We are light on news this week due to the fact that no senior events were held last Friday.

The Mike Smith Plate (singles knockout).

We have now reached the semi-final stage, with John Armstrong, Steve Barlow, Keith Melia and Peter Broady hoping to make it to the final:

Happy Mondays, 22 July

Game – Team Stableford 

6 teams – 17 players 

Dull, cloudy, soft wind and no rain – 20 deg. C

Winners: Alan Copeland, Steve Gosling and Phil Lomas – 29.3 points per player (ppp)

2nd: Steve Barlow, Eric Cox and Ron Thornton – 27.7 ppp

3rd: Les Fecitt, Ken Pearce and Peter Willson – 25.3 ppp 

Tee-booking schedule for tomorrow (25 July)

Please be ready to book at 8pm because 9th August will be a busy Friday morning, with a lot of competition for slots.

Happy Mondays tee-booking schedule, for Sunday 28 July

Padeswood and Buckley Outing (4th July)

Reporter: John Hayes

[ Editor’s note: apologies for the late publication of John’s report. The original seemed to have got lost in the ether. ]

The club senior’s group arranged for 20 of us to enter the Senior Open at Padeswood and Buckley G C last Thursday. After the 45 minute drive from Lymm everyone arrived in good time to enjoy a bacon butty before the first tee time of 10 40 am. The course and surrounds were in great condition on the day, particularly the greens which were fast and true, causing one or two difficulties for the first few holes whilst adjustments to weight of putt were being made.

There was also an internal competition for our group, the winners and runners-up being awarded cash prizes for their efforts Eventually the winners in our group were our Senior’s Chairman Mike Bennet and Stuart Baird, with a better-ball score of 37 points, giving a narrow victory on count-back over second place score of 37 points by Ron Thornton and Dave Meir. In third place with 35 points were Dave Craggs and John Hayes. Well done, Mike and Stuart.

As to the main competition, Mike and Stuart’s excellent round meant that they finished in fourth place in the guest member section. The winners were on 40 points and the runners-up were both on 38 points. (In the home member section the winning score was 42 points).

The weather conditions were fine and free of rain but there was a fairly strong gusty wind and the temperature was a bit on the low side for the time of year.

One of our more modest members, Bob, was at pains to point out during the “apres-golf” socialising that there had been only one gross birdie made by our group, noting that it was made on the hardest hole on the course. He declined to say who had made this unique birdie but I have my suspicions.

[ Editor’s note: Did Bob claim that he hit his gap wedge 190 yards into the wind? ]

All in all it was a great day out with good golf in beautiful surroundings – we all look forward to repeating the experience next year.