TEXAS SHAMBLE RESULT JULY 31ST 2025 FROM MIKE HEALEY

Seniors - Today we experienced perfect numbers for teams and following overnight rain, perfect timing with the weather. It is a pity that your Captain didn't experirence perfect golf (coming fifth with his team out of five x fourballs). 20 seniors placed their tallies on the board for a Texas Shamble and shamble it wasn't! All took the format seriously and there were quite a few positive comments regarding the way we played the game. (It will remain on the calendar in the future). The draw went smoothly and we followed two senior pairs semi-finals, who had booked early tees. Although overcast to start with, bouts of sunshine shone throughout and all teams came into the clubhouse in good time. There were two prizes overall: Texas Shamble Result: Winners: Peter Lord, Steve Williams, Mike Scott and Barry Evans (98 points) Runners Up: Mick Carnell, Ken Burgoyne, Steve Monk and Peter Fraser (96 points) Before the golf, we posted a sign-up sheet for the forthcoming (not quite) The Ryder Cup (Clays version) on 26th August. Several people signed up immediately but it was pointed out to committee that it is on the back of the August Bank Holiday weekend and many said they would be away. The sheet has been withdrawn, this date will now be reviewed and further details sent out. Apologies to those members who signed but a new sheet will be posted and ALL will have to sign-up (again in some cases). Also - a reminder from Brian that he would like a quick response regarding next year's Prenton Open - He is booking this Sunday. Thank you all. Mike

KITTY COMPETITION RESULTS TUESDAY JULY 29TH 2025 FROM STUART MILES

Seniors, good afternoon. First things first Kitty Comp Secretary moan. I shall be grateful when you fill your cards out, could you add your surnames, just saves me some time when I'm doing the cards and secondly can you put your full handicap down CSH handicap then course handicap and finally, 95 or 85% reduction, dependant on game we are playing. This helps if and when we do a random check on the cards and me checking the scores after the game, Moan over, thank you. Yellow Ball today, 25 tallies went up, making 3 x 3 balls and 4 x 4 balls, well that was the plan till one person had a senior moment and Don informed me as I was on the tee, someone, I won't mention names, hadn't put his tally up. So it became 2 x 3 balls and 5 x 4 balls. The person did have an excuse that he had brought a new member today and got distracted. Anyway despite the initial weather forecast the rain had stopped before we started and only a slight drizzle for a while when we were out, so another pleasant day weather wise. Attached is the August Calendar. Results. 3 Ball. Stuart Miles Gwyn Evans, Wyn Jenkins 136 points. 4 Balls. 1st Barry Evans, Steve Williams, John Maxted Peter Lord 172 points c/b. 2nd Peter Fraser, Colin Brown, Stewart Poole, Liam Roddis 172 points c/b.

HOME MATCH VE HAWARDEN

Seniors - slightly later than normal but well worth it. Malcolm organised our home fixture against Hawarden, only to find out that that food was not available and the opposition were not in a position to exchange the fixture. Thinking outside the box, Malcolm quickly organised the after-match meal at Hotel Wrexham and 36 home and away players were well received and ultimately fed there. The forecast was for light rain through to 11.00am followed by heavy, thundery showers in between sunshine. We only saw the sunshine all morning and most players played in shirt sleeves. With the weather on side, Clays Seniors went about their business on the course. 9 pairs for each side set out but there was only ever going to be one winner. Quite a number of the matches finished 1 up but Clays ended up on top with 9 matches to nil. It wasn't the annihilation it appears. There were three twos scored in the Ballsweep - all by Hawarden players. Paul Talbot bagged his on the 2nd with a delightful chip in from just off the green and Colin Parsons followed suit, also on the 2nd. He then followed that up with a second two on the 5th hole and shot a birdie later on. How on earth did he lose that match? Just to rub salt into the wound, two Harwarden players mopped up by taking both bottles of wine in the raffle draw. Everybody was fed with a very good burger and chips followed by cheesecake and cream. The whole affair could not have been more amicable - compliments were abundant, especially regarding our greens and all agreed to look forward to the return match in September at Harwarden. Thanks again to all Clays members who played and both Malcolm and Tom for their organisation. Before the senior team went out playing, Don and a dozen other seniors managed to bag early tees and organised their own Individual Stableford comp. Originally only 9 booked but others turned up expecting a tally draw roll-up. Please use calendars!! The scoring was fairly even all round and the top three cards all scored 32 points, requiring countback for prizes. Read on for results: Individual Stableford - First: Alan Bottomley 32 points (20 c/b) Second: Alan Barnsdale 32 points (15 c/b) Third: Alan Pocklington 32 points (13 c/b) Well done all -

SENIORS BOTH SCORES COUNT FROM CHRIS JACQUES

Seniors, firstly my thanks to Chris Jacques for standing in for me today and collecting the money, sorting the cards and the winners. 36 tallies went up making 18 2 balls, perfect number. A pleasant day weather wise and company in our 4 ball, pity I can't say the same about my golf, Don thought his partner had gone walkabout for a few holes. anyway scores were tight with 5 pairs finishing on the same scores and countbacks required. Result. 1st Angela Thomas-Williams, Ken Burgoyne 41 points. 2nd Liam Roddis, Mick Carnell 40 points c/b. 3rd Peter Lord, Alan Pocklington 40 points c/b. 4th Don Wraight, Stuart Miles 40 points c/b. See you next Tuesday and Thursday for Kitty Comps. Best of luck to those playing in the Upton Open tomorrow.

WALTSZ AND TANGO RESULTS FROM STUART MILES

Seniors, another glorious day for golf, not too hot and no wind may it continue. i have one note regarding the Devon trip for 2026 which I will send an email out separately. So today's result 32, seniors turned up so we have 6 x 3 balls playing a waltz and 4 x 4 balls playing a tango. Now I know somewhere not happy with the 2 competitions, your comments have been noted and I will bear it in mind for future days of competitions like this. Results. Tango. 1st Tom McGrady, Brian Beeton, Bob Jarvis, Mick Carnell 105 points. Waltz. 1st Chris Blazedell, Ian Pocklington, Stuart Miles. 76 points. 2nd Stephen Williams, Steve Graham, Tony Harcombe 71 points. Brian / Chris I have your winnings catch me next time we see each other. Have you all booked in for the Gemini Trophy next Tuesday and the Greensomes on the 27th, Gem is via the IG app, Greensomes via a list on the seniors board. If you haven't a partner for the Welsh Greensomes put your name at the bottom and hopefully a partner will be sorted. Stuart.

CLAYS SENIORS OPEN NEWS 2025

Seniors - Info before the report: Hayley is not available next week. There will be no food or bar/drinks on Tuesday but Kerrian will be there on Thursday for drinks only. Where do I start my Open report? I normally mention weather but even the early damp conditions paled into insignificance with everything that followed. Brian has already published the winners and all details are on ig but can I add my congratulations to the Falcii on their win - 3rd on countback last year - top of the tree 2025. I don't want to repeat Brian's report except to say spot prizes were duly noted and there were no fewer than 8 recipients of prizes in the Ballsweep. All details have been sent to guests who provided e-mail addresses. Now the real report starts: Clays staff - I begin with thanks to Gemma, Josh and the reception team, who are always there with the detail (IT support, entries, markers, buggies etc.) and a special thank you to Andy who made sure the ball was rolling at 7.00am. The course was in fantastic condition and the next thank you goes to Mark and his team, who received numerous positive comments all round (except for one visitor who thought there were too many dog-legs). His legs were last seen upside down in a red bin behind the building. Hayley and Kerrian were busy all day, starting with breakfast baps and meals later on. Our Seniors are used to this good service but again, compliments all round from visitors - thank you both. Your Senior Committee plus Irwin and Gary - Chris, Fred and Irwin put in a huge stint on the desk with entries early doors and cards/results as they arrived later on. It was great to see results come live on the display board (despite your Captain coming halfway down). Early doubts with the IT system were put to bed and all flowed really well. Tom, as always, was our initial Starter and his sartorial elegance was commented on loudly from a distance, just as a visitor was at the top of his backswing! I believe Mr Miles is the recipient of a Senior Moment award. Gary followed on and I thank both Starters. What can I say about Don? He stood for the best part of 5 hours at the top of the stairs and nobody but nobody got past him without buying raffle tickets. It was even better to see all the raffle prizes go out, particularly held by guests with smiles on their faces. As I am typing, Chris will be working on the final figures but it has been a guesstimate that the raffle alone has easily surpassed last year's sum. It was a joy to share a pint afterwards, with the provider of the Aston Martin driving experience and a huge shift on behalf of the Seniors. Thank you Don. Malcolm, Stuart, Peter and Barry were on hand in different roles after their golf and made themselves responsible for most of the clearing up process. On your behalf, I offer my thanks to the entire committee for their efforts both before, during and after the event. Main man - Brian was co-opted in January to join the committee but with his wealth of knowledge and experience in organising awayday Opens, it was a banker installing him in the role for our very own Open. He has left no stone unturned, covered every aspect of the planning and made sure everybody was in place. He continued in different roles during the day, ensuring all was running smoothly. I know his glass of red last night will have gone down well, in the knowledge of a job well done. I offer my special thanks personally to him and also on behalf of all the Seniors. Great job - magnificently done! If I have missed anybody - written complaints in triplicate by Tuesday at the latest! We have an end financial result to come from our Treasurer - Chris and I believe we will all be very happy. My final thanks go to all the Seniors who provided raffle prizes (and there were lots), everybody who played on the day and everyone who made the effort to engage with visitors. The compliments were in abundance, we gained two new members on the day and many promises of a return for our Open next year. Roll on an even bigger and better 2026. A very happy Senior Captai

SENIORS WALTZ COMPETITION FROM STUART MILES

Good afternoon Seniors. 26 seniors put their tallies up, smaller turn out than usual, maybe some were put off by the weather forecast or saving themselves for Thursday's Open. Today's competition was a Waltz, Numbers meant there were 5, 4 balls and 2, 3 balls who played with a ghost player. Once the rules on ghost players were sorted and the person who had a senior moment and forgot his battery was mobile again the comp commenced. There was rain but not as bad as the forecast had shown. A lot of cards were returned with scores in the low to mid 8o's but the winners were as follows. 1st with 89 points. Andy Mitchell, Alan Bottomley, John Maxted, Les Williams. 2nd with 88 points. Don Wraight, Chris Blazedell, Barry Evans, Ghost Player. See you all on Thursday for our Open. A message from our Captain thanking everyone who has contributed a prize for the raffle, but also can those who haven't contributed please think about donating a prize. This is our major source of income for the year and goes a long way to subsidizing our Christmas dinner, remember the copious amount of wine we seem to consume is funded in part by our Open. If you have a prize for the raffle, bring it on Thursday and pass it over when you're registering or give it to one of the committee members. Thank you and best of luck Thursday. Stuart.

SENIORS VETS TROPHY RESULT VIA MIKE HOLLINGS

Seniors - Your committee organisers were a little perturbed today. A July calendar has been removed from the Senior noticeboard, so initially, that might have caused a little confusion. The Senior/Vets Trophy has always been a board competition requiring sign up with ig. All kitty comps are printed in blue ink but still we had players rolling up expecting a draw from the tallyboard. Please read all notices and calendars. There were a few problems with entering of results in ig, which were sorted but we then had a number of players who scored Stableford and picked up on certain holes. It was printed on the top of the card as STROKEPLAY - please read all information. Having got my whinges out of the way - the golf was very pleasant indeed. 45 seniors were eventually entered into the competition to be met with a rather cool breeze early doors. After a very wet weekend, the greenstaff did very well to clear the bunkers and get everything else back on track for today's golf. The fairways and greens were both in great condition. The weather changed, with jackets being discarded in the sunshine and quite a number of good scores were returned at the end of the day. I believe four seniors slotted twos, all on the 5th hole in the ballsweep: They are Fred Court, George Hughes, Eric Thwaites and Ernie Williams. There are only ever two winners for this particular competition and they are: Winner of Clays Senior Trophy 2025 - Andy Mitchell with nett 62 and Winner of Clays Vets Trophy 2025 - Brian Beaton with nett 64. Well done both of you! Memo: All board competition and medal cards from now on MUST be placed into the Senior Black Box, which will be located in the foyer on the desk or in the bar upstairs afterwards. Thank you for your co-operation with this. Also a reminder that there is a red box in the kitchen behind reception for any donations you can give towards the raffle for our Senior Open competition on Thursday next week. Again - thank you in anticipation.

JULY MEDAL 2025 REPORT FROM MIKE

Seniors - I am starting this report with a reminder that your Senior Open is not very far away now (in fact only two weeks). Brian and Chris have been working away behind the scenes to get everything sorted this year and so far, have made a very good job in advertising the 2025 competition. I believe we have over 100 entries, with more visitors than last year. You can still invite golfing colleagues at this stage and we would always accommodate them. A full house would be great. May I also remind you that it is also our biggest money spinner for the section, which includes a large raffle each year. Don always promises extragavant prizes like boats and trips to Bermuda. They occasionally appear and he does make money for us but he needs some lesser prizes to kick start his spiel, so if there is a bottle of wine or some chocolates in the cupboard that you can spare, they would be very much appreciated. There will be a large red box in the kitchen, behind reception, from next Tuesday for the collection of said items and I thank you all in anticipation of your generosity. July Medal - Today, what a glorious day weatherwise. Balls were running and the course played well. Scores were good from the 42 players who turned out today. There was only one player who scored a two on the second hole and Paul Wallace-Jones (our club Captain) will receive the entire contents of the ballsweep - well done Paul. As usual we are aligned in three divisions and in turn, the following names take the accolade for their scores: July Medal Winners: Division 1: 1st - Damian Atkin (Nett 64) 2nd - Angela Thomas-Williams (Nett 67) 3rd - Paul Wallace-Jones (Nett 68) Division 2: 1st - Lizzie Hart (Nett 65) 2nd - Chris Blazdell (Nett 68) 3rd - David A Jones (Nett 69) Division 3: 1st - Ian Ketland (Nett 70) 2nd - Leslie Williams (Nett 72) 3rd - Bob Jarvis (Nett 73 c/b) See you all next Tuesday for the Senior/Vets Trophy. Get your name into ig if you have not already entered. Mike

AWAY DAY RESULTS FROM STUART

Seniors - Stuart very kindly wrote the report for my Awayday. I have received many compliments about the way the day panned out thank you and I am glad that it was appreciated. The Awayday prizes were listed by Stuart (not all because there were too many) but we have just received the results from the Padeswood and Buckley Open. I am pleased to announce that these prizes are on top of all the prizes that were presented on the day. Read on: Visitors Prizes: First: Don Wraight and Paul Wallace-Jones (46 pts) £60.00 each Third: Paul Cheetham and Ken Burgoyne (42 pts) £40.00 each Fourth: Chris Blazdell and Steve Graham (41 pts - c/b) £30.00 each Ballsweep: Don Wraight - Hole 2 Ken Burgoyne - Hole 6 Don has informed us that he will pick up all of the prizes on behalf of the Clays winners. Thank you Don. Finally - do not ask your Captain about his two on the 18th - no £1.00 entry - no prize!!! See you all for Senior/Vets Trophy.

KITTY COMP RESULTS

Seniors, I have to say what a great day out. Thank to our Captain for organising the day and prizes and secondly to Brian Beaton for dealing with all the payments, thank you both. Many prizes where distributed for tantrums, length of time looking for balls, a bag of tees for me for putting 2 balls straight out of bounds on the first, fortunately I managed to get it together a bit better after that. > > Main results. > > Kitty Comp Results. > 1st Don Wraight / Paul Wallace-Jones. 46 points. > 2nd Steve Graham / Chris Blazedell 41 points c/b. > 3rd Wyn Jenkins / Mark Hughes 41 points c/b. > 4th Paul Cheetham / Ken Burgoyne 41 points c/b. > 5th Jon Fulcus / Roy Cardus 40 points c/b. > 6th Stuart Miles / Eric Thwaites 40 points c/b. > Well done to Don and Paul great score, let's hope you're in the main prizes. > > Two's > Don Wraight 2nd hole. > Ken Burgoyne 10th hole. > Mick McHugh 14th Hole. > Mike Healey 18th hole. > > Longest Drive on the 17th Reg Wittham. > Nearest the Pin. > 2nd Paul Cheetham. > 5th Ken Burgoyne. > 10th Chris Roseblade. > 14th Mick McHugh. > 18th Chris Blazedell. > > Lets hope we can make it an annual event. Thursday Medal and next Tuesday Seniors/ Vets trophy. Sign up on IG for Tuesday. Thanks again Mike and Brian.

AM AM MATCH AT OLD PADESWOOD

Seniors - yet another report. It was my pleasure today to play alongside my colleagues in a very convivial Am/Am match at Old Padeswood. We have played team v team in the past but the decision was made to change the format and it worked very well. We have experienced it at other clubs and it is definitely one for the future. Sixteen of us travelled and I have to add my thanks to the latecomers who filled in latterly. We played in respective fourballs, ate a fine meal afterwards and results were announced. Your Captain and Chris Roseblade with partners shot a very respectable 90 points but were pipped at the post by Malcolm Williams and Tom Pierce plus partners who carded 91 points. The winning fourball picked up a bottle of wine each and further spot prizes were presented but alas none came by way of the Clays team. We all had a very pleasant day. My thanks again to Mal and Tom for their organisation and money collections. The next match is on Tuesday 22nd July at home against Hawarden. I believe the sheet is almost full but there are still one or two places left. There is not in house catering that day so after the golf, Mal has organised a meal at the Hotel Wrexham up the road.

CAPTAINS AWAY DAY RESULTS FROM STUART MILES

Alan Pocklington From: arpocklington@gmail.com To: Chris Roseblade Cc: STUART MILES , Philip Kirby , David Cole. , aplynch@hotmail.co.uk , gwrightscissors@gmail.com and 58 more... Wed, 2 Jul at 08:17 Thanks to all the organisers for a great day out. Attached is another rogues gallery. Alan On Wed, 2 Jul 2025, 07:26 Chris Roseblade, wrote: > On 1 Jul 2025, at 17:09, STUART MILES wrote: > >  > Seniors, I have to say what a great day out. Thank to our Captain for organising the day and prizes and secondly to Brian Beaton for dealing with all the payments, thank you both. Many prizes where distributed for tantrums, length of time looking for balls, a bag of tees for me for putting 2 balls straight out of bounds on the first, fortunately I managed to get it together a bit better after that. > > Main results. > > Kitty Comp Results. > 1st Don Wraight / Paul Wallace-Jones. 46 points. > 2nd Steve Graham / Chris Blazedell 41 points c/b. > 3rd Wyn Jenkins / Mark Hughes 41 points c/b. > 4th Paul Cheetham / Ken Burgoyne 41 points c/b. > 5th Jon Fulcus / Roy Cardus 40 points c/b. > 6th Stuart Miles / Eric Thwaites 40 points c/b. > Well done to Don and Paul great score, let's hope you're in the main prizes. > > Two's > Don Wraight 2nd hole. > Ken Burgoyne 10th hole. > Mick McHugh 14th Hole. > Mike Healey 18th hole. > > Longest Drive on the 17th Reg Wittham. > Nearest the Pin. > 2nd Paul Cheetham. > 5th Ken Burgoyne. > 10th Chris Roseblade. > 14th Mick McHugh. > 18th Chris Blazedell. > > Lets hope we can make it an annual event. Thursday Medal and next Tuesday Seniors/ Vets trophy. Sign up on IG for Tuesday. Thanks again Mike and Brian.