Pairs Betterball October 3rd 2023 report via Mike Healey

Before the results from today, your committee held their monthly meeting after the golf and as usual, the minutes will be printed and posted on the noticeboard. During today's meeting, our Senior AGM (Tuesday 5th December) came under discussion and I have been asked to give you advance notice that two members of the current committee will be retiring. We are therefore looking to recruit replacements. A proposal sheet will appear well in advance of the AGM and nominations need to be made before Tuesday 7th November for any candidates who feel they can be of service to the senior membership and would be willing to fulfil one of the roles. In the meantime, feel free to discuss any of the committee positions with any of the current committee officers. Pairs Betterball - 32 senior players (perfect number) arrived for our pairs competition this morning. The weather held and warm sunny conditions were pleasant enough to play in. However, I'm sure all courses are undergoing the same process as us with ball hunting. The fallen and falling leaves added quite a few minutes to our recently well-timed competitions, with the result that some members had to go straight away after the golf. There were four prizes in total with quite a few cards requiring countback: Pairs Betterball: First: Nigel Davies and Richard Collier - 38 points Second: Chris Blazdell and Bob Brown - 37 points Third: Jon Falcus and George Hughes - 36 points (c/b) Fourth: Ernie Williams and Mike Healey - 36 points (c/b) (Alan Bottomley and Andy Mitchell) (Graham Bryne and Keith Hawthorn) - both teams had 36 points also but lost out on countback.