Winter League – Round 5 of 8

Match Reporter: Paul Foster

Well what a day last Friday proved to be!

Three players played scratch golf: Mike Pigott, Mark Pickles and Martin Franks.

Trevor Williamson nearly played to scratch, scoring 9 pars out of the 10 holes. Phenomenal senior golf by any standard!

We had the most participants, most changes in handicaps, most players beating their handicaps and fewest players playing below the zone. Bob Mycock had two 2s on the day. And Steve Bird scored 5 pts on one hole.

51 players, with 20 playing better than their handicap, 29 in the zone and only 2 below the zone (not to be named, unless somebody asks)

Winner of Division 1 was Trevor Williamson with 39 points, followed by Bob Mycock, Martin Franks and Mark Pickles on 35 points.

Winner of Division 2 was Dave Craggs, with an all-time record of 42 points! (and an all time record chop in his handicap to go with it). The runners up were Steve Bird and Martin Lowe on 35 points.

Just three rounds to go and it’s hotting up in both winter league divisions.

Paul Lennie leads the way in division 1 with Dave Meir, Mark Pickles and Mike Pigott hot on his trail.

In the second division, Steve Bramall still tops the list, but the lead has been cut to 4 points by Jim Wilson and Joe Priestner.

Happy Mondays

22 players took part in this week’s competition of Team Stableford.

The results were as follows:

1st Place.   21.25points:
David Craggs, John Booth, Mark Pickles and Alan Thomas

2nd Place.   21 points
Pete Broady, Steve Barlow,and Tony Lambert

3rd  Place.    20.33 points
Steve Gosling, Steven Bird,and  Steven Perry.

Tee Booking Schedule for Tomorrow (22 Feb)

Beware Internet, Email and Banking Scams

Barely a weeks seems to pass without one of our members being scammed or defrauded or having his email account hacked. Internet fraud is on the increase, and some of it is becoming very sophisticated.

Some banking and credit card frauds are beyond our control, and there is little we can do to prevent attempts or actual instances of theft. In one recent case one of our members was defrauded by someone who successfully applied for a car loan using ‘identity theft’. In such cases, the bank, or the loan company, takes responsibility and recovers the funds (or writes them off). But, of course, it is a hassle if it happens.

There are many scams and infiltrations to our phones and computers that we can prevent and avoid. As a rule of thumb, do not click on links in emails unless you are absolutely certain of its source, and you are absolutely certain the source itself has not been hacked. If you receive an email from a friend asking for a ‘favour’ or ‘help’, be very cautious, because it is likely that friend’s email account has been hacked, and if you click on the links in that email, you will suffer the same fate.

Here is the latest advice on the Gov.uk website, including advice on how to report Internet scams.

https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing

Padeswood and Buckley G C Senior’s Open Thursday 4th July 2024

Reporter: John Hayes

Once again it is time to think about summer golf and visits to other courses.
In the past few years a number of us have enjoyed a day out at Padeswood and Buckley Golf Club on the day of their Senior’s Open, being a course that is usually in great condition and has an interesting layout.

This year the date is Thursday 4th July.

A block of tee times has been booked for this date and most of the participants last year have indicated that they would like to play again this coming summer.

There are a number of places remaining to be filled and details are as follow.

The club is situated on the west side of Chester and it takes about 50 minutes by car from Lymm GC going via the M6 and A55. Tee times are ranged from 10:30 to 11:20 teams of four, the competition being played in pairs in “Four-ball Better-ball” format. The entry fee in total is £18 per head, which includes £15 for the Padeswood and Buckley fee and £3 for our own internal competition prizes.

The leading pairs within our group will receive a prize based on the score submitted in the main competition, with first pair getting £15 each, second £10 each and third £5 each, presented immediately after the last of our rounds.

If you would like to join the group for this day out please contact John Hayes to confirm your place. No payment is requested at this stage – he will contact you in a few week’s time when payment is due.

The Dave Craggs Mystery

Who would have thought that Dave Craggs, who has never won a Friday competition in his years in LGC Seniors, would win the last two Fridays in a row!

And who would have thought he would win with an all-time record score of 42 points (aggregated for 15 holes)!

What’s his secret? Perhaps he has been taking Paddy Moran’s tips on eternal youth (including intermittent fasting, avoiding bananas, and a rigorous daily workout followed by a cold shower)?

Or perhaps there is something more mystical going on. By coincidence, my wife and I were walking near Stockton Heath last Sunday, and we saw a man standing in the middle of ploughed field, wearing a triangular hat, holding a large pole in one hand and the number “5” in the other.

I zoomed in with my phone camera, and exclaimed, “it’s Craggzy” !

We walked a little further, and I stopped a lady walking in the opposite direction to ask if she knew what that man in the field was up to. She said, “beats me; he’s there every Sunday, in exactly the same spot, holding a pole on top of an equilateral triangle, and wearing a triangular hat; the only thing that changes is the number”.

I’m guessing that Dave has got involved in some kind of Pythagorean numerological cult, but, credit where credit’s due: it’s working wonders!

Newsletter Editor: Mark Pickles