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

Seniors competitions and events September 2018

SENIORS COMPETITIONS -     SEPTEMBER 2018
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Tuesday Sep 4th	MATCH VS HOLYWELL (HOME)	Players not in match, please book a tee.
Wednesday Sep 5th	HELSBY OPEN
Thursday Sep 6th	SEPTEMBER MEDAL (Strokeplay) And 9-HOLE QUALIFIER (Stableford, Yellow Tees)	Draw on Club Website Booking Page
Saturday Sep 8th	CLUB KNOCKOUTS FINALS DAY
Tuesday Sep 11th	PAIRS BETTERBALL
Thursday Sep 13th	MEXICAN SCRAMBLE FOLLOWED BY A COMMITTEE MEETING
Tuesday Sep 18th	MATCH VS HAWARDEN (HOME)	Players not in match, please book a tee.
Thursday Sep 20th	INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD QUALIFIER
Saturday Sep 22nd	CLUB PRESIDENT’S DAY Hosted by Bob Brown (Club President)
Tuesday Sep 25th	YELLOW BALL (4,5,4,5)
Thursday 27th	BEST 2 SCORES AT EACH HOLE ALSO MATCH VS MOLD (AWAY)
Tuesday Oct 2nd	PAIRS BOTH SCORES TO COUNT
Thursday Oct 4th	OCTOBER ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Entries in advance via sheet on board

Seniors 9x3 plus 9x2 August 30th 2018

Thanks to Steve Monk for supplying these results:

Today's kitty competition was a '9 x 3' plus '9 x 2' format. 41 players were present and they played in 3 teams of 3 and 8 teams of 4.

The weather was perfect for golf and the course was in very good condition.

Results were as follows.

3-ball teams:

1st - Don Wraight, Bob Brown and Bob Shotton with 90 stableford points.

4-ball teams:

1st - Andy Mitchell, Dave Palferman, Alan Bottomley and Peter Fraser with 105 points.

2nd - Roy Jordan, Cliff Davies, Colin Evans and Irwin Elkin with 98 points (on countback).

Seniors Individual Stableford Qualifier August 28th 2018

Thanks to Steve Monk for supplying the following results:-

49 players attended today to play an individual stableford kitty comp 'qualifier'. Results were as follows.

1st - Damian Atkin with 40 points. Well done Damian

2nd - Mike Healy with 39 points.

3rd - Dave F Jones with 39 points.

4th - Stuart Leyland with 39 points.

5th - Colin Brown with 38 points.

6th - Mike Turner with 38 points.

7th - Neville Bassett with 38 points.

8th - Richard Key with 37 points.

Larry Birch memorial Trophy August 23rd 2018

Nice day for golf but cold! Some pictures below taken on the day

Results:-

1. Stuart Leyland 42 points even with a blob on the 13th hole
2. David Jones 41 points
3. David Fergus 39 points
4. Colin Brown 38 points
5. Michael Carnell 37 points
6. Neville Bassett 37 points on countback 
7. Alwyn Williams 36 points

43 members competed today

Stuart Leyland preparing to drive down the 18th

Stuart addressing the ball

Neville Barratt driving down the 18th 

Young pheasants on the 13th tee

Don Wraight informing the members what the writing on the Trophy says

Stuart Leyland the Competition winner with 42 points receiving the Trophy from Don

Stuart relaxing with his Trophy and a drink. 

D J Boggie competition and some presentations regarding Senors Open August 21st 2018

Lovely warm day for this event which was marked by a hole in one by Mike Turner. He accomplished his ace on the 2nd hole using a 7 iron. This was Mike's 2nd ace of his golfing career having had one before on the 5th at Clays. Mike carded a 4+ today. Picture below of Mike picking his ball out of the hole

Hole in One - Congratulations

Great news!
Congratulations to Michael Turner who scored a Hole-In-One at the 2nd hole on 21/08/2018 while taking part in the Seniors DJ Bogie

Not only have they qualified for the H1Club, an exclusive organisation for golfers who have scored a hole-in-one. If their score can be verified by the HowDidIDo system they will be eligible to receive a FREE special edition H1Club watch from BOSS Watches.

All HowDidiDo golfers that score a Hole-In-One in a qualifying competition where the score can be verified, qualify too, that could be you next time!

Entry into the H1Club also gives members access to a range of other exclusive merchandise, available to anyone who has scored a Hole-In-One.

Results:

1st Michael Turner +4

2nd Ronald Roberts +3

3rd Dave F Jones +3

Some photos taken by Derek who carded a minus 10!!

Mike Hollings waiting to play his tee shot on the 5th watched by Erwin Elkin

Mike about the play his 3rd shot to the 16th green

Harry Collins playing to the 16th green


Don Wraight our Seniors Captain took the opportunity today  to present prizes for the Clays Seniors Open.

Ron Roberts receiving his prize for a 2 at the 5th

Harry Collins receiving his prize for coming 2nd with his partner

And the winners of Clays Seniors Open looking chuffed with their winnings. Well done Don Wraight and Steve Monk. 

Stableford both scores counting August 16th 2018 including news about defibrillator

Thank you to Nigel Davies for supplying the following results:

41 Seniors played a Stableford Both Scores Count format today.

Results as follows :

1st Stewart Poole and Joe White   74pts

2nd Martin Povey and Damian Atkin   71pts

3rd Stuart Leyland and Mike Hollings   69pts

4th Dave Jones and Nigel Davies   68pts (countback) 

5th Neville Bassett and Bob Jarvis  68pts

The only 2 today was scored by Jon Falcus on the 12th. 

Nigel also passed on some information arising from the recent defibrillator test. The recommendation is that, in the event of an emergency, before calling for the defibrillator, we should dial 112 rather than 999 from a smartphone as the emergency services would then be able to trace your exact location via GPS.

Texas scramble August 14th 2018 & away match vs Hawarden

Nice warm day for the competition to be played.
35 competitors split into 5 teams of 3 and 5 teams of 4.

Results:-
Teams of 3 results:

1. Harold Hughes, Fred Court and Russ Adamson 61.8
2. Nigel Harris, Dilly Jones and Keith Hawthorn 67.2

Teams of 4 results:

1. Andrew "that man again" Mitchell, Keith Halliwell, Mike Griffiths and Mike Carnell 56
2. Stewart Poole, Reg Taylor, Ray Jones and Damian Atkin 61.6

In the away match vs Hawarden Malcolm Williams reported the following..

Very pleasant day in excellent conditions! Unfortunately, Clays were beaten 6-3. However, there were 2's for Dave Palferman, Mike Hollings, and Chris Jacques.

Clays Seniors Open August 9th 2018

132 players played today in glorious conditions. Well done to Mark and his green staff for putting the course in great condition.

Hayley had a great day in the kitchen and was kept very busy with food orders. She only finished as I was leaving at 7 tonight. Her chicken curry was superb.

Results for the day are:

Ron Roberts Nearest the pin on the 5^th winning £20 voucher

Michael Lloyd Court for nearest the line on the 10th £20 voucher

Duncan Lowndes nearest in 2 on the 18^th  both from Shrewsbury G.C Voucher for a 2 ball at Clays

3^rd place with 44pts Sheila Goulbourne & John Hall from Aldersley Green G.C on c/b  £40 voucher each

2^nd place with 45pts Bob Argyle & Harry Collins Clays G.C £60 voucher each

1^st place with 47 pts Don Wraight & Steve Monk Clays G.C £100 voucher each

Photos and videos taken on the day below

Mike Goring having just realised he had marked one of the holes wrong!!

Mike Goring about to address the ball for his 3 shot to 7th green

Alan Roberts swing towards 7th green watched by Fred Court

The Leader Board before the actual winners had been posted on it!

Below Mike Goring playing out of the Captains bunker on the 18th

Below Alan Roberts driving down the 11th

Bonus Ball August 7th 2018

Thank you to Malcolm Williams for the following results:-

Kitty Comp results for today - bonus ball - 42 took part - as follows:- 

4 ball - 6 teams :-

1st:- Don Wraight, Andy Mitchell, Roy Jordan, Mike Parks - 174pts

2nd:- Nigel Davies, Reg Taylor, Mike Carnell, Bob Jarvis - 174pts  -   (won on better back nine)

3 ball - 6 teams:-

1st:- Chris Jacques, Mike Goring, John Kelty - 136pts

2nd:- Stewart Poole, Harold Hughes, Alwyn Williams - 134pts

 All  scores well go to  the individual players records as a non-qualifying result. and will not be published on Howdidido

Seniors Medal and 9 hole stableford qualifier August 2nd 2018

Medal Division 1

1. Michael Carnell  84-17-67. Out in 40 and back in 44 with 5pars
2. Don Wraight - Seniors Captain  80-11-69
3. Jonathan Falcus  83- 12- 71

Medal Division 2

1. Mike Hollings 90-20-70  Out in 47 and back in 43 on card play off
2. Robert Jarvis  90-20-70
3. Stuart Leyland 98-24-74

9 Hole Stableford Qualifier results

1. Mike Goring 21 pts
2. Peter Fey 18 pts
3. Derek Lyon 16 pts