Texas scramble April 12th 2018

Thank you to Steve Monk for the following report:-

3 holes were closed.....2, 16 and 17. The others were open and playable although the 1st was from a very forward tee and 11th on a temporary green

Today, for a pleasant change, there was no rain but conditions were still very damp with a heavy dew and moist air both conspiring to prevent the ball from travelling as far as would normally be the case. Nevertheless, 37 players enjoyed a Texas Scramble competition over 15 holes, playing in 7 teams of 4 and 3 teams of 3. The usual handicap adjustments were made to compensate the 3-ball teams.

 Results were:

1st - Don Wraight, Bob Jarvis and Steve Monk, with 49.7

2nd - Frank Rodenhurst, Nigel Harris, Graham Bryne and Martin Povey, with 49.9

3rd - Dave Palferman, Nigel Davies and Malcolm Williams with 51.3

Yellow Ball April 10th 2018

Due to very heavy rain todays planned event was called off.

Captain Drive in April 7th 2018

Don Wraight Seniors Captain kindly supplied the following report and photo,

Wet conditions and could only play 6 holes and was cancelled, waterlogged greens.

Nigel Davies introduced the respective Captains on the 1st tee  Club Captain ( Chris Jones) and Lady Captain (Dawn Thompson Byrne ).

They were then invited to practice their drives with first a persimmon driver and then a left handed driver, before taking their respected drives with their own clubs.

Total distance combined was 235 yards. 

Tony Harcombe was the closest prediction. 

Seniors Pairs Betterball April 5th 2018

Nigel Davies kindly provided these results

18 pairs took part in a Pairs Betterball competition today over 15 holes.

1st Andrew Mitchell & Harold Hughes  36pts (countback)

2nd Mike Drake & Dave Palferman 36pts

3rd Martin Povey & Mike Turner  36pts

4th Don Wraight & Keith Hawthorn  35pts (countback)


It was a beautiful morning with lots of sunshine. Considering the amount of wet weather recently the course was in reasonable condition, although a few greens were very damp in places.

The 1st was played as a par 3, the 2nd 16th and 17th were closed and a temporary green was used on the 11th.

In the 2's competition Tom McGrady supplied the following

33 people entered. 

Tony Harcombe on the 1^st

Martin Povey on the 5^th

Tom McGrady on the 5^th

John Falcus on the 12^th

Seniors Events April 2018

SENIORS COMPETITIONS -   APRIL 2018
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Tuesday  Apr 3rd	PAIRS BETTERBALL Also MATCH v HENLLE (Away)
Thursday Apr 5th	APRIL MEDAL (Stroke Play, White Tees) plus 9-HOLE QUALIFIER (Stableford, Yellow Tees)	Draw on board. See Don for late entries. NOTE: If course is unplayable, either April 10th or April 19th will be used. TBA if necessary.
Tuesday Apr 10th	YELLOW BALL (5,4,5,4)	See above note
Thursday Apr 12th	MEXICAN SCRAMBLE (Followed by a Committee Meeting)
Tuesday Apr 17th	RAY MORTELL TROPHY Played as a QUALIFIER	Individual Stableford QUALIFIER
Thursday Apr 19th	WALTZ	See note for April 5th
Monday Apr 23rd	MATCH v ALDERSEY GREEN (Away)
Tuesday Apr 24th	GREENSOMES	Practice for GUW event in May.
Thursday Apr 26th	PAIRS, BOTH SCORES TO COUNT
Friday  Apr 27th	MATCH v OLD PADESWOOD (Away) Social Evening – Wine, Cheese and Quiz at the Club. Partners welcome.
Tuesday May 1st	BONUS BALL
Thursday May 3rd	MAY MEDAL (Stroke Play, White Tees) plus 9-HOLE QUALIFIER (Stableford, Yellow Tees)	Entries in advance via usual notice on board.

Seniors 9x3 plus 9x2 March 29th 2018

Seniors Captain Don Wraight kindly provided the following results:

33 players today, cold but remained dry.

Played in 3 balls. Best 3 scores on front 9 best 2 back 9

Winners  Malcolm Williams, Noel Jones, Tony Jackson....85pts

2^nd            Don Wraight, Chris Jacques, Stewart Poole.......84 pts C/B

3^rd             Andy Mitchell, Martin Povey, Barry Evans.........84 pts

Tom McGrady supplied details of the 2's competition: 32 members entered with just 3 winners, namely Don Wraight on the 5th, Nigel Harris on the 12th and Mike Malia on the 17th.

Course is beginning to look good, needs dry weather. Green staff working on bunkers and fairways have been cut

St Davids Day competition March 27th 2018

This annual event had already been postponed twice due to inclement weather. Today it got underway albeit in cold conditions with occasional rain showers. All the holes were open with a temporary green on the 2nd. When all players returned to the club house they enjoyed a bowl of warning soup along with sandwiches and cake kindly prepared and served by Hayley and her staff. Don Wraight our Seniors Captain acted as the MC for the occasion and for the presentations.

The results below are in ascending order

 7th  Barry Dare          with 35 points

 6th  Graham Bryne     with  35 points  Better Back 9

 5th   David Lloyd       with  35 Points  Better Back  9

 4th   Harrold Hughes  with  37 points  

 3rd  Irwin Elkin          with  37 points  Better Back 9

 2nd  Martin Povey      with  38 points

 1st   Frank Rodenhurst with 38 points Better Back 6  and winner of the St. Davids Day Trophy

Frank Rodenhurst - centre- being presented with the trophy and prize along with Don Wraight- right- and Roy Jones - sponsor on the left.

Results of the 2's competition below

Tony Owens on the 17th

Barry Dare on the 2nd

Dave Palferman on the par 4 11th!!

Nigel Harris on the 5th

Mike Hollings on the 2nd

Colin Brown on the 17...3 wood plus a putt

Maelor Davies on the 2nd


Some photos taken on the course below

Alwyn enjoyed the last of the yummy Welsh cakes

Some of the lads on the putting green prior to going out

And then the rains came resulting in brollies and wet gear to be utilised. 

Noel Jones on the 15th fairway

Noel Jones on the 1st fairway

Derek Lyon and Noel Jones shared a buggie. Just before this photo was taken Derek got into difficulties sliding about on the muddy path!!

The assembled Seniors being addressed by Don Wraight

Multiplier competition March 22nd 2018

Today the weather was quite mild for a change and the course in good condition. Todays competition was played over 17 holes with hole 2 closed and the 11th set out as shortened par 3 hole.

40 Seniors played in 10 x 4 balls.

Results as follows:

1. Mike Hollings, Malcolm Williams, Russ Adamson and Nigel Davies  127 points
2. Stuart Leyland, Peter Bowen, Cliff Davies and Harold Hughes  123 points
3. Joe White, Richard Key, Steve Monk and Roy Jones  109 points

In the 2's competition there were 4 winners namely John Kelty and Tony Jackson on the 5th and Mike Hollings and Nigel Davies on the 1st

Photos of the day below

Martin Povey putting style. He putted very well today

Colin Brown preparing to take his 2nd shot on the 7th

Martin Povey walking to his ball on the 10th

View towards the temporary tee on the 11th

Martin Povey about to tee off on the 12th


Some videos taken on the day below. I think these are self explanatory,,,,,if not please contact Derek at dglyon9@aol.com for more information!!

Texas scramble March 20th 2018

Recently the course has been closed on several days due to the bad weather...snow and wet conditions.

Steve Monk kindly provided the following report.

With the course recovering from the weekend snow and frost, 15 holes were open for play and it was good to see that the course as a whole is drying out well.

37 players participated in a Texas Scramble, with 3 x 3-balls and 7 x 4-balls competing. Results were:

1st - Chris Jacques, Barry Evans, Keith Hawthorn and Malcolm Williams with a score of 47.1

2nd - Cliff Davies, Nigel Harris, Tony Harcombe and Nigel Davies with 47.4

3rd - Martin Povey, Frank Rodenhurst, David Lloyd and Mike Drake also with 47.4 (on countback)

Bob Brown President along with Captain and Lady Captain at AGM March 17th 2018

From left to right - Bob Brown, Dawn Thompson and Chris Jones

Individual Stableford March 15th 2018 & recent Match results

Nigel Davies submitted the following information

Today, 17 Seniors played an individual stableford competition over 15 holes, with the 2nd, 15th and 16th closed.

Results as follows :

1st Martin Povey  38pts

2nd Bob Jarvis  34 pts

3rd Malcolm Williams  30pts

4th Mike Drake  29pts (countback)

It  was very wet underfoot in places and some of the greens were very damp but, overall, the course is looking good considering the weather recently. 

The new tee box signs are now in place and they look really good.

Recent match information from Malcolm Williams...

We played Holywell away on Tuesday March 13th and managed to play 18 holes although played 3 twice! We enjoyed a really good day-in sunshine-unfortunately lost 6-4!!

The match against Hawarden (away) on Thursday March 15th was postponed because of the wet course! 

Seniors Match vs Mold at home and kitty competition March 8th 2018

Derek is away in Snowdonia and last night we had heavy snow fall but apparently none at Clays. Golf results  posted below from Andrew Mitchell

Golf result for Thursday 8^th March 2018.  Individual stableford.

1^st   Frank Rodenhurst        32 points

2^nd  Andrew Mitchell          26 points

3^rd   Stewart Poole              25 points

Match result via Don Wraight, Seniors Captain below

Match against Mold went ahead today. Weather turned out to be fine, bright and sunny but chill breeze.

Course was wet naturally with  16/17 closed.  1^st a par 3, 2^nd temp green, 11^th par 3 temp green.  Course otherwise playing well and improving.

Hayley provided us with an excellent meal, Roast Beef carvery with all the trimmings followed by a apple crumble desert.

Bar was manned by Phil and his wife Gaynor.

5 x 2’s were recorded all by Clays players.

Harold Hughes

Nigel Davies

Peter Fraser

Martin Povey

Don Wraight

Match result Clays 7     Mold 0

Below is what Derek had to put up with at his Lodge at Brynteg Holiday Home Park!!

Seniors Competitions for March 2018

SENIORS COMPETITIONS -  MARCH 2018
DATE	KITTY COMPS – in BLUE OTHER COMPS – in BLACK	COMMENTS
Thursday Mar 1st	MARCH MEDAL CANCELLED	Adverse Course Conditions Predicted
Tuesday Mar 6th	NEARLY ST DAVID’S DAY COMPETITION (re-arranged) Individual Stableford.	Draw to be posted. Soup and sandwiches lunch included. Roy Jones Trophy + Good Prizes. £10. Late entries see Don.
Thursday Mar 8th	MATCH v MOLD (Home)	Players not in match please book a tee
Tuesday Mar 13th	PAIRS BETTERBALL Also MATCH v HOLYWELL (Away)
Thursday Mar 15th	INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD Also MATCH v HAWARDEN (Away)
Saturday Mar 17th	Whole Club AGM – First of new era.	Time TBA
Tuesday Mar 20th	TEXAS SCRAMBLE	Subject to change – Greens maintenance this week
Thursday Mar 22nd	MULTIPLIER	Also see note above
Tuesday Mar 27th	PAIRS, BOTH SCORES TO COUNT
Thursday Mar 29th	‘9x3’ PLUS ‘9x2’
Tuesday  Apr 3rd	PAIRS BETTERBALL Also MATCH v HENLLE (Away)
Thursday Apr 5th	APRIL MEDAL (Stroke Play, White Tees) plus 9-HOLE QUALIFIER (Stableford, Yellow Tees)	Entries in advance via usual notice on board.

EARLY NOTICE – Social Evening, Friday April 27^th – WINE, CHEESE and QUIZ Evening. Partners Welcome.

St Davids Day cancelled February 27th 2018

Due to heavy snow today this event was cancelled and rearranged for March 6th, Don has emailed out the revised list of players and tee times.

Bob Brown indicated that there was no play today, although some 30 odd poor souls turned up to enjoy a Welsh Cake, coffee, and usual banter.

Seniors Captain Don Wraight  took the opportunity to present the Winter League prizes, and below is photo of Don presenting the winners prize to Martin Povey, who won with a creditable 44 points.

Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total Points
		Nov 14th	Nov 28th	Jan 09th	Jan 23rd	Feb 06th	Feb 20th
1	Martin Povey	4	10	10	3	10	7	44

The Seniors medal due to be played on Thursday March 1st has also been cancelled due to weather conditions.

More snow is forecast over the next few days caused by  "The Beast from the East"

Bonus Ball February 22nd 2018

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.

Today was pleasant but cold. At least there was no rain and the sun did come out twice!!

Derek had been off for a few weeks and it was he who forgot to put money in the kitty!!....naughty boy. His step meter recorded he walk 7.92 miles today!

Results:

1. Cliff Davies, Joe White, Mike Kalka and Graham Bryne 165 points
2. Steve Monk, Colin Brown, Tony Harcombe and Tom McGrady 158 points
3. Peter Lynch, John Kelty, Alwyn Williams and Colin Evans  156 points

In the 2's competition there were 3 winners:

Graham Byrne and Colin Evans on the first hole and Nigel Davies on the 12th.....nice chip in from off the front of the green.

Some photos taken today with comments below

Nigel Davies placing his ball in the rough on the 18th

View towards 18th green

Mike Hollings preparing to drive on the 1st

Mike's follow through being admired by Nigel and Roy

The 3rd green as Nigel prepares to chip on

Course looking good showing just some of the improvements to the path on way to 6th tee.Well done to our greenstaff.

Golf is a funny old game! Roy Jordan had just come off the 7th with a gross 4 and 4 points. His drive on the 8th was however a lot to be desired. His drive was topped and ball went about 3 metres. Here is Roy placing his ball in the rough ready for his 2nd shot. Yellow tees can just be seen behind him!