Seniors Individual Stableford September 29th 2016

Seniors Individual Stableford September 29th 2016

Due to an away match at Mold , there was 23 seniors played and due to an odd number the Kitty competition was changed from Pairs  to Individual Stableford  with five prizes to play for

1st   Dilly Jones with 32 points .  

2nd  Roy Jordan on Countback with 30 points 

3rd Phil Hughes  with 30 points

4th Stewart Poole on Countback with 29 points and in 5th place Andy Mitchell

The 2s result  it's a Double Rollover on the next available Kitty competition.

Club finals and Seniors Honours board competitions

This page will be updated as soon as I get all results from Paul Williams.
In the meantime some initial news below

Seniors Mike Copperwheat Eclectic results..
1. Bill Kelleher for the 5th year running. Well done Bill

2. Ron Roberts

3. Nigel Davies (Senior's Captain)

Steve Monk kindly provided the following report on the Seniors comps held on Finals Day.
"Saturday 17th September saw the finals of several club knockout competitions. Amongst them were the Seniors Champion Competition (singles matchplay knockout) and the Seniors Pairs Champions Competition (pairs betterball matchplay knockout). In the singles, Steve Monk was the winner by a score of 2 up against runner-up Chris Jacques. The pairs winners were Frank Rodenhurst and Tom Pearce** who triumphed by a score of 2 and 1 against runners-up Nigel Harris and Dave F Jones."

Club results:

Scratch Cup Paul Lloyd

Men’s B Ball k/o Clays Challenge Gareth Roberts

Snrs K/O Steve Monk

Gem Trophy Vaughan Tissink & Kevin Wyn Jones

Aber Rose Bowl Rachel Lee

Flick Cup Rob Brown & Paul Stevenson

Snrs B/Ball k/o Frank Rodenhurst & Tom Pearce

Aber Shield  Vaughan Tissink

Ladies B/Ball Jane Evans & Rachel Lee

Mixed Foursomes Kim Harcombe & Dave Riley

JCB Shield Gaz Davies

Seniors Yellow Ball September 27th 2016

40 members played today in a Yellow Ball competition. Results were:-

1st - Derek Lyon, Dilly Jones, Bob Brown and Colin Brown, with 139 points.

2nd - Geoff Morris, John Kelty, Peter Regan and Phil Hughes, with 132 points.

3rd - Reg Taylor, Frank Rodenhurst, Roy Jordan and Mike Hollings, with 131 points.

Today was the 80th birthday of Maelor Davies one of the Seniors longest serving members.
Nigel Davies, Seniors Captain made mention of this and a warm round of applause was given by everyone to Maelor.

Below is a photo of Maelor enjoying a "cuppa" during the announcement of the results. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAELOR.

Individual Stableford September 22nd 2016 plus photos from Malkins Bank on September 21st 2016

Results of todays Stableford in which 37 Seniors played....played over 17 holes with 2nd hole still out of action but looks like will not be long being completed.

1. Alan Roberts (19)  35 points

2. Ron Roberts  (12)  32 points

3. Don Wraight (10)  31points

4. Colin Brown (16) 30 points

5. Gary Campbell (19)  28 points

6. Tony Harcombe (15)  28 points

7. Derek Lyon (22)  28 points

There were 3 2's carded today namely Reg Taylor and Derek Lyon on the 5th and Alan Roberts on the 12th

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Some photos of Malkins Bank kindly provided by Cliff Evans below..

Individual Stableford September 22nd 2016 plus photos from Malkins Bank on September 21st 2016

Results of todays Stableford in which 37 Seniors played....

1. Alan Roberts (19)  35 points

2. Ron Roberts  (12)  32 points

3. Don Wraight (10)  31points

4. Colin Brown (16) 30 points

5. Gary Campbell (19)  28 points

6. Tony Harcombe (15)  28 points

7. Derek Lyon (22)  28 points

There were 3 2's carded today namely Reg Taylor and Derek Lyon on the 5th and Alan Roberts on the 12th

The 2nd hole still out of action but looks as if nearly being completed.

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Some photos of Malkins Bank kindly provided by Cliff Evans below..

Seniors Greensomes September 20th 2016

The event played over 17 holes with 2nd hole out of action.

Format Greensomes.....half combined handicaps subtracted from gross scores of each pair

Results:

1. Colin Brown and Peter Fraser  63.5

2. Peter Almond and Mike Goring  64

3. Russ Adamson and Roy Jones  64.5

4. Nigel Davies and Ray Jones  65.5

Photos and some videos of the day below. Good to see Bill Parry back playing...and he played well.

Bill thinking about teeing off!!

Stewart trying to bend down and tee off!!

Bill about to chip onto the 8th

Bill about to tee off on the 9th

AND below Bill driving off the 9th


On the 13th hole, our last as we started on the 14th Stewart and Bill carded an 8. Bill was unable to get out of the last bunker on that hole leaving it to Stewart to hit a splendid bunker shot onto the green for 5 only to be let down by taking 3 more shots to get down!

Wrexham Leader last article from Jim Johnson

D J Bogie September 15th 2016

Lovely day for this annual competition. Played over 17 holes as 2nd still out of action.
Results:-

Competition Result

Senior's HB - DJ Bogie

Played on Thursday, 15 September 2016 at Clays.

Competition Scratch Score:
Non-Qualifying (Men - Yellow Tees)
Non-Qualifying (Ladies - Red Tees)

Overall Position	Player	Score	Comments
1	Rodenhurst, Frank	2 up (09)	Overall Winner
2	Brown, Colin	1 up (17)	Overall Runner-Up
3	Jacques, Chris	All Sq. (08)	Overall 3rd
4	Taylor, Reg	All Sq. (14)
5	Jordan, Roy	1 down (19)
6	Kelleher, William Bill	1 down (11)

The following player(s) returned Twos or better in this competition:

Hole	Player	Score
5	Jones, M Keith	2
5	Kelleher, William Bill	2

Colin Brown and Joe White watch Russ teeing off

Seniors 9x3 9x2 stableford over 17 holes

Today the Clays Seniors team was playing away at Hawarden and result was a win for Hawarden by 6 matches to 4.  At home those members not in the team played a 9x3  9x2 stableford competition over 17 holes with the 2nd hole still being altered.
The weather today was very humid and rain threatened for most of the morning but held off till all the players came in when it then threw it down!
Results from today:-

1. Cliff Evans, Peter Lynch, Grahan Stokes and Reg Taylor  91 points

2. Rodney Evans, Maelor Davies, Roy Jordan and Mike Griffiths  87 points - on count back

3. Bob Brown, Geoff Morris, Cliff Davies and Ray Jones   87 points

Presidents Day September 10th 2016

Presidents Day

Our President Richard Key held his special day on September 10th.

Straightest Drive -Dave Talbot

Ladies nearest the pin - Christine Mathieson  

Longest Drive Mick Carnell 

Gents nearest the pin - Richard Collier

Nearest the pin on 2 shots - Gaz  Davies 

Junior Prize- David Williams

Richard making the draws

Competition Scratch Score:
69 (36pts) (Men - White Tees)
70 (37pts) (Ladies - Red Tees)

Overall Position	Player	Score	Comments	Revised Handicap
1	Williams, Mark A  Clays	41 pts (13)	Overall Winner	11.5
2	Evans, Jane M  Clays	41 pts (09)	Overall Runner-Up	8.5
3	Dare, Barry  Clays	41 pts (23)	Overall 3rd	20.7
4	Nuttall, Lakis  Clays	40 pts (16)		13.6
5	Edwards, Richard  Clays	40 pts (12)		10.1
6	Hughes, William (Bill)  Clays	38 pts (21)		19.8
7	Brown, Robert A  Clays	37 pts (16)		15.1
8	McHugh, Michael  Clays	37 pts (18)		16.6
9	Blackwell, Phillip J  Clays	37 pts (29)		28.0
10	Johnston, Brian  Clays	36 pts (13)		11.5
11	Hughes, Harold Bryn  Clays	36 pts (21)		20.3
12	Rodenhurst, Frank  Clays	36 pts (11)		9.9
13	Williams, Paul R  Clays	35 pts (09)		7.6
14	Jones, Christopher L  Clays	35 pts (17)		15.8
15	Kelleher, William Bill  Clays	35 pts (13)		12.1

Some photos of the day below, courtesy of Cliff Evans

and finally the winner Mark Williams

Seniors Helsby Open September 7th 2016

Don Wraight kindly provided some photos and indicated it was a lovely course albeit with slow greens.

Our Seniors Captain appears to have the wrong coloured shirt on??!!

Seniors Medal September 8th 2016

Overall Position	Player	Score	Comments	Revised Handicap
Division 1
1	Jacques, Chris	74 - 10 = 64	Division 1 - Winner & Lowest Gross Score	8.1
3	Williams, Malcolm	90 - 18 = 72	Division 1 - Runner-Up	18.4
4	McGrady, Tom	91 - 18 = 73	Division 1 - 3rd	17.6

Division 2
2	Harris, Nigel	92 - 20 = 72	Division 2 - Winner	19.5
6	Jarvis, Robert	95 - 21 = 74	Division 2 - Runner-Up	20.9
10	Davies, Clifford	99 - 23 = 76	Division 2 - 3rd	23.4

The following player(s) returned Twos or better in this competition:

Hole	Player	Score
5	Drake, Michael	2

Texas scramble September 6th 2016

Today's results as follows (Texas scramble) : Derek is indebted to our Captain Nigel Davies for these results AND comment on one of his shots!

1st  Joe White, Phil Morris & Irwin Elkin  58.6

2nd  Roy Jordan, Mike Drake, Nigel Davies & Malcolm Williams 59.3

3rd  Don Wraight, Ron Roberts, Mike Kalka & Brian Downes  61.0

Also, please see below a photo of where Nigel's 2nd shot on the 1st hole
ended up!

Thank goodness it was Texas Scramble!

Seniors Pairs betterball stableford September 1st 2016

Originally today was supposed to be a Greensomes but due to the numbers playing it was changed to pairs betterball stableford over 17 holes. Lovely golfing weather. Some excellent scores in view of the fact that the 2nd hole is still out of action.

Results:

1. Stewart Poole and Nigel Davies  43points

2. Dilly Jones and Nigel Harris 42 points

3. Ron Roberts and Gary Campbell  40 points

4. Andrew Mitchell and Mike Turner  39 points. Mike was the only player today with a 2...on the 5th

Photos taken on the day below.

Stewart and Nigel sorting the draw out

John Kelty on the 7th fairway having to drop away from Badger damage!

Elwyn Jones about to play his 2nd shot on the 8th

Nigel sorting out the cards before announcing the winners.......himself included!!!