Abbey golf Pro Am

SUCCESS FOR BROADHURST AND ABBEY MEMBERS!

The 4 star Abbey Hotel, Golf and Spa in Redditch once again hosted a very successful Midland PGA Pro-AM on Wednesday 12th September sponsored by Carlsberg UK.

The shotgun start format saw 18 teams of four consisting of 3 amateurs and 1 leading Midland Professional compete for over £4000 worth of amateur prizes and a £2500 professional prize fund. With the course playing its full length of 6700 yards from the competition tees, the greens running fast and some strong wind, the challenge was set.

Paul Streeter, last year’s Midland PGA order of merit winner looked a good prospect having won 11 times this season on the Midland’s circuit this year with the highlight of his season being a top 20 finish in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth (earning £40,000 in this event alone) and beating a host of world class players such as Lee Westwood along the way! He could not quite take this form to The Abbey though and finished with a respectable level par 72 (tied 4^th).

Last year’s winning Professional Matt Cort from Rothley Park once again came into this event on form, with 7 victories under his belt already this season including The PGA National Assistants Championship at East Sussex National Golf Resort. Matt’s steady golf and 1 under par 71 eventually earned him 3rd place just behind Ian Wally (Shirland GC) who’s round of 70 consisted of 5 birdies and 3 bogeys.

Former Ryder Cup player and 6 time European Tour winner Paul Broadhurst, playing in this event for the 2^nd year running, had a terrible start to his round (9^th tee) running up a triple bogey 7 after hitting his first drive out-of-bounds! True class shone through in the end however and he played the remaining 17 holes in an incredible 7 under par for a winning professional score of 68 (-4), setting a new course record. In his winning speech he thanked The Abbey for hosting the event and said, “this course gets better every time I play it, the new range opening soon also looks to be a great facility and I’ll look forward to coming back next year".

The winning team with a score of -14 was Abbey club captain John Longley, club secretary David Steane and competition secretary Graham Catt with Professional Matt Cort. All enjoyed the day immensely and will look forward their two night golf break at Kenwick Park as part of their prizes.

 

Coordinator of the event – The Abbey’s Head Professional Rob Davies was delighted with the day, “I’ve had so many positive comments from the Professionals and amateurs about the course, dinner and prizes. I’m very proud we attracted such a strong field of Pro’s, this event has definitely now become a prominent fixture on the Midlands PGA circuit and next year we hope to attract even more team entries”.



Pictured left Paul Deakin from Carlsberg UK (main sponsor of the event) and on the right is the winning Professional Paul Broadhurst

 

Abbey Hotel Wedding Fayre

The Abbey Hotel hotel wedding fayre is the perfect opportunity to plan your big day,

join us for our next hotel wedding fayre on Sunday 7th October 2012 from 11.00am till 3.00pm offering free admission.

 

The hotel wedding fayre will include over 20 local exhibitors and will feature a wedding fashion show, previewing the very latest wedding fashions. A day not be missed for all brides and grooms to be!

On the day of our wedding fayre we will offer you:

• Exhibitors - Over 20 local exhibitors on the day featuring: Florists, photography, cake makers, dress makers, chair covers, hairdressers and much much more....
• Fashion Show - There will be two fashion shows on the day previewing the very latest in wedding fashion. 12.00 & 2.00pm
• View the Hotel - On the day of our wedding fayre the hotel team will be on hand to show you our wedding reception and ceremony suites, latest refurbished bedrooms, photographic locations and a sneaky peak at the stunning SPA, ideal for hen parties and pre-wedding pampering.
• Wedding Offers - On the day of our wedding fayre we will also have information on our latest wedding offers.
• Restaurant - Make a day of it at our wedding fayre with refreshments and lunch available to purchase from Tawnys or table bookings for Sunday lunch in our Bramblings Restaurant are also available, please telephone to book a table reservation.

Book your wedding on the day of our Wedding Fayre and the bride and groom will receive 6 months FREE Abbey Health Club Membership. Deposit must be paid within 14 days to qualified. To be used the 6 months prior to wedding date.

Facebook Photo Competition

With the Queen's Jubilee and the upcoming London Olympics, 2012 has certainly been a year of celebration.

So throughout the summer we asked guests to send photos of the celebrations they were holding whilst visiting the Abbey Hotel, Golf and Spa in Redditch. Whether it was a wedding, birthday, hen party, family reunion, we loved seeing them.

All the photos were loaded to our Facebook page and then the photo with the most likes would then enjoy a break away for two at the Abbey Hotel, Golf and Spa with breakfast, dinner and time to relax in our spa included.

We are pleased to announce the winner was Mr and Mrs Lightfoot who celebrated their wedding at the Abbey Hotel on 3rd August. View this adorable photo from their wedding below. The lucky winners are looking forward to enjoying their complimentary stay at the Abbey Hotel soon.



Well done!