During his year as Ross Golf Club’s Seniors Captain, Andy Baldwin has recognised and celebrated the ‘hole in one’ achievements of two seniors members while they were playing in seniors events at the Club’s Gorsley based tree-lined course. At the time Andy could hardly have contemplated that he would have followed their example to complete a meaningful hat-trick. Andy’s sweetly struck 7 iron tee shot to the 7th green in his Trevor Lane 2nd round knock-out match against former Club Chairman Graeme Forrester took a few bounces before disappearing into darkness.

In Andy’s care, the 2019 men’s seniors Summer friendly matches have also involved success and after 10 matches of their section’s 28 match programme involving Clubs from across neighbouring counties, there have been 5 wins, 2 draws and just 3 defeats. Most attention though is likely to follow the fortunes of the Club’s Men’s ‘A’ Team as 2018 Division 1 winners of the North Glos Foursomes League with the squad now looked after by non playing Captain, Stephen Price and Vice-Captain Simon Mills. It reflects well on all concerned that after 3 matches played resulting in 2 wins and a close defeat, the Ross team head the League table with a top of the table clash against 2nd placed local rivals Forest Hills GC eagerly awaited. The Club’s investment in youth where 145 young people now support the Ross Club is clearly a factor with teenagers Cam Haines and Harry Griffiths as top pairing with a 100% winning record as has Jaydon Decloedt another product of the Ross Juniors Academy and who is enjoying his first season at this level.

After 3 matches played resulting in a win/loss/draw sequence the Men’s ‘B’ team are handily placed mid-table in their North Glos ‘B’ Team Division 1 League where a 4 Ball Better Ball format is the preference with Mark Whitmore their experienced team Captain again at the helm. Mark was notably delighted to return home recently with a well earned 3-3 draw when his team visited the prestigious Minchinhampton Golf Club, near Stroud performing on their Cherrington Course which will be used as a regional qualifier for the forthcoming British Open. Those to excel that day with Ross wins were Stephen Eckley/Kevin French 6/5, Colin Bennion/Nigel Evans 5/4 and Robin Smith/Ian Griffiths 1 up.

There are also places found in the Club’s programme for some social matches and the men members have to date played winning friendlies at home to Enville (4.5 to 1.5),  Moseley (10-2) and a drawn 4-4 match with Stratford-Upon Avon with Enville members able to get their revenge with a 4.5 to 1.5 win when Ross were visitors.