Captains Day July 12th 2014

 

 

 

  Straightest drive- Sheila Roscoe

  Nearest The Pin Ladies- Kim Harcombe

  Nearest The Pin Men- Ian Connell

  Best Lady Guest- Hazell Bell  36pts.

  Best Mens Guest- Mike Evans 38pts.

  Best Junior- Jack Cade 36pts.

  Best Senior- Dilwyn Jones 37pts.

  Best Lady- Angela Thomas-Williams 37pts.

  Third Place- Patrick McHugh 37pts.

  Second Place- Kenny Hughes 37pts.

  Overall Winner- Reg Peacock 38pts.

2's carded by the following:-

   Mike Evans

   Phill Jones

   Vic Thind

   Ian Connell

   Nigel Harris

   Reg Peacock

   Sophie Roberts

The Captains Day competition was followed by a highly successful evening attended by about 120 people. An excellent hot buffet was supplied by the catering manager Diana and her team after the prize presentation. After eating, great live entertainment was provided by the acoustic guitar duo The Arthur Nelly Acoustic Club which was very well received. A great evening was enjoyed by everyone, particularly the Captains Ernie Williams and Pauline Peacock. Some photos of the day below.

July 10th Seniors Pairs Betterball

Pairs Betterball

1st Keith Jones & Tony Harcombe  45 pts

2nd Dave Jones & Mike Griffiths  44 pts (countback)

3rd Dennis Jones & Nigel Davies  44 pts

Seniors Stableford kitty competition July 8th 2014

Individual Stableford 1st.  Ernie  Williams..........38pts


2nd. Graham Stokes..........38pts


3rd.  Tom McGrady............36pts


4th.  Tony Harcombe.........35pts


5th.  Mike Goring...............35pts

Seniors Medal July 3rd 2014

Division 1
1	Roberts, Ronald H	77 - 12 = 65	Division 1 Winner	10.9
2	Kelleher, William (Bill)	76 - 11 = 65	Division 1 Runner-Up & Lowest Gross Score	10.3
3	Brown, Colin	82 - 15 = 67	Division 1 Third	14.2

 

 

Division 2
5	Jones, Dave F	88 - 19 = 69	Division 2 Winner	17.5
10	White, Paul	93 - 20 = 73	Division 2 Runner-Up	20.2
11	Jones, Dennis	101 - 28 = 73	Division 2 Third	27.7

 

Seniors events July 2014

Thursday July 3rd    MEDAL

Tuesday July 8th  HOME MATCH VS ALDERSEY GREEN

Thursday July 10th   PAIRS BETTERBALL

Tuesday July 15th  2 DAY CHALLENGE

Thursday July 17th 2 DAY CHALLENGE

Tuesday July 22nd SENIORS TROPHY

Thursady July 24th  TEXAS SCRAMBLE

Tuesday July 29th  INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD

Thursday July 31st  9X2   9X 3

June 26th Seniors Texas scramble

June 26^th Seniors Texas scramble

1.       Andrew Mitchell, Keith Jones, Steve Monk and Frank Carroll 57.4

2.       Graham Stokes, Nigel Moore, Stuart Miles and Malcolm Williams 58.8

Seniors qualifier June 19th and seniors kitty competition June 24th - best 2 scores front 9 and best 3 scores back 9 plus Henlle away match result

Seniors stableford Qualifier Played on Thursday, 19 June 2014 at Clays. Overall Position Player Score Comments Revised Handicap 1 Hughes, William (Bill) 43 pts (19) Overall Winner 16.7 2 Evans, John Clifford 37 pts (24) Overall Runner-Up 24.1 3 Elkin Irwin 36 pts (24) Overall Third 24.4     June 24th Team event. Best 2 scores front 9 and best 3 scores back 9 1. Team of 3. Andrew Mitchell, Ray Jones & Rodney Evans  105 pts 2. Stewart Poole, Bill Parry, Tony Owen & Mike Griffiths  103 pts 3. Peter Almond, Mike Drake, Steve Beech & Terry Jackson 99 pts On the same day June 24th the Seniors team played Henlle away but lost by 6.5 matches to 1.5

Stableford Pairs betterball June 17th 2014

Tuesday June 17^th Seniors stableford, betterball pairs

1. Bob Brown and Irwin Elkin 45pts

2. Bill Parry and Steve Monk 44pts

3. Reg Peacock and Ron Roberts 44pts

4. Phil Morris and Bill Kelleher 43pts

Clays Seniors Annual Devon trip news

Fred Court sent me details for the week as below:-

It was a good week down at Okehampton. Golf all round was not brilliant, but the weather overall was better than average.

Winners are:-

Ramnee Trophy Tony Harcombe ; 127 pts. Tony Jackson 123, Stuart Miles 120

Forrest Trophy (Tony Harcombe not able to win both) is Tony Jackson ; nett 69, Mike Hollings 71,Terence Keen 72

28 my A*** Terence Keen with Four holes counting.

 

Other winners:-

Day one Terence Keen 35, Roger Hudson (Guest) 32, Tony Jackson 31.

Day two Tony Harcombe 36, Tony Jackson 35, Fred Court 34.

Day Three Tony Harcombe 37, Ed Bowdon (Guest) 36, Roger Hudson (Guest) 34

Day Four Stuart Miles 36, Roger Hudson (Guest) 30, Mike Hollings 29.

Day Five Team Fred Court Roger Hudson and Rodney Evans.

Seniors kitty competitions Tuesday June 10th (Yellow Ball) and June 12th (best front 9, best back 9 and best overall)

Tuesday June 10^th Seniors Yellow Ball

1.       Andrew Mitchell, Steve Monk, Tom McGrady & Bill Parry 162pts

2.       Bob Brown, Alwyn Willliams, Mike Gorman & Harold Hughes  143pts

 

Thursday June 12^th. Seniors kitty competition – format being best stableford score on front 9, best score on back 9 and overall winner over 18 holes. No one to win all 3 events!

Winner front 9 – Brian Mercer with 19 pts

Winner back 9 – Andrew Mitchell

Overall winner – Tom McGrady with 39pts. In second place Bernie Peters on countback from Peter Fraser with 37pts and third Peter Fraser with 37pts. Tom won despite having a 2 shot penalty from 2 days ago! He even had 1 blob and 2 holes with only one point- well done Tom!

As the weather was glorious everyone went outside to hear Stewart announce the winners as best he could!!

 

Seniors Medal June 5th 2014

Senior Medal
Competition Scratch Score = 71 (Men)

Overall Position	Player	Score	Comments	Revised Handicap
Division 1
1	Taylor, Reg	85 - 15 = 70	Division 1 Winner	14.9
2	Jones, Dilwyn	88 - 17 = 71	Division 1 Runner-Up	16.6
3	Brown, Colin	87 - 15 = 72	Division 1 Third	14.7

 

Division 2
6	Monk, Steve	94 - 20 = 74	Division 2 Winner	20.4
7	Williams, Malcolm	94 - 20 = 74	Division 2 Runner-Up	19.8
9	Brown, Bob	98 - 22 = 76	Division 2 Third	22.4

Seniors kitty competition June 3rd 9x3 and 9x2

Some 34 seniors took part with many others playing various knockout competitions.
Result as follows:

1. Roy Jones, Irwin Elkin, Stewart Poole & Mike Goring 95pts
2. Nigel Moore, Mike Turner, Bill Hughes & Tony Owens  93pts
3. Maelor Davies, Brian Downes, Tony Jackson & Mike Kalka 91pts on countback
4. Graham Stokes, Bob Brown, Eifion Jenkins & Noel Jones 91pts

Seniors events/kitty competitions for June and early July 2014

TUESDAY JUNE 3RD  9X3   9X2

THURSDAY JUNE 5TH SENIORS MEDAL - PAY IN SHOP

TUESDAY JUNE 10TH  YELLOW BALL

THURSDAY JUNE 12TH  INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD - BEST FRONT 9, BEST BACK 9 AND BEST OVERALL

TUESDAY JUNE 17TH  HALL OF FAME

THURSDAY JUNE 19TH  STABLEFORD PAIRS BETTERBALL

TUESDAY  24TH  HENLLE MATCH AWAY

THURSDAY JUNE 26TH  TEXAS SCRAMBLE

TUESDAY JULY 1ST  STABLEFORD PAIRS BOTH SCORES TO COUNT

THURSDAY  JULY 3RD  SENIORS MEDAL - PAY IN SHOP

Seniors stableford Betterball pairs

Gloomy day with only about 16 Seniors competing. Several other were taking part in various knock out competitions and no doubt other felt the weather would be bad?
Results:-

1. Keith Jones & Derek Lyon 41pts on countback
2. Bill Kelleher & Richard Key 41pts
3. Dilly Jones & Neil Sanger 40pts

As usual the Seniors saw lots of wildlife and concerns were expressed about only 10 of the ducklings seen on the 17th. Appears one no longer with us? The 2 Canada goslings are still OK though. 2 woodpeckers were also seen on the 7th fairway.

First photo shows the 10? ducklings and mother

 

Below Canada geese and 2 goslings

May 27th 2014 teas scramble plus some wildlife action !!

Today many seniors competed in various knock out competitions early in the morning whilst the other competed in a Texas scramble. Results below:-

1. Nigel Davies, Andrew Mitchell, Stewart Poole and Steve Monk 58.4
2. Bill Kelleher, Peter Almond, Harold Hughes and Nigel Moore 60.7
3. Steve Beech, Bill Parry, Tom McGrady and Peter Lynch 63.4

Colin Brown and Derek Lyon won their pairs match due to superb play by Colin. During the morning we were pleased to see much wildlife and photos and videos below. First photo show mummy duck and her 11 offspring still doing well and growing fast. Taken at back of 17th tee.

 

Below here they are again being taught to swim by mum in the bunker on the 17th

Below the Canada geese with 2 chicks

Below a very friendly young rabbit grazing in the rough on our way back to the Club House...bless!

 

 

Seniors Medal May 22nd 2014

 Medal results below plus videos of the ducks on the 17th below!

Division 1
1	Kelleher, William (Bill)	80 - 11 = 69	Division 1 Winner & Lowest Gross Score	10.5
4	Turner, Michael	89 - 18 = 71	Division 1 Runner-Up	18.1
5	Jackson, Tony	84 - 13 = 71	Division 1 Third	13.3

 

Division 2
2	Jones, Dave F	88 - 19 = 69	Division 2 Winner	18.6
3	Jarvis, Robert	92 - 22 = 70	Division 2 Runner-Up	21.8
6	Davies, Maelor	90 - 19 = 71	Division 2 Third	19.0

 

Stableford Kitty Competiton May 20th and Home Match vs Old Padeswood G C

Kitty competition results:

1. Tom McGrady with 42 pts
2. Andrew Mitchell 38pts
3. Stewart Poole 37 pts on countback
4. Reg Taylor 37pts

The Clays Seniors team won by 6 matches to 3 today. Well done lads!!

Seniors home event and away Competition at Arscott Golf Club May 15th 2014

While 40 or more members went to play at Arscott today, another 22 seniors turned up at Clays to play a Pairs Betterball Stableford in lovely warm weather. This was changed from the scheduled 9x2 + 9x3 comp because of the numbers. Winners were:

 

1. Irwin Elkin & Mike Kalka..................41 pts.

2. Bill Hughes & Steve Monk...............40 pts (19 on the back 9 holes).

 

3. Dennis Jones & Phil Morris.............40 pts (18 on the back 9 holes).

Information about Arscott below.
It was a warm, beautiful day with a long course in superb condition.

Below a view from the green down the 12th fairway

 

Below a view off the 17th tee towards the green. Last year in pouring rain this is where Derek let go of his club due to a very wet grip. The incident at the tinme was witnessed by Mike Turner!!

 

Below Mike Turner putting on the 12th green watched by Richard Key

 

Below Mike Turner driving off the 17th tee

Various Clays team photos below...

 

 

 

Seniors Gemini Competition played May 13th 2014

This event is played as pairs medal play with both scores combined to find the winners.

Results were : -

1. Paul White and Nigel Davies with 148 on countback
2. Don Wraight and Tony Jackson 148
3. Ron Roberts and Tom McGrady 151

The day was warm and at times sunny interspersed with the odd shower. Many Seniors had a "bad day" with several having a double figure score on some holes! Derek is ashamed to say that he had an 11...yes an eleven on the 9th! I heard rumours of some players having as high as 13 on some holes!

Anyway apart from some bad scores a good time was had by all as usual. Alwyn Williams had a particularly good round with some excellent driving. He can be seen below driving off the 15th tee.

Down the 16th fairway the 2 Canada Geese were seen having lunch grazing the grass in the rough. If they have eggs on the Island they must have left them for a short while.

Pairs betterball Stableford May 8th 2014

May 8^th 12 seniors played in the kitty comp today in wet weather. Format was pairs betterball stableford. Many others seniors were involved in various senior knock out competitions.

1st     Ron Roberts & Dave Jones  36pts

2nd    Noel Jones & Don Wraight  34 pts

Seniors Pairs Betterball stableford May 6th 1014

A beautiful, warm and sunny day saw a large number of Seniors competing.

1.     Bill Kelleher and Mike Goring 40pts

2.     Noel Jones and Alwyn Williams 39pts

3.     John Kelty and Brian Downes 35pts

4.     Erwin Elkin and Richard Key 34pts

Due to drainage work on 16th and 17th Seniors had to start from 1st and 14th tees. The 14th was a great vantage point to photo and video several members teeing off as can be seen below.
Not only that but the Mother Duck and her 11 duckling came over to have their photos taken half way down the 14th fairway!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas Scramble May 1st 2014

It should have been the Seniors medal today but due to course drainage works holes 16 and 17 were closed hence a Texas scramble was played with the Medal will now to take place later in the month.
Todays results as follows:-

1. Steve Monk, Tony Owen, Maelor Davies & Paul White 52.6
2. Andrew Mitchell, Richard Key, Des  Dipple and that man again Eifion Jenkins 53
3. Don Wraight, Colin Williams & Bill Parrish 54.3