Lymm v Hale, Interclub Friendly, 3 May 2024

Match Reporter: Peter Willson (CoD)

Lymm won, 5 to 3

The second game of the Interclub series 2024 – this time against Hale Golf Club. 

The day was cloudy with a chilly wind blowing but it stayed dry.  

The Greenstaff have worked so hard to get the course back into more playable condition – the grass in the rough was still on the long side but the course is drying up and there was some run on the ball. The move onto a full 18 holes and the removal of mats on the close mown areas on the previous weekend required some adjustments. 

A decision was made to allow pick and drop in the rough as the residue of grass cuttings would have hampered play.

The food was up to the usual high standard – with the traditional Steak pie, chips and veg followed by that favourite apple crumble and custard – served piping hot

The Matches were all close run affairs in the main but Lymm emerged victorious – 5 games to 3. Is this the start of a winning season for LGC?

Andrew Cox and Andy Timms – Won 1 up
Duncan Clarke and Steve Gosling – Won 2 up
Paddy Moran and Bob Mycock – Lost 2&1
Pete Broady and Peter Willson – Won 2&1
John Hayes and Colin Hughes – Halved
David Donnell-Jones and Martin Lowe – Lost 5&4
Steve Barlow and Ron Thornton – Won 3&1
John Armstrong and Barry McGuigan – Halved

Bottle-of-Wine Comp, Friday 3 May

Here are the results of the individual Stableford game, running alongside the match with Hale:

Held over 15 holes:

23 players 

First – Joe Priestner – 32 points 
Second – Jeff Chapman – 29 points (CPO over last 6 holes – 17 points)
Third – Bob Ellison  – 29 points (CPO last 6 holes 16 points)

Well done Joe! Enjoy the wine!

Tee-booking schedule for tomorrow: Thursday 9 May

Padeswood and Buckley G C Senior Open on Thursday 4^th July 2024

Reporter: John Hayes

There is now only one place to be filled in the total number of 20 places reserved for the day out as detailed above.

Tee times are ranged from 10 40 am up to 11 20 am in a 4-Ball Better Ball format. The cost is £18 per head with cash prizes on offer to the best results in our group as a subsidiary competition. It is always possible to win the main competition run by P and B but you would need a very good score from past experience!

Refreshments are available before and after golf at your own expense!

If you wish to play, or need further information, please contact John Hayes.

John Hayes will sing in Purgatory – Tickets Available

Our bass singer in residence, John Hayes, will be singing at the RNCM, Manchester, with the Altrincham Choral Society and the Manchester Philharmonia.

Edward Elgar – a Roman Catholic – wrote the Dream of Gerontius for voices and orchestra using the words of a poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman, exploring the theology of Purgatory. The words relate to the journey of a man’s soul on his deathbed. The soul begins to shrink away from Paradise and God, realising that it is yet far from pure enough to live eternally in Paradise, and begs for purgatorial cleansing.

It’s a powerful work, widely regarded as Elgar’s finest choral work. I am planning to go with my wife, who studied classical piano and viola at RNCM.

Newsletter Editor: Mark Pickles