Seniors events for November 2018 via Steve Monk October 31st 2018

SENIORS COMPETITIONS – NOVEMBER 2018
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Thursday Nov 1st	NOVEMBER ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Draw is on Club Website Booking Page
Tuesday Nov 6th	‘9 x 3’ PLUS ‘9 x 2’
Thursday Nov 8th	THE KEN LAWRENCE MEMORIAL TROPHY Individual Stableford Competition	Charity event for Poppy Day. All £££’s to British Legion; £5 entry includes raffle tickets and all swear box penalties!
Tuesday Nov 13th	WINTER LEAGUE ROUND 1	Individual Stableford
Thursday Nov 15th	TEXAS SCRAMBLE
Tuesday Nov 20th	PAIRS BETTERBALL (followed by a Committee Meeting)
Thursday Nov 22nd	YELLOW BALL
Tuesday Nov 27th	WINTER LEAGUE ROUND 2	Individual Stableford
Thursday Nov 29th	WALTZ
Tuesday Dec 4th	9-Hole Texas Scramble followed by A.G.M. at approx. 12 noon.	Please make every effort to be at the AGM - Thanks
Thursday Dec 6th	DECEMBER ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees) plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Entries in advance via sheet on board

Also in December:

Dec 11^th – SENIORS CHRISTMAS PARTY – NOT TO BE MISSED!!

Dec 13^th – A competition played under a Trial of the New Rules, to be introduced formally on January 1^st 2019.

Seniors Multiplier kitty competition October 30th 2018

The weather today was cold and damp but it did prevent 40 Seniors competing.

Some excellent scores were carded and results below:-

1. Mike Hollings, Ralph Hardy, David F Jones and Dilly Jones 104 points. Team photo below.

1. Bob Brown, Peter Bowen, Richard Key and Mike Carnell 103 points
2. Don Wraight, Nigel Harris, Jon Falcus and Keith Jones  103 points

Several announcements were made at the presentation by Don Wraight, SeniorsCaptain and Chris Jacques, Seniors Hon Secretary.

Don mentioned about new sweaters that are available and asked Dilly Jones to model one.....photos below

Chris had sent an email out today about the Seniors AGM and asked that if anyone had not received it to let him know in case he had not got all the Seniors emails.

Seniors Texas Scramble October 25th 2018

1.  Texas Scramble  was won by Ralph Hardy,Harold Hughes,  Dilly Jones and Mike Parks with 60.4
2. Andrew Mitchell, Tom McGrady, D F Jones and Bill Hughes 64.9
3. Richard Key, Bob Brown, Bill Kelleher and Stewart Poole 64.9

Individual Stableford and Match vs Hawarden at Clays October 23rd2018

Thank you to Steve Monk for providing the results

Before today's match started at 9.00 a.m., 22 seniors played an individual stableford competition.

Results were:

1st - Bob Brown with 32 points

2nd - Tom McGrady with 31 points

3rd - Bob Jarvis also with 31 points (on countback)

4th - Chris Jacques with 30 points

5th - Tony Owens also with 30 points (on countback)

In the match Don Wraight reports that score was Clays 4 1/2 and Hawarden 3 1/2

Bonus ball October 18th 2018

Thanks again to Steve Monk for the following report. Derek had a Drs appointment for flu jab so unable to play

Another glorious day for golf, with sunshine throughout. A very heavy dew made putting a challenge for the first couple of hours, and restricted the amount of run on well-hit drives, but the dew was gradually dried out by the sun. Forty-five players turned up to compete in a Bonus Ball game. We had 3 teams of 3 and 9 teams of 4, with each set playing their own competition. Winners were:

In the 3-ball competition, Mike Kalka, Tony Owens and Noel Jones carded the best score with 103 stableford points.

In the 4-balls, 1st were Don Wraight, Stewart Poole, Roy Jordan and Dave Lloyd with 160 points.

2nd were Andy Mitchell, Damian Atkin, Dave A Jones and Keith Hawthorn with 149 points.

3rd were Cliff Davies, Mike Drake, Peter Bowen and Jon Falcus with 146 points

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.

Seniors Individual Stableford Qualifier October 16th 2018

51 Seniors competed today.


Results as follows:-

1. Ralph Hardy 38 points
2. Mike Hollings 38 points
3. Russ Adamson 36 points
4. Bill Kelleher 36 points
5. Nigel Harris 35 points
6. Mike Drake 35 points
7. Andrew Mitchell 35 points
8. Stewart Poole 35 points
9. Michael Ryan 33 points
10. Bob Brown 33 points
11. Mike Parks 33 points
12. Steve Monk 32 points
13. Chris Jacques 32 points
14. Tom McGrady 32 points
15. Harold Hughes 32 points
16. David Jones 32 points
17. Frank Rodenhurst 32 points
18. Barry Dare 31 points
19. Ernie Williams 31 points
20. Dave A Jones 31 points
21. Dave Riley 31 points
22. Don Wraight 31 points
23. John Kelty 30 points
24. Michael Healey 30 points
25. Bill Hughes 30 points
26. Malcolm Williams 30 points
27. Graham Bryne 28 points
28. Peter Bowen 28 points
29. Alan Barnside 27 points
30. Dave F Jones 26 points

In the 2's competition there were 6 winners namely

Andrew Mitchell, Steve Monk, Chris Jacques, Frank Rodenhurst and Tom Pierce at the 5th. Tony Owens carded a 2 at the 12th,

Seniors Waltz competition October 11th 2018

Thank you to Don Wraight for supplying the following results

38 played today in good conditions not wet at all just a sprinkle towards the end of the rounds.

18 played in 3balls and 20 in 4 balls, giving a chance at winning some sort of prize

3 ball result 1^st Chris Jacques, Mike Carnell and Tony Owens 86 pts

                    2^nd Colin Brown, Keith Jones and Don Wraight 79pts

4 ball result 1^st Keith Hawthorn, Alan Barnsdale, Bob Jarvis and Harold Hughes 90pts

                    2^nd Andy Mitchell, Bob Brown, Mike Ryan and Mike Drake 87 pts


Russ Adamson was the only 2's winner when he carded a 2 on the 5th using a 9 iron!

Seniors pairs betterball stableford October 9th 2018

Glorious sunny day but very window with lots of leaves being blown about.

Some great scores were carded

In the 2's competition there were 2 winners each with a 2 on the 5th....mamely Tony Owens and Peter Fraser,

A total of 48 players compered and results as follows:-

1. Mike Hollings and John Kelty 46 points
2. Rodney Evans and Bob Jarvis 44 points
3. Noel Jones and Colin Brown 41 points on countback
4. Stewart Poole and Peter Fraser 41 points on countback
5. Mike Healy and Dave Palferman 41 points

Medal and 9 hole stableford qualifier Oct 4th 2018

9 hole stableford qualifier

1. Stewart Poole 21 points
2. Irwin Elkin 16 points
3. Bill Hughes 15 points

Medal results:

Division 1

1. Colin Brown 39 points
2. Dave F Jones 36 points
3. Keith Jones 35 points
4. Reg Peacock 34 points
5. Jonathan Falcus 34 points
6. Tony Harcombe 31 points
7. Alan Barnsdale 31 points
8. Tony Owens 31 points
9. Michael Carnell 29 points
10. Ernie Williams 28 points

Division 2

1. Michael Healey 43 points
2. Steve Monk 41 points
3. Mike Drake 40 points
4. Harold Hughes 40 points
5. Michael Ryan 38 points
6. Mike Goring 38 points
7. Dilly Jones 37 points
8. Malcolm Williams 35 points
9. Joe White 34 points
10. Barry Dare 34 points

Kitty competition October 2nd 2018 and away match at Henlle

Steve Monk reported the following...thanks Steve

Although a team of members were playing away at Henlle a further 29 played an individual stableford. Conditions were slightly threatening  but everyone stayed dry possibly due to the wind which was always present to some extent

Results as follows:-

1. Steve Monk with 41 points
2. Alan Barnsdale 39 points
3. Jon Falcus 37 points 
4. Joe White  37 points on countback
5. Mike Kalka 36 points
6. Malcolm Williams 36 points on countback

Clays Seniors Events October 2018

SENIORS COMPETITIONS - OCTOBER 2018
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Tuesday Oct 2nd	TBA – depending on numbers Also MATCH vs HENLLE (Away)
Thursday Oct 4th	OCTOBER ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Draw is on Club Website Booking Page
Tuesday Oct 9th	PAIRS BETTERBALL
Thursday Oct 11th	WALTZ
Tuesday Oct 16th	INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD QUALIFIER**	** if course is suitable
Thursday Oct 18th	BONUS BALL
Tuesday Oct 23rd	MATCH VS HAWARDEN (HOME)	Players not in match please book a tee
Thursday Oct 25th	TEXAS SCRAMBLE Followed by a Committee Meeting
Tuesday Oct 30th	MULTIPLIER
Thursday Nov 1st	NOVEMBER ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Entries in advance via sheet on board

Seniors Kitty competition best 2 scores at each hole to count/stableford September 27th 2018 plus Mold Match away result

What a superb day to play golf with endless sunshine and high temperatures for this time of the year.

Today's competition was a 'Best 2 Scores at Each Hole', played by 2 x 4-ball teams and 6 x 3-balls. An adjustment calculation was made to make the scores from the 4-balls equivalent, and comparable, to the 3-balls. Results were:

1st - Andrew Mitchell, Tom McGrady, Tony Owens and Maelor Davies 73.3 points.

2nd - Alan Pocklington, Alwyn Williams and Dilly Jones 73 points

It was Maelor's 83rd  birthday today and Haley presented him with a small cake with a candle.

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Some photos and videos taken today

View of dreaded pond on 16th

Wonderful shot of weeping willow on 16th

View off 16th green towards 17th

Mike Drake driving off the 1 st tee

View off 1st tee

View down the 1st fairway



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Below Roy Jordan taking his 2nd shot down the 1st fairway

Malcolm Williams sent this report about Mold Match away. Beautiful sunshine, excellent course, a tasty meal and wonderful company today - what more could you want! And just to complete the day it turned out to be a 4-4 draw with 4 of the eight matches ending in nail-biting halves!!

Next match v Henlle  (away) on Tuesday - 9.00 coffee for 9.30 tee off - team on notice board. Final match of the season is v Hawarden at home on Tuesday, 23rd October - list in the board!

Yellow Ball September 25th 2018

Thanks to Steve Monk for the following results:-

Today's kitty comp was a Yellow Ball - 36 members played in 9 teams of 4, in sunny conditions.

Results were:

1st - Alan Bottomley, Roy Jordan, Chris Jacques and Mike Hollings with 146 points.

2nd - Keith Jones, Alan Pocklington, Noel Jones and Tony Owens with 143 points.

3rd - Bill Kelleher, Alan Barnsdale, Dilly Jones and Dave Palferman with 138 points.

Presidents Day September 22nd 2018

Clays President Bob Brown hosted his day. The weather was kind with only a few drops of rain during the day. The event was a shot gun start with 65 players.


Results as follows:-

Overall Winner - Paul Jeffs with score of 41 points

Runner up - Richard Collier with 39 points

Ladies Winner - Lady Captain, Dawn Thompson with 31 points

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 Runner up - Pauline Peacock with 30 points

Nearest the Pin - Paul Lloyd

Nearest the line - Neville Bassett actually on the line.

Ian Connell who came 3rd

Runner up Richard Collier

2's - Paul Jeffs, Paul Lloyd, Bob Argyle, Eddie Tudor, and Andy Mathews who got 2.

Good day had by all, with raffle for Captain's Charities contributing well.The monies raised went towards the Captains Charities, St Christopher's and Y Canol.

Photos taken on the course below

President Bob with his helpers Noel Jones and Maelor Davies at the refreshment table by 3rd tee

Peter Bowen teeing off the 3rd

Peter Bowen on the 1st fairway

Raffle prizes

President and Dave Palferman sorting draw tickets

President Bob assisted by Captain Chris Jones about to announce the various winners

Stableford Kitty competition September 20th 2018

Thanks to Steve Monk for reporting todays competition. As Derek is publishing this the rain is lashing it down in Pandy!!

Today's competition was due to be an individual stableford qualifier but groundwork was being carried on holes 6 and 7 meaning the course was non-qualifying. Instead, and bearing in mind the forecast heavy rain from around mid-day onwards, the 23 players present played a 13-hole competition over holes 1-5 and then 8-15 inclusive. The rain started just in time to cause all players to get back to the clubhouse somewhat wet, but most of the morning stayed dry. Results were:

1st - Barry Dare, with a score of 28 stableford points.

2nd - Nigel Harris, also with 28 points (on countback).

3rd - Alan Bottomley with 27 points.

4th - Mick Carnell, also with 27 points (countback).

5th - Bob Brown with 24 points.

Pairs both scores counting September 18th 2018

Many thanks to Steve Monk for supplying the following report

34 players attended today for a 'Pairs Both Scores to Count' competition. The weather was fine with a varying wind. The greens had been hollow-tined and top dressed the day before but the greenkeepers had done a great job in getting them ready for play today. 

Results were:

1st - Reg Peacock and Harold Hughes with a total of 77 points.

2nd - Mick Carnell and Dilly Jones with 69 points.

3rd - Alan Bottomley and Roy Jordan with 68  points.

4th - Alan Barnsdale and Mike Goring with 64 points.

Mexican Scramble September 13th 2018

A beautiful warm day for this competition today. re were 41 players - 3 x 3-balls and 8 x 4-balls.


The 3-ball winners were Don Wraight, Dave Palferman and John Kelty with a score of 68.4. Don will be playing golf in the USA soon.

Winners of 4 balls were Derek Lyon, Russ Adamson Bob Jarvis and Alan Bottomley with gross 66 nett 59. Their round consisted of 6 birdies on the 7th 9th  15th  14th 17th and 18th with 2 bogies on the 3rd and 4th. 

Some photos and videos taken on the day.

Andrew Mitchell's group on the 3rd tee

Fairway damage on the 7th caused by chafer grubs being got out by birds

Russ Adamson taking the 2nd shot on 10th fairway

Bob Jarvis found his drive on the 11th in a difficult place up against a tree,,,,good jobe the team did not need it!!

Bob playing the teams 2nd shot on the 11th watched by Alan Bottomley

Alan playing the 2nd shot down the 11th

Don Wraight's garden looking well

Another shot os Don's garden

Videos below of Russ Adamson and Alan Bottomley playing down the 11th

Stableford Kitty competition September 11th 2018

Thanks to Malcolm Williams for supplying the following report.

23 hardy souls braved the early rain today and were rewarded with a dry and mild morning!

Results:-   1st - Alan Bottomley - 39pts

                   2nd - Malcolm Williams - 36pts

                   3rd - Mike Ryan - 36pts

                   4th - Bill Kelleher - 34pts

                   5th - Don Wraight - 33pts

                   6th - Stewart Poole - 33pts

A golf rule from Fred ref ball deemed unplayable

Sheriff on rules, 8^th Sept.2018. Following on from a discussion last week, some members may be confused in regard to your options when your ball in play is deemed unplayable.

A player may declare their “ball in play” “unplayable” at any time. Often with an incorrect statement “I declare that ball Lost”.

So what are the options? If you have played your ball some distance you may declare it unplayable (your ball is not yet lost until the allotted time has passed), your option is to play from where you last played (Stroke and Distance).

If you have played your ball forward and walked forward to search, upon finding your ball within the prescribed time limit (soon to be reduced to 3 minutes). You may declare you ball unplayable should you wish to do so (even if the ball is playable) . As the position of the ball is known you, you have 3 options to consider. Don’t forget each of the options incurs a penalty stroke.

(i) Measured from the ball position, and drop a ball within two club lengths not nearer the hole.

(ii)  Visualise an imaginary straight line from the Flag pin position which passes through the position of the ball and continue beyond the ball. You may drop a ball anywhere on this extension of the line behind the ball and not as some believe back on your fairway.

(iii) Walk back and play stroke and distance from where you last played.

Sheriff

Seniors Medal plus 9 hole stableford qualifier September 6th 2018

Stableford  8 hole qualifier in which 7 members competed:

1. Irwin Elkin 16 points
2. Bill Hughes 15 points
3. Mike Turner 12 points

Medal results:

1. Tono Owens 89-18-71  out in 44 and back in 45
2. Dave F. Jones 90-18-72
3. Alan Barnsdale 88-16-72
4. Jonathan Falcus 84-12-72
5. Stewart Poole 94-74
6. Dave A Jones 102-28-74
7. Keith Hawthorn 92-17-75
8. Don Wraight 86-11-75
9. Bill Kelleher 91-16-75
10. Paul Atkin 105-30- 75

Home match vs Hollywell and kitty competition September 4th 2018

Clays won the match vs Holywell by 8 matches to 1.

2 2's were  recorded by Holywell players both on 5th hole

Hayley presented an excellent meal. Beef and cold buffet followed by plum crumble

Don Wraight reports that Clays beat Old Colwyn on Sunday September 2nd  by 6 matches to 2 

Clays become winners of DGU League div 1

The weather was cool today meaning that although several of the members were still in shorts others decided to put their rainwear trousers to keep warm. Stewart Poole was one such person but once he got to the 16th tee he felt too warm and decided to strip down! 12 members competed in the Kitty competition,

In the kitty competition the results were as follows:

Kitty comp

Clays Golf Club 04/09/2018

Ronald Roberts won with 10 pars beating Dave F Jones by 3 points.

• 1st
  

  Ronald Roberts
  40
• 2nd
  

  Dave F Jones
  37
• 3rd
  

  Jonathan Falcus
  35