Paul Mitchell Golf Academy

Hi everyone,

Just for a change this week, we'll start with Club news!

Club news

This week’s Ladies’ competition was the Ladies’ Medal and LGU Breakthrough Brooch. The winner of Division One was Liz Hale with nett 73 and the winner of Division Two was Gill Jones with nett 78. Congrats Liz and Gill!

This week saw the 9 hole qualifier won by Rob Bowers with 38 points, from Peter Morris in second with 37 points and Mary Clifford in third on 36 points. Well played all of you!

There was also a Midweek Medal this week. The winner was a most worthy Allan Slater with nett 71, in second was James Tompkins with nett 71, third was Tom Dyer with nett 72 and fourth John Wrigley with nett 73. Many congratulations to you and great golf.

The weekend saw the Sea Captains Trophy played. There were 103 competitors fighting it out but also supporting the RNLI, a most worthy cause. The winner was David Bow with 39 points, second was Mark Walker with 39 points and Mike Taylor came third with 37 points. Very well done to you.

Liz Hale

Mark Walker

So what's coming next?

Captain’s Day - Saturday, 16 September.
Junior Club Championships - Sunday, 17 September.
Ladies’ Daily Mail foursomes - Tuesday, 19 September.
Midweek Medal - Wednesday, 20 September.
9 Hole Qualifier - Friday, 22 September.

What have we been up to this week?

Academy news

We have been finalising the dates for next year’s Festival Activity this week. Yes it's ages away but we always need to sort it early as it is offered to schools early in their 2018 calendar due to it being part of a chain of events leading to a final at Bath Uni. I had to laugh because Cherry who I work closely with as part of the schools sport partnership (SSP) emailed me this video which the boys got involved with as part of this year’s activities. Not only does it show our lads messing around, it also shows what a great job SSP does with many varied sports, displaying how incredible our kids are at achieving when they are inspired by great coaches. Take a look at the video here.

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Talking of great coaches, Paul starts his England Golf and GGU coaching this month - argh that means winter is on the way! There is a very strict selection process for choosing the England Golf squad as there are only four places available and always many more applications than places. This obviously leads to some disappointments but we always encourage the applicants to keep trying.

Andy McGreevy

This week we had some awesome news in the Academy.

Assistant Andy McGreevy recently applied for a position with the Gloucestershire Ladies County Golf Association (GLCGA) as they were seeking a head coach. Well blow me down, he got the job! You know I never doubted him because I know he is a quality coach and a quality assistant, but he is also a really lovely guy and I couldn't be more thrilled for him. The great thing is that he is staying with us here at the Academy whilst taking on this role and continuing to coach the county academy squad. He is starting this Autumn and I am really excited for him, well done Andy.

Nick also had a great week - he played in the Minchinhampton Pro-am on Friday and his team were the best team! Wow! Nick really is a great golfer and can help so many of you so don't delay, book a lesson with him. Here's a report from him:

Hi Guys,

Last week I played in the Minchinhampton New Pro - Am on the Avening course. I was lucky to have a strong team with Steve Cocks, Ian Roberts and Sam Hill. We had a great day and were thankful that the forecasted rain, thunder and lightning held off for most of the day! I was 2 over par for the individual competition, but thanks to a few birdies contributed by everyone in the team including birdie 2's on the 17th from Steve and myself, we were able to pick up 6 points which helped us win the team event by one shot! I want to say a massive thanks to Steve, Ian and Sam for a really fun day and hope to defend our trophy again next year!

Nick

Nick Haile

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At home I am starting the great Christmas bauble blast/pudding avenue which we always put on our windows of the Pro Shop - this year I have added an extra level of silliness and Christmas fun…! Nope not telling you, you'll have to look later in the season! And yes we will be doing all the mad things we do at Christmas yet again, so be ready for the mince pie and mulled wine onslaught, the tiny tots Santa Tri Golf and the general tomfoolery which comes with PMGA! And I have to wean myself off the Starbucks I have every day, it's not easy being at home ha ha.

On that note, have a great week

Caren, Paul, Andy and Nick