27 September, 2011

Week ending October 1st 2011


Seniors Individual Stableford. Some 30 players took part as other played in a match at home

  1. Larry Birch 40pts
  2. Dave Talbot 39pts
  3. Tony Jackson 38pts
  4. Mike Turner 36pts

Seniors Individual Stableford competition Thursday Sept 29th
1.       Reg Taylor  42pts
2.       Mike Turner  41pts
3.       Peter Fraser   40pts




20 September, 2011

Week ending September 24th 2011




Invitation Day Saturday September 24th

Format Betterball pairs off 3/4 handicap. 2's recorded by Stewart Poole/Gary Hart, Shaun Benson/Steve Custaldo, John Morris/Martin Davies, Mick Carnell/John Selwood and Captain Reg Peacock/Martin  Coy

The actual competition winners were as follows:
1. Mick Carnell and John Selwood  44pts

2. Lady Vice-Captain Annie Lee and Malcolm Edwards 43pts

3. Shaun Benson and Steve Custaldo 42pts




Thursday September 22nd Clays Seniors vs Chirk Seniors away match. Chirk won by 4.5 matches to 3.5 matches. Some photos of the day below kindly supplied by John Hughes.














Golf result for Thursday 22nd September 2011. Stableford, best two scores out of three.
1st Peter Fey, Cliff Davies and Tom McGrady 79 points
2nd Andrew Mitchell, Peter Almond and Reg Taylor 78 points
3rd Joe White, Bill Duncan and Larry Birch 75 points



Tuesday September 20th Individual Stableford
  1. John Hughes on count back 36pts
  2. Stewart Poole 36pts
  3. Larry Birch 35pts
  4. Joe White 33pts
Some photos taken by John Hughes of the competition on September 20th can be seen below

19 September, 2011

Clays Finals weekend 2011 Sept 17th/18th


The weekend saw the finals of all the Clays Knock-out competitions. The course was in superb condition thanks to the Greenstaff

In the Scratch Cup Paul Fell beat Josh Green on the Saturday and he went on to triumph on the Sunday in the Challenge Cup beating Dave Parry

Noel Popplewell beat Bill Kelleher in the JCB trophy and Neil Lloyd-Richards finally overcame an extremely strong challenge from Junior Jack Roycroft to win on the 19th

In the Seniors Championship Dave Lambert beat Colin Brown in the singles.

The Junior Matchplay champion was Bradley Edge who beat Jamie Lee.

The Ladies Aber Rose Bowl final was won by Pauline Peacock who beat Lady Vice-Captain Annie Lee.

In the better-ball competitions  Jane Bell and Lady Captain Diane Dare beat Kim Harcombe and Sheila Roscoe and Mike Jones and Rob Brown eventually overcame Steve and Wyn Williams on the 19th

Ray Martin and Nigel Moore triumphed yet again in the Seniors Pairs Final beating Tony Jackson and Don Wraight

In the foursomes Gem Trophy on the Sunday Jack Roycroft and Josh Green beat Paul Williams and Martin Jones

In the mixed foursomes Annie and Jimmy Lee beat Jane Bell and Dave Riley

On the Saturday prior to the finals a shot gun stableford was held for those players not competing in finals that day. Results as follows:-
  1. Jonathan Falcus 39pts
  2. Steve L. Williams 38pts
  3. Ron Roberts 37pts

Some photos of the weekend below which were kindly taken and provided by Geraint Jenkins



15 September, 2011

Week ending September 17th 2011

Tuesday Sept 13th Seniors Stableford. Played under very blustery conditions!!
1.       Bill Duncan 33pts on countback
2.       Den Murphy 33pts
3.       Fred Court 31pts

Thursday Sept 15th Seniors Texas Scramble
1.       Fred Court, Irwin Elkin, Bob Jervis and Mike Carding 54.3
2.       Harold Hughes, Nick Evans, Peter Fey and Joe White 59.9
3.       Brian Downes, Neil Sanger, Frank Harrington and Reg Taylor 60.1

12 September, 2011

Irwins tree shot

Captains Charity Day September 10th 2011

 
On Saturday 10th September the Clays Captains Charity Day competition took place. This was a pairs betterball competition off three quarters handicap with a separate par 3 competition where both scores counted.
Nearest the pin on the fifth was Jack Roycroft.
Winners of the par 3 competion prize were Lawrence Highton and Rob Brown with 14 points.
In the main competition there was a consolation prize for the 'strongest' pairing from Llangollen who held up the rest of the field. Winners of the competition, with 45 points, were Bill Kelleher (13) and Keith Jones (17) with the runners-up on 44 points being Ricky Comber and Stu Woolrich.
Before the prize presentation, a promise of auctions was held which raised over £1000. This brought the total amount raised on the day for the nominated charities (Family Friends, Home Start and Cancer Research) to almost £3,000, and the total for the year to more than £4,200.
Captains Reg Peacock and Diane Dare thank all players, sponsors, donors and auction bidders for their contibution to making this such an enjoyable day, and so financially beneficial for their charities.

09 September, 2011

Dennis Walters Golf show

On Wednesday Sept 7th the Dennis Walters Golf show came to Clays at 5.30pm. He gave a superb performance and details can be found on his website link below

http://www.denniswalters.com/

Some photos taken at the event below.





Mike Copperwheat Eclectic result 2011

Mike Copperwheat Eclectic 2011

Fewest strokes taken on each hole

Final Eclectic Scores as at Thursday, 8 September 2011


Position
Player
Gross
Handicap
Nett
1
65
7
58

2
65
7
58

3
68
7
61


06 September, 2011

Week ending September 10th 2011

September 6th
Clays Seniors played Mold Seniors at home and had a resounding victory by 9 matches to one. 3 players had 2's...one from Mold and 2 from Clays
Tuesday September 6th Seniors Kitty Competition…Individual Stableford…played by those Seniors not in Team Match
1.       Graham Stokes 38pts
2.       Don Wraight 34pts
3.       Joe White 33pts


Senior September Medal

Played on Thursday, 8 September 2011 at Clay’s

Competition Scratch Score = 69 (Men)
Worthy of note is that Brian Mercer had an ace at the par 3 12th hole!
Overall
Position
Player
Score
Comments
Revised
Handicap
Division 1
8
Martin, Ray
80 - 09 = 71
Division 1 Winner
9.2
9
Lambert, David
84 - 13 = 71
Division 1 Runner-Up
12.5
10
Wraight, Don
82 - 10 = 72
Division 1 Third
10.5
Division 2
1
Hollings, Mike
88 - 22 = 66
Division 2 Winner
20.7
2
Sanger, Neil
88 - 21 = 67
Division 2 Runner-Up
19.8
3
Mercer, Brian
91 - 23 = 68
Division 2 Third
22.0


05 September, 2011

Presidents Day September 3rd 2011




On Saturday September 3rd Tony Harcombe held his Presidents day at Clays. Over 90 competitors (including County President Wyn Mostyn) took part in his Presidents Day competition with some fine individual performances being recorded.
One of the day’s highlights was a hole in one at the twelfth by Andy Matthews
Nearest the pin prizes on the fifth were taken by Kim Harcombe and Mike Evans. Straightest drives on the tenth were recorded by Shirley Roberts and Derek Roberts (Llangollen).
Best junior performance, with 40 points, was Jack Cade (23). Seniors prize was taken by Dilly Jones (18) with 38 points with Wyn Williams (19) taking the seniors second prize with 37 points.
Winners of the mens prize was Dave Wright (5) with 41 points on countback from Robert Edge (12) with Paul Jeffs (12) third on 39 points.
Ladies prize and best overall score of the day was taken by Shirley Roberts (36) with a fantastic 43 points.



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