spondon Trophy match was held at Bulwell Forest on the 6th April which they won comfortably by 4.5 to 2.5. This secures the team entry into the second round of the competition, where they have again been drawn away from home at Ormonde Field GC.

Golfer of the Winter Finals

The Golfer of the Winter Finals were played over the weekend of Saturday/ Sunday 26th/27th March.

Want to have fun learning to play poker without it costing your savings!!

Now’s your chance. Following on from the success of the 2 events we held last year we are holding another Poker Night.

Everyone is invited, absolute beginners, novices, whatever your knowledge, all will be most welcome.

Have fun learning to play whilst socialising with your golfing buddies & raising money for the Seve Ballesteros Foundation which supports Cancer Research UK's research into brain tumours.

Instructions will be given on how to play, along with rules, types of hands, poker chip values etc.

Only £2 to sit down & receive 1000 chips. Only 3 £1 buy-ins of 500 chips allowed. Minimum you could lose is £2 & the maximum is £5 but you may win one of the prizes donated by Asda Business Rewards. It’s for a good cause & all the money goes to charity.

If you wish to come along, put your name down straight away on the list in the main corridor, as numbers are limited.

On a cold, drizzly New Years Day the Captain,Chris Wilson and the Lady Captain, Nancy Sheffield, started their new year with the Captains' Drive In. Both of them were relieved to get their drives away without too much embarrassment, though neither managed to find the fairway, no doubt as a result of all the noise and cheers made by the onlookers. A large number of Past Captains, members and guests came along to give their support.

The Captains were piped to the first tee by the piper and were led by the Club Secretary and Past Captain, Jeff Brinklow followed by the Director of Golf, Daryl St John Jones who accompanied the Clubs President, Mrs Mortensen. They were accompanied by the Men's and Ladies Vice Captains, MIck Snell and Julie Walkden. Also in the group were the outgoing Men's and Ladies Captains, Bob Ward and Angela Robinson. Afterwards both Chris and Nancy gave short speeches before everyone tucked into the excellent free buffet provided by the lady members. The winners of the nearest to the Captains' drives competition were, Lesley Young for the Captains and Griff Codner for the Lady Captain. The raffle, run in aid of the Captains' charity, the Seve Ballesteros Foundation supporting Cancer Research UK's research into brain tumours, raised £122.

The annual seniors Christmas 4 ball competition had to be cancelled because of the freezing conditions on the course but the Christmas dinner still went ahead. They still look very happy despite not being able to play golf and were full of the Christmas spirits, some more than others!.

The competition will be played early next year.

Eleven pairs took part and bravely kept going, finishing their matches in heavy snow. Fortunately, a decision to make it a 9 hole match was made before the first pairs went out. Following Christmas Dinner in the clubhouse the Trophy was presented to Jules and Kevin.

The mixed pairs stableford betterball competition for the Bill Lowe Trophy was held on Thursday 16th December. Eleven pairs entered this year despite the weather, which though very cold and drizzly at the start quickly turned to snow showers and the competition was held over just the 9 holes with a two tee start. All kept going to the end and had a good time as can be seen by the pictures! This is the second year running the competition has been hit by snowy conditions.

The winners of the front nine were Christine Hall and Nigel Richardson with 19 points. The overall winners with 20 points on the back nine were Jules Twells and Kevin Gallagher.

Following the Christmas Dinner in the Club House and on her first official duty, the new Lady Captain, Nancy Sheffield presented the trophy to Jules and Kevin.

On Tuesday, 15th December, the Captain, Chris Wilson and the Immediate Past Captain, Bob Ward visited Fountaindale School in Mansfield to present a cheque for £1100. The money had been donated by the members of Oakmere Park through various fund raising activities throughout this year.

Fountaindale School is a special needs day school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 19 years. All pupils have special education needs in relation to their physical disabilities, but many have other difficulties. These include severe medical conditions, speech and language problems, moderate, severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties and sensory impairments. The school encourages pupils to be an independent as possible.

Fountaindale School is again the clubs nominated charity for the coming year so please help and support all the activities we put on to raise money for those who are clearly far less fortunate than ourselves and many thanks again for the contributions you gave during last year.

The 35th AGM was held in the club lounge on Monday, 13th December. The meeting was opened by the Chairman, Director of Golf, Daryl St John Jones, and was conducted by the Captain, Bob Ward. The main business was the Annual Reports given by both the Captain and the Lady Captain, Angela Robinson as well as the Financial Report of Accounts given by the Secretary, Jeff Brinklow. This was followed by the election of officers for the coming 2010/11 golfing year:

Election to the Executive Committee:

Men's Vice Captain -  Mick Snell
Lady Vice Captain -    Julie Walkden
Honorary Secretary - Jeff Brinklow
Honorary Treasurer - Tony Crabtree

Election to the Men's Committee - Colin Walkden, Joe Aslam, Ray Allan, Malcolm Twist

Election to the Ladies Committee - Jean Codner

Both Captain's thanked individually all the committee members who work freely behind the scenes to keep everything running smoothly and efficiently before extending a warm welcome to new members of the committees and thanked them for being willing to give up some of their own time for the benefit of the whole club membership.

They also thanked all the retiring members of the committee not only for their support this year but also for all their contribution in the preceding years as well. In particular, to Steven Dean who has been on the Committee for the last 6 years.

Copies of all the reports to the meeting, as well as all speeches given by the incoming Captains and Vice Captains, can be found in the Minutes of the AGM, filed in the computer cupboard in the Spike bar. After the meeting closed, all the attendees were offered a free buffet.

Do you understand the importance of Local Rules?

Consider why it is so important to familiarise yourself with Local Rules, not only of Oakmere Park but any course you may be playing on by answering a few questions assuming there are no Local Rules in effect:

1. May you take relief without penalty when your ball comes to rest on a teeing area?     No.

2. May you remove stones from bunkers?     No.

3. May you use an artificial device that solely measures distances?     No.

4. May you take relief from young, staked trees?    No.

5. May you take relief from woodchip pathways?    Yes.

6. May you choose to play from ground under repair rather than take relief?    Yes.

7. May you take relief without penalty for a ball embedded in its own pitch-mark in the fairway?    Yes.

8. May you take line of putt relief from a sprinkler head located at the edge of a putting green?    No.

9. May you take relief without penalty if your ball comes to rest in an aeration hole made by a greenkeeper?    No.

Clearly it is important to be familiar with the Local Rules of the course you are playing. Click the following link Competition Rules scroll down and click "Local Rules"  to make yourself fully familiar with the Local Rules in force at Oakmere Park.

The Admirals Ladies presentation evening was held on Friday 26th November. The Ladies Captain, Angela Robinson, accompanied by the Captain, Bob Ward, presented the trophies and medals to the winners.

The Captains' Charity for the year was Marie Curie Cancer Care and it was a pleasure for both Captains to be able to present a cheque for the sum of £2600 to their representative, Sue Rowlett, at this event. Many thanks to you all for supporting the charity fund raising activities.

The donation to the Clubs' Charity, Fountaindale Special Needs School will take place in December.

The Annual Committee Competition