Thu 3rd Jun 2010
Dear Members, Visitor & Guests
The Lady Captain and I would like to say thank you, firstly for your support at our Captains Charity Competition held last Monday 31/05/2010, our chosen charity for this year is Bury Hospice and we are sure you will agree that this praise worthy and much needed facility deserves our help.
We would also like to thank Theresa Winrow and Linda Shaw for their help with the raffle and score board.
Grant Hamerton (our club pro) not only for his help and organisation on the day but also for his raffle prize donations.
Candy and her team for keeping us all fed and Phil and his team for keeping us watered.
Last but not least we would like the thank our greens staff for presenting our course in such good condition.
The Winning Scores
Men
1st A Howarth 49points Stand
2nd D Hughes Snr 46 points Argos
Ladies
1st B Coulson 37 points Pike Fold
2nd T Winrow 36 points(CPO) Pike Fold
Juniors
1st S Rowen 46 points Pike Fold
2nd G King 43 points Pike Fold
Prize vouchers for the pro shop have been placed behind the bar for collection at your convenience.
Finally we will be having a similar event on August Bank Holiday 30/08/2010 and hope you will be able to join us then, thanks again.
Yours sincerely
Graham Harrowell
Captain 2010
Thu 6th May 2010
Pike Fold Social Committee have put together an exciting social diary for 2010 - see attached.
Tickets (where required) can be purchased from behind the bar or from any of the Social Committee members: Anthony Meade (Vice Captain), John O'Donnell & Sheila Salmon.
Please show your support for these events.
Wed 14th Apr 2010
Dear Members
I feel both proud and privileged to represent Pike Fold as Captain in 2010 and look forward to the year ahead working with council and staff in the ongoing development of our club.
It will be my aim, with your help, to continue to raise our profile as one of the best 18 hole golf courses in the Greater Manchester area and with this in mind would ask you to support your council and officers in the difficult roles they undertake on your behalf.
We have a reputation for being one of the most informal and friendliest clubs in the area, this I think adds greatly to our appeal in these modern times, but should not be seen to undermine the traditional values associated with our sport, such as good manners, respect for each other and our course together with the R & A rules, etiquette and code of golf.
As you will all no doubt appreciate 2009 has been a tough year for many people with the economic down turn, job loses and the like, and Pike Fold and its membership have been no exception, we too have had a tough time, as have many other golf clubs and the prediction for 2010 is another tough year. With your help we will ride out the economic storm and build on the achievements made so far, so please make use of our facilities, play loads of golf and come and have a pint or two afterwards.
Both the Lady Captain and I have selected Bury Hospice as our nominated charity and hope you will support and assist us in raising funds for this praise worthy and much needed facility.
Finally I would like to take this opportunity to wish you well for 2010 and look forward to seeing you both on and off the course.
Graham Harrowell
Captain 2010
Fri 1st Jan 2010
Entry Details are now available for the 2010 Ladies & Mixed Opens in the Open Comps section of this website.
Wed 7th Oct 2009
MANY OF YOU WILL HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS EXPLAINING METHODS OF PAYMENT FOR NEXT YEARS SUBSCRIPTIONS.
HAVING RECEIVED BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO CLEAR UP ONE MATTER.
THE PAYMENT OPTIONS IN THE LETTER ARE JUST THAT, OPTIONS. HOPEFULLY FOR SOME IT WILL ALLEVIATE FINANCIAL BURDENS BUT FOR THOSE WHO PREFER TO MAKE PAYMENT BY STANDING ORDER AS LAST YEAR, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL CONTINUE.
PLEASE ALSO LET ME APOLOGISE TO THOSE OVER 60 CATEGORIES WHO DID NOT RECEIVE LETTERS, THIS WILL BE RECTIFIED VERY SOON.
SINCERELY, MARTIN JEFFS (HON SECRETARY)
Mon 5th Oct 2009
Entry forms are now available for the 2010 Seniors Opens in the Open Comps section of this website.
Sun 28th Jun 2009
Manchester Evening News Article
David Birtill
June 23, 2009
Pike Fold are turning many of the region's clubs green with envy.
And if Ross Fisher had been putting on the verdant, slick surfaces at the Unsworth course he might well have taken fewer strokes he used during the US Open at Bethpage Black!
Course manager Philip Harmon and his staff have overseen the transformation of the greens from the ordinary to the extraordinary over the past few months.
"We have just scarified some on the front nine but the members know that the work has to be done and in the long run it's in all their interests so they don't complain," he said.
Harmon has left alone the expansive greens on the inward half which opened little more than a year ago to stretch the course to a full 18 holes at the centenary club that moved from the lowlands of Blackley in 1999 to the undulating fells near Bury with views to die for.
And they are arguably some of the best in the North West, despite their newness, thanks to them being laid to USGA specification.
Opinion
Club captain John O'Donnell enthused: "We're extremely proud of the greens. I've visited a lot of courses this year and ours come up to the standard of every one I've played. That includes Hesketh, Royal Birkdale and Romiley who have nothing better than what we have here.
"But I have a biased opinion although we had an invitation day recently when we received a lot of praise, as we generally do from visiting parties. And we can play on them all year unless there's a heavy frost."
O'Donnell agreed that greens at most clubs will be in top condition at this time of the year but he rated Pike Fold's right up there with the best.
Harmon, 33, worked in the States and Germany before returning to Crompton and Royton then taking the Pike Fold job three years ago.
"The greens may be all-weather but maintaining them is not an easy job. They need a lot more feed and water than you'd expect. We aerated the new ones at an early stage, which not many people do, but we have adopted a programme to keep them as healthy as we can.
"We don't have any weeds because we keep on top of them. The structure of the front and back nine greens are different but we've managed to get them to play the same pace."
They will be put to the full test during a festival week starting in July 27 when Lancashire play Yorkshire in a Roses mixed age match.
And that's an appropriate and deserved fixture for the child friendly club that has more than 40 juniors including 14-year-old Holly Vizard who was crowned youngest winner of the Bury Women's Championship at the town's club last week.
Mon 15th Jun 2009
The following new Members arrived today and all are doing well!
Existing Members are requested not to feed them as their parents might object!
Sat 18th Apr 2009
Pike Fold's Centenary Year got underway with a memorable Captain's Drive In. The event was well supported with many members in period dress.
Here are just a few photos from the day.
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Wed 18th Feb 2009
Photos of the course kindly provided by Bury Photograhic Society.
As part of the Centenary Year celebrations, Pike Fold GC will have selected images framed and displayed in the Clubhouse.
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