The Captain’s Welcome to Crow Nest Park Golf Club
I am very pleased to welcome you
to the Crow
Nest Park Golf
Club web site for the 2008/09 season and to the year of my Captaincy.
We have a great club here
within a pleasant environment, and a friendly atmosphere in the club house.
Visitors are always welcome, and
I would love to meet new members to the club over the year.
It's a great honour to take on
board the Captaincy of this very special club.
This is now my sixth year as a
member, and I have seen so many changes in my time with the club.
It has been a learning curve
for me to get used to the way the club runs its administration as I have not
previously held an official position in any golf club. I do have a lot of
experience of running organisations and businesses though, and I hope to bring
all of my skills and experience to the Captaincy, and to help the club to have
a very successful year.
I am a born and bred Bradfordian
and of Indian descent, but a Yorkshireman through and through. One of my
greatest passions is for sport, although not initially for golf.
By the age of 21 I had been three
times Bradford champion
at badminton.
In 1977 I had trials for Yorkshire Cricket Club, and I played in
the Yorkshire league
for nine years. I have been on numerous cricket committees in Yorkshire and the
Humber over the years,
and have organised four international cricket tours.
In 1986 I was Bradford squash
champion, and from 1988 through to 1991 I played semi-professional squash in
the Yorkshire premier
division with some of the best players in the world.
I only took up golf as a sport in
1995, when my legs could no longer play squash, and since then I have never
looked back. I sometimes wish that I had started golf earlier and become a
better player than I am, but age catches up on everybody, and aches and pains
no longer disappear over night!
When I first joined the club I
was made to feel really welcome. The camaraderie at the club I thought was fantastic!
It didn't take me long to realise that this was a special place to be. I hope
you will feel the same excitement and belonging that I have experienced when
you visit us at the club this year.
As Captain I have three aims for
2008/09,
Firstly I want to make sure that
the club maintains and develops its social activities, with members and their
families involved in a whole variety of events and competitions.
Secondly I want to make sure that
the values of the club – good facilities and good enjoyment – are promoted to
new and existing member,
And thirdly I want to ensure
there is respect for the club and for its members, regardless of their age, sex
culture or circumstances. The common denominator has to be our love of playing
golf.
So, enjoy touring
the web site, enjoy visiting the club, and let's have a great year playing golf
together and having a good time!
Raj Panesar
Club Captain 2008/09
CAPTAIN’S EVENTS 2008/09          
The Pro-am Event – 27th June 2008
Ladies Captains Day 20th July
Captains Day 26th July
The Huddersfield and Halifax Rabbits Function – 17th
October 2008
The Annual Ball and Presentation Evening –
18th October 2008
The Family Fun Day – 19th October
2008
The Easter Sunday Fun Day – 22nd
March 2009 |
