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Date 7th May

Coming soon... limited edition yellow Aurigny.com sponsorship polo shirts. Place your order at the bar... first come first served!

Date 5th May

We've now had over 1,000 hits to the new web site!!  Thank you, Chris.

Updates to Ladies April Results now in the Ladies Section

Date 1st May

May I take this opportunity to say a big thank you to Keith And Sue Mason as well as Longis Bay Garden Centre for helping us out with the front patio area.  It looks great, many thanks.  Chris.

Date 5th April

We've now passed 800 visitors to alderneygolfclub.com in just over 3 months, thank you and please keep your feedback coming to: thecaptain@alderneygolfclub.com regards, Chris

Date 5th April

Poker Night announced for 30th June, details to follow on contact Ron on 823862

Date 4th April

Night Competitions - starting today the club will be holding a weekly 9 hole competition on Wednesday afternoons. These competitions will be of a social nature and open to all club members. Men and Ladies, active and inactive handicap players alike. Men will play off the yellow tees and Ladies the red as usual. The format will be different each week.

Sometimes it will be individual, other times it will be pairs and team events. We will play stableford, foursomes and variations on this, texas scramble and occasionally medal, one or two of these will be a four club medal. There will be a small entry fee of £3 for these competitions with 50% of the weekly total going to club funds and 50% used as prize money. The more people that enter the bigger the prize fund (and therefore the more to club funds also). The prize giving will be held after the following week’s competition. The first two or three weeks will be shotgun starts with two tee times available. After the evenings draw out, there will be a list of tee times put up on the notice board, all you have to do is pick your slot and playing partners. Depending on the format it may be possible for players to arrange their own time to play providing the entry fee is submitted. There will be a sign-in sheet available to show who has entered.

Please note that the course will not be closed for these competitions and therefore we will have to co-operate with other players or visitors. I don’t want to make it too complicated but anyone with comments or suggestions please speak with me about it. Thank you, Colin Solway.

Date 31st March 2012

Congratulations to Andy Wright for winning the Winter League Finals today with an impressive 38 points. A great win and a day enjoyed by all and rounded off with a nice lunch and great company in the renovated club house. Chris.

Date 25th March 2012

A celebration is in order after today's fantastic result!   Alderney win for the first time ever at St Pierre Park, Guernsey.  The result: 4 1/2 : 2 1/2   A great recovery after Saturday losing to La Grand Mare 5 : 2, well done to the Alderney team.  It's such a shame you were beaten by the fog and didn't return home that night...... you missed the fans, a special bus, celebration banners, pole dancers, free beer and TV broadcasts.  Maybe next year, ay?

Breaking news: our fantastic new white club polo shirts have arrived with the new Alderney Golf Club logo..... Whats more, for a limited period we are offering the shirts for just £10 each... grab one today!

Also, great progress has been made with refurbishment in the clubhouse. The ceilings have been plastered and the carpets cleaned. Further work will be completed with re-decoration and we hope to have the clubhouse back open next weekend (23rd March). Watch this webspace for updates as progress is made.

Date 15th March 2012

600 web site hits in just over 2 months! Not bad for a golf club in the middle of the Channel! Thanks everyone.

Date 12th March 2012

We're now well past 550 visitors to the new site and feed back has been very positive. We've altered the way we present photos, as you can see it's now much quicker and hopefully better presented. Just a plea from me, please email any photos you may have and want published - thecaptain@alderneygolfclub.com

Date 8th March 2012

Work will start on the renovation of the clubhouse, the windows and doors are to be replaced and we hope that this should take just two days to finish. The club house will be open as normal this weekend, then next week phase two will take place to replace the ceiling and install new lighting.

Date: 7th March 2012

Keith Mason has hole in one !! With a strong wind behind Keith chose a 6 iron on the 6th hole and hit a solid shot, after a short search round the green the ball was found in the cup. On the return to the clubhouse tradition was observed and the bell rang, fortunately for his wallet though only his 4 ball and the steward were present to toast his achievement

Date: 26th January 2012

Hampshire Sevens, Alderney drawn away to St Pierre Park to be played on 14th April.

Date: 22nd January 2012

New practice nets up next to 1st tee, thank you Mike Smith. Great job.

Date: 8th January 2012

Daily Mail, article on our island paradise, click here for the link, shame they never mentioned the Golf Club!!

Date: 3rd January 2012

Membership Cards for 2012 were posted along with the new locker stickers, regards, Ann Davidson

Date: 2nd January 2012

We're hooked up to our FACEBOOK page, make sure you join up here, it helps us with all that search engine stuff!

Date: 1st January 2012 Happy New Year everyone!

Date: 31st December 2011 Request to all Members

We're building a library of photographs of the club, the course, events and special occasions. If you've got any photos that you'd like us to consider putting on the site, please send them to thecaptain@lderneygolfclub.com

You can see our library of photos here: gallery.alderneygolfclub.com

regards, Chris Hodgson, Captain

Date: 27th December 2011 Captain's letter start of 2012

Dear Members,

Happy New Year and thank you for your membership support for the coming year.

We have enclosed your 2011/12 membership badge and would appreciate you clearly displaying this on your bag whenever you are using the club facilities. In addition if you have paid for a locker, you will find enclosed a sticker that needs to be displayed on your locker.

In 2011 we successfully restored the club to financial health and our aim for 2012 is rejuvenation. We need to retain financial stability and efficiency whilst starting to invest in the areas members have told us they most want to see improved. For example:

• Introducing a clubhouse renovation programme on an urgency needs basis
• Appointing a social secretary to develop an events schedule
• Improving greens with the use of new equipment
• Revamping general communication, for example, the introduction of our new website: www:alderneygolfclub.com

Finally, we do value your membership and continued feedback. On behalf of the committee, we look forward to seeing you again soon and wish you good luck for a fantastic year ahead.

Kind Regards

Christopher Hodgson

Captain, Alderney Golf Club

Date: Christmas 2011 - Club News started here!!

Can I take this opportunity to give a big thank you to Keith and Sue Mason who've done a great job on tidying up and replanting the front patio.  Thanks also for contributions from Longis Bay Garden Centre.  Chris.