As we tee off into a brand-new year, I’d like to wish all our members a happy, healthy, and handicap improving New Year (no promises on that last part!).

As I take on the role of Club Captain, I am really looking forward to the year ahead and to working with all sections of the club.

One of my main aims this year is to work with the committee and Club Management to improve communication and cooperation across the entire membership — on and off the course. With that in mind, I thought a regular newsletter might be a good way to keep everyone in the loop — sharing news, course updates, dates, results, and the odd bit of club gossip (the harmless kind!). So, welcome to the very first edition. The idea is simple: short, informative, and worth reading, whether you’re a regular competitor, a social golfer, or mainly here for the clubhouse banter. If it helps everyone feel a bit more connected, then it’s doing its job.

Our club works best when everyone feels informed, involved, and pulling in the same direction, whether it’s sharing ideas, supporting club events, or simply understanding what’s happening in different sections of the club or around the golf course, better communication helps us all enjoy the club even more.

I’m keen to keep things open and approachable, so if you have news, ideas or things you’d like included in future editions, please let me know, this is very much a club effort and if it works well, we will keep it going.

Enjoy the read, and I look forward to seeing you around the club and on the fairways.

Jim Hedderwick

Club Captain

 

A Message from the Management

 

As we welcome the New Year, I’d like to thank you sincerely for your continued support and patience over the past 12 months.

Looking back, it’s fair to say that 2025 wasn’t the easiest of years for the course. A combination of machinery breakdowns, staff retention challenges, and some very unpredictable weather made maintaining consistent conditions more difficult than we would have liked. I know this was frustrating at times, and I appreciate the understanding shown by so many of you.

The good news is that we are confident the year ahead will be a much improved one. Plans are already in place to strengthen our maintenance operation, and a key focus will be improving water retention on the greens to help them cope better with changing weather conditions and provide more consistent playing surfaces.

We remain fully committed to investing in the course and supporting our staff so they can deliver the standards you expect and deserve. Thank you again for sticking with us — we’re excited about what lies ahead and look forward to welcoming you out on the course throughout the year.

Wishing you a happy, healthy, and enjoyable golfing year ahead.

Dave Raitt

Club Management

Your Committee Members for 2026

 

 

The captains can only be as good as the teams around them and we are very fortunate to have very strong committee members to support us , there are a number of committees working diligently on the members behalf to ensure the smooth running of the club, please take some time to say hello and show your appreciation for all their efforts.

 

 

Main Committee:

Sean Lynch - President

Jim Hedderwick – Club Captain

Steve Lowe – Vice Captain

Paul Clarke - Club Secretary

 

Bill Bowley – Treasurer

Phil Wright - Immediate Past Captain

Sara Nicholls – Lady Captain

Brian Turner – Seniors Captain

Peter Seddon – Handicap Secretary

Graham Coles – Juniors Organiser

 

Ladies Sub-Committee

Sara Nicholls – Captain

Clare Beaumont – Vice Captain

Lynn Folwell – Secretary

Tracey Griffiths – Treasurer

Jennie Marris - Immediate Past Captain

Peter Seddon - Handicap Secretary

 

Seniors Sub-Committee

Brian Turner - Captain

Bob Willet - Vice Captain

Tim Rogerson - Secretary

Peter Norton - Treasurer

Brian Arkle - Competitions Secretary

Phil Bamford - Committee Member

Anthony Frith - Committee Member

Scott Macartney - Committee Member

Dave Spencer - Committee Member

 

Handicaps and Competitions Sub-Committee

Jim Hedderwick - Competitions Secretary

Peter Sedan - Handicap Secretary

Yolande Evans - Ladies Comp Secretary

 

Mel Barker - Competitions Assistant

Liam Escott - Competitions Assistant

 

Sean Lynch - Competitions Assistant

Josh Peel - Competitions Assistant

2026 Club Charity

 

I am delighted to advise you that we will be supporting Leicestershire Children’s Holidays (LCH) as our chosen charity for this year. We are excited to be working with LCH, who are doing amazing work to support children in schools around the County, and we look forward to the usual generosity from our club members, please look out for the collection buckets in the clubhouse and the usual forfeit  signage on the course. You can find out more on their great work by visiting their website.

Handicaps

 

 

Peter Seddon, our brilliant handicaps secretary, has completed the usual annual review and members who have been good enough in 2025 to merit a handicap cut and also those fortunate enough to be considered for an upwards review will be informed directly of any adjustment to their handicap.

 

2026 Dates for your Diary

 

As usual we will be running many competitions and functions through the course of the year so look out for the competition entry sheets and details of the evening social events which  will be published shortly, in the meantime please lock the dates below in your diaries. 

 

Captains Drive In Saturday 18 April 

Presidents Day Saturday 6 June

Captains Day Saturday 15 August

Captains Dinner Saturday 26 September

Presentation Night Saturday 14 November

Christmas Party Saturday 5 December