PORTLAND GOLF SOCIETY 2026 REPORT FOR MANCASS AGM THURSDAY 21st MAY 2026
OUR FIRST EVENT OF 2026 WAS TO BE THE SPRING PLATE PLAYING AT STAND GOLF CLUB ON FRIDAY 27th OF MARCH. THE CURRENT HOLDER OF THE TROPHY, JOHNNY SHEPHERD, WAS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO DEFEND HIS TITLE BUT UNFORTUNATELY ON THE DAY I RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM THE PROFESSIONAL THAT THE COURSE WAS CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY OVERNIGHT RAIN CAUSING THE GREENS TO BE FLOODED. FORTUNATELY, THE GOLFERS WERE MADE AWARE OF THE SITUATION SO NOBODY MADE A WASTED VISIT TO THE COURSE.
OUR NEXT EVENT ON THE CALENDAR WAS THE PORTLAND CUP EVENT WHICH WAS PLAYED AT ELLESMERE GOLF CLUB ON FRIDAY 24th APRIL AND WE HAD FANTASTIC WEATHER AND THE COURSE WAS DIFFICULT BUT IN GREAT CONDITION. 25 GOLFERS ATTENDED AND HAD A GREAT DAY. AFTER OUR 2 COURSE MEAL AND PRESENTATION WE HELD OUR AGM.
THE NEW INCOMING CAPTAIN, ROB GOODWIN-DAVEY, UNFORTUNATELY WAS AWAY ON HOLIDAY, SO HIS NEW VICE CAPTAIN DAVE HARTLEY STOOD IN FOR HIM AND CONDUCTED PROCEEDINGS. IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE OUTGOING CAPTAINS CHARITY HAD RAISED £897-00 TO BE DONATED TO ST ANNES HOSPICE. OUR NEW CAPTAINS CHARITY IS FOR THE JACK DERBYSHIRE ROOM AT RONALD McDonald HOUSE, IN HONOUR OF THE RECENT UNEXPECTED DEATH OF OUR PORTLAND MEMBER PETE DERBYSHIRES SON. BEFORE A GOLF BALL HAD BEEN STRUCK, ROB HAD MANAGED TO RAISE IN EXCESS OF £5000-00 BY RAFFLES, QUIZ NIGHT, SPONSORED WALKS AND OTHER ENDEVOURS. HIS ULTIMATE TARGET IS £10,000-00.
THERE WAS ONLY 1 PROPOSITION “DUE TO THE EVER-CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS, GLOBAL WARMING, AND MARCH BEING A WET MONTH, SHOULD WE ABANDON THE MARCH EVENT AND START OUR SEASON IN APRIL”
THIS PROPOSITION WAS DEFEATED AND OUR CALENDAR OF EVENTS WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO OUR MAY EVENT, THE PRESIDENTS CUP TO BE PLAYED AT BLACKLEY GOLF CLUB ON FRIDAY 29th MAY.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENT BECAUSE AS IS TRADITION THE PRESIDENT BUYS THE FIRST DRINK FOR EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE.