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For the past week we have encountered an increase in leather jacket activity, a leather jacket is the larvae of a crane fly. Each fly can lay up to 400 eggs, they typically lay their eggs in manicured areas as they have a food source to survive the winter. October is a critical month for laying eggs and they will use aeration marks to lay their eggs into the profile of the soil. Eggs are then washed deeper into the profile from heavy rainfall. Eggs begin to hatch in December; a hard frost usually terminates thousands of eggs however we

As you are all probably aware, we will be able to open the Bar and Restaurant indoors with effect from Monday 17 May. The ‘core’ hours for the Bar and Restaurant will be as follows: Bar Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 11.30am – 6pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11.30am – 9pm Sunday 12 Noon – 6pm Restaurant Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am – 5pm Friday 10am – 7.30pm Saturday, Sunday 10am – 4pm (Sunday Lunch 12 Noon – 2.30pm) On Saturday, filled Baguettes will be available for sale at the Bar after 4pm. Subject to the Guidelines, the Coffee Machine will be available

This Thursday, 13th May, the Thursday Night Competitions will be returning. Here are a list of things you will need to know prior to Thursday. It will take place from Thursday 13th May Entry fee is £2.50 and this must be paid in the pro shop prior to playing, you will receive your card then as well. You will be playing off the yellow tees and it will be 11 holes The last tee off time will be 6pm The results for this comp: the pro shop will aim to do these on the Friday, however this will be dependent

Now that the Newbie Golf Program has started, we are looking for volunteers to help our Newbie Golfers on the course. If you would like to volunteer to help, contact Ian Runcie on 07507641325 or email patruncie@hotmail.com.

Today our Abergele seniors played in the Clwyd Shield against Prestatyn Golf Club, Rhuddlan Golf Club, and Denbigh Golf Club. Everyone had a great day taking part in the competition, despite the rainy weather! Congratulations to Neville Edeen who had the best individual score of 40 and our Chairman, Mick Norwood, who had the second-best score of 39! We also managed to retain the trophy! Thank you to all those who took part, especially our visitors. We hope that you enjoyed yourselves here at Abergele Golf Club.

Competition results for the Texas scramble 1st – 54 winning £25 voucher each Alan Ferguson Ian Cuddeford Peter Prewitt Glyn Hughes 2nd – 55.1 winning £20 voucher each Gez Roberts Nick Gibbs Graham Irving Andy Evans 3rd – 55.15 winning £15 voucher each T Clarke C Hardy T Galvin A Jones 9 hole comp winner £10 voucher Colin Jones Davies 23pts