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April Blue Skies Golfing
Welcome to Blue Skies April at Donnington Grove.
To celebrate the beginning of the golf season we are bringing you a series of special promotions and blog posts to help honour the April blue skies. The Donnington Golf course is in magnificent condition and there is no better time like the present, to brush up on your golf skills for the new season. There is only one place to be this April and that’s Donnington Grove Country club.
We are kicking this month off with a blog series, ‘Top 20 Golfing Tips’. This will be running throughout the month of April, so make sure you regularly visit the site to read the latest tips. There will also be posts regarding special April offers, promotions, competitions as well as Golf Club News. There will be one Blog post updated every day as well as content being added to our Blue Skies webpage.
We will also be launching a Donnington review section on the Blue Skies webpage. This is a place where people can read other customers reviews and experiences of Donnington Grove. If you have a stories or reviews on Donnington Grove we would love to hear from you! Send a quick enquiry here and we will post your comments.
Have a fantastic April, enjoy the sun and we hope to see you on the Golf Course.
Golf Competitions 2010
With the Sun beaming down on Donnington Grove Golf club, we are looking forward to a great golf season ahead us.
Throughout the season we host several ‘opens’ that fall under the categories; men, ladies, seniors (55+) and mixed. Competition is played in accordance with R&A rules of Golf and Local Rules. Men will play from white tees with a maximum handicap of 24, Ladies from red tees with a maximum handicap of 34 and seniors from yellow tees with a maximum handicap of 36. The Mixed Competition will see the men play from yellow tees and the women from red with the maximum handicaps at the same as gender specific competitions.
Like all opens there will be a trophy for both gross and net winners as well as prizes for 1st to 3rd positions. There will be an additional prize for the longest drive nearest the pin.
To register yourself for these competitions you will have to visit our website and download an application form, these are available both as word documents and PDF’s. You will then need to complete the form and post it back to us. The closing dates are as follows:
Men – Friday 28th May 2010,
Ladies – Tuesday 15th June 2010,
Seniors (55+) – Friday 13th August 2010,
Mixed – Sunday 27th August 2010.
Get your applications in before the deadline and make sure that you get plenty of practice in beforehand. We look forward to seeing you on the green.
New Years Eve Party Review
The New Year was welcomed in with some style at Donnington Grove with a fantastic party which was a sell out and very well received by all who came.
With golfers mixing with non golfers, members with hotel guests the atmosphere was just right.
At one point during the evening one table produced party poppers which had been concealed in hand bags and inside pockets and discharged them with much happiness on the neighbouring table, little did they know that their chosen target table had been even more inventive and produced what could only be described as ‘confetti cannons’ in the shape of Champagne bottles and returned the compliment.
Once the glitter and the smoke had all cleared from the air, the white flag was raised and everybody joined together to dance the night away.
Our very own member Mark Seymour provided the disco entertainment for the evening and judging by the comments on New Years morning from those who attended, Mark did a great job keeping the dance floor busy all night.
It was remarkable the next morning just how many made it up on time and on to the golf course. Although the weather was cold and the ground rock hard, the sky was clear blue and everybody enjoyed their golf. We are lucky at Donnington Grove that even in those Arctic conditions we still play on full greens.
Donnington Grove Marketing Partner Golf Day
The following post has been written by Joe Baily and is his review of the recent Donnington Grove Marketing Partner Day.
Donnington Grove’s Marketing Golf Day is all about Donnington Grove thanking their suppliers who contribute to the continued success of this fantastic Club, the day attracted over 50 golfers from golf societies and corporate companies.
Even during these tough economic times the facilities at the club are just getting better and better, new rooms being opened, more planned to open early next year, continued improvements on and off the course makes the stay at the club and a relaxing and enjoyable one.
I hadn’t played for a few weeks so I was excited yet slightly apprehensive at the prospect of playing a full 18 hole with strangers who were probably far superior in their golf skills than me!
At 9 O’clock I arrive at Donnington Grove with my business partner and was warmly welcomed by both Barry and Chris in the Spikes Bar. After a delicious bacon roll, endless cups of coffee and socialising with fellow suppliers and competitors we headed out for a 10.08 tee time off the 1st. The format was 18 holes stableford, where you receive a number of extra shorts per hole (depending on your handicap) and score 1 point for a net bogey, 2 points for a net par, 3 points for a net birdie and if your exceptionally lucky or skilful 4 points for a net eagle!
We met David and John, our playing partners in the bar prior to tee off, David who plays off 8 had come all the way from Swansea to play in this event! John use to play off scratch and could tell that he used to be a real player! However John would say ‘time has caught up with me’ and now plays off 17. Both seemed very nice and had excellent sense of humours, which is always good as it certainly makes you relax into your swing.
Whenever you attend events of this nature the first tee shot is always the most difficult, standing on the tee, eying up a great tee shot with 10 or so people watching you always makes you feel slightly nervous. Luckily I hit a pretty good shot (or so I thought!) so walked up the 1st with a spring in my stride! Until I reached my ball and it was perch nicely against a tree just into the rough, knocking the ball out sideways and ending up with a seven wasn’t the best of starts!
I won’t bore you with a blow by blow account for each hole! In summary the course was in its usual stunning condition, I played a very average opening nine holes but picked up the pace, started driving quite well on the second nine and managed to score 18 points, scoring 29 overall.
After a well deserved pint in the Spikes Bar we were treated to a fantastic three course meal in the River Restaurant. Charlie and his team really do serve great food with a smile that makes all the difference.
After a delicious meal Christopher Strong, General Manager of Donnington Grove was joined by Max Davies who is one of the owners to talk about the past year, thank suppliers and present the day’s awards.
The winner was David Snelling who scored 36 points which actually made me feel better about my own score however also rueing the three missed 3 to 4 foot putts I had during the round and my four rubbish bunker shots…you get my drift!
Thank you for your hospitality and I look forward to your two forthcoming events The Annual Beaujolais Golf Day and The Christmas Cracker Event
If you took part in this event and would like to add your comments below or share some pictures, please email us.
