Report from Bob Brown on the presentation on the Captains dinner dance March 29th 2019

Thank you to Bob Brown for sending this report and photo from the Captains dinner dance on Friday 29th 2019

 The picture shows the amount of £2,000 being presented to each of the two schools nominated by the Captains at their dinner dance. Money is going towards provision of equipment for the sensory department at Y Canol, and towards the purchase of a new minibus in the case of St Christopher's. Both very worthy local causes.

In the picture from left to right are;

From Ysgol HEULFAN Y Canol, are Cerys Sebesta, and Jenny Coffin, Lady Captain Dawn Thompson, President Bob Brown, Club Captain Chris Jones, and from St Christopher's, Ian Connell

Kitty competition March 28th 2019 and match ve Mold at Clays

Glorious day for golf today with wall to wall sunshine.


In the match vs Mold Clays won 7 match to 3


Kitty competition for those not in the Match as follows:

1. Barry Dare  37 points including a 2 on the 2nd
2. Dilly Jones  36 points
3. Mick Carnell 35 points
4. Tom McGrady 35 points
5. Keith Hawthorn 35 points

Ray Mortell Trophy March 26th 2019

A lovely day for golf with sunshine and some cool winds.

51 Seniors played today and some photos/videos and results below

Frank Rodenhurst teeing of on the 16th

The Canada Geese are back on the 16th

View towards 17th fairway and pond

View towards 13th green

Cliff Davies about to play up the 7th fairway

Frank Rodenhurst teeing off the 3rd tee

RESULTS BELOW:-

1. Stewart Poole with 41 points. That included a blob on the 8th!
2. Frank Rodenhurst 39 points. Frank had a superb round only to be let down with a singlepoint on 4 holes but he did have two 2s in his round.
3. Reg Peacock 39 points
4. Mike Drake 38 points
5. Malcolm Williams 38 points. Malcolm had a 2 on the 16th! His drive was followed by an 8 iron which sent the ball straight into the hole for 5 points.
6. Mike Kalka 38 points
7. Jonathan Falcus 37 points
8. Dave A Jones 37 points

Peter Bowen ran the 2's competition and results as follows:-

Frank Rodenhurst had a 2 on the 2nd and 5th holes

Stewart Poole a 2 on the 5th

Malcolm Williams a 2 on the par 4 16th

Maelor Davies a 2 on the 5th

Don Wraight, Seniors Captain presenting the trophy to Stewart Poole

Stewart as the proud winner of the trophy





Below Alwyn Williams driving on the 5th

Below Cliff Davies driving off the 5th

Below Frank Rodenhurst driving off 3rd tee

Pairs betterball March 21st 2019

Thanks to Mike Healey for organising and submitting this report.

Seniors Pairs Betterball  -  Thursday 21^st March

Sadly, many of our senior members were at the funeral of Eifion Jenkins today and our thoughts are with the family. 33 members turned out for our Pairs Betterball competition, in what became lovely golfing conditions weatherwise. The following four pairs took prize money and the results stand as follows:

1^st  -  Tony Jackson and Irwin Elkin  -  46 points

2^nd  -  Harold Hughes and Damian Atkin   -  43 points (on countback) 

3^rd  -  Tom Pierce and  Dilly Jones  -  43 points

4^th  -  Dave Palferman and Alan Bottomley  -   42 points (on countback)

Prize money in the twos competition was split between:

Mike Turner on the Fifth hole and Alan Bottomley on the seventeenth

Bonus Ball competition at home and Hawarden Match away March 19th 2019

Thanks to Steve Monk for providing the bonus ball results and to Bob Brown for the 2s results. Don Wraight Seniors Captain provided the match result.

With 16 seniors playing an away match at Hawarden today, a further 39 turned up at Clays to play a Bonus Ball competition. 13 teams of 3 played in very good conditions for golf. Whilst the 2nd hole was closed, and the 1st, 11th and 16th holes were shortened, the remainder of the course had survived the wet conditions the day before and provided a competitive competition. Results were:

1st - Peter Taylor, Ian Ketland and Dave A Jones with a score of 142 points.

2nd - Mike Healey, Bob Brown and Mick Carnell with 137 points.

3rd - Reg Peacock, Nigel Harris and Roy Jordan with 133 points.

Mike Healey and Bob Brown also kindly organised a 2's competition, the winners being Mike Parks on the 12th and Dilly Jones on the 5th

In the match vs Hawarden Clays lost 5 1/2 to 2 1/2

No golf March 14th 2019

Because the course was closed today, The Ray Mortell Memorial Trophy, scheduled for today, will now be played for on Tuesday, 26th March (weather permitting of course!). The '9 x 3' +'9 x 2' originally planned for that day will now be cancelled.

No golf today March 12th 2019 due to course conditions and away match vs Holywell cancelled

Due to course condition Clays was closed today and away match postponed for similar reasons at Holywell.

Seniors Medal Stableford March 7th 2019

Results:

Division 1

1. Don Wraight - Seniors Captain - 38 points
2. Mike Ryan 35 points
3. Chris Jacques 34 points
4. Reg Peacock  31 points
5. Alan Bottomley 31 points

Division 2

1. Damian Atkin 38 points
2. Dilly Jones 34 points
3. Keith Hawthorn 31 points
4. Keith Jones 29 points
5. Richard Key 29 points

Texas Scramble March 5th 2019

Thank you to Steve Monk for supplying the following results

Today, 41 seniors played a Texas Scramble competition with 8 x 4-ball teams and 3 x 3-balls.

The usual handicap adjustment was made to the 3-ball teams so they could compete on level terms with the 4-balls.

Results were:

1st - Richard Key, Colin Evans, Frank Rodenhurst and Mike Kalka with a score of 52.9.

2nd - Don Wraight, Andrew Mitchell, Peter Fey and Tony Harcombe with 54.5.

3rd - Russ Adamson, Keith Hawthorn, Colin Brown and Malcolm Williams with 58.0.

Seniors events March 2019

SENIORS COMPETITIONS – MARCH 2019
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Tuesday Mar 5th	TEXAS SCRAMBLE
Thursday Mar 7th	MARCH ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Entries in advance via sheet on Notice Board
Tuesday Mar 12th	WALTZ Also MATCH vs HOLYWELL (away)
Thursday Mar 14th	RAY MORTELL MEMORIAL TROPHY	Individual Stableford Kitty Competition
Tuesday Mar 19th	BONUS BALL Also MATCH vs HAWARDEN (away)
Thursday Mar 21st	PAIRS BETTERBALL  Followed by a Committee Meeting
Tuesday Mar 26th	‘9 x 3’ plus ‘9 x 2’
Thursday Mar 28th	Match vs MOLD (home) Those not in the match, book a tee
Tuesday Apr 2nd	GREENSOMES (practice for Welsh Qualifying Round to be held in May)	Pre-selection of partners is allowed – to enable practice with your partner.
Wednesday Apr 3rd	Match vs HENLLE (away)
Thursday Apr 4th	APRIL MEDAL (Strokeplay, Men White Tees; Ladies Red)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Entries in advance via sheet on Notice Board. Also qualifies for Eclectic Comp.