Captains' Drive in
Members were welcolmed with a glass of mulled wine before the three Captains drove in.
The total distance of the drives was 591 yards, with Mr William Shearer winning the champagne for nearest guess with 595 yards.
Saturday's Christmas Competition
Breakfast was served before a wet start on Saturday. The weather improved as did alot of players as they arrived at the half way house for mulled wine. A hot helping of shepherds pie welcomed players as they finished.
This year's winners were Farther and son combination Neil and Tom Goodman with 43 pts.
Division 1
1st T Goodman & N Goodman 43
2nd S Barber & A James 41
3rd R Haig & M Evans 38
4th D Roberts & S Chalcroft 38
Division 2
1st A West & A Cox 39
2nd J Kennedy & J Winfield 38
3rd B Hardman & J Delves 38
4th S Smith & C Miles 38
Division 3
1st R Lobb & D McGibbon 40
2nd M Stears & P Harris 39
3rd J Moss & N Kay 39
4th B Lawson & D Crossley 37
Seniors Christmas Competition
The Seniors held their Shotgun Christmas Competition last Thursday and most managed to finish before the rain came. It was also the day of past Captain John Bernstein's Funeral who sadly passed away after a long illness. As a tribute to John and his commitment to the club the players held a minutes silence at the time of his service.
There were an amazing 92 players entered into the annual get together for the Seniors. As always well organised by Roger Street well supported and assisted by your captain Frank Ainger. One two and sometimes three visits were allowed to the halfway house where the ladies section helped serve snacks and a little tipple!
The results were:
1st place Greg Smart and John Forbear 42 points
2nd Adrian Parr and Dick Zielinski 41 points
3rd Leigh Moss and Richard Kendrick 40 points
4th John Brierley and John Bennett also 40 points.
Ladies Christmas Competition
The Ladies were in festive spirits on Tuesday playing their Christmas competition. The format was 9 holes, Fourball Betterball Stableford with players starting on both the 1st and 8th tee. Mother and daughter combined well to win with 22 points, well done to Stephanie McAra & Fiona McAra.
1st tee:
1st Stephanie McAra & Fiona McAra 22points
2nd Barbara Chater & Pam Toseland 20
3rd Dianne Moore & Clare Howlett 19
4th Saliann Miles & Viv McManus 18
5th Elaine McBride & Lesley Allitt 17
8th tee:
1st Stephanie Goodings & Sue Barrick 20
2nd Gillian Curley & Celia Edwards 19
3rd Ele Brooks & Diana Wells 19
3 Ball Alliance Stableford - 8th December
1st Andrea Alston , Denise Bellemy -Walton ,Di Murkin 71 pts
2nd Gillian Curley, Diana Wells , Alison Shine 68 pts
3rd Alison Gent , Sue McRae, Pam Toseland 68 pts
Tour News
Paul Broadhurst finished his season with a 10th place finish at the MCB Tour Championship in Mauritius. Paul just missed out on a Champions Tour Card for 2016 the week before in the USA.
Paul ended the year in 12th position on the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit from only 4 Starts.
Juniors - Save the date
Juniors' Captain's Day, Sunday, 31 January Juniors' Captain 2016 - George Elderton
Due to the very soft ground conditions on Wednesday, there was a trolley and buggy ban which on Thursday was then reduced to just a buggy ban.
Please check the website daily before coming to play, the decision will be made daily.
Look out for our January sale with Half price shoes and clearance lines of PING G30 & TaylorMade AeroBurner.
