The Captain's Drive-In was on Saturday 6th. Three great drives got the new golfing season underway on Saturday at The Captain's Drive-In. New Club Captain Steve Gallagher hit the first drive, followed by Vice Captain Simon Major and finally new Club President Mally Lukic. For those of you that entered the Captain's Drive-In [...]
Dear Rabbits.The first Rabbits competition is fast approaching, the Buck Rabbit will take place on Sunday 7th April. It’s open to all Rabbits (WHS index 15.5 or above) and is played off the yellow tee’s with full handicap. You can play in the Swindle or at any other time during the day as long as [...]
As the poor weather continues, leading to course closures and trolley bans, BIGGA magazine have published an article on Trolley Etiquette. BIGGA, The British International Golf Greenkeepers Association, has published an interesting article on their website about Trolley Ettiquette on golf courses - which is particularly relevent at this time of wet weather [...]
The Clubhouse - Open for Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday New Clubhouse Steward Andy Wain started at West Bradford on Tuesday of this week. Andy has announced today that The Clubhouse will be open from 7.30am for breakfast on Saturday for those playing in the Saturday Competition and on from 7.30 on Sunday for [...]
Further to yesterday's post, Koro'ing the course's green's has started today. A video of the work can be seen across. The blades are cutting 30mm deep into the surface of the green and removing any thatch buildup beneath. The thatch can be seen as it is pulled up from the green and deposited [...]
The Greens will be Koro'd on Thursday. The koro-ing will start at 7.30 am and work it's way around the whole course. Koro-ing is the process of using blades to remove thatch build up from the greens. The end result is a healthier turf - as more air and water can reach the [...]
There have been a couple of alterations to the Fixture List - both end of Winter and start of Summer. With yet another wash out last Saturday, the Captain has suggested a revision to the Winter League fixtures. Saturday 23rd March will now be a 3-Person Yellow Peril, with the Individual Stableford and [...]
The Celebration of Life of former West Bradford Member Jean Umpleby has been announced. It will be at Bingley St Ives Golf Club on Wednesday 13th March at 2pm.
Members may have spotted on Social Media that we have now recovered the Snooker Table in the Members Games Room. The table bed has been renewed, a new baize has been fitted and temporary cushions have been added whilst the originals are taken away to be refurbished. We'll also be getting new snooker [...]
The work on the Men's Shower and Toilet facilities continues. The strip out of old materials looks very close to complete, an old door, behind the panels of the men's urinals has been uncovered. The door would have led into what is now the General Office. [...]