Well played Ian Mulkerrins for winning this years Charity 5 club challenge. All proceeds went to Captains Charity. Perhaps this competition may move to a warmer time of the golfing calendar to try an attract more golfers to this Charity Event. Watch this space..... Result sheet attached

The Burstead Golf Club are calling all Seniors Pairs for their Annual Open Competition on Thursday 2nd July 2026. Cost is £110 per pair. Coffee and Bacon Roll on arrival and lots of Prizes. See flyer and signup sheet.

Final call for pairs to enter Daily Mail competition. See previous blog post about the details. Make yourself know to us if you want to enter hartswoodgolfclub@gmail.com

It’s back by popular demand….. We are raffling off a nice Christmas Hamper. £5 a ticket. One of Santas little helpers will be doing the rounds in the clubhouse and selling raffle tickets

Santas Naughty Little helper 11-5pm December 1st to 11th& 22nd-24th Santa's Green Grotto 11-5 Dec 12-14 Santa's Grotto 11am 5pm Dec 19 -22 Show your HGC card for a 20% discount! (Great for any Christmas list items from Santa!! ) Failing that great for the kids or Grandkids !! see EA website for more info or ask EA about it next time your in Pavilion

Next Round of Winter Rose Bowl Announced, click the pdf document

With immediate effect: can you use winter wheels on trolleys please. Greenkeepers have requested this, given how wet the course is. Please keep to paths to protect the fairways. (Some of us can't even hit a fairway so we feel we are positively contributing!) Thanks.

Well done Marty (Sat 29/11/25 on the 7th) ---------------------- 25/8/25 Congratulations to Billy Ferrier who got his 2nd HIO (7th) today 25/8/25 his previous one was on the 2nd @ Maylands 11 years ago ————— 25/3/25 Congratulations to Tony Crispin who got a hole in one today (His first ever 🥳) on the tricky 13th ( Tuesday 25/3/25 ------------------------ 13/7/23 Congratulations to Paul Wright (Pancho) who got his first HIO (7th) on Thursday 13/7/23 -------------------------

-------------------- 24/4/25 It appears many people are struggling this year with the rules and/0r the competition formats. Please address any questions you have to the (CC) Competition Committee ie contact them directly as listed below (N ote this does not include the club secretary) Craig Saxton Tony Crispin John March Thank you for your assistance on this matter. --------------------- 4/4/25 Dean Pullen has volunteered to assist and joined the marketting & media team. On

This is a plea from Peter Quilty who runs the Jubilee Cup....He needs more volunteers please: Peter needs more people to step forward and help in busy periods like the semi final and final days and also to shadow the current committee to ensure we have robust succession plans in place. Note there were only 17 clubs represented at the AGM so a plea to the 31 clubs who didn’t attend – please don’t ignore this action and please consider whether you or someone at your club would

The AGM will be on Friday 28th November; arrive at 19.00 for a 19.30 start.

EGU have recently voted to unify both Men's and Women's golf. Newsletter attached......

Essex Golf Union are recruiting a Full time Administration and Media person. Salary range £25k-28k depending on experience. Flyer attached.......(no wonder their annual fees have increased....)

The time has come for the two Mikes (Albon & Lees) to hand over the batten to newer / younger members (well one of em 😉) Good luck Ian Mulkerrins (Mulks) & Martin Allpress (Marty) in the role, its an experience ☺️

On behalf of all of the members at Hartswood Golf Club, thank you Chris & your team of green keepers for all your efforts throughout the year, we appreciate its not easy. This year the course was kept in exceptional condition . Keep the good work up. 👏👏👏 Thanks Chris, Michael, Grant & Steven. 🎉 Similarly seasons greetings to Rhys, Arthur and all the team in the pro shop from HGC for your help as well 🥳

Bonus Ball * Winnings are with Bob, others are in the office (refunds envelope) 44) 15/11/25 Winners were Jim Lawler* (25) Runner Up: Ken Alborough & Ernie Rendall* --------------------- 43) 8/11/25 Winners were Martin Cripps (44) Runner Up: Andrew Cowing & Derek May* --------------------- 42) 1/11/25 Winners were Mark Morcombe (29) Runner Up: John Butler* & Bert Hoskins* --------------------- 41) 25/10/25 Winners were Harry Finch (55) Runner Up: Jamie Fost

Great news pre-paid is being run against next year (2026) Simply submit a bank transfer for £50 to the usual bank account with your name referenced PP and you're in for 22 comps (full cost if paid for individually £66). This offers fantastic value for money and year-round convenience. With our new online competition sign-up via MasterScoreboard and the familiar IG tee time booking system, you can now enter competitions easily from the comfort of your home — or while relaxing

Apologies if you have been affected by the Wifi in the Lounge not working again recently. We can confirm its back up and running again now and all members have been sent the password for the new hub. ------------------ 27/2/25 The lounge Computer & TV’s are both up and running thanks to Dave T. I’ll e-mail you all the pass code in the next day or 2 but, the easiest way to get connected is to “share” with someone who is already connected. ——— 19/2/25 Open-Reach finally reconn

Generally from November - April most years the course has different conditions regarding the above. To find out the current status on any particular day please refer to Facebook:   "Hartswood greenkeepers"  or IG golf app   "Course information"  i Both pull and electric trollies should have winter wheels and not spun on the course to clean them. Please try and keep to path or rough only. This applies now until advised otherwise. Nb This may become compulsary as directed by

In this comp half the team play at home with the other half playing away. If we can get through round 1, we have a difficult 2nd round. 😉