Yellow Ball October 27th 2022

The forecast was showers early doors and that is what we got. The BBC also promised brighter weather with the rain dying out and it wasn't very long before that too transpired. It wasn't today's weather that was the problem. Heavy overnight rain and more falling leaves unfortunately made ground conditions quite difficult on occasions. Ball searches were the order of the day and long rounds ensued. We still managed to complete a Yellow Ball over 17 holes (second hole closed for maintenance). 26 members were in the draw and there were three prizes. Yellow Ball Result: First: Stewart Poole, Bill Kelleher and Ernie Williams 117 points Second: Mike Healey, Don Wraight (Club Captain) and (ghost player) Peter Taylor 100 points Third: Les Williams, Liam Roddis and Damian Atkin 98 points

Pairs both scores count October 25th 2022. Results via Mike Healey

Today Pairs Both to Count but who came out of the hat with you? The weather was warm and cloudy so pleasant conditions, however, the dreaded leaves have started dropping and discovering the whereabouts of golf balls became time consuming. All said and done, some reasonable scores were returned from the 40 seniors who went into the draw. There were five prizes in total: Pairs - Both to Count Result: First: Peter Fraser and Malcolm Williams 59 points Second: Irwin Elkin and David A Jones 57 points Third: Barry Dare and Graham Bryne 54 points (c/b) Fourth: Ken Tieszen and Peter Thomas 54 points (c/b) Fifth: Mike Drake and Tom Blackshaw 53 points

Individual Stableford results via Mike Healey October 20th 2022

The weather forecast on Wednesday night was not too promising with substantial rain on offer, however, despite a fairly low number of members being anticipated this morning, no fewer than 32 Seniors threw their tally into the Thursday draw. The rain did eventually arrive about 10.30am but nobody appeared to be too wet on entry back into the clubhouse. There was some terrific putting being recorded around the groups, largely because of the excellent green conditions. There were 6 prizes on offer and scoring at the top was once again fairly tight and required countback for resolution. Individual Stableford Results: First: Richard Collier 40 points (c/b) Second: Andy Mitchell 40 points (c/b) Third: Mike Healey 40 points (c/b) Fourth: Ernie Williams 38 points Fifth: Don Wraight 36 points Sixth: Damian Atkin 35 points (c/b) Alan Barnsdale also had 35 points but missed out on countback.

Kitty competition results Courtesy of Steve Monk October 18th 2022

Seven 3-balls contested a Waltz. In 1st place were Richard Collier, David (Mole) Jones, and Alan Barnsdale with a total of 85 points. 2nd were Chris Jacques, Andrew Mitchell and Malcolm Williams with 72 points. Five 4-balls contested a Tango. In 1st place were John Falcus, Dave A Jones, Les Williams and Peter Taylor with 90 points. 2nd were Colin Brown, Brian Beaton, Ernie Williams and Steve Graham with 89 points.

Texas scramble results October 13th 2022 Courtesy of Steve Monk

In Mike Healey's absence, here is the result of today's competition, which was a Texas Scramble played in 3-balls and 4-balls. 3-balls: Just 3 teams competed, so only one prize. Winners - Fred Court, Irwin Elkin and Richard Collier, with a net score of 61.3 4-balls: 7 teams competed for 2 prizes. Winners - Damian Atkin, Keith Hawthorn, Tom Blackshaw and Peter Taylor with 53.7. Runners-up - Tom McGrady, Mick Carnell, Wyn Jenkins and Stan Roberts with 54.3. Regards Steve Monk

Pairs betterball results via Mike Healey October 11th 2022

34 members entered the tally draw this morning for a straightforward Pairs Betterball. The weather held and jackets came off at one stage for 17 degrees of sunshine. There was a committee meeting immediately afterwards and thanks go to Tom McGrady for resolving the cards and sorting the kitty prizes. There were four prizes today and countback was required for the top four cards. Pairs Betterball Result: First: Steve Monk and Mike Healey 42 points (c/b) Second: Stewart Poole and Peter Taylor 42 points (c/b) Third: Richard Collier and Peter Fraser 41 points (c/b) Fourth: Tom Pierce and Chris Jacques 41 points (c/b)

Seniors Medal October 6th 2022

Medal Thursday, October 6th 2022 Div 1 1 Richard Collier 38pts 2 Tony Jackson 36pts 3 Russ Adamson 35pts Div2 1 Keith Hawthorn 37pts 2 William Kelleher 36pts 3 Michael Carnell 32pts Div3 1 Liam Roddis 39pts 2 Peter Taylor 36pts 3 Steve Monk 32pts

Captains Newsletter October 2022 from Don Wraight

Captains Newsletter October 2022 Hello happy golfers. Autumn has arrived and in my view the course is still looking very good. Well done to all the green staff, who I must remind the male members of the club that we do have a female member on the staff. Please be aware when you’re visiting the trees. The Denbighshire Golf Union held their autumn meeting at our club on the 25th September. The course was presented in a very good condition despite the heavy rain leading up to the Sunday. Mark and staff doing a grand job, thank you one and all. There were 5 prizes on offer from the union and embarrassingly Clays won them all. Nick Buley and his partner Andy Matthews taking the top prize with 44pts closely followed by 4 teams on 43pts separated on countbacks. Well done everyone for entering and supporting this event. Let’s hope we at Clays can hold future DGU events. More congratulations go to Jane Evans and Graham Davidson-Clarke who played in the Purvis Trophy at Conway golf club and came home with the trophy. Well done both and a great achievement by Graham who has come back from a very nasty foot trauma. Not to be outdone the Ladies team retained the Borders League trophy at Mile End by beating Llanymynech, well done. The Ladies section is really doing a grand job. Senior section held an almost Ryder Cup trophy competition with teams representing Wales versus The Rest of the World which resulted in a tie 6 matches each. A fun day. Thanks to the Mike Healey, who organised the competition and the day. I was very pleased to represent my mother’s country. Aside from the competition part of Clays the Ladies held an afternoon tea in honour of Roz Carmen who passed away recently. Roz was a long standing member at Clays and will be solely missed by us all. My Captain’s away day was well supported; thank you all for being there at Abergele golf Club. It was a sunny and warm day, with a slight breeze. There was a trophy for 1st place together with a kitty prize which went to Paul Stevenson with 46pts, 2nd was Chris McAteer. The wooden spoon trophy went to Peter Bowen. As I stated at the start of my report autumn is here and leaves will be falling by the bucket loads, damp and wet conditions I daresay will follow. At a request from Hayley, staff and myself could members please be kind enough to clean their shoes and trollies as they come off the course. Mud in the car park and even more so in the clubhouse is distraction from how we wish to present Clay’s. Please make use of the air compressor that is provided. Lastly a reminder that Presentation day is on the 15th October and I would like to see all the trophy winners and runners up to be there to collect their prizes. There will be a texas scamble before the presentations tees are still available to fill; entry sheet is on the bottom of the stairs noticeboard. Hope you all continue to enjoy your golf Don Wraight Captain

Oswestry Seniors Open October th 2022. Well done Andy Mitchell and Alan Barnsdale of Clays

OSWESTRY GOLF CLUB COMPETITION RESULT AUTUMN SENIORS OPEN 5 th October 2022 1. Chris Fisher & Steve Partridge (Shrewsbury) 47 points 2. Peter Jones & Ray Leadbetter (Prestatyn) 44 points 3. Andy Mitchell & Alan Barnsdale (Clays) 43 points* 4. Henry Malloy & Barry Merrick (Eastham Lodge) 43 points 5. Simon Frith & David West (Sandiway / Heyrose) 42 points

Bonus Ball October 4th 2022

Seniors - Mike Healey says thanks go to Don and Chris for resolving the competitions today and what is more - delivering the cards to my house. The weather forecast for these next 48 hours has not been good but importantly, it would appear that the troops all got back to the clubhouse dry. 25 Seniors went into the tally draw, so it became necessary to play in three- and fourballs for the Bonus Ball competition. The scoring in the fourball competition was particularly close. There was one prize for the threeballs and two prizes for the fourballs. The two results are as follows: Bonus Ball Threeball: First: Mick Carnell, Peter Thomas, Bob Jarvis 146 points (other results - 126 points and 121 points) Bonus Ball Fourball: First: Stewart Poole, Russ Adamson, Alan Barnsdale, Tony Jackson 177 points Second: Andy Mitchell, Richard Collier, Irwin Elkin, Ian Ketland 176 points (other results - 175 points and165 points)