About us at Rishton Golf Club
ELGA Gents and Mixed Fixtures
OCTOBER
Wednesday 1st Pleasington – Gents Winter Open Fourball
Saturday 4th Great Harwood – Open Mixed Greensome
Sunday 5th Bacup – Open Mixed
Baxenden – Open Fourball
Green Haworth – Autumn Open Singles
Saturday 11th Lobden – Open
Sunday 12th Lobden – Open
Towneley – Open Mixed
Thursday 16th
Saturday 18th Great Harwood – Open
Wednesday 22nd E L G A Fixtures Meeting at Whalley
Wednesday 29th Pleasington – Winter Open Fourball
NOVEMBER
Saturday 1st Wilpshire – Invitation Hampers
Sunday 2nd
Sunday 9th Rishton – Open Singles
Wilpshire Invitation Hampers
Saturday 15th Darwen – Open
Sunday 16th
Baxenden – Open Mixed
Sunday 23rd Bacup – Open
Rishton – Open Mixed
DECEMBER
Sunday 7th
Green
Here at Rishton Golf Club we used to have a lovely little nine hole golf course until 1982 when Motorway Construction decided that they would take the shortest route from Blackburn to Burnley, Nelson & Colne.
They decided that they would use our 8th fairway as a guide and cut right through the middle of it leaving our 7th green and ninth tee a motorway width apart - not good for the members or the business in the clubhouse.
Along came the Alliss Thomas partnership and created us a couple of new holes which at first were like playing to a concrete green and it your ball landed on the green would finish about 30 metres past. Eventually over all those years the greens have been lovingly treated by our greens staff and are now some of the best greens in Lancashire.
In the clubhouse we have Maggie together with Joan who helps with the cooking and Sam works the bar when Maggie is not in.
Maggie puts on some good food ranging from a sandwich to catering for a wedding reception and lots of Christenings and she always tries to tailor the presentation to suit the occasion.
She does some good wholesome meals for the Seniors Section on their home matches and her dumplings are to die for.
We have several private social functions ranging from Christenings, birthday parties, wedding receptions, evening wedding parties, wedding anniversaries and funeral receptions.
Out on the course we have Kevin who is our Head Greenkeeper and his part time assistant Tim together with Alan who is a full time voluntary assistant (some say he must be mad but we love him) who we appreciate very much.
The course is always kept in tip top condition and all the three above take a lot of pride in their work out on the course and with all the other jobs that they do around the place.
In charge of things at the club we have our Hon. Secretary Frank Galpin who has not been in the job very long but does a damn fine job at keeping the directors in check and answering most of the mail.
Our Captain Ian Barlow and President Tony Duckett also do a good job heading the club - if Tony doesn't forget!!
Jim Loynd runs the competitions & handicaps very well and if Jim says lt's Saturday it's Saturday and you don't argue.
The Social section is run by Robert Hutchinson who organises some brilliant artistes and disco to put on a very enjoyable night for everyone attending whether members or visitors.
The Greens Committee is headed by Paul Murphy who gets deeply involved in the running of the course- the only thing is he keeps asking for things like grass cutting machinery etc. He asks for these at our annual greens meetings.
Paul also runs the bar for this year and keeps tabs on everything that goes on in an effort to make sure that things run smoothly. Paul also organises the bar rota for the directors to man the bar in the evenings.
Gary Love is our Junior Organiser assisted by Paul Smith and Tim Grimshaw who all try to keep the juniors in hand by organising competitions and other events to keep them out of trouble.
The new members is the responsibility of Tim Grimshaw and Jim Hargreaves.
Finally the finance is run by the "Prophet of Doom" Colin Yates helped by our Captain Ian Barlow, due to him being away on holiday so much.
We have a good Seniors section headed by Peter Ryan and helped by his seniors treasurer John Starkie.
The Ladies section whilst being only small is run by our Lady Captain Mrs Ann Piell & Margaret Syme, as Ladies Secretary, and we do not have a Lady President for the third year but we are always looking to recruit new lady members to enter all the competitions both home and away at other clubs.