Seniors Shamble Sept 7th 2021. Report from Mike Healey.

Good Afternoon Seniors. Firstly, Seniors Captain - Barry Dare announced all the Division winners from the last Senior medal and presented our new tiles in commemoration of the event. Div 1 - Dave Palferman, Div 2 - Graham Bryne and Div 3 - Peter Bowen. Secondly, for all senior members who were not present today, Steve Monk arrived with an extremely well-organised file, full of envelopes containing your outstanding winnings from the "covid" kitty competitions. At the very least, there must have been a little residue for you, so make sure you approach him at your next visit to the club. I have registered my thanks before and re-iterated them today in the clubhouse, but the financial side of covid comps would not have happened without him - thank you again Steve. Moving on to today's Shamble - this format is a bit of an eclectic mix. Once the teams sorted out their four drives, it was a question of the best 2 scores added together on the card. The conditions were perfect for golf. The greens had been watered, so not quite as fast as they have been of late but the course was in great condition. The greenkeepers are now working hard on course improvement, flatter tee greens and steps on the 7th tee!! The temperature started at warm and built to 28c by the close of play. The ever so awkward number of 35 members turned out so 2 separate competitions of three and four balls were played. Texas Shamble Result: Fourball: First: Richard Collier, Alan Bottomley, Stuart Leyland, Ralph Hardy 95 points £4.00 each Second: Bob Brown, Graham Bryne, Steve Monk, Mike Parkes 93 points £1.00 each Threeball: First: George Hughes, Mike Healey, Malcolm Williams 98 points £4.00 each Second: Ian Ketland, Phil Morris, Tony Jackson 88 points (c/b) £1.00 each