Waltz competition April 30th 2019

Thanks to Mike Healey for sending the results

Mike was recently at a beer festival in Munich with Graham Bryne. It was Graham's daughter who provided the photos.

43 seniors enjoyed the warm weather today and despite not many finding their rhythm in the Waltz, one or two good scores were recorded. Because of the number, there was a split competition for both three balls and four balls - 

Three Balls - 

First  -  Richard Key, Frank Rodenhurst, Mike Drake        (73 points)

Second - Mike Griffiths, Tony Jackson, Irwin Elkin            (67 points)

Four Balls -

First - Peter Fraser, Chris Jacques, Ralph Hardy, Colin Brown  (78points)

Second - Peter Fey, Colin Evans, Bob Brown, Ray Jones  (75points)

A Twos competition was organised and only one person (who shall remain nameless) recorded not one but two "Twos". Alas, his 20p was missing from the initial pot so the money (£6.20) rolls over to the next Twos comp.

Kitty competition April 25th - yellow ball

Results from Don Wraight:-

18 played today. Low numbers due to team playing at Old Padeswood tomorrow.

Don playing in Conway in the mixed foursomes tomorrow. Don reported that Clays beat Abersoch  2 matches to 1. His partner was Christine Evans  and they won their match 3&2....well done.

Winners today

Alan Barnsdale, Mick Carnell and Bob Jarvis....130pts  c/b 61

Runners up

Stewart Poole, Keith Jones and Barry Dare..... 130pts

Played a yellow ball each player having 6 holes to double their score

Pairs betterball April 23rd 2019

Today was warm and excellent for golf. Several Seniors were competing in various knockout competitions leaving the rest to enjoy a pairs betterball event.

In the 2's competition there were 3 winners namely Dave A Jones and Don Wraight on the 5th  and Keith Jones on the 12th

Results of the betterball competition as follows

 There were 15 pairs in total with the following results

First  -  Maelor Davies and Mike Drake  -  47 points. Derek Lyon and Stewart Poole had the honour of marking their card. Mike had a few 4 pointers as well as many 3 points and apparently he supports Burnley would you believe!!

Second  -  Frank Rodenhurst and Damian Atkin  -  44 points

Third  -  John Kelty and Alan Barnsdale  -  41 points

Fourth  -  Ray Jones and Alan Pocklington  -  38 points (on count back)

Seniors Events May 2019

SENIORS COMPETITIONS –   MAY 2019
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Thursday May 2nd	MAY MEDAL (Strokeplay, Men White Tees; Ladies Red)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION (Stableford, Yellow Tees)	Book in advance on Seniors Notice Board. Also qualifies for Eclectic Comp. See Don for late entries
Tuesday May 7th	BONUS BALL
Thursday May 9th	ARSCOTT OPEN HOME PLAYERS -TBD	Kitty Comp decided on the day depending  on numbers
Tuesday May 14th	GEMINI TROPHY Pairs – Combined Nett Stroke-play Scores from White Tees (Men)	Book in advance on Seniors Notice Board – see Don for late entries in pairs.     HONOURS BOARD COMP.
Thursday May 16th	MATCH vs OLD PADESWOOD (H) Players not in match, book a tee
Tuesday May 21st	MALKINS BANK OPEN HOME PLAYERS - TBD	Kitty Comp decided on the day depending on numbers
Thursday May 23rd	PAIRS BETTERBALL Followed by a Committee Meeting
Tuesday May 28th	MELODY
Thursday May 30th	GUW SENIORS GREENSOMES CHAMPIONSHIP – CLAYS QUALIFYING ROUND	Pairs – See Entry Form on Board – fee to GUW £2 per player +£1 kitty as usual
Tuesday Jun 4th	SHREWSBURY OPEN HOME PLAYERS - TBD	Kitty Comp decided on the day depending on numbers
Thursday June 6th	JUNE MEDAL (Stroke-play, Men White Tees; Ladies Red) plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION (Stableford, Yellow Tees)	Book in advance on Seniors Notice Board. Also qualifies for Eclectic Comp. See Don for late entries

Seniors Medal April 18th 2019

    Division  1

Martin Povey  80-11-69 Dave Palferman 83-11-72 Ron Roberts 84-12-72 Tony Jackson 90-16-74 Alan Barnsdale 89-15-74
Division 2 Damian Atkin 98-30-68 Dilly Jones  87-19-68 Neville Bassett 96-27-69 John Kelty 91-22-69 Mike Kalka 91-22-71 In the 9 hole Stableford qualifier Bill Hughes won with 18 points from Irwin Elkin on 14 points			17.1

Mexican Scramble April 16th 2019

Thank you to Mike Healey for the following results

The forecast was for rain showers in the afternoon and we had some light drops from 11.00am onwards - not too bad overall. The course is looking and playing better all the time. Mexican Scramble today with the following team results:

First Place  -  Mike Drake, Keith Jones, Tony Harcombe, Steve Beech - 58.7 points

Second Place - Mike Parks, Ernie Williams, Dave Palferman - 59.4 points

Third Place - Andrew Mitchell, Frank Rodenhurst, Mike Kalka, Bob Brown - 60.9 points

Clays Seniors away Match at Aldersey Green April 15th 2019

Thanks to Malcolm Williams for the following result:

Today's match at Aldersey in windy but dry conditions enjoyed by 20 players from each side:- Win 6-4 for Clays!

Captains Monthly Newsletter April 15th 2019

Please click the link below to read the first of Nigel Davies' - Captain's Monthly Newsletter...

https://claysgolf.co.uk/captains-newsletter-april/

Greensomes April 11th 2019

Mike Healey kindly provided the results for today. Derek was busy on the course getting thrashed by Barry Dare in the first round of the singles competition!

39 Seniors competed today.

Another lovely day for golf and the course is getting better all the time. The greens still sported a bit of sand but totally understandable in maintenance week! "Greensomes" is not always everybody's cup of tea but some good golf was played overall  -

First Place  -      Alan Bottomley and John Kelty        (38 points)

Second Place  - Malcolm Williams and Colin Brown   (37 points)

Third Place  -     Stewart Poole and Keith Jones         (36 points on countback)

Fourth Place  -   Nigel Davies and John Falcus           (36 points on countback)

Fifth Place  -     Alan Barnsdale and Mike Healey       (36 points)

Las Vegas competition April 9th 2019

Mike Healey submitted the following report. Thanks Mike.

A great day for golf weather-wise and 20 pairs turned out to take full advantage of it. One person forgot to put his tally in and sadly ended up without a game!  There were a number of temporary greens due to ground staff working on the greens, spiking, sanding, cutting etc. For that reason we played a Las Vegas competition instead of the planned 'qualifier'. As one would expect, there were some high scores requiring calculators but also some tight scores on the leader board now that we are getting the hang of the scoring. 

Results  -

Ist Place  -  Martin Povey and Damian Atkin               (635 points)

2nd Place - Malcolm Williams and Dave Palferman      (652 points)

3rd Place - Peter Taylor and Tony Jackson                  (655 points)

4th Place - Mike Healey and Russ Adamson               (696 Points)

5th Place - Dave A Jones and John Kelty                    ( 705 points)

A Twos competition was held with a £6.00 carry over from last week. 37 players entered but 36 wished that they hadn't. There was only one winner  -  Russ Adamson on the 5th and he collected the princely sum of £13.40 - well done Russ.

Captains Drive in April 6th 2019

The annual spectacle of Club Captain-Nigel Davies,  and Lady Captain- Dawn Thompson, took place on Saturday April 6th 2019

Some photos of the event below and results can be seen after the photos.

Our new club captain Nigel Davies is well known to all seniors as a past caption of the Seniors section. Many seniors supported the event either by participating in the competition or, witnessing Nigel’s attempt to warm up by hitting balls off extended tees. Score one out of three!!! Overall, 63 members participated in the competition with one Jon Falcus winning the senior prize. One highlight of the day was a 2 on the second green by Nigel: Captain’s luck.

Nigel Davies with Dawn Thompson prior to teeing off

Club members who came to wish the Captains well and to support them

2 Senior Members who attended the event namely Noel Jones on the left and Maelor Davies on the right

Nigel on his down swing

What a lovely follow through!!


Results from the day below:-

1. Vic Mohun 39 points
2. Jon Falcus 38 points
3. Reg Peacock 37 points
4. Paul Stephenson 37 points
5. Kevin Sharley 36 points
6. Ian Connell 36 points
7. Malcolm Williams 36 points
8. Gareth Davies 36 points
9. Damian Atkin 36 points
10. Gareth Roberts 36 points

Individual Stableford April 4th 2019

These results were kindly supplied by Mike Healey

Result for Thursday 4th April: The original medal had been changed for a Las Vegas competition but only nineteen brave souls turned out so it was further changed into an individual Stableford. Had members who stayed at home seen the forecast we must ask? The weather was fine but cool at 9.00am, a temperature drop arrived at 11.00ish and the rain and wind followed shortly afterwards. All who finished deserved a medal for their perseverance (and not all finished!!) Four prizes in total  -

First place  -      Nigel Harris  (33 points  -  on count back)

Second Place  - John Falcus (33 points) 

Third Place  -     Mike Healey (32 points)

Fourth Place  -  Stuart Poole  (31 points)

There was not a competition held for twos

Best 2 scores to count / stableford April 2nd 2019

32 Seniors played today in very odd conditions! The course was in excellent condition. The weather alternated between Spring/Summer and Winter with periods of hail at times.

8 teams of 4 played and results as below

1. Irwin Elkin, Dave A Jones, Peter Taylor and Nigel Davies  91 points
2. Alan Bottomly, Colin Evans, Mick Carnell and Bob Jarvies  90 points

Some photos and videos taken on the day below:

Peter Fraser down the 1st fairway

Spring blossom

View from Derek's buggie on way to 4th tee

Alan Barnsdale down the 4th

Alan still on the 4th !

Bob Brown in a spot of bother on the 4th. He could only chip out.

Bob Brown teeing off the 10th tee

View towards 11th green from 10th tee

Alan Barnsdale on a spot of trouble on left side of 10th fairway

Peter Fraser in awful trouble to left of 12th fairway. He could only manage a chip out of about 2 metres

Below Bob Brown taking his 3rd shot down the 8th

As our team went down the 14th the heavens opened with hailstones!!

Seniors events April 2019 as amended

SENIORS COMPETITIONS –   APRIL 2019
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Tuesday Apr 2nd	BEST 2 SCORES AT EACH HOLE (3 or 4 Balls) *	Greenkeepers working on greens
Wednesday Apr 3rd	Match vs HENLLE	(away)
Thursday Apr 4th	LAS VEGAS (modified) *	Greenkeepers working on greens
Tuesday Apr 9th	QUALIFIER ** Individual Stableford	MEN – Yellow Tees LADIES – Red Tees
Thursday Apr 11th	GREENSOMES *** (practice for Welsh Qualifying Round to be held in May)	Pre-selection of partners is allowed – to enable practice with your partner.
Monday Apr 15th	Match vs ALDERSEY GREEN	(away)
Tuesday Apr 16th	MEXICAN SCRAMBLE
Thursday Apr 18th	APRIL MEDAL (Strokeplay, Men White Tees; Ladies Red)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Draw will be on Club Booking Site and Notice Board. Also qualifies for Eclectic Comp.
Tuesday Apr 23rd	PAIRS BETTERBALL
Thursday Apr 25th	YELLOW BALL (4,5,4,5)
Friday April 26th	MATCH vs OLD PADESWOOD	(away)
Tuesday Apr 30th	WALTZ
Thursday May 2nd	MAY MEDAL (Strokeplay, Men White Tees; Ladies Red) plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Entries in advance via sheet on Notice Board.  Also qualifies for Eclectic Comp.

*As greenkeepers are working on unpredictable greens, I have changed previously advised comps on these dates so that a fair result can still be achieved. I will explain on the days.

**Qualifier moved from the 16^th to avoid two qualifying competitions in the same week.

***Greensomes moved because of greenkeeping work as above. To clarify any confusion, this is a normal kitty comp which all may enter whether you have a pre-arranged partner or not.