Seniors events/kitty competitions January 2012

         Tuesday Jan 3rd    Stableford Pairs

         Thursday Jan 5th Seniors Medal

         Tuesday Jan 10th  Yellow Ball

         Thursday Jan 12th MEXICAN TEXAS SCRAMBLE

         Tuesday Jan 17th  Individual Stableford

         Thursday Jan 19th  Stableford Both scores count

         Tuesday Jan 24th  Best 2 scores of 3 Stableford

         Thursday  Jan 26th  Stableford Pairs

         Tuesday Jan 31st  Individual Stableford

Week ending December 31st 2011

Not much been going on of any merit! Today Thursday December 29th some 21 seniors ventured out in windy wet conditions to enjoy (!!!) and individual stableford competition with results as follows: 1st: Ernie Williams 40pts 2nd: Noel Jones 39pts 3rd: Andrew Mitchell 38pts 4th: Harold Hughes 37pts

Week ending December 24th 2011

Tuesday December 20th Seniors Individual Stableford with 38 Competitors 1. Bob Brown 42pts 2. Tony Harcombe 39pts on count back 3. Colin Brown 39pts 4. Peter Lynch 39pts 5. Mike Carding 37pts on countback] 6. Stewart Poole 37pts Thursday December 22nd Individual Stableford. Weather more like a warm spring day with lots of sunshine 1. Ray Jones 39pts on countback 2. Reg Taylor 39pts 3. Dave Lambert 38pts 4. Stewart Poole 37pts 5. Dave Jones 36pts

Week ending December 17th 2011

Tuesday December 13th Seniors Xmas party followed a 9 hole Texas scramble Starting on 1st tee and 14th tee 1st: Jack Brown, Bob Brown, Stan Brookfield and Brian Mercer 26.1pts 2nd: Mike Jordan, Peter Almond, Steve Beech and Ron Pierce 26.6pts Starting on 5th tee and 10th tee 1st: Andrew Mitchell, Tony Owens and Ray Martin 24.3 pts on countback 2nd: Brian Downes, Gerry Wooster, Stuart Miles and Dave Riley 24.3 pts Thursday December 15th Seniors individual stableford 1st: Noel Jones 39pts 2nd: Graham Stokes 38pts on countback 3rd: Peter Fraser 38pts 4th: Fred Court 35pts on countback 5th: Bill Parry 35pts

Seniors AGM December 6th 2011

At the AGM held on December 6th some 46 Seniors attended. Seniors Captain Bob Brown chaired the meeting and precised his report whilst at the same time responding to various questions and requests from those members present. After his report he handed over to the new Captain, Colin Brown. Colin then continued chairing the meeting at the end of which he presented the DonDerBuckles Trophy the Steve Monk

Colin and Steve below

A photo of the original "DonDerBuckles" Trophy is seen below. I will leave readers to decide which is best version!!

Seniors Open at Frodsham

This event was attended by some 40 Clays Seniors who played in teams of 4 with best scores counting. Format was stableford off 3/4 handicaps. Derek Lyons team of Bill Duncan,Bill Kelleher and Keith had 71 points with 2 2's on one par 3 winning them 12 golf balls! After the event everyone enjoyed a wonderful 3 course Xmas meal. The only downside of the day was the strong wind and low temperatures. When we got there we found snow on some of the greens!