Romiley Golf Club Newsletter August 2013

Colin Hall

Mr President 2013

President’s Day – Sunday 25th August 2013

It was with a significant degree of trepidation that the 42 couples entered in this year’s

competition approached the first tee for the President’s Day Mixed Event. After many years

of playing a Greensome, the clock was turned back to a time when golf club Presidents were

the elder statesmen of the club with stern expressions and white beards – a bit like this year

really!

Colin Hall had decided that he wished to revert to the more traditional Foursome form of the

game, played from the first tee with gentlemen driving at the odd numbered holes, and ladies

at the evens.

Champagne was available as the President welcomed competitors to the first tee, where

Mike Bury acted as Starter. The champagne received a mixed reception – particularly from

ladies whose partners had partaken and then knocked the tee shot into a difficult position.

Four gentlemen suffered the indignity of hitting out of bounds, with the resultant second ball

being played by the lady from the white tee. “What – from here?” was heard from one lady.

I played with my usual President’s day partner, Alison Reed, with Janet Worthington and

Steve Harrison making up our group. Alison and I were proud of the fact that, even with the

difficult format, we only had two sixes in our round. Unfortunately though, they were

accompanied by three sevens, three eights and two nines. Steve Harrison invented a new

word – shankathon – as we made our way round the eleventh green. Foursome is definitely

a format of the game for golfers who play regularly together and know each other’s strengths

and weaknesses.

However, the weather held fair for the day, and the golf course was in fine fettle, despite

some particularly difficult pin positions. The Foursome format certainly suited some of the

players with Peter Milnes and Pam Cunnington returning an excellent 84-17=67 to win the

first prize. In his acceptance speech, Peter, who is of course the Greens Director, remarked

that the course was “set up very well.”

Pam Cunnington, Mr President and Peter Milnes,

Winners with a nett 67

Garry Hall and Carolyn (What - from here?) Brinsley came in with 91-22=69 for second place,

and Mr Captain and Lady Captain were third with 84-14=70.

Mike Murray and Diane Houghton won the best gross with 82 after a card play-off with Mark

Kitchen and Denise Booth.

2nd: Garry Hall and Carolyn Brinsley with nett 69

3rd: Mr Captain and Lady Captain with nett 70

The President was delighted to welcome

Past President Barney Kelly and

Past Lady Captain Joan Kelly

when they joined him for a glass of

Champagne on his special day.

After a splendid meal, the President took to the floor for the

presentation, and in an emotional speech thanked all the

members and staff who had contributed to making such a

memorable day. He noted that it is the only day during his

42 years of membership that he has been at the club and not

hit a single bad shot.

Martyn Wilson

President’s prize to the men, Saturday, 24th August 2013

Winner: Graham Nuttall 42 pts

3rd Peter Milnes 40 pts 2nd Graham Couser 41 pts

No champagne from the President for the gentlemen on Saturday, and drizzle threatened to

sabotage some scores, but the above three gentlemen obviously didn’t feel a thing and loved

the course to bits judging by the scores. Peter Milnes had a brilliant weekend—docked a shot

after his score on Saturday and still won on Sunday, with a lot of help from Pam of course.

The President’s prize to the men will be presented at the annual presentation evening so the

winners will just have to grit their teeth and contain their excitement. Graeme Nuttall has

already given his apologies for absence that night but his son Richard will attend on his behalf

to accept the prize. Lovely.

Wednesday, 31st July 2013

Stableford

Winner: Paul Quinn 38 pts

2nd Graham Couser 38 pts

Winner: Eric Jones 36 pts

2nd: Paul Trafford 33 pts

3rd: Geoff Mullin 32 pts Brian Turnbull 36 pts

Saturday, 3rd August 2013,

Club Individual Stableford

St Anne’s Hospice Fashion Show

On Friday 12th July RGC hosted a fashion show in aid of the St Ann’s Hospice shop, Romiley.

A comprehensive range of fashion and everyday garments, all donated free to the Hospice,

were beautifully and elegantly modelled by members of the Hospice shop staff and our own

Maureen, Kim and Jade.

Over 130 guests attended, which was way above expectations. Judith Howcroft managed to

overcome her natural shyness to act as compere for the night. Esme, the Hospice shop

manageress, organised the quick changes for the models, and her husband Greg arranged the

sound system.

All the items modelled plus extra back-up stock were available for sale at the end of the show.

There were lots of smiling faces clutching designer label dresses and tops bought at amazingly

low prices.

There was also a raffle, and a “new goods” stall, all items kindly donated by manufacturers

and local businesses.

A fantastic £1,525 was raised on the night, all of which goes direct to the Hospice.

Esme would like to thank all at RGC who supported the event, in particular Heather and the

girls.

The success of this latest event has prompted us to look at a repeat “Glitz and Glamour”

Fashion Show later in the year, in time to refresh your wardrobe for Christmas and New Year.

Watch the notice boards for details.

Peter Howcroft

Ladies’ Presentation Evening, 8th August

The Rose Bowl, 8th August 2013

2nd: Kathryn Pendleton, 88-17=71

The last major of the season - can you

believe it’s nearly over! - took place on

yet another sunny day, in fact near perfect

conditions, on our wonderful course.

Mr Captain was a guest of Lady Captain

for the meal and admirably entertained

the ladies, both during the meal and when

he presented his prizes to the ladies.

None of the ladies can remember in the

past that any Lady Captain has ever won

Mr Captain’s prize but, records are there

to be broken and a very excited Francine

was pleased to have done it with a super

score of nett 66. Lady Captain wins Mr Captain’s Prize to the ladies

Lady Captain and the winner, Irene Barrow, 87-18=69

3rd: Janet Worthington, 101-28=73

Lady Captain’s excitement at winning was

equalled, if not exceeded, by Irene Barrow who

won the Rose Bowl with a brilliant nett 69.

Irene commented: “Recently I’ve been

disappointed because my handicap has steadily

been going up so I’m really pleased to have

reduced, won a Major, the Eaton Vets, the

EWGA medal and put my name on a board, all

at the same time.”

Some fabulous scores are being carded this

summer with the run on the ball and the lovely

condition of the greens.

Romiley Vets v Mellor Vets … 09.08.13

A little light drizzle was not enough to dampen the enthusiasm of the teams assembled for this

local derby, especially as it cleared away quickly to give another pleasant morning. All were

agreed that the course was in superb condition.

It’s always handy to have a maths teacher (even a vintage model) handy

when the handicaps need sorting-out.

It would seem that some of the visitors suffered a little from conditions in the oxygen-rich lower

levels as scores of 8 & 6, 6 & 5, 5&4 in favour of the home team were registered, but enough of

them rallied to make a close match of it, the final result being 4 v 3 to Romiley, with one match

halved.

And so the juggernaut rumbles on - only one defeat so far this season!

Keith Selby

Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge 2013

Sunday July 28th, in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society

John Glynn

One might well ask why David Mason should

decide to trek 25 and a half miles across country

and climbing Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside and

Ingleborough (over 2100 metres in total). He has

not enjoyed the best of health in the last few years

but he did it in just 11 hours, in far from convivial

weather, and is now the possessor of a medal to

prove it.

David is thrilled that he has raised about £1,200 for

the Alzheimer’s Society and thanks all contributors

for their help.

If you are puzzled by the scenery in David’s

picture, this could be because it was taken when he

was training in Abergavenny!

Ladies’ Stableford, 1st August 2013

1st: Lynn Nuttall, 41 points 2nd: Teresa Hogg, 37 points 3rd: Lesley Williams 36 points

Stableford, 15th August 2013

1st: Kathryn Pendleton, 39 pts 2nd Jane Hawke, 35 pts 3rd Angela Slate, 34 pts

LOTTERY DRAW

SATURDAY, 17th AUGUST 2013

Winning numbers drawn out by Mr Captain

1st Prize: Phil Barwick, £72 2nd Prize: Martyn Wilson, £43.20 3rd Prize: Jen Higgins, £28.80

Phil Barwick had just left the club so no-one witnessed his excitement, but Martyn Wilson

could hardly believe his luck and members present could be forgiven for thinking that he had

actually won the town hall clock. Geoff Higgins was delighted to have won, until he found

that the cheque was made out to his wife. Geoff was thinking of taking Jen out to celebrate but

then decided he would have to ask Jen what she wanted to do with her winnings.

Never too late

It’s easy to enter the draw. Just write your name on a little brown envelope, put £5 inside and

place it in the white lottery box at the side of the social notice board in the main bar, or

download a copy of the standing order form from the Club website.

NEXT DRAW:

Saturday 21st September 2013 at 4 pm

You must be in it to win it,

and the prize is growing each month

Over the hills and far away at Nelson, Ladies’ Exchange Day, 22nd August 2013

The welcome the ladies received at Nelson could not have been warmer, beginning with a meet and greet of

the coach by the secretary, Richard, in the car park and directions for the safest place to leave the clubs and

then a short speech whilst we ate a lovely breakfast. Richard had done his homework too. He had been on

the Romiley website and howdidido and looked at recent scores. He identified Lady Captain and Audrey

after their recent wins but in the end he said he would put his money on Jane because of her consistency.

Looking at the prize winners, if he had been able to actually have his bet he would have made a profit.

The ladies left Romiley and headed north with some concern about the hilly terrain but were very pleasantly

surprised by everything, no mountains to climb, great greens, lovely wide fairways and, of course, the

fabulous views from every hole—with, thankfully, no sign of the witches of Pendle Hill. The first green

proved to be elusive for some ladies but what a super green it was, once found, on the RIGHT of the trees,

over the brow of the hill and in a big hole!

The format was a team of three, two scores to count, with phantom cards for the two balls, and someone did

a great job at picking the phantoms because the two teams who must have set out thinking they didn't have

a chance actually came second and third, with phantom Lady Vice Captain being the only team member

present to accept the prize for the two ball in which she hadn’t played because Gill and Maureen couldn’t

stay for the meal.

Many thanks to Nelson for their hospitality, for wonderful food and thank you to Richard for presenting

Lady Captain with a copy of their Centenary Book.

Winners of the Trippers’ Trophy, Frances West,

Lynn Nuttall and Audrey Jones with 78 points.

Phantom Lady Vice Captain, Anne Harrison,

accepting 2nd prize for Gill Walker, Maureen

Codling with 77 points.

Glynis Hunt and Pam Cunnington with phantom

Lady Captain, 3rd after cpo with Lynn Schofield,

Pauline Walker and Jane Hawke.

August Monthly Medal and Seniors’ Trophy Saturday, 17th August 2013

1st Division

1st: Ron Harrison, 72-3-69 2nd: Matthew Reid 76-6=70 3rd: Joe Doyle 77-6=71

2nd Division

1st: Martin Arrowsmith, 86-16-70 2nd: David Bowden 86-16=70 3rd: John Mawdsley 86-16=70

3rd Division

1st: Philip Beagon 83-19=64 2nd: Chris Broster 93-28=65 3rd: A Gallagher 92-24=68

Winner

Seniors’ Trophy

Handicap Cup Round Four, 7th August 2013

Martin Gahan 80 -15 = 65 Grant Luke 82 - 16 = 66 Steve Hibbert 88 - 20 =

Gloomy skies greeted the early arrivals for the

latest seniors match but, any fears of a repeat of the

torrential downpour which signalled the

cancellation of last year’s corresponding fixture

were soon dispelled as the clouds lifted and the sun

broke through to give another lovely morning.

A series of closely fought but, sadly from a

reporter’s point of view, apparently incident-free

games ensued. There were one or two noteworthy

incidents, however. Joergen Frederiksen and Eric

Jones experienced unspecified ball-confusion on

the seventh which contributed to their losing the

hole, although they rallied to win the match.

Organisational confusion on the part of

Disley resulted in ‘Stan’ having to play on

his own against Bill Swindells and Peter

Howcroft … and a very good job he made of

it too, taking the match to the last hole

despite giving away 11 shots in total. Stan

also spoke for the visitors after the meal,

lavishing praise on the course. No doubt the

visiting party from Poynton Presbyterians

would endorse his view.

After a very welcome meal of cottage pie

followed by apple flan & custard, the usual

brief speeches rounded off the day. Peter

Howcroft, deputising at short notice, spoke

on behalf of Romiley, finishing with a short

Graham Evans with playing partners,

Len and Paul from Disley

Tips for the fashion conscious from

Harvey Purcer & Malcolm Booker

joke which, unusually for Peter, didn’t mention hydrogen at all (I’m positive!). Despite the

closeness of some matches, the result went Romiley’s way by the impressive score of 8 v 1, so

this year’s good form continues.

Romiley Vets v Disley Vets: 16.08.13

Centenary Cup, Round One Saturday 10th August 2013

Centenary Cup: Aggregate of two best 2 nett scores from 2 rounds using first round handicaps

Winner: Derek Worthington

75-12=63 2nd Shaun Slate 84-21=63 3rd Colin Davies 79-10=69

Centenary Cup Round Two Sunday 11th August 2013

Winner: John Braithwaite

79-11=68 2nd Dave Wilson 84-17=73 3rd Colin Davies 83-10=73

John Braithwaite

68+72 = 140

Derek Worthington

63+77= 140 3rd Colin Davies 69+73= 144

Romiley Dunham Forest team versus Alderley, 2nd August 2013

A fine win, 4 and 3, for Romiley

All swinging into action

Alex White, pro, RGC Nick Madden Paul Wagstaff

The Evening Mixed – Saturday 3rd August 2013.

A warm and sunny evening saw a good turnout with some new faces joining in for the first time. The

competition over nine holes saw the re-emergence of the dreaded dice!! All tee off, each player

numbered from 1 to 4, and then throw the dice. If the dice comes up with nos. 1-4, that’s whose drive

you take, 5 and 6 means throw again. We gave our dice to the wonderful Pam who managed to roll it at

least 5 times before it actually came up with a number other than 5 or 6! We’ve all heard the

expression “damned with faint praise.” Garry Hall’s comment to his playing partner, Carolyn Brinsley

going down as a perfect example– “You’re better than I thought you’d be.”

We all had a lovely evening’s golf and then had a couple of drinks before going downstairs for a meal.

As usual the food and service were excellent.

In second place were myself, Chris Broster and Pam Cunnington with Mr Captain and Rachel, pipped

at the post for first place by Derek and Janet Worthington with Trevor and Isabel Wright.

The Winners!! The Losers

East Cheshire Inter-Club Shield

Ladies’ Handicap B and Plate Team

Our Romiley ladies’ teams have had a happy year of golf with mostly good weather, except for the last

handicap match which we won in rain, sleet, thunder and lightning (in the distance!). Thank you, girls.

The Plate team came second in their group, playing Bramhall, Dunham, Northenden and Stockport,

short distances from the home club and excellent venues.

Result: Won 4, lost 3, halved 1.

Our Handicap team played Davenport, Hazel, Grove, Mellor and Northenden.

Result: Won 4, lost 2, halved 2, winning their group but, disappointingly, losing to Lymm in the quarter

finals after a valiant effort at neutral venue Withington Golf Club.

Barbara Leith, Jill Woolstencroft, Irene Barrow, Sandra Hewitt, Janet Godfrey,

Liz Wilde and Anne Ludford, the Handicap Team obviously enjoying themselves at Withington

One would think that, having thirty available players under 30 handicap, it would be easy to field two

teams; not so! There is a core of five players for each team, plus the three musketeers, all of whom are

the best of sports, and we have represented Romiley to the best of our ability, but, there are ladies out

there who are missing the fun! It’s not winning or losing but playing the game that counts. The teams

are open to any member under 30 handicap so please put your name forward and come and join us at

these lovely courses.

Needless to say, we have the best match teas in Cheshire, thanks to Heather and her girls, and we have a

course in immaculate condition, thanks to our greens staff, but my biggest thank you goes to our teams

for all their support throughout the summer.

“Play up, play up and play the game.”

Words: Match Secretary (Elsie Heyward)

Photo: David Bailey

Wardrobe: Armani

Jokes: Not for publication!

Inspection of Course Architect’s Work by his Grandson

On Tuesday 27th August, at the reception desk for the 2nd Senior Men’s Open, one of the

competitors introduced himself as E R “Ted” Williams, the grandson of the course designer

T G “Tom” Renouf, English International golfer, golf course architect and Professional at

Manchester Golf Club.

RGC started as Woodley and Romiley Golf Club near the junction of Werneth Road and

Werneth Low Road in 1897. In 1905 it moved to Goosehouse Green with a 9 hole course

and became known as Romiley Golf Club. In 1925, after the acquisition of land on the other

side of Heys Lane, Tom was engaged to survey the land and supply a sketch of the layout.

Tom’s design was adopted by the Club and the present 18 hole course was built and opened

in October 1926. A copy of the Tom’s letter to the Club and the layout sketch can be found

in the Centenary Book.

Ted entertained the reception desk members for quite a while with tales of his grandfather.

Ted especially remembers that his grandfather was a particularly fine golfer but a rather poor

putter. As a boy Ted remembers putting competitions with his grandfather and grandfather

being very upset indeed when Ted beat him. Unfortunately for Ted, Tom died before Ted

started to play golf so he missed out on what would have been excellent tuition, in the long

game at least.

Ted was delighted to see the Centenary Book and, after his “inspection” and enthusiastic

approval of our maintenance and improvement of the course, a copy of the book was

presented to him by Vice Captain Andy Reed, RGC Secretary Charles Haworth and Men’s

Open Organiser, Mike Bury.

But the story is not yet over. David Mason is also related to Tom Renouf so he and Ted have

another tale to tell….. and it turns out that Ted was a colleague of Neville Frost at ‘The

Bank’......

It really is a small world!

Murray Padkin

Vice Captain Andy Reed, Ted Williams, Charles Haworth and Mike Bury

Vets’ Jubilee Salver, Friday 23rdAugust 2013

Weather - perfect. 40 competitors.

Winner: Colin Mc Manus 54 2nd Barry Leech 55 3rd Malcolm Booker 57

Vets at Davenport, 30th September 2013

On a fine, late August day, the Vets’ team of 16 players visited Davenport for their annual

away fixture.

Results on the day saw a 5-3 victory for Romiley,

with 3 wins and 1 loss with 4 of the matches

halved.

One notable half was the pairing of Mike Wilson

and Paul Trafford who recovered from 3 down

after 9, including a 40 foot putt by Mike.

Both teams were served an excellent fish and chip

lunch with chocolate gateau to follow.

Diet next week—again.

Harvey Purcer

3rd Successful Corporate Sponsors’ Day

Tuesday 20th August 2013.

On a fine, sunny morning Romiley Golf Club welcomed their Sponsors to the 3rd competition for their

Cup. 24 pairs filled the starting sheet and a two tee start ensured that everyone was away by 10 am.

The Club has four new sponsors this year, The Foresters Arms, T. N. Robinson, Federation of First Aid

Training Organisations and C.P.M. Design and Build, and all of them accepted the invitation to play in

what is becoming a popular annual event.

The format was a two ball better ball Stableford and the winners were C & C Insurance Brokers

represented by Wayne Andrew and John Mitten with a tremendous 45 points. Wayne, playing off 19,

secured their first place by parring the 9th, their last hole, for 4 points. They were closely followed by

the Moorcroft Group with Ken Cooper and Phil Roberts with 43, obviously using their course

knowledge, and in third place was the Foresters’ team, Paul Reyner and Mark Kitchen with 42 points.

Nearest the pin prizes went to Phil Smeathers of Leama Cars, Steve Bridgeman of T.N.Robinson, Ron

Harrison of Mercury Finance and Peter Milnes of the Moorcroft Group. There were prizes for the

longest drive at 17th for ladies and gentlemen. There wasn’t much doubt that the one lady playing,

Libby Smeathers, would land her drive on the fairway, and Paul Butler of Brown Shipley won longest

drive for the men.

After an excellent lunch, with much talk of golf rather than business, the Chairman, Neil McRoberts,

presented the Cup and prizes. The Chairman thanked all the sponsors for their continued support and

said he would try his best to arrange another sunny day next year.

The Chairman expressed thanks also to Mike Cope and Mike Bury the starters, and Murray Padkin on

the reception desk and organiser.

Murray Padkin

“Ladies’ Stableford, Hole in 2 final and Annette’s Nine, 29th August 2013

So many competitions on the same day, but it all makes sense when each one is explained.

The Hole in 2 final is for any lady who entered the competition after last year’s hole in two final

and has had a 2. The Stableford is for those ladies and also the ladies who didn’t have a 2.

Annette’s trophy is played just on the back nine so that the nine hole ladies are included, and

the trophy has kindly been donated by Barry Broadhurst. The silverware that is played for

throughout the year is presented to the winner at the presentation evenings but then has to be

returned to the display cabinet, but Annette’s trophy can be taken home for the winner to

display, and returned the following year. Simples!

1st: Val Bonser, 36 points

Winner of Stableford

2nd: Janet Worthington, 35 pts

and winner of

3rd: Lady Vice Captain

Anne Harrison on cpo

Jubilee Trophy, Saturday 31st August 2013

Sponsored by Brent Shore

Winner:

John Mawdsley 39 pts

2nd Mr. Captain 39 pts

CPO 3rd Gary Williams 37 pts

Romiley GC vs Disley GC

Dunham Forest Trophy Quarter Finals

Friday 30th August 2013

What a fine win by our club, 5-2, over a young, but strong, Disley team.

With clouds glowering, a gathering wind and not the best of light, the 60 plus spectators

around the course were treated to a tense match. Our captain, Mark Jones, had a good win

over the reigning Cheshire champion, James McCormick.

Disley started by winning the first two matches but that was the last of their success as the

rest of the team gained a significant advantage by the 14th hole. Alex White, our

professional, was not to know that the match was won as he approached the 14th and was 4

up. He was surprised to see all the team and spectators gathered near the 15th green. Alex

duly put his shot about 4 foot from the pin and as the Disley pro approached the green he

formally conceded. Joy unbounded! Mark Worsley tried not to gloat too much as his brother

was playing for Disley.

And so the team can look forward to a day of 36 holes when the semis and final are played at

Dunham on Saturday, 21st September, 2013. They would love as much support as we can

give them.

Garry Hall (Joint captain with) Mark Jones Simon Hebden Mark Worsley

Nick Madden Paul Wagstaff Alex White, Pro Ian Smith

The Evening Mixed Saturday 31st August 2013

The last evening mixed of the season saw a cracking turnout with over 40 players taking part.

The weather was fine, if a little cooler than of late. However, the heat of battle soon warmed us

all up.

The format was a Stableford with two to score on the par 4’s and 5’s and all on the par 3’s, plus

the dreaded yellow ball. Copious instructions were handed out, plus a numbered yellow ball

which was to be returned after playing. The scoring method took a little while to sink in but,

after a light bulb moment and the realisation that “aggregate” meant adding the two scores and

the yellow ball together, it turned out to be a really fun competition. Unfortunately, though, the

pressure and magnetism of the pond on the 2nd was too much for one player and that was the

end of the yellow score and the competition for them.

The following two sentences appear every time I write up the evening mixed, and I see no

reason to depart from that habit at this stage in the year:

1. After a fantastically enjoyable game we all made our way up to the bar for a well earned

drink (or two).

2. Then we retired to the downstairs lounge for a lovely meal served by Heather’s wonderful

girls.

Once the dessert had been served, (cheese and biscuits or trifle, I had both!!) Mr Shaun Slate

rose to thank those who had helped to organise the event and also thanked Heather for another

delicious meal. He then went on to announce the winners but before he did so he congratulated

the team in third place – Mr. Vice and Alison with Derek and Janet Worthington who had an

amazing score of 60 points but didn’t actually win anything, which I thought was rather amusing

if a bit cruel. In second place on count back, also with 60 points, were Irene and Bill Barrow

with Steve and Heather Denton, but the winners with an incredible 61 points were Alan Martin,

Barbara Leith and Angela and Shaun Slate. Well done!

Unfortunately Al was unable to stay for the meal, so he isn’t in the photo with the rest of his

victorious team.

This year’s evening mixed events have been an unqualified success and I, for one, can’t wait for

next year’s. Thank you Shaun. You did a great job.

Chris Broster

1st: Angela and Shaun Slate with Barbara. A fitting

end to the season that the organiser should win. 2nd: Irene and Bill Barrow with

Heather and Steve Denton

The Blues’ Overwhelming Victory

Derby Day, Sunday 1st September 2013

43 members and guests rose early from their beds to dress in the team colour of choice, arrive

at the golf club and find their allocated tee in time for a 9 am shotgun start.

The format was a 4BBB match play, but all matches had to complete 18 holes. Most knew

which team they wanted to support, but there was a little jiggery pokery and changing of sides

to make up the numbers. The Captain, a through and through red, changed to blue for the

occasion, drafted in a lady guest (5 hcap!) and won his match against Ken Cooper and Denise

Booth, 2 up much to the amusement of the blues’ team captain, Peter Wagstaff, who

unfortunately couldn’t play this year because of his recent health problems. Mr Vice Captain

Andy, who has no particular affiliation, adopted a blue shirt for the day but, even encouraged

by his definitely blue partner Karen Hooley, failed to beat Barry Leech and John Nolan. Man

of the match was David Wilson for City who singlehandedly beat Steve Cleary and Lee

Prendergast, 7 up!

Peter attended to see everyone off and returned for the presentation, and for brunch, which

everyone needed to warm them up after the coldest day for many a week.

There was no doubt which side won. The blues were 6 matches up and the reds only 3. Even

on a calculation hole for hole the result was still 28 to 12 for the blues, and Peter Wagstaff

“graciously” accepted the presentation of the trophy by the Captain who told Peter that he had

played very well.

Victorious Peter Wagstaff

but why is that red and white ribbon on the cup?

President’s Prize to the Juniors, Sunday, 11th August 2013

This Stableford competition was held on Sunday 11th August. The weather was fine and playing

conditions superb.

After 9 holes all the competitors were within 3 or 4 shots of each other, then Jordan Walton

decided to put away his driver which had been causing him some problems and played off the

remaining tees with a 4 iron. After 11 holes, although of course he didn’t know it, he was lying

3rd. Amazingly, he then scored 3 points on each of the remaining holes to return a very creditable

winning score of 36 points. Toby Sinclair was second and Reece Chesworth 3rd.

The trophy was presented to Jordan by the Club President, Colin Hall.

Toby Sinclair, Aaron Chesworth, Mr President and

Clark Thompson

Winner: Jordan Walton

Captain’s Prize to the Juniors, 7th July 2013

The “Captain’s Prize” to the juniors competition was held on 7th July. This year there were

two competitions – 9 holes for under 11 years and an 18 hole competition as well. Our

Captain Simon Hebden very kindly gave prizes for both competitions. The results were:

18 hole medal: 9 hole medal:

Juniors’ News

1st: Joe Mulhearn

85-18=67 2nd: Tom Swarbrick

112-30=82

2nd: Clarke Thompson

66-20=46 1st Luca Knowles

70 – 27 = 43

“The Andrew Cup” – “Vice Captain’s Summer Challenge”

This competition, which was an initiative of our Club Vice Captain Andy Reed, has been a

great success. Five 9 hole Medal Competitions were held on Tuesdays during the school

holidays, with the best three nett scores deciding the winner. Overall 13 juniors took part.

The results were:

1st Jordan Walton with 39+35+30 = 104.

He showed a very consistent improvement and recorded a nett 30 having had his handicap

reduced from 30 to 28.

2nd Tom Swarbrick with 34+43+39 = 116.

Tom started superbly and, although he was unable to repeat his score from the opening

competition, he did very well.

3rd Toby Sinclair with a net 34+41+43 = 118.

Toby also started superbly but just missed out on the prizes.

Note on the trophy – The Andrew Trophy was presented in 1990 by the late George Andrew,

who was a Past Captain of the Club, to be competed for annually by members of the Junior

Section. Regretfully, the trophy was only used once and was then mislaid until it was found

recently in a cupboard at the Club. It has now been resurrected as a prestigious trophy and

will be competed for each summer holiday as the “Vice Captain’s Summer Challenge”.

It’s great to see a resurgence of the Junior Section.

Jordan Walton closes his eyes in disbelief as

Mr. Vice congratulates him on two majors in

3 days.

Mr. Vice captain, Andy Reed with

runner-up Tom Swarbrick

Fabulous panorama of the 6th taken by Mike Murray

The McRoberts Trophy for Juniors, Friday, 30th August 2013

Sam Ashworth Jones congratulated by

Bob Blundell on a fine win.

David Brown Jack Kelly Clark Thompson Alex Jones

Dylan Jones Reece Chesworth

Thanks to our Chairman, Neil McRoberts, a new

trophy was played for by the Juniors. It was an

18 hole competition with a Stableford format.

The winner was Sam Ashworth Jones, 14

handicap, who was way out in front with a

magnificent 40 points. His lovely, easy swing is

reminiscent of his granddad’s, Roger Ashworth.

Aaron Chesworth just beat Joe Mulhearn into

2nd place with a card play off, both on 32 pts.

Harry Doyle and Alex Jones did not enjoy the

front 9 but both scored 19 pts for the back 9.

It was great to see so many Juniors revelling in

the golf.

Jordan Walton, Tom Swarbrick, Joe Mulhearn