WALES VS REST OF THE WORLD

Seniors - a late night memo which you won't mind. I have received a number of requests for next month's calendar, as members are looking at dates for a variety of reasons. Stuart and I have been working on those calendar dates, firstly with the postponed Ryder Cup event in mind and also, a couple of Opens and matches to squeeze in. Please find the September calendar attached. I am going down to play at the club on Sunday morning and I will post a copy on the board and in reception as per usual. There will also be a sign-up sheet for the "Not Quite the Ryder Cup" event. This has proven to be a popular event in the first three years of its infancy so members need to get their names in quickly and the announcement you have all been waiting for - (we have managed to appoint new Captains every year so far) - the Captains of the Teams will be: WALES - Don Wraight and REST OF THE WORLD - Eric Thwaites We want everybody to get behind their Captains, even if only for abuse of the opposition. There will be more information nearer the date and I am/we are expecting another great day of jingoism and banter. Enjoy all the comps as advertised. Mike

KITTY COMPETITION RESULT FROM STUART

Seniors, good afternoon. well looks like the weather may have changed, most of us got in dry sorry for the tail enders who got wet. There was an away match today but 25 seniors still put their tallies up and with the weather forecast in mind we decided on an individual stableford. Some good scores were returned. Result. 1st Mike Drake 42 points. 2nd Bob Jarvis 39 points. 3rd Stewart Poole 38 points. 4th Ken Tiezen 37 points. 5th Gwynn Evans 35 points. Well done Mike even though I can still hear him shouting across the road asking how I got on, poorly is the answer. Ken, Gwynn I have your prize money I will catch up with next time we see each other at the club. Next Tuesday, I think 24 of the seniors are at the Vicars Cross open, but there will still be a Kitty Comp that day, so turn up normal time and tallies up competition will be decided depending on numbers and weather. Stuart.

KITTY COMPETITION INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD

Seniors, good afternoon. well looks like the weather may have changed, most of us got in dry sorry for the tail enders who got wet. There was an away match today but 25 seniors still put their tallies up and with the weather forecast in mind we decided on an individual stableford. Some good scores were returned. Result. 1st Mike Drake 42 points. 2nd Bob Jarvis 39 points. 3rd Stewart Poole 38 points. 4th Ken Tiezen 37 points. 5th Gwynn Evans 35 points. Well done Mike even though I can still hear him shouting across the road asking how I got on, poorly is the answer. Ken, Gwynn I have your prize money I will catch up with next time we see each other at the club. Next Tuesday, I think 24 of the seniors are at the Vicars Cross open, but there will still be a Kitty Comp that day, so turn up normal time and tallies up competition will be decided depending on numbers and weather. Stuart.

SENIORS MATCH VS HOLLYWELL AWAY

Seniors - A wet day all round. 16 seniors made the journey over to Holywell for the match and I thank Malcolm and Tom for their organisation. It wasn't too bad at Holywell but occasional bursts of heavy rain were just a tad off-putting (no pun intended) and the constant jackets on and off proved a bit tedious. Overall, our match with Holywell was a very convivial affair. We played with the Am/Am format and the best two scores counted in each fourball. There were four groups over 85 points and countback was required for First place. Balls were presented to three players in the ballsweep for twos: Ian Jones, Malcolm Hughes and Rae Carroll from Holywell. The winning team with 89 ponts included Tony Harcombe and Stuart Leyland. They and their two partners each received a bottle of wine each and the raffle draw was also won by a Clays member - Peter Fraser who received a bottle of wine. Your Captain thanked the opposition for their hospitality and the catering staff for the sandwiches and chips. See you all next week. Mike

PRIORS HAYES OPEN RESULTS FROM DON WRAIGHT

Subject: Priors Hayes Open 28 Seniors played at the above open today. A pleasant start to our rounds in comfortable weather, but as the day progressed the sun appeared and my,did it get hot Lots of scores in the 40's and above. 3rd with 45 points Tony Harcombe & Stuart Leyland 2nd 47 points Damian Atkin & John Falcus 1st 54 points Peter Thomas & Ray Griffiths Lots of teams came away with balls in the 2's comp plus a few raffle prizes. I dare say Brian will keep us updated with the final results at Priors Hayes. Food was nice especially the bacon baps in the morning. Well organised and the course was in very good nick

PAIRSBETTER BALL RESULT FROM STUART MILES

Good afternoon Seniors. Even with a large group away at an open 16 seniors still put their tallies up for today's Kitty Comp. Perfect number we decided to have a pairs betterball. Overcast weather soon became a very hot day, with a grateful cool beer at the end. Thank you to the guys in my 4 ball today for a pleasant morning out and a big thank you to those who found my car keys on the 1st tee that had fallen out of my bag. Now you missed a trick, Fred Court suggested when you brought them back to the shop you should have moved my car to the far end of the car park, opportunity missed lads. 2 prizes today. Result. 1st Ken Burgoyne, John Ketlty 47 points. 2nd Peter Bowen, Peter Lord 44 points. Thursday is an individual qualifier, it will be a normal tally draw and kitty comp, but can you please register on IG before you get to the first tee, I think registration opens tomorrow. Any problems registering see me or go in the shop. See you Thursday, going to be another hot one, great, may it last. Stuart.

TEXAS SCRAMBLE REPORT FROM DON WRAIGHT

42 Seniors turned up today, a great turn out, thank you all for the support. Today it was decided to play a 3 ball Texas Scramble, 14 teams. 5 drives each of which 1 had to be a par 3. Conditions were fresh but comfortable. Course was playing well and the greens were running nicely. 1st place Ken Burgoyne, Dave Moles Jones,John Kelty 59.6 2nd Tony Harcombe, Tony Vesty, Chris Jacques 60.8 3rd Chris Blazdell, John Maxred, Fred Court 62.3 4th Damien Atkin, Barry Evans, Alan Pocklington 62.7 Well done to all Thursday is the DJ Bogey yellow tees 95%, draw has been made and on IG Please record your gross scores on the card and IG will sort the result Don