Notes from the Committee

Our Christmas lunch will be on Friday 13th December. The cost is £18, which will be taken from your bar card on the day. Please add your name to the list on the Seniors’ noticeboard, in order that Karen knows how many to cater for.

Correction to last week’s newsletter. I said that the number of people on the committee had increased from 8 to 9. In fact it has increased from 9 to 10, mainly to share the workload for arranging inter-club matches.

As noted last week, Mike Kendal has taken over Friday bookings from Grahame. Mike says that if anyone wishes to advise an absence, or a return to play, along with any change to their preferred tee off time (late/early), please drop a note to him at: kendallymmgolf@gmail.com

Grahame Brickell has announced ‘final call’ for the Llangollen Senior Open on Thursday 5th June 2025. If you’d like to join this popular seniors’ away day, please contact Grahame as soon as you can. The cost is £33, to be paid nearer the time.

Autumn League round 6 of 10

Reporter: Paul Foster

Gentlemen, some great scores on Friday, with 14 managing to beat their handicap, and only 4 receiving shots back. The mats are back!

Unfortunately there were 6 wrong hcaps entered onto the score cards.

43 players completed round 6, 24 players from Division 1, and 19 players from Division 2.

Three 2s recorded today, Richard Smyllie, Arthur Nuttall and Michael John.

Hard luck to Arthur Nuttall who scored a very commendable 35pts and didn’t even get on the podium! A feather in the cap for Russ Jones, who kept a 6 off his card. (Remember that competition from a daily newspaper years ago?)

Division 1 Results:
Winner – Russ Jones with a cracking 35pts on a CPO
R/up – Mervyn Roberts with 35pts on a CPO
3rd – Michael John also with 35pts

Division 2 Results:
Winner – Stuart White with 33pts
R/up – Phil Ormesher with 32pts on a CPO
3rd – Dave Craggs with 32pts

Still leader in the 1st division is Martin Franks with 145 points, Dave Meir and Richard Smyllie complete the top three.

Leader in the 2nd division is Alan Copeland, with 145 pts, followed by Steve Bramall and Dave Craggs.

Members should continue entering the seniors comps on the club website, and inputting their scores into Ig. (correctly please). Please check your Seniors handicap on the Handicaps tab of this website, as your WHS hcap could be different to your seniors hcap.

The seniors hcap will apply to the Friday comps and the Happy Mondays till further notice.
The KO competitions use the WHS hcap NOT the seniors hcap.

Happy Mondays – 11th November

Reporter: Peter Willson

A cloudy slightly chilly start with a heavy dew but the skies cleared to reveal that long missing visitor, the Sun and blue skies towards the end of the rounds 

Game : Team Stableford 

6 teams – 20 players 

Winners: Most of the players were waiting expectantly for the tail-end Charlies to return to Club House but no “Charlies” in this trio – Colin Crail, Les Williams and Richard Yates – who returned with a creditable 30.7 points per player 

Second: Thinking they’d clinched victory – Steve Barlow, Dave Craggs, Tony Dixon and Mark Pickles with a level “par” 30 ppp – only to have it snatched cruelly from their grasp 

Third: Colin Chisnall, Steve Gosling and Phil Lomas with 29.7 ppp

Tee-booking schedule for tomorrow – Thursday 14 November

Tomorrow’s tee-booking schedule is for our Turkey Trot on 29th November. Cash prizes for Div 1 and Div 1 winners.

Happy Mondays tee-booking schedule for Sunday 17 November

Report from the Prostate Testing Day

Reporter: Phil Ormersher

At the recent PSA testing day, 136 men were tested. As to be expected the vast majority were green. There were some positive tests (red and yellow), indicating a higher-than-normal level of PSA protein. The majority of those who tested positive probably do not have anything to worry about (there can be other reasons for a high PSA level), but should go to see their GP explaining that they had a private test, and share the results.

The greens should make a note of their PSA level and do another test (12 months onwards) and compare the results. The profile should be almost flat.

If anyone wants to talk through their results I am happy to have a totally confidential chat on 07814 008403.

If they feel they would rather talk to someone on a more anonymous basis our helpline is open 0900 – 2100 every day on 0800 774 7560.

Again, thank you to the ladies in promoting the event and helping us reach a record number of attendees for Lymm GC.

Welcome to ‘new’ member, Richard Smyllie

Many of us have got to know Richard Smyllie in recent months. He’s a good golfer, who has obviously played a lot in the past, and, best of all, a fellow Yorkshireman! I asked Richard to send us his profile to introduce himself to the whole of the senior section:

Hello All. I joined Lymm GC and the Seniors section in April. I have had the opportunity to play with several seniors and there has been a warm welcome from everyone. Thank you!

I also join the ranks of Yorkshiremen at the club who have travelled across the Pennines. I am a Sheffield United supporter (for my sins!).

I live in Lymm with my wife Pauline (not a golfer I am afraid) and we have now been here for 35 years. We have three children, Matthew, Rebecca and Laura. Matthew works and lives in Heidelberg in Germany, whilst Rebecca and Laura both live in Manchester. We’re very excited to be welcoming our first grandchild in Spring next year!

I ran my own company, RS Process Safety, that offered safety advice to companies operating high hazard installations such as oil and gas facilities. Previous employment was with Entec, Amec and Wood. But now I am happily retired which gives me more opportunity to get out to play golf of course!

Rags to riches…

Did you know that the real-life Cinderella hails from Oldfield Brow, at the rough end of Altrincham? It was great to see her at last year’s Christmas lunch, with her two sisters.

Who will turn up this year?!!

Newsletter Editor: Mark Pickles