Hello again golfers and welcome to our latest newsletter bringing you all going's on at Cheshire's friendliest Golf Club. The new season is just around the corner and there are a number of great offers in store to tell you about as well as much more news including:

• Paul wins a wet Midweek Stableford
• Have your 7 iron re-gripped for FREE
• Check out our new spring stock & offers
• Now is the time to join Hartford with these unbeatable deals
• Captain Sandra is top in the ladies challenge
• Photo of the week
• Upcoming events
  

Midweek Stableford

The weather played its part in making it a quiet Midweek Stableford last Wednesday, Paul Foster had a good round considering the poor conditions as he scored 35 points including a strong back nine of 19 points.

In second place was Sarah Walker who scored a very respectable 31 points as she claimed her second runners up spot of the winter, Justin Hyam finished in 3rd place with 27 points.

The weather seems to be improving at last and as luck would have it, this weekend we have two competitions coming up as we play the February Stableford on Saturday and the last round of the Winter League on Sunday, both starting at 11am.

Have a FREE new Golf Pride grip on us!

Now that the new golf season is approaching we have a number of great offers in store, if you are happy with your clubs for this year, how do the grips look and feel?

Chances are they've not been changed for a while (if ever) and when a grip is worn it becomes shiny and hard meaning that you have to grip the club tighter which brings tension into your swing, that's not a good recipe at all to play your best golf.

To see the difference a new grip can make, we will put a FREE Golf Pride grip on your 7 iron whilst you wait, it's not just any old grip either! It's an ALIGN multi-compound grip which normally retails at £11.99 and is one of the best on the market, the ALIGN reminder down the back of the grip promotes correct hand placement when you hold the club.

Remember that the grip is your only contact with the club when you play a shot and having the correct grip style and size to suit your hands is essential to playing your best golf, you don't get many things for free nowadays so call in now to have your 7 iron re-gripped for free before we run out!

New spring arrivals and offers

The free 7 iron re-gripping offer is not the only reason to visit us, we've got lots of new stock arriving and plenty of our other great offers:

• TaylorMade M3 and M4 ranges now in stock, have you tried the hot new 'twist face' drivers yet?
• TaylorMade TP5 balls - buy 4 pay for 3 dozen offer, also with FREE personalisation, works out at just £30 a dozen with your name on!
• Callaway Rogue range in store, have you gone Rogue yet? The drivers & fairway woods have already been flying off the shelves
  

• New FootJoy spring clothing has landed and it oozes quality and style at a reasonable price
• All of our Nike clothing must go! We have a great 3 for 2 offer on all Nike tops and trousers in store, you can kit yourself out for the summer and save a fortune
• We've added extra shoes to our sale area, such as FootJoy DNA were £149 down to £89 and adidas Traxion BOA at just £59 from £89 and all available in popular sizes too.

Also look out soon for the return of our famous bag trade in offer beginning on 1st March, we're also very excited to be stocking Ecco men's and ladies shoes for the first time this year and they are due to arrive in store on 1st April alongside the latest Under Armour shoes including the new Jordan Spieth shoe.

Make your mum smile this Mother's Day

It's great to give something back to our parents and that is exactly why Mother's Day is such a special occasion. Leading up to the day - it's on Sunday, 11 March for those of you wondering - we are giving you the chance to purchase a Garmin Approach X40 GPS band for just £159.99, saving you £60.

3 clubs and a putter

The ladies mixed things up a bit last Thursday as they played a 3 clubs and a putter nine hole challenge, the scoring was good considering the limited number of clubs and the format certainly suited Lady Captain Sandra Peake who scored a very worthy winning score of 17 points including an excellent par on the tricky second hole.

Kath Hough used her trusty 5 wood to good effect in scoring 15 points in second place and well done to Annie Rowlands who finished in 3rd place and scored a brilliant birdie two on the 7th hole.

The next ladies competition is this Thursday as they play a nine hole Stableford starting at 9:24am.

Keep your suggestions coming in please for any ladies clothing brands you would like to see stocked in the shop this Summer, we want to freshen the ladies area up in the near future and make it better than ever so your feedback is vital in helping us stock the right brands.

Click here to give us your suggestions.

Photo of the week

Considering the wet weather we've had over the winter the golf course is in fantastic condition, especially the greens and last week they were aerated before being hand cut which meant that they ran especially true, and anyone that has played the course recently will know that they are a pleasure to play on at the moment.

Here is Head Greenkeepers Dave's photo of the 3rd green whilst he was aerating it. You can follow the greenkeeping teams work and updates on the course condition at www.facebook.com/hartfordgreens.