Friday 1st May 2026
From Keef !
I was in touch with Ken Trott today when he
accidentally left a voice message just to tell him what he was doing, took the
opportunity to wish him well and would look forward to seeing him soon. I’m
afraid we have more sad news He responded saying that it would be unlikely that
he would be up as he has a brain tumor and Parkinson's, I have asked his
permission to pass this information on to you all. The majority of us
know Ken as a lovely, kind quite man and it’s a great shame we may not see him
up with us again. I’m sure he would love a private message from his
friends. His details are available in the contacts in this group.
Nice variation today, designed by the Gingell/Gabb Team.
Lots of moans & groans - but actually it turned out to be a nice little variation. Based on Stroke Index for the Hole- so the 6 toughest holes you had to add the scores of all 3 players - which meant that most people had a shot on those holes.
So top score on holes 1,4.9.11.15 & 18 was Billy Hilson Trio with 41 Points -
Middle 6 Stroke Index 7 to 12, Holes 3,5,7,12,14,16 - Just 2 Players to Score Top score was Jeremy with 27 Points - but most were within 2 or 3 of that.
Easiest holes , Index 13 to 18 - Holes 2,6,8,10,13 & 17 - 1 Score only Top scores Barrie/ Dave M Teams with 16 Points.
So Eclectic Best Score today was 41+27 + 16 -= 84 Points.
Living the Dream, Dreaming the Life
Heard a lovely little tale up at Golf today, all about Rip Van Barrow last Monday.
He was playing 4th hole, ball was on slope in cross ditch, he reached out to pick up his ball and crash, bang wallop as he hit his head on the bedside unit and tumbled to the floor.
Yes, he was still in bed & dreaming.
4 hours later, he was playing a medal and recovering from an errant tee-shot on 1st - swung his rescue and missed completely, for some reason his field of vision lost track of the ball. An hour later, on 6th - he was looking for his 7-iron without success, when Jolly Roger came over and located it with ease - there was definitely some loss of vision, maybe the knock on the head earlier was to blame.
But much worse was to come an hour later.
Playing 15th - on the upslope, playing shot to green. Roger on his buggy was checking green was clear, so waited up ahead.
he waited..and waited..wondering why 2 players on 9th tee had come running past, the Course Manager Dave had done a u-turn and was headed across from 14th.
Roger finally decided to investigate and headed back down 15th.
There at the bottom of the hill was Farmer Bob's Buggy., on its side. dozens of balls, tees, gloves, bottles, mars-bar wrappers, hand-warmers - littered the Fairway.
Bob had taken his shot, went to mount his buggy and knocked the seat-adjustment lever. Seat slid backwards, carrying Bob's weight which then shifted the centre of gravity rearwards. With the buggy already on a 40 degree slope , it was inevitable that he would exit the vehicle via a back-flip along with all his worldly possessions.
Luckily the assembled rescue team put everything back together again and the round continued.
BOB 1
Thursday 30th April 2026
April Captains Charity Draw
1st Derek Gardener £33.75
2nd Charles Summers £20.25
3rd Dennis Hussey £13.50
All the prizes will be available from the 6th May
Again many thanks to all those who had a go.
Wednesday 29th April 2026
An update from Sir Alex -
Dear member,
Thank
you for your continued membership and support over the 2025/2026 season.
Your 2026/2027 membership subscription fees are now due, the details of
which are shown below. As always CSTGC continues to provide great value for
money to our members providing a well-maintained golf course
with excellent drainage, an award-winning Top Tracer driving range (2024
Best Newcomer) and a modern sports bar and restaurant.
We
have also recently picked up the keys to our new sister-venue Cricket St Thomas Country Inn (formerly
The Windwhistle Inn) and after a period of refurbishments, we will be
looking to open the doors in June
2026. We have plans for a loyalty scheme giving you
access to the same % purchase discount that you enjoy at the
golf club.
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We
are also working on plans to add two outdoor
Padel courts to the facilities offered at the golf club. Padel
is the fastest growing sport in the UK and we believe this will be a great
addition to the golf club.
With
regards to the 3 new
holes, our golf course constructors are returning in May. This
is to construct the final tee complex and to cultivate and seed the
fairways, rough & semi-rough. We expect to be able to give members the
opportunity to play the holes in late-Summer
2026, with the holes then closing again for the
Winter with full opening on the new layout in Spring 2027. The final decision on which 3
holes are closing has yet to be decided.
Elephants have arrived and are being looked after down in Cricket St Thomas. Flying Pigs are proving more difficult to obtain, as you can imagine.
Monday 27th April 2026
Well done to Terry who had a hole in one on the 8th.
There were a total of 19 birdies so for all of you who had one Terry robbed you of a pound a birdie.
Sunday 26th April 2026
Update
John, can you put a bit on the blog ref SPONSORSHIP.
The Captain’s Charity day is fast approaching. Wed July 15th
Looks like building to a great fundraising day
We have a fantastic Main Sponsor this year BYD Taunton
part of the City West Country group who will be displaying a range of their
Electric and Hybrid vehicles.
That’s one slot filled.
Your help needed in getting sponsors for this event.
Clive Fisk
me@clivefisk.com
Saturday 25th April 2026
Tee times for Mondays Medal
Friday 24th April 2026
Wednesday 22nd April 2026
St George's Day
Best stableford score to count.
Random draw for partners.
Handicap 85%
YELLOW Tees
Sweep Twos
Tues 21st- Match at Weymouth
Today's friendly at Weymouth. A nice sunny but chilly day. A
fabulous tidy golf course to play. As regards to the result, I would say it was a
mix outcome. A couple of good wins and 4 loses.
K Hunt & B Smith lost 4 & 3
D Gardener & B Heath lost 2 down
R Shelley & N Patten won 4 & 3
J Griffiths & P Shorrocks lost 5 & 4
D Mugridge & M Hone won 3 & 2
Thank you all for being supportive of these events and being
there. It is very much appreciated.
Return Home Match is Thurs 21st May.
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Monday 20th April 2026
Friday 17th April 2026
Wednesday 15th April 2026
Barrie Heath was not a happy bunny as his wet-hearing aid started to pick up Radio Caroline !
Dave had a scrappy front 9, but came alive on the back, seen here with another Par on 11th.
Well done to John Sweet who led his Team from the back with his 40 stroke playing handicap today.
I was going to apologise to Ilminster Mayor for getting nil points ..but then I would have been more upset if I had gained 4 points and still ending up at the bottom.. Well done to Crewkerne.
Dave Edwards - 36 Points 4 for Team - Won nothing.
John Sweet 10 Points O for Team - Wins £4.50
Harpers Three Towns
Monday 13th April 2026
Few taken place already, nice if we can get details from you , results etc....
Fierce battle today twixt Gardner/Hone versus Markby / Pearce
Norman & Derek off scratch, so Mike got 2 shots and JKP a paltry 4. Remember these are played off White Tees.
Up / down scores until Norman's Pair went 2 ahead on the Par 3 12 & 13th. Derek won 14th, after just 2 shots to green as Mike's 4 was enough. Mike got a shot on 15th and his nett 4 squared the Match. Norman made 3 on 16th to go 1 up again. JKP was 4 inches from pin on 17th for 3, so conceded - which left Derek a 16 foot putt across green to stay alive..and he sunk it !"
Dormie up 18th as Derek put his 2nd into heart of green to make, Once again, Mike's 4 was enough so after 3 Hours 55 Minutes - the Foursome went back to 1st Tee.
Norman & Derek made 4's so on to 20th Hole.JKP on green for 2 but left long put on black & sandy greens short. Think both Derek & Mike had easy 4's so a handshake saw then into round 2.
Derek looked up and smiled when he saw their round 2 opponents, It's only Frost & Withers he said...then they read above and saw they had knocked out Jeremy & Dennis - previous winners of the whole Comp...
Friday 10th April 2026
Don't forget to sigh up on the notice board for next Wednesdays Harpers three towns. The format is singles Stableford. If you cant get up there then send me a message and ill add you to it. Chris G
Wednesday 8th April 2026
