Seniors kitty competition November 25th 9x2 and 9x3

A very cold and damp day saw 48 seniors take part.
Results as follows:-

   1. Ron Roberts, Frank Rodenhurst, Noel Jones & Tony Harcombe  101 points

   2. Stewart Poole, Steve Monk, Colin Brown (Seniors Captain) & Derek Lyon  98 points

   3. Peter Almond, Barry Evans, Irwin Elkin & Cliff Evans  97 points


   Prior to the competition 2 members turned up on the 1st tee wearing these shoes!!

Above golf shoes of Geoff Morris on the right compared with thosoe of  Stewart Poole on the left!!

Below a close up of Stewart's shoes strapped up with plastic!!

Below Steve Monk on the 3rd green. He played an  8 iron after his drive. Almost got his gross birdie!

Below Steve taking his 4th shot and getting the putt for 3 points

Below Colin Brown taking his putt on the 3rd but only made a gross 6 after 3 putting!

Seniors December 2014 events

TUESDAY DEC 2ND    PAIRS BETTERBALL

THURSDAY DEC 4TH    SENIORS MEDAL

TUESDAY  DEC 9TH   9 HOLE TEXAS SCRAMBLE FOLLOWED BY SENIORS AGM AT 12 NOON

THURSDAY DEC 11TH  GREENSOMES

TUESDAY  DEC 16TH  9 HOLE TEXAS SCRAMBLE FOLLOWED XMAS PARTY

THURSDAY  DEC 18TH  YELLOW BALL

TUESDAY  DEC 23RD  3 CLUBS AND A PUTTER

THURSDAY DEC 25TH  XMAS DAY  COURSE CLOSED

TUESDAY DEC 30TH  INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD individual stableford on December 30 will be round 1 of winter leaguge played over 6  rounds,  in months     [December 1 st round]   [January rounds 2 & 3]   [ Febuary rounds 4& 5]   [March round 6]. played over a total points league basis.

Seniors Individual Stableford November 20th 2014

       November 20^th Seniors Individual Stableford
In first position was Ernie Williams (Club Captain) with 38pts scoring 22 points on the back 9 off a handicap of 12
2. Tony Jackson 38pts
3. Phil Morris 38pts
4. Bob Jarvis 36pts
5. Neil Sanger 36pts
6. Tony Harcombe 36pts

Seniors Yellow Ball Tuesday November 18th 2014

     Competition played with teams of 4 and 2 teams of 3
     Results for teams of 4 are:-

1.      Nigel Davies, Noel Jones, Graham Stokes and Ron Roberts  176 pts 
2.      Mike Hollings, Frank Rodenhurst, Peter Fraser and Harold Hughes  162 points. Frank recorded a gross 72 off a 10 handicap
3.      Reg Taylor, Paul White, Don Wraight and Cliff Evans  160 pts

    Results for teams of 3 are:-

    Winner were Geoff Morris, Irwin Elkin and Mike Kalka with 118pts

     Runners up!!! were Bill Hughes, Tom McGrady and Derek Lyon with 111pts. Derek had a   

     dreadful game even loosing the yellow ball on the 17th. Apologies to his team.

Seniors Greensomes Stroke play November 13th 2014

   Greensomes strokeplay, played off 50% of combined handicap.
1st. Tony Jackson and Peter Lynch      84 - 17 = 67
2nd. Irwin Elkin and Phil Morris           91-23.5 = 67.5
3rd. John Kelty and Dave Jones          87 - 19 = 68
4th. Ron Roberts and Ernie Williams    80 - 11.5 = 68.5

Ken Lawrence Memorial Trophy November 11th 2014

Despite the bad weather we had a large turnout to play in this memorable event.
It rained for most of the morning but that did not prevent those competing from enjoying the competition which was in memory of Ken Lawrence, a past Seniors Captain and a much missed member of the Seniors Section. After the event Colin Brown, the present Seniors Captain introduced Ken's Widow Shirley who presented the winner with the Trophy along with 2 of Kens daughters Cathy and Sandra. The Trophy was composed of a plinth on which was "the golf ball" which Ken used when he once had a hole in one.
The winner of the event this year was Don Wraight with 37 points with the following runners up each with 36 points:- John Kelty, Paul White and Ron Roberts. Two players carded "2s" namely Neil Sanger and Phil Morris. Neil putted in from off the temporary green on the 2nd after rebounding into the hole from Derek Lyon's ball!
The raffle was well supported by members bringing in a variety of bottles for which we are most grateful.  Nigel Davies was particularly pleased as he won 2 prizes!

We took £239 for the The Royal British Legion - The Royal British Legion.
Photos taken on the day below. First is Colin describing the Memorial Trophy prior to presentation.

And finally one very happy Senior.......

Seniors members who received awards on Presention night November 8th 2014

Below are names of those Seniors who excelled in 2014

Seniors Champion - Efion Jenkins with Nigel Davies as runner up

Colin Brown (Seniors Captain) won the Winter League competition

Reg Peacock  Captains Day Winner

Graham Davidson- Clarke  Clays Past Captains winner

Bill Kelleher  Winner of Captains Drive in (men)

Seniors Gemini winners were Paul White and Nigel Davies with runners up Don Wraight and Tony Jackson

Seniors betterball winners were Ron Roberts and Andrew Mitchell with runners up being Reg Peacock and Mike Hollings

DJ Bogie winner was Irwin Elkin with Bob Brown as runner up

Copperwheat Eclectic winner was Bill Kelleher with Don Wraight as runner up

Seniors 2 day challenge winner of Division one were Tony Harcombe and Malcolm Williams. Winners of Division two were Tom McGrady and Geoff Morris

Vets Trophy winner was Bill Parry

Seniors Trophy winner was Dily Jones with Paul White as runner up

WELL DONE ALL OF YOU

Seniors Medal November 6th 2014

        Senior Winter Medal (Stableford)

Played on Thursday, 6 November 2014 at Clays.
Competition Scratch Score = 68 (37pts) (Men)

Overall Position	Player	Score	Comments		Revised Handicap
Division 1
2	Key, Richard	39 pts (16)	Division 1 Winner		15.3
3	Poole, Stewart	37 pts (16)	Division 1 Runner-Up		16.2
4	Mitchell, Andrew	37 pts (15)			14.8
Division 2
1	Williams, Malcolm	40 pts (20)	Division 2 Winner	19.1
5	Dare, Barry	36 pts (24)	Division 2 Runner-Up	23.6
6	White, Paul	35 pts (20)		19.5

Texas scramble November 4th 2014

                November 4^th Seniors Texas scramble

   1.        Andrew Mitchell, Tony Owens, Mike Hollings and Dave Roberts  58.1

  2.       Tony Harcombe, Derek Lyon, Reg Taylor and Noel Jones 60.1

3.       Bernie Peters, Brian Mercer, Irwin Elkin and Reg Peacock 61.7

Some photos taken on the day by John Hughes

Richard Key's ACE on the 12th Sunday October 26th 2014

    Richard had his ace using a rescue club. Well done
   
           

SENIORS EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2014

  TUESDAY NOV 4TH  TEXAS SCRAMBLE


  THURSDAY  NOV 6TH  MEDAL - PAY IN SHOP

  TUESDAY NOV 11TH  KEN LAWRENCE MEMORIAL TROPHY

  THURSDAY NOV 13TH  GREENSOMES

  TUESDAY NOV 18TH  YELLOW BALL

  THURSDAY NOV 20TH  INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD

  TUESDAY NOV 25TH  9 X 2  9 X 3

  THURSDAY NOV 27TH  MELODY

  TUESDAY  DEC 2ND  PAIRS BETTERBALL

  For those who have forgotten the MELODY rules please see below..

  It is a team game played off 10% of the combined handicap. Each player must have his gross score
  recorded on at least 4 holes. Selection of whose scores is going to be recorded must be done after
  each hole and NOT at the end of the round. Good judgement must be used in choosing which score
  must be recorded in the early part of the round. Gross scores are recorded on the card after each hole
  then totalled for the 18 holes. The combined handicap is then deducted to find the lowest NETT.

  Simple according to Stewart!  Enjoy

Seniors betterball stableford October 30th 2014

    1. Geoff Morris and Dave Roberts  47pts

    2. Noel Jones and Malcolm Williams 44pts

    3. Barry Dare and Cliff Evans 44pts

    4. Phil Morris and Bob Brown 43pts

    5. Bill Hughes and Peter Lynch 42pts

         

Seniors Greensomes October 28th 2014

             October 28^th Seniors GREENSOMES, PLAYED  OFF 50% OF COMBINED HANDICAPS.

           1. Mike Turner and Peter Almond 62.5

           2. Bill Parry and Paul White  66.5

           3.  Terry Jackson and Noel Jones  67

           4. Ernie Williams and Irwin Elkin  67.5

           5. Reg Peacock and Mike Griffiths  68

    Some of the few pictures courtesy of John Hughes below.

     

  

Seniors Kitty competition October 23rd 2014

October 23^rd seniors results of nine x 2 nine x 3 were as follows.

1.     Andrew Mitchell, Keith Jones and Neil Sanger  93pts

2.     Don Wraight, Peter Fraser and Bill Hughes 92pts

3.     Tony Jackson, Tony Harcombe and Paul White 88pts

4.     Noel Jones, Bill Parry and Cliff Evans 84pts

Kitty Competition October 21st 2014

Well what a day! We had the aftermath of the hurricane from the Caribean! With high winds and many heavy showers only 24 hardened Seniors turned up to play. Although not the best of conditions it was good to be out in the fresh air!!!

Format was teams of 4  with best 3 scores to count.

Photos and videos of the day can be seen below

Results:-
1. Tony Jackson, Bob Brown, Barry Dare and Ernie Williams  105pts

2. Peter Almond, Mike Jordan, Mike Hollings and John Kelty 99pts

3. Andrew Mitchell, Graham Stokes, Richard Key and Reg Taylor 98pts

Various photos will show the windy conditions as well as Stewart driving off the 16th!!

First picture show view from 7th tee towards 8th fairway

Below video as wind blew down 7th fairway

Below view down 7th fairway

Below looking down the 8th fairway

Looking down 8th fairway. Really blowing a gale at this moment

Below view up 13th fairway. The wind was very strong at this point

Below Stewart driving down the 16th

Seniors pairs stableford October 16th 2014

1, Maelor Davies and Neil Sanger  71pts

2. Stewart Poole and Bill Parry  69pts

3. Joe White and George Hooson 67pts

4. Malcolm Williams and Tony Jackson  64pts

Seniors Open Oswestry Golf Club October 15th 2014

A large number of Clays Seniors competed in this event and if results become known  Derek will publish them. In fact if one looks here Oswestry Golf Club - CLUB View results can be found. Derek did however manage to card a 2 at the par 3 hole pictured below and won 12 golf balls!!

Firts picture was view down the 7th fairway..

Above is view back on the 12th hole that Derek had a 2 on.. note walled ditch in front of the green!

Below Ron putting out for his 3 on the same hole

Below Ron Roberts driving off on the 13th after THAT par 3 hole where Derek had his 2!!!

Seniors Texas Scramble October 14th 2014

TODAY'S RESULT OF KITTY COMP TEXAS  SCRAMBLE.

  1 ST DON WRAIGHT,DAVE ROBERTS, GRAHAM STOKES & PAUL WHITE    61.2  PTS

  2 ND. ERNIE WILLIAMS,  MIKE KALKA,  EIFION JENKINS & CLIFF EVANS.  61.4.

  3RD. ANDY MITCHELL, BILL PARRY, NIGEL DAVIES & PETER FEY. 61.8.

Some Junior news and photo

Some Junior news and photo

Clays Junior Golfer plays his way to the USA

Matthew Sandoz, age 11, from Clays Golf Club near Wrexham was recently successful at the Lee Westwood Golf Camp National Finals held at Close House, near Newcastle, winning his Under 13 age category and being crowned the overall winner. As part of his prize Matthew won a family golf holiday to Florida with the possibility of joining Lee Westwood for a few holes of golf.

Throughout the year the Lee Westwood Golf Camps have been on-going across the UK with the winners and runner ups from these Camps being invited to attend the Finals that were held at Close House on 29th September, where Lee Westwood is the Touring Professional. Matthew had previously won his 3 day Golf Camp that was held at Macdonald Portal, Tarporley, in July earlier in the Summer to qualify. The Finals this year were extra special as they were attended by Lee Westwood himself who travelled down from Gleneagles after helping the European Team secure an emphatic victory over the USA in the Ryder Cup

Matthew was fortunate enough to have attended the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, the previous week, and was inspired after watching his heroes win to go one further himself in this years Final as he finished runner last year at Gainsborough. The Finals consisted of skills tests in the morning which tested a players short game ability including chipping, putting, pitching and bunker play. The finalists then played on the Close House Filly course in the afternoon with the overall winner being crowned 2014 Lee Westwood Golf Camp National Winner.

There was also further family success at the Finals as his younger brother William Sandoz, age 9, was runner up in the Under 10s age group and received a trophy and selection of prizes from Lee Westwood.

Matthew, has been a junior member of Clays Golf Club since he was age 6, is also a member of Wrexham Golf Club, and has already been recognised as having potential to go a long way in the game. Already at the age of 11 he has been a member of the Golf Union of Wales Nursery Squad for the past 2 years, is receiving training at Denbighshire County level and is also a member of the Clays Junior Elite Squad.

Matthew is coached at the North Wales Coaching Academy at Clays Golf Club by Gareth James, Head PGA Professional and Golf Union of Wales Regional Coach, who looks after Welsh golf's elite amateur players. William is coached by Sam Griffiths, PGA Professional at Clays, who is also part of the Golf Union of Wales Coaching Team at Nursery Squad level.

Clays Past Captains and Officials day event played October 5th 2014

Past Clays Captains day and Officials organised by Fred Court

Winner Graham D Clarke with 35 points; second Reg Peacock with 34 points; Third Don Wraight with 33 points, on count back from Dave Riley also on 33 points.

Seniors pairs better ball October 9th 2014

A wet and cool morning yet some good scores carded

1. Steve Monk and Nigel Davies  43pts on count back

2. Reg Taylor and Bob Brown 43pts

3. Ernie Williams and Bob Jarvis  43pts

Melody competition October 7th 2014

It was the first time the Seniors played this format.

1. Andrew Mitchell, Malcolm Williams, Cliff Evans and Peter Fraser  69.9
2. Bill Kelleher, Nigel Moore, Peter Almond and Dave Jones  71.5

Stableford Medal non qualifier October 2nd 2014

Senior Winter Medal (Stableford)

Played on Thursday, 2 October 2014 at Clays.
Competition Scratch Score = Non-Qualifying (Men)

Overall Position	Player		Score		Comments	Revised Handicap
Division 1
2	Jones, M Keith		39 pts (16)		Division 1 Winner	15.7
3	Mitchell, Andrew		37 pts (15)		Division 1 Runner-Up	14.8
5	Peacock, Reg		36 pts (15)			14.5
Division 2
1	Fraser, Peter	40 pts (20)		Division 2 Winner	20.3
4	Lynch, Peter	36 pts (20)		Division 2 Runner-Up	19.8
6	Monk, Steve	36 pts (21)			20.9

Denbighshire Past Captains Day news about Bill Kelleher and Cliff Evans

The Denbighshire Past Captains final event of the season took place at Llangollen Golf Club on Wednesday October 1^st and the winners of the John Hawkes Silver Salvers were Bill Kelleher and Cliff Evans from Clays with 41 points. Mrs. Iris Hawkes widow of the late John Hawkes attended the evening function and presented the trophies. John was a much loved and highly respected member of Llangollen G C and one of the founding fathers of the Denbighshire Golf Clubs Past Captains Society.