Photo from Florida via Rodders

     From the left it's Mike, Nigel and Don, already kitted out ready for a dare devil
   flight, which they survived, in an open canopied bi plane circa 1930, at Flights 
   of Fantasy in Florida. 

Week ending March 3rd 2012

     Tuesday February 28th St. Davids Day Competition.
      This was a new event and a Past Seniors Captain Roy Jones sponsored the trophy for the event
      Some 51 Seniors competed in the individual Stableford Competition
      The winner was John Kelty with 42 points followed in second place by Peter Fraser with 40pts

      Afterwards Colin Brown presented the new trophy to John along with £5 each to seven players who
      had 2's. John Kelty was included in those seven. The weather for the day was very warm and playing
      conditions good. Some photos of the day below starting with John and his trophy

                                     Above John receiving Trophy from Roy along with Colin.
                    Below Geoff Morris on the 11th fairway after taking his 2nd shot to the green

        

      Senior Medal March 1st 2012
      Division One
       1. Larry Birch 82-17-65
       2. Don Wraight 77-11-66
       3. Bill Kelleher  80-11-69

      Divison Two
       1. Geoff Morris  88-21-67
       2.  Peter Fey  88-20-68
       3. Peter Fraser 90-19-71

Week ending February 25th 2012

    Tuesday February 21st Pairs betterball Stableford

        1. Mike Carding and Graham Stokes  50pts

        2. Nigel Moore and Ernie Williams  48pts

        3. Roy Jones and Peter Lynch 47pts

        4. Maelor Davies and Derek Lyon 46pts

      Thursday February 23^rd Seniors Stableford team competition/teams of 3. Format was best score for 1^st 6 holes plus best 2 scores from 2^nd 6 holes followed by all scores from last 6 holes. As you can see the 

      geese are back

1.  Ernie Williams, Peter Fey and Peter Fraser 87pts
2. Keith Jones, Steve Monk and Joe White 78pts
3. Bill Hughes, Steve Monk and Joe White 78pts
4. Stewart Poole, Frank Carroll and Harold Hughes 74pts
5. Tony Jackson, Maelor Davies and Ray Martin 72pts

   The weather for the competition on Feb 23rd was superb, warm and sunny. Some photos of the course 
    and the geese- above,  can be seen below.It can also be seen from the tally board that a large number of Seniors
    turned out, in fact some 54

 
            Lou Bush below on the 11th fairway. Above Rodders enjoying the sunshine when applying footware

                  

    

Week ending February 18th 2012

    YELLOW BALL COMPETITION  FEBRUARY 14TH
    1 ST TONY HARCOMBE, EIFION JENKINS, MIKE HOLLINGS & DEN MURPHY 173 PTS.
    2 ND MAELOR DAVIES, BARRY DARE, IRWIN ELKIN & JOE WHITE 171 PTS.
    3 RD STEWART POOLE, NOEL JONES, RICHARD KEY HAROLD HUGHES. 167. PTS.

   February 16th Stableford best 2 scores from teams of4 with some 46 players competing

    1. Peter Lynch, John Kelty, Ray Jones and Phil Hughes 93pts
    2. Ray Martin, Tom Mara and Brian Jones  92pts
    3. Graham Stokes, Tony Owens, Barry Dare and Peter Fraser 90pts

 

   Today several notable events. Peter Lynch off a 19 handicap had a hole in one at the par 3second

   hole. Peter used a 7 iron to record the 2nd ace of his golfing career. Brian Jones had an eagle 

   2 at the par 4 7th hole using a driver followed by a 3 wood into the cup. Well done to both 

   members. The weather today was superb for the time of the year. Long may it last although I

   doubt it will !!

   Picture below of Peter to record his ace

     

Clay Seniors events February 2012

  

Clays Seniors events February 2012

Date	Event	Comments
Tuesday February 7th	Mexican Texas Scramble
Thursday February 9th	Stableford Pairs/both scores count
Tuesday February 14th	Yellow Ball
Thursday February 16th	Best 2 scores of 3 stableford
Tuesday February 21st	Individual Stableford
Thursday February 23rd	Pairs Betterball Stableford
Tuesday February 28th	St. David’s Day	Format TBA
Thursday March 1st	Medal	Pay in shop

Week ending February 11th 2012

    

                             Tuesday February 7^th

            Seniors Mexican Texas scramble

1.       Reg Taylor, Tony Owens, Maelor Davies and Harold Hughes  61.7

2.       Stewart Poole, Noel Jones, Brian Mercer and Tony Harcombe  62.5

3.       Malcolm Williams, Bill Parry and Mike Hollins  62.6


 

Thursday February 9^th Seniors Stableford/Teams of 3 with best 2 scores combined

1.       Andrew Mitchell, John Kelty and Tony Owens  82pts

2.       Stewart Poole, Peter Almond and Fred Court 82pts