Seniors Memorial Trophy results June 22nd 2023. Report from Mick Healey

What a magnificent day for the Senior section of Clays Golf. Don Wraight arrived early for the distribution of photos of past players, on each of the starter tees. It means a lot to some of the current players, who remember their colleagues of the past and that is what the Memorial Trophy is all about. In response to that, we must have had some sort of record today, to have 57 seniors turn up for the tally draw. Thinking caps went on and we got everybody away asap (not easy) off 3 tees into the glorious weather that persisted throughout the day. Timing was not at all bad around the course, but given the numbers, resolution of cards, collection of money and presentations, all took a little longer than usual. There was a lot of conviviality in the dining/bar area and the atmosphere was brilliant throughout. Chris Jacques (Senior Captain) conveyed his thanks to all for the turnout, held a minute's silence for past players and proceeded to present the prizes and Memorial Trophy to the eventual winner. The ballsweep was hotly contested, with no less than 5 players scoring twos: Mike Parks, Richard Collier and Fred Court on the fifth hole and Don Wraight and Stewart Poole on the twelfth hole. There were 9 prizes in total for the main event: Memorial Trophy: First and Memorial Trophy Recipient: Paul Wallace-Jones 45 points Second: Dave Palferman 43 points Third: Ian Jones 41 points Fourth: Chris Blazdell 40 points (c/b) Fifth: Ralph Hardy 40 points (c/b) Sixth: Barry Dare 39 points (c/b) Seventh: Eric Thwaites 39 points (c/b) Eighth: Ian Ketland 39 points (c/b) Ninth: Mike Hollings 38 points (c/b) Bob Brown and Bob Jarvis also carded 38 points but missed out on count back.