Senior Medal April 6th 2017

A cool and cloudy morning but at least it did not rain. All 18 holes were open and members played from the white tees. Putting was somewhat trying at times but at least it was the same for everyone

Some photos and videos taken on the day below...

Blossom down the 3rd fairway

View towards 5th green from white tee area

Walking down the 8th fairway

Barry Dare preparing to take his shot into 16th green

Chris Jaques about to tee off the 17th tee. Chris played extremely well today

Below Barry Dare playing a lovely shot into the 16th green

RESULTS:

Senior Medal

Played on Thursday, 6 April 2017 at Clays.

Competition Scratch Score:
71 (Men - White Tees)
Non-Qualifying (Ladies - Red Tees)

Show: Gross Scores Result

Overall Position	Player	Score	Comments	Revised Handicap
Division 1
2	Fraser, Peter	88 - 17 = 71	Division 1 - Winner	17.0
5	Mitchell, Andrew	87 - 15 = 72	Division 1 - Runner-Up	15.2
6	Wraight, Don	82 - 10 = 72	Division 1 - 3rd	10.2
7	Evans, Rodney H	90 - 17 = 73		17.3
8	Jacques, Chris	82 - 08 = 74	Lowest Gross Score	8.3
11	Taylor, Reg	91 - 16 = 75		15.6
12	Davies, Nigel	88 - 13 = 75		13.4
14	McGrady, Tom	92 - 17 = 75		16.6
15	Roberts, Ronald H	87 - 12 = 75		11.7
16	Kelleher, William Bill	88 - 12 = 76		12.5

Division 2
1	Williams, Malcolm	87 - 19 = 68	Division 2 - Winner	17.6
3	Jordan, Roy	92 - 21 = 71	Division 2 - Runner-Up	20.5
4	Campbell, Gary	90 - 19 = 71	Division 2 - 3rd	19.4
9	Hughes, Harold Bryn	95 - 21 = 74		20.6
10	Turner, Michael	93 - 19 = 74		18.9
13	Brown, Bob	100 - 25 = 75		24.7
18	Monk, Steve	99 - 22 = 77		21.7
21	Williams, Alwyn	105 - 27 = 78		27.4
22	Jones, Noel	100 - 22 = 78		22.1
23	Roberts, Alan	98 - 19 = 79		19.1

Hole	Player	Score
2	Jones, Dilwyn	2
5	Fraser, Peter	2

Match result vs Hawarden Golf Club and Kitty competition at home April 4th 2017

Beautiful sunny day for golf

Today's match result as follows  ... 

Clays 8 1/2   Hawarden 2 1/2

Thanks to Steve Monk for the following report...

Apart from those playing in today's match against Hawarden, a further 25 players participated in a pre-match individual stableford kitty competition. We commenced in cold and windy conditions but although the wind stayed prominent, temperatures gradually improved when the sun eventually appeared through the clouds. With the 2nd hole open today, it was good to be able to play a full 18 holes. Results were:
1st - Bill Parrish, with 33 points.

2nd - Steve Monk, with 31 points, 16 on back 9.

3rd - Bill Kelleher, also 31 points, 15 on back 9.

4th - Mike Turner, also 31 points, 12 on back 9.


5th - Tony Owens, with 30 points.

Seniors events April 2017

SENIORS COMPETITIONS - APRIL 2017
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Tuesday Apr 4th	MATCH vs HAWARDEN (Home) Players not in match, BOOK A TEE
Thursday Apr 6th	APRIL MEDAL	Draw on board – see Don for late entries
Tuesday Apr 11th	PAIRS BETTERBALL Also Away match vs Henlle
Thursday Apr 13th	TEXAS SCRAMBLE (followed by a Committee Meeting)
Tuesday Apr 18th	MATCH vs EASTHAM (Home) Players not in match, BOOK A TEE
Thursday Apr 20th	APRIL QUALIFIER	Individual Stableford Kitty Comp
Monday Apr 24th	Away Match vs Aldersey Green
Tuesday Apr 25th	WALTZ
Thursday Apr 27th	PAIRS, BOTH SCORES TO COUNT
Friday   Apr 28th	Away Match vs Old Padeswood
Tuesday May 2nd	YELLOW BALL (4, 5, 4, 5)
Thursday May 4th	MAY MEDAL	Entries in advance via sheet on board.

       

Kitty competition "Muliplier" March 30th 2017

The 2s is a ROLLOVER,

38 out of 39 participated in the 2s competition with no one achieving a Two, so £7.60 goes on our next Kitty Comp.

If two's is applicable to that kitty competition then it should be Tuesday 11th April  

Format for todays competition as follows:-

3 ball teams can compete against each other as well as 4 ball teams. Irrespective of numbers in a team, the top 2 stableford scores at each hole are multiplied together to produce the team score for the hole.

Results kindly provided by Steve Monk
Today's competition was a 'Multiplier', for which 39 players turned out.
Following a 'hiccup' with the tally draw, which left a single 3-ball team to play alongside 9 x 4-ball teams, thanks are due from the organiser to Diane Dare, Mike Hollings and Peter Almond for agreeing to play under such a handicap. Although not amongst the prizewinners, they very creditably were placed joint 4th in the competition.
Winners were:
1st - Don Wraight, Ralph Hardy, Barry Evans and Steve Monk, with 94 points.

2nd - Malcolm Williams, Andrew Mitchell, Mike Drake and Bob Brown, with 84 points.


3rd - Noel Jones, Colin Evans, Colin Brown and Dave Palferman, with 83 points.

Bonus Ball competition March 28th 2017

What a dull and cold day it was today. However it was brightened up by the sight of Derek in his Ricky Fowler hat!

Rickie Fowler - Wikipedia

Explanation of scoring for Bonus Ball (previously called Yellowish Ball).
This is played as a stableford competition, ideally in 4-ball teams.
At every hole all four stableford scores count towards the team total, and a 'bonus' score is added. The bonus score is derived as follows.
At all holes on the front 9 of the course (holes 1 to 9 inclusive), the lowest stableford points score from the 4 team members is added as the bonus score.
At all holes on the back 9 of the course (holes 10 to 18 inclusive) the highest stableford points score from the 4 team members is added as the bonus score.
Some examples:-
On Hole 1, say, the 4 players record scores of 6/2, 4/3, 6/1, 5/2. The bonus score is the lowest of these, i.e. 1. So the team total for the hole is 9.
On Hole 7, say, the 4 players record scores of 5/2, 6/2, 5/3, 7/0. The bonus score is the lowest of these, i.e. 0. So the team total for the hole is 7.
On hole 10, the 4 scores are 4/4, 6/2, 5/2, 6/1. The bonus score is the highest of these, i.e. 4. So the team total for the hole is 13.

On hole 17, the 4 scores are 3/3, 4/2, 6/0, 5/1. The bonus score is the highest of these, i.e. 3. So the team total for the hole is 9.

Before Nigel announced the results he announced winners of 2017 Winter League,....see photos below kindly sent by Don

Dave Palferman who came 3rd

The winner of the Winter League was Frank Rodenhurst...well done.

The 2nd place in the winter League went to Club Captain Nick Lee but we have no photo as yet.

1st Don Wraight, Harold Hughes, Chris Jacques & Brian Downes 155 pts


2nd Alwyn Williams, Bill Parrish, Maelor Davies & Roy Jordan 151 pts


3rd Colin Evans, Peter Bowen, Ian Ketland & Bill Kelleher   146 pts


Out of 48 playing in the Bonus Ball 45 entered the two's, though the greens had been top dressed  three, players achieved a two :-

Garry Campbell on hole 17, Ralph Hardy also on the 17th and the poor committee person Chris Jacques landing his 2 on the 12 hole.

Some photos and videos of the day below..

Clays seniors kitty competition 8x3 plus 9x2 March 23rd 2017 plus match away at Upton

Match result today ... some 20 Clays seniors competed

Upton 3 1/2   Clays 6 1/2

A further 24 members were at Clays to play an '8 x 3' plus '9 x 2' kitty competition (the 2nd hole still being closed).
Winners were Andy Mitchell, Tony Owens, Roy Jordan and Steve Monk with 92 points.


Runners-up were Harold Hughes, Stewart Poole, Ron Roberts and Roy Jones with 88 points.

In the kitty competition 22 out of a field of 24 played in the two's with only one winner again on hole 5 by Noel Jones, a photo of him getting the ball out of the hole with a big smile on his face saying that it's the first two for about 6 years well done Noel. See below.

  Also a photo of the daffs the seniors  planted between Hole 5 & 4  last year

Final positions of Seniors Winter League 2017

		SENIORS WINTER LEAGUE 2017
			FINAL LEAGUE TABLE
Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total Points
		Jan 10th	Jan 24th	Feb 7th	Feb 21st	Mar 7th	Mar 21st
1	Frank Rodenhurst	6	10		10	2	10	38
2	Nick Lee	10			2	7	9	28
3	Dave Palferman	7	5		9		5	26
3	Ernie Williams	9	9			8		26
5	Nigel Harris	8		7	6			21
6	Don Wraight	2	3	5	8	1		19
7	Chris Jacques	3		8		6		17
8	Steve Monk		2	9			4	15
9	Andy Mitchell		8			5		13
10	Harold Hughes			3			8	11
11	Roy Jordan			10				10
11	Tony Owens					10		10
13	Cliff Evans					9		9
13	Dilly Jones	4			5			9
15	Malcolm Williams	5					3	8
15	Ralph Hardy		7		1			8
17	Gary Campbell				7			7
17	John Davis						7	7
19	Alan Roberts			6				6
19	Graham Stokes		6					6
19	Stewart Poole						6	6
22	Reg Peacock		1	1	3			5
23	Nigel Davies		4					4
23	Peter Fraser				4			4
23	Phil Hughes					4		4
23	Steve Beech			4				4
27	Reg Taylor					3		3
28	Brian Downes						2	2
28	Maelor Davies			2				2
30	Bill Kelleher	1						1
30	Richard Key						1	1

Seniors Winter League Round 6 March 21st 2017

Cliff Evans sent the following report.........Out of a field of 43  today, 38 entered in the two's competition with only one achieving a two,  on the 5th hole Mr.Frank Rodenhurst


Thanks to Steve Monk for the following report.....

The final round of the Seniors Winter League was held today in sunny but windy and quite cold conditions. The game was disrupted by the seasonal necessity of hollow-tining of the greens, but green-keeping staff did their best to keep as many greens playable as they could. The 2nd hole was closed throughout, but the 17th and 18th holes were open for early players (starting from the 14th or 16th tees) but not for later players (starting from the 1st tee). Additionally, the 16th hole was initially fully available but later on, only in a shortened version with a temporary green.
Committee members present collectively decided that it would be unfair to award kitty competition prizes on the day, because different groups of players played a different set of holes or different hole lengths. All members present agreed to donate the collected kitty to Section Funds. However, by taking scores from Holes 1 to 16 only (excluding the closed Hole 2) and taking into account the fact that the only 4 players present who had enough league points to still win the overall title all played together, and thus all played an identical course, it was concluded that it was appropriate and fair to allow the results achieved to stand for the purpose of allocating league points only.

43 players competed. Results were:

1st - 10 points - Frank Rodenhurst with a score of 30.

2nd - 9 points - Nick Lee with 29.

3rd - 8 points - Harold Hughes with 27.

4th - 7 points - John Davis with 26.

5th - 6 points - Stewart Poole with 25.

6th - 5 points - Dave Palferman with 25.

7th - 4 points - Steve Monk with 25.

8th - 3 points - Malcolm Williams with 25.

9th - 2 points - Brian Downes with 24.


10th - 1 point - Richard Key with 23.

The final positions in the Winter League will be posted soon 

St Patricks Day incorporating the Ray Mortell Trophy March 16th 2017

2nd place team each receiving a bottle of wine

The winning team receiving a bottle of Irish Whiskey each

Harold Hughes receiving the Ray Mortell Trophy

Mike Hollings receiving his money prize of £48 being the only player with a 2

 Lovely day with periods of sunshine and cold winds at times! Nigel Davies, Seniors Captain chaired the presentation proceedings. Thanks given to Don Wraight for organisation of the day Catrina for the food etc.

Team results:-

1. Harold Hughes, Tom McGrady, Ron Roberts and Phil Morris  135 points


2. Rod Evans, Nigel Harris, Barry Dare and Don Wraight 129 points

3. Peter Lynch, Malcolm Williams, Nick Lee and Reg Taylor 125 points

There was only one person with a 2 today namely Mike Hollings on the 5th using an 8 iron plus putt.

The winner of the Ray Mortell Trophy was Harold Hughes with 40 points. There were also some excellent scores by Tony Harcombe/39 points, Rod Evans/36 points, Dill Jones/37 points and Bill Kelleher with 37 points.

Some photos and videos below:-

View down 14th fairway

Roy Jordan and Chris Jacques watching Bill Kelleher about to tee off on the 7th

The 14th green

Chris Jacques teeing off on the 15th

Lunch was Irish Stew and red cabbage


AND FINALLY A VIDEO which shows Bill Kelleher driving off down the 7th

Some photos of the day from Cliff Evans below

Texas Scramble at home and away Match vs Holywell March 14th 2017

A beautiful sunny day at Clays when 28 competed in a Texas Scramble, each player having to take 3 drives
Results:

1. Cliff Evans , Phil Hughes, Keith Jones and John Davies  54.1

2. Andrew Mitchell, Tony Owens, Ron Roberts and Barry Evans 54.8

3. Noel Jones. Derek Lyon, Bill Kelleher and Mike Griffiths  58.2

The result of the match as follows Holywell 6 1/2 Clays 5 1/2