A reminder from our treasurer, Steve Gosling, that payments are due for both the annual subs (£25) and the ABM lunch (£10) on Friday 18th October.

Subs were due by 1st October, but so far only 41 people have paid out of a membership of around 95. If you do not intend to re-join the senior section for 2024/2025, please inform Steve Gosling.

There are 11 names on the ABM lunch list that still need to pay.

The account for payment is:

Lymm Golf Over 60s
60-20-29
50244779
Ref: Surname

(Please note that this is a different account number to that we use for for the inter-club matches.)

Lymm v Warrington, interclub-friendly

Reporter: Art Laird (CoD)

This was the final Interclub match of the season and we were blessed with dry and fine weather even although the higher holes were rather cool with a biting wind – it was just great to get down to the 11th and even better the 19th!

The course has just had three days of Autumn maintenance making the greens a challenge for most of us – having said that the course overall is very much improved in many ways, clearly some way to go but all credit to the new head greenkeeper Rob Cooper and his team

Peter and I had a tough challenge against the formidable Anthony COD and Andrew Warrington Vice Captain – in spite of the greens treatment Andrew only missed one put to my knowledge – even our banter could not put him off !! We were soundly beaten 4 and 3. Notwithstanding our loss the rest of the team came up trumps and we were only defeated by one game losing 4 1/2 to 3 1/2 – whatever an honourable draw – a very significant improvement over the away Warrington  match earlier in the season

The result: Lymm 3.5, Warrington 4.5

Peter Broady and Art Laird – lost 4 and 3
Mervyn Roberts and Alan Ranscombe (PMA) – Halved
Dave Craggs and Martin Lowe – won 5 and 4 ( Craggsy could do no wrong! )
Paddy Moran and John Armstrong – won 2 and 1
Grahame Brickell and Phil Perry – lost 3 and 1
Phil Lomas and Peter Wilson – won 3 and 2
Charlie Hill and Dave Meir – lost 5 and 3
Mike Pigott and Steve Gosling – lost 1 down

As usual the lunch provided by Karen and the team was 1st Class and enjoyed by all – the final glass of red slipped down with ease !!

Very many thanks to John for ALL the hard work organising the teams and securing the best ever Captains of the Day throughout the season and of course Steve for managing the ‘readies’ and keeping the ‘elderly’ in line – I for one am voting for John and Steve to remain in charge for at least another season !!

I also had the great pleasure in presenting Paddy Moran the ‘seniors 80th jumper’ – he will achieve that ripe age on October 04 – congratulations and well done !

Bottle-of-wine Competition, Friday 27 October

Reporter: Paul Foster

A chilly start for the Friday bottle of wine competition, however the day turned out to be a sunny day for the players with a late morning tee off.

The cold wind seemed to cause havoc with all 20 entrants, with no one beating their handicap.

I had the pleasure today of playing with new member Howard Jones (no not that one)…who possess a classic text book golf swing, one to look out for in future competitions…his playing handicap of 14 will surely come tumbling down.

So to the results…

In 3^rd place was Paul Foster with 26pts

R/Up was Alan Copeland with 27pts

Winner of the day and recipient of a fine bottle of Vintage Châteaux de Latchford was Richard Smyllie with 29pts.

That’s the last of the BOW competitions, as Fridays match against Warrington was the last of these friendlies. The Autumn leagues starts on the 4^th October.

Tee-booking schedule for tomorrow (Thursday 3 October)

Happy Mondays tee-booking schedule for Sunday 6th October

Reminders:

Trophies: If you are a trophy holder – listed in newsletter of 4 September 2024 – please ensure you return your trophy to a committee member by 4 October.

Memorial Day: This Friday, 4 October, Memorial Day. It is also round 1 of the Autumn League (best 5 from 10). Please ensure you enter the competition which is open on IG or home page of Lymm GC.

A donation bucket and tot of whiskey will be on the bar.

The memorial trophy is awarded to the player with the highest points (regardless of division) and will be presented at the ABM on 18 October.

Newsletter Editor: Mark Pickles