Date/Venue Confirmed

This championship this year will be held on the Tuesday of our golfing break at Dainton Park. Once again, the competitors will be battling for the honour of wearing the Harris Senior’s jacket of winners, lifting (and arranging to get engraved) the Championship Trophy and, of course, slipping their head inside this year’s Harris Hat of Glory.

Good luck all!

The Dorset Golf & Country Club, May 17th-20th

The nine participants including debutant Catriona attended the event in their pods and masks.

Monday saw a team event with the combination of Paul East,Steve Mulford & Nigel Wain winning with a score of 66 points. David Wain secured the sole spot prize making the 14th green in two shots.

With the last few holes completed in pouring rain the evening highlight was a spectacular double 🌈rainbow 🌈.

Tuesday dawned to better weather and saw the Mini Championship won by David with a score of 33 points. Trina achieved a treble -nearest the pin on 7th , a birdie two later – I think the 15th (only one of the trip) and runner up – 27 points.

Third on count back from Nigel was Paul. Paul also swerved the pm session to trawl the course/water/gorse to the tune of sixty lost balls (not all his I hasten to add). Team David/Paul and Peter took the team prize with 66 points.

Wednesday saw the best weather and jumbled playing groups with some finding nine holes 🕳 sufficient. Team Peter/Jane/Nigel were the last standing with Jane netting the ntp x 2 on the 10th hole and Martin Sykes ntp on 7th.

Overall a successful trip and we now move on to The Dartmouth in October where we hope for a COVID free host venue and reasonable weather.

Also stand by for an away day as soon as permitted

Autumn Dates Confirmed – Sunday, 17th October – The Dartmouth

Peter has progressed with the plans for our 2021 Tour, which will now take place on Sunday, 17th October at The Dartmouth Hotel, Golf & Spa, with the usual 3 nights/ 4 rounds format. Sunday tee time is confirmed as 12:05pm. Monday tee times are 10:05 followed by a further 9 holes on the second course at 15:00 for those interested (still standing). Tuesday will feature an away round at Dainton Park, and Wednesday’s tee time is confirmed as 9:05. Cost will be £340 for those playing golf, and £285 for those who want to come along and offer constructive criticism from the sidelines. Costs include all accommodation, meals and the all important prize kitty!

Please could you confirm with Peter that you’re able to join us.

Tee Times for Dorset “Minor” Tour

For those joining Peter in May, please note that the tee times are as follows: Monday at 13:24, Tuesday at 10:44, and Wednesday at 10:17.

Request for feedback

Peter has been offered 4 days/ 3 nights @ St Mellion at £395 from 10 October – 2 rounds on the Nicklaus, 2 rounds on the Kernow.

Please could you give your feedback to Peter on this option asap so that he can confirm or continue searching for something else.

Also, we have 9 committed so far for the May “runaway” so anyone who has yet to reply to Peter, please could you confirm yes/no.

Many thanks.

A Message from Peter…

With some government potential relaxation of golfing / hospitality rules from 17th May – the day after planned start of our visit to the Dorset I have taken the following steps:

Moved the main event to September, potentially starting Sunday 6th at a venue to be confirmed – Golf Travel are exploring options here.

The May event will now take place on a slimmed down basis for those interested – starting Monday 17th May

It will be subject to “pods” of max six for accommodation/eating purposes.

It will comprise 2 nights and three rounds of golf at a cost of £252.

Please let me know if you would like to join me/the Wains for this or whether you prefer to wait until things return to some sort of normality.

I look forward to hearing from you with your thoughts.