August 3rd 2023 Medal and other news via Mike Healey

The August calendar came with a warning that there was lots of golf for us to choose. Brian Beaton entered 32 members in the Senior Open at Aldersey Green - Wednesday 2nd August and although we are still waiting on overall final results we had a good showing on the day. It is a tough track with plenty of water hazards to be aware of but the majority of our pairs coped well. Quite a few turned up with all their wet gear but it proved to be quite a warm, sunny day. We had several members winning with two's in the ballsweep but they have not been named for this report - Brian will follow up. For our own comp, the following pairs were successful: First: Jonathan Falcus and Dave Palferman - 45 points. Second: Tom Pierce and Les Williams - 42 points I am told that the above two scores are amongst the winners from Aldersey but it has to be confirmed. Four pairs carded 35 points and countback was applied. Inevitably there are winners and losers - Nev Bassett / Dave Fergus and Mike Drake/Rodney Evans just missed out. Third: Ernie Williams and Mick Carnell - 35 points (c/b) Fourth: John Hellowell and Stuart Miles - 35 points (c/b) August Senior Medal - Thursday 3rd August The weathermen got it wrong again. The early starters arrived and prepared in quite a downpour, followed by a relatively heavy shower just after 9.00 but then the jackets came off and stayed off for the duration. Similar to Tuesday, the ball did not seem to fly and a distinct lack of bounce hindered some of the scoring today. There were 2 x two's recorded: John Kelty and Gary Campbell - both on the fifth hole. Well done to them and well done to the three winners in each division.. Division 1: First: Paul Wallace-Jones (nett 67) Second: Chris Jacques (nett 69) Third: Richard Collier (nett 73 c/b) Alan Bottomley also carded (nett 73) Division 2: First: Reg Peacock (nett 73) Second: Mick Carnell (nett 74) Third: Sean McCarthy (nett 76) Division 3: First: Les Wiliams (nett 70) Second: Mike Drake (nett75) Third: Peter Fraser (nett 76 c/b) Stephen Graham also carded (nett 76)