Course closed January 31st 2019

Due to adverse weather course closed today as it was yesterday due to heavy snow. Good job the snow did not fall last Tuesday 29th

Photos below show snow in Pandy on the morning if Wednesday 30th

Course closed on January 31st and Feb 1st but it did not stop some of the Seniors turning up on January 31st for breakfast. Photo courtesy of Don Wraight.

The course will be closed February 2nd as well

Multiplier competition January 29th 2019

Thanks once again to Steve Monk for supplying the following results

Today, 32 seniors attended to play a Multiplier competition in 8 teams of 4. (At each hole, the team score is produced by multiplying together the best 2 stableford scores from amongst the 4 team members). Although the weather was dry to start with, gradually the rain came, together with bitterly cold temperatures. Nonetheless, all teams completed the 17 holes available (the 2nd being closed) and a relatively small range of scores were produced.

Results were:

1st - Don Wraight, Jon Falcus, Stewart Poole and Keith Jones with a score of 106.

2nd - Tom McGrady, Alan Pocklington, Mick Carnell and Richard Key with a score of 104.

Course closed today when should have been Bonus Ball January 24th 2019

The course was closed today due to weather conditions. Great to have emails from the Club updating members on course conditions.

Winter league round 4 January 22nd 2019

Thank you to Steve Monk for the following report

Very cold day for golf today, with some patches of frozen ground, but mainly the course was in good condition for the time of year. 3 of the holes were played on temporary greens and some also from shortened tees, but this did not hinder the competition. Only two significant periods of cold rain / snow caused problems to some players. 39 members competed in the 4th round of this year's Seniors Winter League. Results were:

1st - scoring 10 points in the league, Alan Bottomley with a score of 43 stableford points.

2nd - 9 points, Barry Dare with a score of 38.

3rd - 8 points, Dilly Jones with a score of 37.

4th - 7points, Dave A Jones with a score of 36.

5th - 6 points, Keith Hawthorn also with a score of 36 (on countback).

6th - 5 points, Ernie Williams with a score of 35.

7th - 4 points, Mike Healey also with a score of 35 (on countback).

8th - 3 points, Tom McGrady with a score of 34.

9th - 2 points, Bob Jarvis also with a score of 34 (on countback).

10th - 1 point, Nigel Harris also with a score of 34 (on countback).

Pairs betterball Stableford January 17th 2019

Thank you to Steve Monk for supplying the following report.

Bright sunshine for almost all of the morning today, so, even though the temperatures were low and ice was detectable on some of the fairways early on, another good turnout of 47 players competed in a pairs betterball stableford competition. One player partnered two different other players to enable all 47 to compete in a pairs event.

Results were:

1st - Keith Jones and Damian Atkin with 43 points.

2nd - Stuart Leyland and Dave A Jones with 41 points.

3rd - Colin Brown and Dave Palferman, also with 41 points (on countback).

4th - Stewart Poole and Dave F Jones, also with 41 points (on countback).

5th - Mike Hollings and Damian Atkin with 40 points.

Today Don Wraight, Seniors Captain presented a cheque for £315 on behalf of the Seniors to Andrew Green of the Royal British Legion.

Waltz Competition January 15th 2019

Today 56 Seniors took part. The weather as dry with temperatures around 10C with a cold biting wind especially if one was on a buggie like Derek and Stewart!

Results as follows:-

1. Frank Rodenhurst, Richard Key, Dave A, Jones and Tony Owens  86 points
2. Jon Falcus, Mike Hollings, Graham Bryne and Andrew Mitchell   81 points
3. Barry Evans, Derek Jones, Mike Carnell  and Cliff Davies  80 points
4. Ralph Hardy, Damian Atkin, Tony Jackson and Maelor Davies  77 points 

In the 2's competition results as follows

Reg Peacock on 12th  Martin Povey on 5th  Damian Atkin on 5th

Some photos and videos of the day below

Tony Harcombe in the trees to right of 18th. He had a clear view to the green and took a driver to keep it low, However his ball went into the Captains bunker,

Stew Poole and Alan Barnsdale about to take their 2nd shots on the 18th straight into the sun!

Tony Harcombe about to tee off on the 4th

Tony Harcombe about to play his 2nd shot on the 7th

Below Alan Barnsdale driving down the 4th

Below Tony Harcombe and Stewart Poole taking their 2nd shots on the 13th

Texas scramble January 10th 2019

Thank you to Steve Monk for supplying the results today and being a winner!

38 seniors played a Texas Scramble today, teams consisting of 8 x 4 balls 
and 2 x 3balls. Results were as follows:

1st - Chris Jacques, Malcolm Williams and Steve Monk with a score of 
55.6.

2nd - Don Wraight, Ernie Williams and Mike Healey, with 56.2.

3rd - Andrew Mitchell, Tony Jackson, Barry Dare and Tom Pierce with 
58.3.

Seniors Winter League round 3 January 8th 2018

46 Seniors turned out to play today. It was bitterly cold especially if you were a buggy like Stewart Poole and Derek Lyon who shared one.

The results:- Kindly supplied by Steve Monk as follows

1st, scoring 10 league points - Alan Bottomley, with 39 stableford points.

2nd, 9 league points - Mike Ryan, also with 39 (on countback).

3rd, 8 league points - Andrew Mitchell, with 38.

4th=, 7 league points - Chris Jacques, also with 38 (on countback).

4th=, 7 league points - Dave Palferman, also with an identical 38 (on countback).

6th, 5 league points - Jon Falcus, with 37.

7th, 4 league points - Mick Carnell, also with 37 (on countback).

8th, 3 league points - Harold Hughes, with 36.

9th, 2 league points - Nigel Harris, also with 36 (on countback).

10th, 1 league point - Martin Povey, with 34.

Richard Key waitin to take his 2nd shot on 14th

Stewarts follow through swing on his practice swing on 14th

Stewart addressing his ball on 14th fairway

Stewart Dilly and Richard  eyeing up their 2nd shots on 17th green

Derek Lyon was presented with this lovely surprise by Seniors Captain Don Wraight in recognition of Derek's work as Press Secretary and Seniors Blog Master. As Derek is writing this blog today he already has a large glass of the liquid medicine in a glass with lots of ice. THANK YOU TO DON AND THE SENIORS SECTION FOR THIS VERY KIND GIFT.




Below one can see Dilly driving down the 7th

Below Richard also driving down the 7th

Seniors Events/Competitions January 2019

SENIORS COMPETITIONS – JANUARY 2019
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Thursday Jan 3rd	JANUARY ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Draw is on Club Website Booking Page
Tuesday Jan 8th	WINTER LEAGUE Rnd 3
Thursday Jan 10th	TEXAS SCRAMBLE FOLLOWED BY A COMMITTEE MEETING
Tuesday Jan 15th	WALTZ
Thursday Jan 17th	PAIRS BETTERBALL
Tuesday Jan 22nd	WINTER LEAGUE Rnd 4
Thursday 24th	BONUS BALL
Tuesday Jan 29th	MULTIPLIER
Thursday Jan 31st	PAIRS BOTH SCORES TO COUNT
Tuesday Feb 5th	WINTER LEAGUE Rnd 5
Thursday Feb 7th	FEBRUARY ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Entries in advance via sheet on Notice Board

Seniors January Medal and 9 hole qualifier January 3rd 2019

In the 9 hole stableford qualifier Irwin Elkin 17 pts beat Fred Court 16 points by 1 point.

Division 1 Medal

1. Ernie Williams 40 pts
2. Tom McGrady 40 pts
3. Reg Peacock 40 pts
4. Alan Barnsdale 39 pts
5. Colin Brown 38 pts
6. Ron Roberts 38 pts
7. Dave Palferman 38 pts
8. Andrew Mitchell 37 pts
9. Don Wraight- Seniors Captain 35 pts
10. Michael Canell 35pts

Division 2 Medal

1. Malcolm Williams  41 pts
2. Mike Healey 41 pts
3. Robert Jarvis 39 pts
4. Dave A Jones 38 pts
5. Peter Bowen 38 pts
6. Harold Hughes  37 pts
7. Joe White 37 pts
8. Maelor Davies 37pts
9. Keith Jones 35 pts
10. Mike Kalka 34 pts