Captains’ welcome

Men’s Captain 2011-2012: Tony Thornley

My name is Tony Thornley and I am enjoying my year as Captain of this superb golf course.  My Vice Captaincy was also really enjoyable, all thanks to the very supportive membership of the club.

I have been a member here for over 22 years and have seen the course develop and mature to the challenging one we play today.  All credit for that must go to our dedicated longstanding Greens staff and also the guidance of our current Greens Director John Hodge.

Our course is very popular with visiting societies, many of whom come back year after year.

I hope you will want to come and join or visit us.  You can be sure of good golf on a super course and a warm and friendly welcome.  I look forward to meeting you.

Lady Captain 2011-2012: Chris Dixon

I’m Chris Dixon and am proud to be the Lady Captain of Canwick Park Golf Club for 2011.  Canwick Park is a beautiful parkland course with stunning views of Lincoln Cathedral and I have played here for around 22 years on a super course with very friendly, welcoming members.

We are a relatively small section, with only around 32 lady members. However many of us play in competitions regularly and also meet for a social game on a Tuesday morning.

The Ladies competition day is Thursday and some competitions have Saturday as an alternate day.  We have a very full fixture calendar with Medal, Stableford and Par competitions as well as an Open competition.  There are also a number of mixed Club and Open competitions which are very well supported.  Matches feature in our fixtures too with a number of Ladies friendly and Mixed friendly matches, together with a ladies league team.  There is also the opportunity to play in both Ladies and Mixed Knockout competitions.

Throughout the year the ladies are very active with various fundraising events and usually manage, with the fantastic support of club members, to raise several thousand pounds for a variety of causes.