WINTER LEAGUE ROUND 2 RESULTS

Seniors, good afternoon. Well after a cool start to the day it turned into a pleasant morning, a bit wet underfoot but we are still playing even though it's the reduced course of 13 holes. Round two of the winter league and 37 seniors put their tallies up. some good scores with 5 tying on the same scores for the lower points. Thanks to Don for helping me sort the cards and count backs out. Result. ( I Will get it in the right order this week.) 1st Stephen Graham 27 points. 2nd Paul Wallace-Jones 26 points c/b. 3rd Peter Lord 26 points c/b. 4th Bob Jarvis 25 points. 5th Mike Healey 24 points. 6th Geof Millington 23 points c/b. 7th Ernie Williams 23 points c/b. 8th George Hughes 23 points c/b. 9th Graham Wright 23 points c/b. 10th Peter Fraser 23 points c/b. That's the winter league for this year round three will be on the 13th January 2026. A couple of reminders, next Tuesday is the AGM, can you please make the effort to attend, the AGM will take place straight after the Texas Scramble in the morning which will be a normal tally draw so usual time in the morning please. A week Thursday is the December Medal please sign up on IG and finally Thursday the 11th is the Christmas Party with a Texas Scramble in the morning. Can you please sign up on IG for this, Don will extract the names and make a draw of the teams. Thank you, see you this THursday for Kitty Comp which is PInehurst, Mike will explain the rules Thursday morning.

PINE HURST RESULTS

Seniors - Pinehurst is the name of the game. It is a hybrid game somewhere between Greensomes and a Texas Scramble. The rules were sent out in advance by e-mail and re-inforced as the draw was being made. 20 members made numbers perfect for the pairing and 10 x two man teams went about their business. Although a little sticky under foot, the weather held and all came in dry, if not warmer than setting out. The cards and scores were handed in and combined handicaps issued before the results were calculated and read out. After some countback, there were three prizes distributed in total; Pinehurst Results: First: Alan Barnsdale and Peter Taylor (57 - 16 = 41) Second: Andy Mitchell and Peter Fraser (60 - 17= 43) (c/b) Third: Chris Roseblade and John Kelty (66 - 23 = 43) (c/b) A quick reminder that next Tuesday 2nd December is down for a 9/10 hole Texas Scramble immediately followed by the Senior AGM. It would be good to get numbers up for election of officers and the installation of your new Captain for the next two years. Thursday is our December medal. See you all next week. Mike

Seniors - Pinehurst is the name of the game. It is a hybrid game somewhere between Greensomes and a Texas Scramble. The rules were sent out in advance by e-mail and re-inforced as the draw was being made. 20 members made numbers perfect for the pairing and 10 x two man teams went about their business. Although a little sticky under foot, the weather held and all came in dry, if not warmer than setting out. The cards and scores were handed in and combined handicaps issued before the results were calculated and read out. After some countback, there were three prizes distributed in total; Pinehurst Results: First: Alan Barnsdale and Peter Taylor (57 - 16 = 41) Second: Andy Mitchell and Peter Fraser (60 - 17= 43) (c/b) Third: Chris Roseblade and John Kelty (66 - 23 = 43) (c/b) A quick reminder that next Tuesday 2nd December is down for a 9/10 hole Texas Scramble immediately followed by the Senior AGM. It would be good to get numbers up for election of officers and the installation of your new Captain for the next two years. Thursday is our December medal. See you all next week. Mike

KITTY COMPETION 3 BALL BEST 2 SCORES TO COUNT RESULTS VIA STUART

Sent: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 at 17:32 Subject: Tuesday Kitty Comp. Good afternoon Seniors. Committee day so pairs better ball was scheduled with committee members out first, but with numbers as they were, good turn out again, 41 it was changed to 3 balls with best 2 scores to count, Don and the Captain volunteered to go out first and have their own individual knock. Weather and course still holding up and still warmish, shorts and tee shirts still on show. Thanks again to Steve Monk who collected the money, sorted the cards and dished the prize money out. No further notes so results as follows. 1st AlanBottomley, Chris Roseblade, Irwin Elkin 85 points. 2nd Andy Mitchell, Ernie Williams, Richard Collier 81 points c/b. 3rd Wyn Jenkins, Ken Burgoyne, Paul Wallace-Jones 81 points c/b. Bonus Ball Thursday. Stuart.

YELLOW BALL KITTY COMPETITION

Seniors - One of my earlier reports. 35 members threw their tallies in this morning for a Yellow Ball kitty comp. We went out in fourballs so the first group employed a Ghost score. The weather held although one or two spots of rain attempted to descend towards the end of the round. The wormcasts were prominent and for those of us with trollies, the mud build-up was not great, however, the greens were once again magnificent. Mr Captain offered a bonus score of two points for any team who retained all four Yellow balls per card (no fewer than six cards recorded an extra two points - well done guys). Scores were close and countback was required between a couple of cards - read on for final results: Yellow Ball Results: First: Stewart Poole, Mick McHugh, Tom Blackshaw and Les Williams - 158 + 2 = 160 points Second: Geoff Millington, Tony Harcombe, Coiln Brown and Paul Cheetham - 154 + 2 = 156 points Third: Barry Evans, Stuart Leyland, Tony Vesty and Peter Fraser - 149 +2 = 151 points (c/b)

1ST ROUND OF WINTER LEAGUE RESULTS FROM STUART

Seniors, good afternoon. Well today was the first round of the Winter League and conditions were a bit wintry, a touch of frost on the car and chilly first thing, but once warmed up a bit a pleasant day, no rain thank goodness. The course is a bit wet in places but the greens are fine and still running well, at least we were out. Usual rules for the winter League first 10 get points, with six people getting prize money today. Scores where close with count backs needed for 10th to 4th place. 10th Mick Mchugh 29 points c/b. 1 point. 9th Stuart Miles 29 points c/b. 2 points. 8th Peter Thomas 30 points c/b. 3 points. 7th John Kelty 30 points c/b. 4 points. 6th Neil Gledhill 30 points c/b. 5 points. 5th Mike Heally 32 points c/b. 6 points. 4th John Maxted 32 points c/b. 7 points. 3rd Peter Lord 33 points. 8 points. 2nd Stephen Graham 36 points. 9 points. 1st Richard Collier 37 points. 10 points. Sorry, order the wrong way around, but I'm not typing it out again, you get the gist. Next round 25th November, a week today. Just a reminder Thursday is the Ken Lawrence Trophy postponed from last week, so please make the effort to enter. Normal tally draw so usual time please, not a kitty comp but those who have not donated please bring your donations along, thank you.

2026 SUBS REMINDER

It is approaching that time of year to pay the 2026 Seniors subs if you wish to continue your membership. The subscription will remain at £5 and everyone who pays their subs by 30th November will be entered into a draw to win a bottle of Malt Whisky. This year I am asking for payment to be made by BACS as it simplifies the process of having to juggle cash. However, should you wish to pay by cash please put it in an envelope addressed to me with your name and tally number and leave it in reception or give to me directly. When paying by BACS please remember to put your name and Tally Number as a reference so I know who the money is from. Details for paying by BACS are: Bank: Nat West Account Name: Clays Golf Club - Seniors Account Number: 32236328 Sort Code: 55-81-42 If you do not intend to rejoin the seniors again next year, please be kind enough to send me a short note advising of this in reply to this email (please just reply to me rather than 'reply all'). Kind regards, Chris

INFORMATION ABOUT WINTER TURKEY TROTS 2025

Hi Derek, Our Winter Turkey Trots kick off this coming Saturday, November 8th, with a team competition for 3 or 4 players - the Cha, Cha, Cha! To find out more and to see all of our upcoming TT competitions and their formats please login to the IG members app and click on 'Competitions'. For our new members, Turkey Trots are a series of fun competitions played individually or in teams. The prize for each competition - supermarket vouchers, whiskey or wine! To enter simply book your tee times as normal and pay on the day of the competition at the Golf Reception. Best regards, Clays Golf Team

INFORMATION ABOUT KEN LAWRENCE MEMORIAL TROPHY ON NOVEMBER 11TH 2025

Good morning Seniors, yes I did say good morning, as when we did arrive at the club this morning once getting through an accident, broken down car and road works outside JCB it was still pouring with rain. To cap it all the roadworks were caused by JCB having their power supply upgraded, which in turn meant there was no supply to the clubhouse so no consultation of even a coffee, Scottish Power had failed to provide the temporary power that was promised, Gemma was last seen giving some poor guy a ear bashing, poor guy did apologise to us for the slow progress in getting power on, not helped by Mitch telling him his mother said there would be days like this, I last saw the guy talking to his guys, and in time honoured tradition probably passing the ear bashing down the line. Mark also informed us that despite the best efforts of clearing the leaves the day before they had all come back and the greens were covered again. So still not let up in the rain most of us decided to wimp out and the prospect of tea and read of the paper looked more inviting, although as some more guys eventually appeared 8 hardy souls did venture out for a game amongst themselves, some deeming a good soaking was better than the prospect of being dragged shopping, hope the power is on when they get back to enable them to have a coffee. Anyway, enough of my ramblings, an important item, next Tuesday, 11th November is the Ken Lawrence memorial trophy, an important day in our calendar. Can you please sign up on IG, it will be a normal tally draw, SO CAN YOU PLEASE ARRIVE BEFORE the 8.45 draw. Competition will be stableford 95% handicap of whichever tees the green staff tell us to use that day. It won't be a kitty com, just playing for the trophy and a bottle if we can find one in the back of the cupboard, BUT we ask for a donation to a worthy cause, The Royal British Legion poppy appeal, I will collect the money on the day. Thank you in advance. Stuart.

PAIRS BETTER BALL RESULTS

Seniors - I begin the report with a big thank you once again to Steve Monk for resolving the cards at the end, while committee conducted their final meeting of 2025, barring the forthcoming AGM. You will all be reminded of the competition before the AGM, timing and format for voting in committee (2026). Today - a perfect number for the draw this morning. 32 tallies went up for our Pairs Betterball which was a change from the originally advertised Both to Count. The weather was always coming in and the format made proceedure a little bit quicker. I believe nearly all of the groups avoided the early afternoon rain. There were four prizes in total with a fair amount of countback for fourth place - four cards all on 39 points and all with reasonable back nines. Read on for final results: Pairs Betterball Results: First: Steve Graham and Mick Carnell - 46 points Second: Dave Palferman and Peter Lord - 42 points Third: Steve Williams and Steve Monk - 40 points Fourth: Chris Blazdell and Malcolm Williams - 39 points (c/b)

XMAS LUNCH 2025

Dear Seniors, This year has flown by and it's nearly that time of year to get together to celebrate another year of golf, friendship and of course Christmas. This year's Christmas party will be held on Thursday 11th December with food being served at 2.00pm. Please arrive earlier, but latest 1.30pm, if you wish to enjoy a drink from the bar beforehand. Cost for the lunch this year remains at £20, which includes a 2-course meal and wine. Please let me know when paying for your place, if you require an alternative to the turkey Christmas dinner (e.g. Vegetarian, Vegan, Specific Allergy, etc) and Hayley will do her best to accommodate you. As usual, there will be a £5 collection for Hayley and another £5 for the ground staff in appreciation of their hard work over the year. Therefore, the total cost for the lunch including collections is £30. A sign-up sheet for the Christmas party will be posted by the notice board from mid-November in the form of a table plan, so put your name on the table you wish to sit at. Please sign up ASAP as it is important for us to know numbers for catering purposes. The cut-off date will be 30th November, and numbers will be restricted to 72 due to the available safe seating upstairs in the clubhouse, so book early to reserve your place. If there are spaces available after the 30th November, guests can be invited at a cost of £30. There will also be a quiz with prizes for the winners! On the morning of the Christmas party there will be a Texas Scramble competition, with prizes, so if you wish to play, please sign up ASAP. The sheet will be on the notice board next to the Christmas Party information from the same date. This year I am asking for payment to be made by BACS as it will simplify the whole process of having to handle large amounts of cash. If you are unable to pay by BACS, then please speak to me directly. Can you please pay as soon as you have signed up for the Christmas party, as seats will not be secured until full payment has been received. The total amount will be £30 (£20 for the meal and £10 for the two collections). When paying please remember to put your Name and Tally Number as a reference so I know who the money is from. Details for paying by BACS are: Bank: Nat West Account Name: Clays Golf Club - Seniors Account Number: 32236328 Sort Code: 55-81-42 The committee look forward to welcoming you on the 11th of December for another enjoyable celebration. Best Wishes, Chris

LLANDRIDNOD WELLS MATCH NEWS

Seniors - yet a third report from yesterday. Tony Vesty and John Maxted were sent on their way to Llandrindod Wells for the revised Welsh Greensomes Final. The original date had to be postponed because of a water-logged course. They travelled down a second time and were paired against a couple from Tenby. Tony informs me that they started well over the first four holes but the weather became increasingly inclement and their playing partners, after five holes declared that there was no way that they would stay out any longer. The weather was a complete washout, they were soaked and cold through to the bone and waterproofs only seemed to delay the soaking rather than prevent it. Without another pairing to mark their card, Tony and John were obliged to call it a day also. I dare say there would be other pairings walking in as well. A result was obtained but the best score was only 31 points, so who knows if they might possibly have been able to carry on. The morning had been similar to ours in Wrexham, when the ladies competition managed to both start early and finished without weather disruption. It was the dreaded afternoon rain that spoilt proceedings for everybody. I offered both Tony and John my commiserations on their two journeys down there but I know they will be chomping at the bit to play Greensomes next year. Mike

MESSAGE FROM MIKE SENIORS CAPTAIN

Seniors - I am on my run-in to the end of my tenure as your leader and have to say, still thoroughly enjoying the support and camaraderie it entails, especially around matches. I missed the home game against Wrexham a fortnight ago but made up for it today at their place. When I say made up for it - Paul Wallace-Jones and myself won our game alongside Peter Fraser and Reg Peacock. Another two pairs secured halves for Clays but alas we went down overall by 3 games to 7 - Well done Wrexham! The atmosphere was superb throughout, games were certainly close and our hosts could not have been more generous. The course played well, the greens had been fine-tyned but were superb to play on and we all came in to a plate of chilli, rice and chips. Their hospitality was second to none. The only downside was a wicked squall round about 1.15pm when a cloudburst just soaked everybody. Continuous rain thereafter literally put a damper on proceedings. Just to cheer us up - Paul Cheetham won nearest the Pin and both Reg and Peter won a bottle of wine for the best score from the away team. It is all the more sad that the Senior match season has come to an end for 2025 but rest assured that Malcolm Williams has already put the 2026 calendar together and it will appear on the board soon to book your dates. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Malcolm and Tom Pierce for their organisation throughout the year, co-ordinating fixtures, selection of teams, collection of match fees and organising all the prizes. I hope to be able to play on the team next year as a normal player (if selected that is?) See you all next week. Mike

REVISED WELSH GREESOMES FINAL

Seniors - yet a third report from yesterday. Tony Vesty and John Maxted were sent on their way to Llandrindod Wells for the revised Welsh Greensomes Final. The original date had to be postponed because of a water-logged course. They travelled down a second time and were paired against a couple from Tenby. Tony informs me that they started well over the first four holes but the weather became increasingly inclement and their playing partners, after five holes declared that there was no way that they would stay out any longer. The weather was a complete washout, they were soaked and cold through to the bone and waterproofs only seemed to delay the soaking rather than prevent it. Without another pairing to mark their card, Tony and John were obliged to call it a day also. I dare say there would be other pairings walking in as well. A result was obtained but the best score was only 31 points, so who knows if they might possibly have been able to carry on. The morning had been similar to ours in Wrexham, when the ladies competition managed to both start early and finished without weather disruption. It was the dreaded afternoon rain that spoilt proceedings for everybody. I offered both Tony and John my commiserations on their two journeys down there but I know they will be chomping at the bit to play Greensomes next year. Mike

KITTY COMPETION VIA DON WRAIGHT

Report Number Two - I thank Don for organising the kitty comp at Clays this morning and this is his report: 10 seniors turned up for the Senior kitty comp. With a non-permeable number, we decided on an individual stableford - 2 x 3 balls and 1 x 4 ball. Some managed to get round before a hefty shower hit the final holes, otherwise a pleasantmorning. Greens were being treated with a fine fertiliser. First: Don Wraight 34 points Second: John Kelty 31 points Third: Alan Barnsdale 29 points