A few of us gathered at the Choy Hing at Grappenhall yesterday. The evening was arranged by Bob, who informed us on Monday that he had invited a special guest this year: Lord Nuttall of Appleton Thorn.

The food was excellent as always, a banquet specially chosen for us by Sammy, and lots of beer!

Autumn League – Round 7 of 8

Reporter: Peter Willson

With Paul Foster away last Friday, I took over the task of checking the cards and updating the league tables and handicap list.

A fairly steady week. Not too many fireworks with the exception of Paddy Moran with a great round with 36 points followed by 3 players across the 2 Divisions on 34 points

There were 43 players in total, 27 from Div’n 1 and 16 from Div’n 2.

Only One – 2 this week – Colin Chisnall on the 9th.

Four new names appearing in the TOP 3 slots for each Division this week, who hadn’t been in the top three before. Good to see the love is being spread around.

Just 2 incorrect handicaps used.

The all-important results:

Division 2 Results:

Winner – Alan Thomas with 34 pts (CPO over last 6 holes)

R/up – Stuart White with 34 pts

3rd – Steve Bramhall with 31pts

Division 1 Results

Winner – Paddy Moran with 36 pts

R/up – John White with 34 pts

3rd – Colin Crail with 33 pts

John Armstrong still leads Division 1, but now jointly with Michael John with Mike Bennett in 3rd place

Dave Craggs is still narrowly the leader in Division 2, followed by Ron Thornton and Phil Ormesher jointly in 2nd place

Happy Mondays – December 18th

Reporter: Peter Willson

7 teams turned out on a dull and cloudy morning yet reasonably – mild until the drizzle started after 10 holes – the game a “Yellow Ball”. 

The usual confusion reigned – with 5 x 3 man teams and 2 x 4 man teams some deciding to count all scores and not designating a Yellow Baller or not dropping out in an understandable rotation. 

However a result was arrived at eventually and the winners were  

First – Mike Bennett, Colin Crail and Richard Yates – 33.3 points per team member 

2nd – John Booth, Tommy Lawless and Phil Perry – 32 points each 

3rd – Colin Chisnall, Dave Meir and Alan Thomas – 31.7 points 

A re-think is required on the format it’s getting difficult for our brains to function so early on chilly dark mornings – I’ll come back with new, bigger and better formats in 2024!

Tee Booking schedule for tomorrow (21 December) for play on 5th January 2024

A big thank you to Lymm Golf Club’s Seniors from Prostate Cancer Support.

Reporter: Phil Ormesher

In the North West, on average, 1 in 6 (1 in 8 in London; 1 in 3 in Scotland!) men diagnosed with prostate cancer are already metastatic – in other words the cancer was diagnosed too late and had spread into the rest of the man’s body.

The National Prostate Cancer Audit showed that patients living in more socioeconomically deprived areas, like Warrington, are 19% more likely to present with metastatic disease.

So, you can see why we, as a local charity, focus on PSA testing – the earlier it’s found the better the chance of survival.

The £500 that was raised at the Christmas lunch will be put towards the cost of PSA testing which will be done at Warrington Wolves in February/March.

We ask each participant to pay £5, Prostate Cancer Support will pay the remaining £20 and there will be an attendance encouraging promotion run by The Wolves.

Whether you support The Wolves or not they are doing a great job in supporting the local community and your contribution will fund 25 of those tests, again potentially saving men’s lives.

Thank you, guys, your support is fantastic.

Merry Christmas!

As this is the last newsletter before Christmas: Happy Christmas to all!

If you are going away, or doing anything that you think might interest your fellow seniors, please do send me any news and photographs for inclusion in the newsletter.

Newsletter Editor: Mark Pickles