Hi everyone,

It seems like we have had such a week of activity - so much to report on!

Now over to Linda Meaton for a report on the past Ladies' Captains' Dinner:

Before Dinner the Ladies played for the Passed Captains Trophy and Paula Keeney came first with Clair Page 2nd (not sure how many where in it as the weather was bad!) and Joan Rowe won the nine hole competition.

Linda Meaton

So what's coming up soon?

• August Medal - Saturday, 12 August - booking online.
• Ladies' Open Invitation Day - Tuesday, 15 August.
• Midweek Medal - Wednesday, 16 August - no need to book.
• Seniors' Stableford - Friday, 18 August - no need to book.

Now let's move on to the latest in the Pro Shop!

On tankards day, the Academy ran the Titleist Fitting Day with Ben Hiscock, specialist custom fit-ter. We were absolutely fully booked with a waiting list, which is always satisfying to see because it means we are giving you a great service and you are coming to us rather than other places and we love it! Everyone who attended enjoyed it and benefitted from the fantastic advice from Ben and trialing the very latest Titleist equipment. Thank you to everyone who attended.

This week I’ve started working on the things we do during the winter months. This involves winter planning for school work from September and choosing schools to coach, providing the requisite monitoring to our funding sources such as the Golf Foundation and the trust which supports our inclusion work, planning the festivals for next year (two so far planned) and preparing for our tradi-tional junior Christmas coaching events.

It may seem rather early to being considering this, but it often takes a lot of time to get all these things done, as we are ridiculously busy in the summer with coaching and golf days. The paper-work just has to wait until we have time to breathe! Thinking about winter (yeah, sorry, I know, I know!) I hate the cold but I do love a bit of Christmas and the Junior events are the best! I'm very proud that we're the only academy in this area who runs a Santa Tri Golf session every year, and we really get the best Santas ever! The details on all our winter events will be coming out soon and also added to our website and social media to keep you updated.

Now over to Paul as he talks about the summer clearance:

Have we got some cracking bargains for you?

With the introduction of the brand new PING G400 line, I am now selling off brand new and ex demonstration PING G Series clubs. I have a limited amount of stock left and it's selling fast at its new repositioned price:

• PING G driver was £299 now £229 brand new.
• PING G driver ex demonstration for sale (10.5 degree regular flex), only £179.
• PING G fairway woods were £199 now only £149.
• PING G fairway ex demonstrations are now for sale from £110.
• PING G hybrids SOLD OUT.
  
• PING Crossover driving irons were £169 and are now reduced to £119 (Easy to hit for anyone who enjoys long irons over fairway woods and hybrids).
• PING IES irons 4-PW (one set in stock for sale) are reduced from £759 to £599 with a FREE PING Traverse Cart Bag worth £160.
  

Looking for an easy to hit three wood? I have a Titleist 915 16.5 degree three wood still in the plastic wrapper for sale for just £119, originally £199. Talking of Titleist, with the introduction of the new hybrid in a couple of months’ time, 816 Hybrid is reduced from £199 to £129 each. 

Titleist NXT golf balls are £8.50 for a sleeve of three balls but until the end of October, you can purchase a dozen at a new reduced price of just £25.

Dozen buy savings on Callaway and Srixon golf balls. Buy three sleeves (three balls per sleeve) and get an extra sleeve for FREE.

Finally, all of the men's Under Armour Clothing is reduced to clear. Under Armour trousers, waterproofs, shorts, shirts and tops must go to make way for the new Autumn stock. Likewise with the ladies Glenmuir, Under Armour and Green Lamb Summer styles.

Thanks for the update Paul. Make sure you come into the pro shop to take advantage of the summer clearance.

Next week we see a fantastic instructional from Andy.

On that note, have a great week.

Caren, Paul, Andy and Nick.