Las Vegas Competition February 26th 2019

Las Vegas kitty competition February 26^th 2019

Whats a super day to play golf. Temperature around 17-18C with clear blue skies and wall to wall sunshine.

This was a new format explained in detail by Steve Monk after the tally draw had been made.

Results as follows:

1.       Colin Brown and Malcolm Williams 696

2.       Nigel Harris and Mike Ryan 699

3.       Tony Owens and Barry Dare 703

4.       Keith Hawthorn and Joe White 706

In the 2’s competition organised by Peter Bowen  there were 4 winners namely David A  Jones on the 2^nd and Mike Kalka, Steve Monk and Alan Barnsdale on the on the 5^th. It must be noted that David A Jones playing alongside Mike Turner had an amazing round. He chipped in on 4 holes, including the 2^nd and holed out with some amazing putts on several holes. In future his name will be “Chipper Jones”

Photos and videos taken on the day below.

Mike Turner on the 16th tee

View from Derek's buggie up the 18th

Alan "chipper" Jones watching Mike Turner take his 2nd shot on the 1st

Alan about the take his 2nd shot on the 1st

View down the 1st fairway

Crocus in Don Wraight's border on the 11th


Below David A Jones driving down the 16th

Below Mike Turner driving down 16th

Below Russ Adamson waiting for 18th tee to clear before driving off. His ball finished just in front of the Captains Bunker. 

Seniors Medal Stableford February 21st 2019

Division 1

1. Alan Barnsdale 38 points
2. Andrew Mitchell 37 points
3. Tony Owens 36 points
4. Dave Palferman 35 points
5. Colin Brown 35 points

Division 2

1. Barry Dare 40 points
2. Dilly Jones 37 points
3. Damian Atkin 37 points
4. Peter Fraser 37 points
5. Joe White 36 points

Seniors Winter League final positions February 19th 2019. Thanks to Steve Monk for organising and supplying the results

		SENIORS WINTER LEAGUE 2018/19
		Final League Table after 6 Rounds
		Nov 13th	Nov 27th	Jan 8th	Jan 22nd	Feb 5th	Feb 19th
Rank	Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total Points
1	Alan Bottomley		10	10	10	1	5	36
2	Dilly Jones	7	6		8	10		31
3	Dave Palferman	2	9	7		8		26
4	Harold Hughes	3	5	3		9	4	24
5	Mike Ryan	4		9		6		19
6	Chris Jacques			7			8	15
7	Martin Povey	9	3	1				13
7	Reg Peacock		8			4	1	13
7	Stewart Poole	10					3	13
10	Andy Mitchell		4	8				12
11	MalcolmWilliams						10
12	Barry Dare				9			9
12	Damian Atkin							9
14	Dave F Jones	8						8
15	Dave A Jones				7			7
15	Frank Rodenhurst							7
15	Keith Hawthorn		1		6			7
15	Mike Kalka					7		7
15	Tony Owens		7					7
20	Cliff Davies	6						6
20	Maelor Davies							6
20	Mike Healey				4	2		6
23	Alan Barnsdale	5						5
23	Don Wraight					5		5
23	Ernie Williams				5			5
23	John Falcus			5				5
23	Mick Carnell	1		4				5
28	Graham Bryne					3		3
28	Nigel Harris			2	1			3
28	Tom McGrady				3			3
31	Bob Jarvis				2			2
31	Mike Drake							2
31	Steve Monk		2					2

Seniors Winter League final Round February 19th 2019

43 seniors were present today to play the final round of this years Seniors Winter League. Conditions were good with all 18 holes open for play (holes 2, 11 and 16 were on temporary greens). Results were - 

1st, scoring 10 points in the league - Malcolm Williams, with 42 stableford points.

2nd, scoring 9 points - Damian Atkin, with 41 points

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3rd, scoring 8 points - Chris Jacques, with 40 points

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4th, scoring 7 points - Frank Rodenhurst, also with 40 points (on countback).

5th, scoring 6 points - Maelor Davies, also with 40 points (on countback).

6th, scoring 5 points - Alan Bottomley, also with 40 points (on countback).

7th, scoring 4 points - Harold Hughes, with 39 points.

8th, scoring 3 points - Stewart Poole, also with 39 points (on countback).

9th, scoring 2 points - Mike Drake, with 38 points.

10th, scoring 1 point - Reg Peacock, also with 38 points (on countback)

Stableford competition February 14th 2019

Thanks to Malcolm Williams for this report on the 8 hole competition.

There were two competitions this morning -  15  played an 8 hole comp on the near side of the road (2nd closed) while the others played a normal 17 hole comp.

Results as follows:-   !st:- Nigel Davies - 15 points (better back 5). Good to see Nigel who is the Club Vice- Captain back to his winning ways....well done Nigel.

                                     2nd=  Alan Pocklington & Cliff Davies - 15 points( same back 5!)

                                     4th=  Tony Owens & Mike Healey -14 points( same back 5!)

Peter Bowen kindly sent results of the 17 hole competition as below

21 Golfers played the 17 holes. There were 5 prizes and 1 two.

1st Mike Drake thanks to 9 points in two holes. He got 5 on the 16th and 4 on the 17th  giving him a total of 38 points.

2nd our ever popular captain Don Wraight with 36 points

3rd Dave Palferman also with 36 points but 19 on the back 9 compared to Don's 21

4th Russ Adamson 34 points . Nice to see him back.

5th Mike Ryan

Peter Bowen won the two's with a 2 on the 5th. We done Peter.

Seniors 9x3 plus 9x2 February 12th 2019

43 Seniors competed today.The weather was fine around 6C with no rain thank goodness!!
Hole 2 was out and holes 10 and 11 were on temporary greens.
There were 5 teams of 3 and 7 teams of 4

Results:
4 Ball team winners
1st Dilly Jones, Reg Peacock, Mike Ryan and Mike Drake  104 points
In second place were Steve Monk, Barry Evans, Noel Jones and Malcolm Williams.
Noel had a 2 on the 17th. He used his driver followed by a long putt from off the green to card 5 points

3Ball team winners
1st John Kelty, Peter Taylor and Damian Atkin 94 points
In second place were Bill Hughes, Alan Bottomley and Nigel Harris with 83 points

In the 2 ball sweep there were 3 winners
Don Wraight and  Chris Jacques on the 5th
Noel Jones on the 17th

Below is a video of Frank Rodenhurst teeing off the 9th tee. His ball went into the large bunker.

Seniors February events revised from Steve Monk

SENIORS COMPETITIONS – FEBRUARY 2019
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK		COMMENTS
Tuesday Feb 5th	WINTER LEAGUE Rnd 5
Thursday Feb 7th	Course closed – heavy rain
Tuesday Feb 12th	‘9 x 3’ PLUS ‘9 x 2’
Thursday Feb 14th	TBA	Today is the funeral of Reg Taylor, at 3.30pm. A 9-hole game may be arranged for those wishing to go, and a full 18-hole game for those who will not be going. Numbers present at 8.45 will determine playing arrangements.
Tuesday Feb 19th	WINTER LEAGUE Rnd 6
Thursday Feb 21st	FEBRUARY ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION		Draw is on Club Website Booking Page
Tuesday Feb 26th	LAS VEGAS – a new type of pairs competition. **		** - Don’t be put off, but you might find it handy to bring a calculator.
Thursday Feb 28th	NEARLY ST DAVID’S DAY TROPHY (TALLY DRAW)              (donated by Mr Roy Jones)		Entries in advance (for catering numbers). Fee = £10, paid on the day, to include Coffee + Welsh Cakes on arrival; Soup and Sandwich lunch; Welsh themed prizes; 2’s Ball Sweep. Prizes kindly supported by Mr Roy Jones.
Tuesday Mar 5th	TEXAS SCRAMBLE
Thursday Mar 7th	MARCH ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION		Entries in advance via sheet on Notice Board

Seniors Winter League Round 5 February 5th 2019

Thank you to Steve Monk for the following results

I believe only 17 holes open with hole 2 closed

40 seniors played today in the Senior Winter League, Round 5. For the first half dozen holes the course was white over with a fairly hard frost, but gradually green conditions returned as the frost thawed. Otherwise, a pleasant day for golf.

Results were:

1st, securing 10 points in the league - Dilly Jones with a round of 38 stableford points.

2nd, 9 league points - Harold Hughes with 34 points.

3rd, 8 league points - Dave Palferman with 33 points.

4th, 7 league points - Mike Kalka, also with 33 points (on countback).

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5th, 6 league points - Mike Ryan, also with 33 points (on countback).

6th, 5 league points - Don Wraight, also with 33 points (on countback).

7th, 4 league points - Reg Peacock, also with 33 points (on countback).

8th, 3 league points - Graham Bryne, with 32 points.

9th, 2 league points - Mike Healey, also with 32 points (on countback).

10th, 1 league point - Alan Bottomley, also with 32 points (on countback).

Course closed January 31st 2019

Due to adverse weather course closed today as it was yesterday due to heavy snow. Good job the snow did not fall last Tuesday 29th

Photos below show snow in Pandy on the morning if Wednesday 30th

Course closed on January 31st and Feb 1st but it did not stop some of the Seniors turning up on January 31st for breakfast. Photo courtesy of Don Wraight.

The course will be closed February 2nd as well

Multiplier competition January 29th 2019

Thanks once again to Steve Monk for supplying the following results

Today, 32 seniors attended to play a Multiplier competition in 8 teams of 4. (At each hole, the team score is produced by multiplying together the best 2 stableford scores from amongst the 4 team members). Although the weather was dry to start with, gradually the rain came, together with bitterly cold temperatures. Nonetheless, all teams completed the 17 holes available (the 2nd being closed) and a relatively small range of scores were produced.

Results were:

1st - Don Wraight, Jon Falcus, Stewart Poole and Keith Jones with a score of 106.

2nd - Tom McGrady, Alan Pocklington, Mick Carnell and Richard Key with a score of 104.

Course closed today when should have been Bonus Ball January 24th 2019

The course was closed today due to weather conditions. Great to have emails from the Club updating members on course conditions.

Winter league round 4 January 22nd 2019

Thank you to Steve Monk for the following report

Very cold day for golf today, with some patches of frozen ground, but mainly the course was in good condition for the time of year. 3 of the holes were played on temporary greens and some also from shortened tees, but this did not hinder the competition. Only two significant periods of cold rain / snow caused problems to some players. 39 members competed in the 4th round of this year's Seniors Winter League. Results were:

1st - scoring 10 points in the league, Alan Bottomley with a score of 43 stableford points.

2nd - 9 points, Barry Dare with a score of 38.

3rd - 8 points, Dilly Jones with a score of 37.

4th - 7points, Dave A Jones with a score of 36.

5th - 6 points, Keith Hawthorn also with a score of 36 (on countback).

6th - 5 points, Ernie Williams with a score of 35.

7th - 4 points, Mike Healey also with a score of 35 (on countback).

8th - 3 points, Tom McGrady with a score of 34.

9th - 2 points, Bob Jarvis also with a score of 34 (on countback).

10th - 1 point, Nigel Harris also with a score of 34 (on countback).

Pairs betterball Stableford January 17th 2019

Thank you to Steve Monk for supplying the following report.

Bright sunshine for almost all of the morning today, so, even though the temperatures were low and ice was detectable on some of the fairways early on, another good turnout of 47 players competed in a pairs betterball stableford competition. One player partnered two different other players to enable all 47 to compete in a pairs event.

Results were:

1st - Keith Jones and Damian Atkin with 43 points.

2nd - Stuart Leyland and Dave A Jones with 41 points.

3rd - Colin Brown and Dave Palferman, also with 41 points (on countback).

4th - Stewart Poole and Dave F Jones, also with 41 points (on countback).

5th - Mike Hollings and Damian Atkin with 40 points.

Today Don Wraight, Seniors Captain presented a cheque for £315 on behalf of the Seniors to Andrew Green of the Royal British Legion.

Waltz Competition January 15th 2019

Today 56 Seniors took part. The weather as dry with temperatures around 10C with a cold biting wind especially if one was on a buggie like Derek and Stewart!

Results as follows:-

1. Frank Rodenhurst, Richard Key, Dave A, Jones and Tony Owens  86 points
2. Jon Falcus, Mike Hollings, Graham Bryne and Andrew Mitchell   81 points
3. Barry Evans, Derek Jones, Mike Carnell  and Cliff Davies  80 points
4. Ralph Hardy, Damian Atkin, Tony Jackson and Maelor Davies  77 points 

In the 2's competition results as follows

Reg Peacock on 12th  Martin Povey on 5th  Damian Atkin on 5th

Some photos and videos of the day below

Tony Harcombe in the trees to right of 18th. He had a clear view to the green and took a driver to keep it low, However his ball went into the Captains bunker,

Stew Poole and Alan Barnsdale about to take their 2nd shots on the 18th straight into the sun!

Tony Harcombe about to tee off on the 4th

Tony Harcombe about to play his 2nd shot on the 7th

Below Alan Barnsdale driving down the 4th

Below Tony Harcombe and Stewart Poole taking their 2nd shots on the 13th

Texas scramble January 10th 2019

Thank you to Steve Monk for supplying the results today and being a winner!

38 seniors played a Texas Scramble today, teams consisting of 8 x 4 balls 
and 2 x 3balls. Results were as follows:

1st - Chris Jacques, Malcolm Williams and Steve Monk with a score of 
55.6.

2nd - Don Wraight, Ernie Williams and Mike Healey, with 56.2.

3rd - Andrew Mitchell, Tony Jackson, Barry Dare and Tom Pierce with 
58.3.

Seniors Winter League round 3 January 8th 2018

46 Seniors turned out to play today. It was bitterly cold especially if you were a buggy like Stewart Poole and Derek Lyon who shared one.

The results:- Kindly supplied by Steve Monk as follows

1st, scoring 10 league points - Alan Bottomley, with 39 stableford points.

2nd, 9 league points - Mike Ryan, also with 39 (on countback).

3rd, 8 league points - Andrew Mitchell, with 38.

4th=, 7 league points - Chris Jacques, also with 38 (on countback).

4th=, 7 league points - Dave Palferman, also with an identical 38 (on countback).

6th, 5 league points - Jon Falcus, with 37.

7th, 4 league points - Mick Carnell, also with 37 (on countback).

8th, 3 league points - Harold Hughes, with 36.

9th, 2 league points - Nigel Harris, also with 36 (on countback).

10th, 1 league point - Martin Povey, with 34.

Richard Key waitin to take his 2nd shot on 14th

Stewarts follow through swing on his practice swing on 14th

Stewart addressing his ball on 14th fairway

Stewart Dilly and Richard  eyeing up their 2nd shots on 17th green

Derek Lyon was presented with this lovely surprise by Seniors Captain Don Wraight in recognition of Derek's work as Press Secretary and Seniors Blog Master. As Derek is writing this blog today he already has a large glass of the liquid medicine in a glass with lots of ice. THANK YOU TO DON AND THE SENIORS SECTION FOR THIS VERY KIND GIFT.




Below one can see Dilly driving down the 7th

Below Richard also driving down the 7th

Seniors Events/Competitions January 2019

SENIORS COMPETITIONS – JANUARY 2019
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Thursday Jan 3rd	JANUARY ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Draw is on Club Website Booking Page
Tuesday Jan 8th	WINTER LEAGUE Rnd 3
Thursday Jan 10th	TEXAS SCRAMBLE FOLLOWED BY A COMMITTEE MEETING
Tuesday Jan 15th	WALTZ
Thursday Jan 17th	PAIRS BETTERBALL
Tuesday Jan 22nd	WINTER LEAGUE Rnd 4
Thursday 24th	BONUS BALL
Tuesday Jan 29th	MULTIPLIER
Thursday Jan 31st	PAIRS BOTH SCORES TO COUNT
Tuesday Feb 5th	WINTER LEAGUE Rnd 5
Thursday Feb 7th	FEBRUARY ‘MEDAL’ (Stableford, Yellow Tees)  plus 9-HOLE COMPETITION	Entries in advance via sheet on Notice Board

Seniors January Medal and 9 hole qualifier January 3rd 2019

In the 9 hole stableford qualifier Irwin Elkin 17 pts beat Fred Court 16 points by 1 point.

Division 1 Medal

1. Ernie Williams 40 pts
2. Tom McGrady 40 pts
3. Reg Peacock 40 pts
4. Alan Barnsdale 39 pts
5. Colin Brown 38 pts
6. Ron Roberts 38 pts
7. Dave Palferman 38 pts
8. Andrew Mitchell 37 pts
9. Don Wraight- Seniors Captain 35 pts
10. Michael Canell 35pts

Division 2 Medal

1. Malcolm Williams  41 pts
2. Mike Healey 41 pts
3. Robert Jarvis 39 pts
4. Dave A Jones 38 pts
5. Peter Bowen 38 pts
6. Harold Hughes  37 pts
7. Joe White 37 pts
8. Maelor Davies 37pts
9. Keith Jones 35 pts
10. Mike Kalka 34 pts