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Please e-mail secretary@hpgcgolf.com with any copy for publishing                                             24-Feb-2010

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Captain’ ‘Drive-In’

 Hawkstone’s Captain for 2010 is Don Lloyd who together with Seniors’ Captain David Oldfield and Junior Captain Tom Young drove into office on Sunday 07 February.

Don, who lives at Stoke Heath near Market Drayton and plays off a handicap of 20, started his golf at Welshpool at the age of 21 and carried on playing wherever he worked - namely Paisley in Scotland, Woodlands in Kent and Lutterworth in Leicestershire before moving to Shropshire in 1978 which is when he joined Hawkstone Park.

Originally only able to play on the Weston Course, he progressed on to the Hawkstone Course after a couple of years.  He began helping with the juniors when son Mark joined the Club at the age of 8 in 1992 and he became more involved on his retirement in 1997. Don was first elected on to Management Committee in 2000 and has been Junior Organiser ever since. Don is the third member of his family to serve the Club as Captain - son Mark was Junior Captain in 2001 and wife Jane Lady Captain in 2007.

Completing Hawkstone’s new team are vice President Richard Jones-Roberts who was Captain in 1995 and vice Captain Tom Martin, whose father was one of the syndicate of twelve who bought the Hawkstone complex in 1966.

From left to right) Tom Young, David Oldfield & Don Lloyd

Hawkstone’s Lady Captains

 Hawkstone’s ladies section is celebrating the 90^th anniversary of the formation of the Club by appointing two of their most experienced past captains as their joint Lady Captains for 2010.

 Margaret Hares from Prees and Ann Trevor McCall from Hodnet both drove into office on Sunday 03 January in cold and frosty conditions with impressive displays of their driving skills. Margaret was previously Lady Captain in 1973 – the year in which Hawkstone’s ladies first won the handicap league. And Ann a member of that winning team has played in all subsequent seven winning teams. But Ann’s golfing pedigree extends much further! She was Lady Captain in 1975, awarded her County Colours in 1976 and Captain of Shropshire Ladies in 1984 – 1985. Currently she is a County Lady Vice-President having served as President in 2000 – 2002.

The Hawkstone course opened for play on 1^st May 1920 when the then owner Sir William Creswell Grey, a ship owner from West Hartlepool, built the course at the request of the ladies in his family so they could amuse themselves during his long absences from Shropshire!

Winter Competitions 2009/10

 A variety of competitions are available to members this winter including a Men’s & Mixed Winter Leagues, and Eclectic competitions.  In addition to this there will be different types of Sunday Competitions as listed below

10^th Jan        AM/AM (Mixed)

17^th Jan        AM/AM (Mixed – 3x6-hole comps)

23rd Jan       Captain's Farewell Texas Scramble

24^th Jan        Stableford

31^st Jan        Texas Scramble

7^th Feb        Captain’s Drive-In (Mixed Shot Gun)

14^th Feb        Monthly Medal

21^st Feb        Canadian Greensomes (Mixed)

28^th Feb        Stableford

Do join in and enjoy the winter variety