ROUND 5 OF WINTER LEAGUE RESULTS FROM STUART MILES

Seniors. Round 5 of the winter league, so far so good with the weather. 41 seniors put their tallies up for the penultimate round and despite a chilly start once the sun came out it was a pleasant day, warmer outside in the end than in the clubhouse. Can we have a wipe round for some oil please. Before the results, two messages, just to reiterate what Brian Beaton said about are open, please make the effort to sign up early, it looks better if we have a good full start sheet and as I said last week, think of the prizes that can be won and the wine at Christmas. Second point from Don Wraight, Nearly St Davids day, Tuesday 4th March, to help Don with the draw can we have entries in by Friday at the latest please. Entry is through IG, again prizes and trophy to be won. Thank you. Today's Results. 1st Alan Bottomley 23 points. 10 winter league points. 2nd Ken Burgoyne 22 points c/b. 9 winter league points. 3rd Jon Fulcus 22 points c/b. 8 winter league points. 4th Chris Blazdell 21 points. 7 winter league points. 5th Paul Cheetham 20 points c/b. 6 winter league points. 6th Nigel Davies 20points c/b. 5 winter league points. 7th George Hughes 20 points c/b. 4 winter league points. 8th.Stuart MIles 20 points c/b. 3 winter league points. 9th Peter Taylor 19 points c/b. 2 winter league points. 10th Dave Palferman 19 points c/b. 1 winter league point. Well done to everyone, Nigel and Jon. I have your prize money, catch up with me next time we are at the club. Mike hopefully will have the updated league table before next Tuesday's final round. Kitty comp on Thursday is 9 x 3 and 9 x 2. Stuart

WINTER LEAGUE ROUND 1 FROM MIKE HEALY

Seniors - Only 22 members appeared for Round 1 of the Senior Winter League. I believe quite a number had their eye on the weather but although cold and breezy we got away with the conditions. Melting snow prior to the day(week) had left quite a number of holes unplayable and we played our new Winter 9 hole course to get the League going. The 9 holes off our new elevated mat tees have proved popular but members are still trying to get their heads round the different hole indices which change for the shortened course. We got there in the end and as usual the winner received 10 league points for his endeavours, reducing down to 1 point for 10th place. Given the shortened course, there was always going to be a fair amount of countback because of stableford scores being close: First - Damian Atkin (19 points) Second - Don Wraight (19 points) Third - Graham Wright (19 points) Fourth - Mick Carnell (17 points) Fifth - Alan Barnsdale (17 points) Sixth - Mike Healey (17 points) Seventh - Richard Collier (17 points) Eighth - Paul Cheetham (16 points) Ninth - Ernie Williams (15 points) Tenth - Jon Falcus (14 points).

ROUND 2 WINTER LEAGUE RESULTS FROM STUART MILES

Seniors. Round 2 of the winter league, 34 seniors put their tallies up (only 33 in the competition) despite the recent rain the course was still fine. Cold start and overcast but no rain thankfully. Thank you for marking individual cards, it made checking the scores at the end easier, especially as scores were tight, 6 people on the same score which took some working out. Thanks to Mike for double checking my arithmetic. so can we carry on with individual cards for the next rounds please. Result. 1st Steve Graham 24 points. 10 winter league points. 2nd Michael McHugh 20 points. 9 winter league points. 3rd Peter Taylor 19 points. 8 winter league points. 4th Ernie Williams 18 points c/b. 7 winter league points. 5th Chris Bladell 18 points c/b. 6 winter league points. 6th Don Wraight 18 points c/b. 5 winter league points. Tied 7th & 8th. Paul Cheetham / Richard Collier 18 points c/b. 3.5 winter league points each. 9th Eric Thwaites 18 points. 2 winter league points. 10th Paul Wallace-Jones 16 points c/b. 1 winter league point. Well done to everyone, especially the great score from Steve and Michael, the down side for these two is I'm afraid you loose shots for the next round of the competition. As agreed with the committee last year anyone scoring over par looses 1 shot for every 2 points over par. So Steve I'm afraid you loose 3 shots, Michael 1 shot. These shots are taken of your club handicap and then 95% of that. THIS IS ONLY FOR THE WINTER LEAGUE COMPETITION, your normal handicap applies to all other competitions.

TUESDAY DECMBER 12TH 2024=XMAS TIPPLE COMP

Tuesday 12th December Our Xmas Tipple will be run as a Kitty Comp and depending on numbers, the cash prizes will be allocated as per normal. If you wear a Xmas hat or jumper (just to get into the spirit of things) you will receive a bonus point on your card – with partner also in festive attire (and you will not know your partner before the draw!) – 2 bonus points on the card. Was tipple mentioned? There will be a compulsory? Winter Warmer on the Ninth Tee (whisky and brandy) – Help yourselves - but be aware that there is a prize on this hole. There will be a normal bottle of wine each for the winning pair (highest points) Additional Prizes (don’t get too excited!) Nearest Pin in 2 (Hole 9) – Mini Wine Nearest Pin (Hole 5) or Nearest Pin in 2 (Hole 18) – Mini Wine Longest Drive on (Hole 14) – Mini Wine Kitty Cash apart – you can only win one bottle prize on the day so if you hit the green put your name on the sheet no matter how far from the pin. Same with the drive if it is reasonable length. You haven’t finished – There is a complimentary mince pie in the clubhouse afterwards. Help yourselves when you BUY YOUR OWN coffee or beer! Enjoy the comp. / tipple / pies and Happy Xmas.

PUTTING COMPETITION NOVEMBER 10TH 2024 RESULTS ETC FROM MIKE HEALEY

Seniors - We have once again been thwarted on the Blue Course, still 10 members turned in for some extra indoor putting. Not golf as we know it but the alternative is Xmas shopping or tidying the house for family visits over the festive period. On today's showing, it would appear that we are a little ring rusty, as a number of 3-putts started to rear their heads (yours truly included). We interspersed a couple of the normal circuits with a reverse circuit just for fun and then insisted on a one-handed round just to be awkward. Club Vice-Captain, Paul Wallace-Jones came out on top with the best overall score, beating Richard Collier by one less putt into the second place/prize. It was all close at the top but alas only two prizes for the loops. Paul also won the long putt exercise but the "one prize only rule" was applied and runner up Barry Dare picked up the winnings. Finally, Mr Captain was pipped in the skills exercise by Barry Evans, who walked away with the cash. Sounds like Las Vegas style winnings. We never trouble HMRC but we can make £10.00 go a long way and the banter and mickey-taking more than makes up for petty cash prizes! We were joined by a couple more members for the breakfast baps with coffee and the usual banter continued until about 11.00am. My thanks go to Eric and Richard for collecting the money and paying Hayley at the end. The additional results and prizes from today's putting session have brought to a close our win statistics for 2024 (11 months) and Stuart will present the stats in his report next Tuesday at the AGM (we keep getting the plugs in!) We will send to all a copy of the AGM Agenda and also a copy of the 2023 AGM minutes sometime over the weekend. We are still hoping for a 9 hole Texas Scramble in the morning next Tuesday and the AGM will start promptly at 12noon. The proceedings will begin with a presentation of a cheque for donations from our Ken Lawrence Memorial day to Kevin Forbes, who will be representing the Royal British Legion. We are hoping to see as many seniors as possible at the club. Please add your signature to the sign-in sheet as you enter the dining area on arrival. One last thing in this report - can we all offer up a prayer to the weather gods in the hope that we at least get in a couple more rounds before 2025

KEN LAWRENCE MEMORIAL TROPHY 2024

The Ken Lawrence Memorial Trophy was initially postponed this time last year and eventually cancelled altogether because of course closure. We have more than made up for it this year. 50 tallies went into the draw at 8.45am, including a number of our newer brethren. Just to remind everybody - all competition fees for this event are donated towards the Royal British Legion for their Poppy Day Appeal. Threeballs and Fourballs went out from the regular three tees and having a dry 18 holes, at this time of year, was the icing on the cake. From a cold start, even the sun came out mid-morning and made the effort. The course was in good condition and greenstaff have worked very hard on reducing the fallen leaves, so not too many ball searches. Given the numbers, the whole competition took a little bit longer than usual but most seniors remained for the presentation. Just before the results were announced, Mr Captain asked everyone to bow their heads following armistice lines and informed all present of the recent demise of past senior member - Lew Bush. He thanked Stuart for resolving 50 cards and then announced the top 3 scores. There wasn't to be any kitty comp prize money on this occasion as we only present to the winner. A worthy mention of the runners-up though, Richard Collier and Paul Cheetham, both returning cards with 37 points each but the winner and recipient of the Ken Lawrence Memorial Trophy (and a bottle of malt whisky) was Wyn Jenkins with 38 points. Don stepped up with his camera (David Bailey style) and not only did he shoot the presentation but the whole group as well. Of course Wyn was not the only winner, as Chris our treasurer, collected and counted the money donated and so far we have reached the sum of £391.00. There is an envelope in reception for further donations if any of our members missed the golf today and it will remain there at least until next Tuesday. When we have a final sum, a checque will be presented to a RBL representative at our AGM on Tuesday 3rd December (did you spot the plug there?). The golf was good, as was the food and banter afterwards. All in all a satisfying day all round. Pairs Bettedrball on Thursday and we start the Winter League next Tuesday. See you there.

4 BALL AND 3 BALL KITTY COMPETION RESULYS 0CTOBER 29TH 2024 FROM STUART MILES

Seniors. What looked like we were going to get very wet as we arrived this morning, it all changed as the draw was taking place, rain stopped and hazy sunshine appeared. The round was completed on a very nice Autumn day. 31 turned up this morning to play Yellow ball. 4 groups of 4 balls and 5 groups of 3 balls. Result. 4 ball. (1 prize) 1st Stewart Poole. Tony Harcombe. Stuart Leyland. Mike Hollings. 122 points. 2nd Tom McGrady. Liam Roddis. Paul Wallace-Jones. Dave. A. Jones 117 points. 3 ball (2 prizes) 1st Peter Lord. LesWilliams. Barry Dare. 112 points. 2nd Colin Evans. Wyn Jenkins. Paul Cheetham. 103 points