Apologies for my causing some confusion in last week’s newsletter. I headlined the away-match report for Ringway with ‘away match report for Hale‘. I have now corrected it.

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Our Secretary, Dave Craggs, has updated the senior calendar (see the Senior-Section Calendar tab). This includes a date change for the next Tatton Match (away at High Legh, on 12 June), a date change for the Hinson Cup, a date change for the Mitre Cup, a provisional date for a ‘Seniors versus Juniors’ match, and a date set for a ‘Seniors BBQ’.

The Seniors BBQ will be on Friday 27 June, after Round 9 of the summer league, starting at 12:00, at a subsidised cost of £5.00 per person. Dave has put list on the Seniors’ noticeboard. Please add your name if you intend to join us for this social event, to give us an idea of numbers to cater for.

Summer League Round 5 of 10 – Friday 23 May

Match Reporter: Paul Foster

A good day for golf apparently, with 14 players playing to, or beating their hcap. Lots of docked handicaps in WHS!

Forty two entry’s for round five of the Summer league, the half way point.

Twenty one players from each division.

No 2s recorded; Mr Gosling is well pleased.

[ Update, Thursday 29 May: There were in fact 4 x 2s. For some reason the IG app did not record them automatically.

2s scored by Paul Collins, Tony Dixon, Michael John and Phil Lomas. ]

Division 1 Results:
Winner – Colin Crail with 31pts on a CPO
R/up – Duncan Clarke with 31pts
3rd – Michael John with 30pts on a CPO

Division 2 Results:
Winner – Barry Smith with 39pts
R/up – Joe Priestner with 34pts
3rd – Stuart Baird with 33pts

Still leader in division one is PC Collins, still followed Ian Whitehead, Dave Meir and Paddy Moran.

Leader in division two is still our favourite Joe Priestner, followed by Graham Sweeney and now Stuart Baird. Joe is the only player under par in either division.

A remarkable card from Barry Smith, 14pts after just 4 holes, 27 pts on the front 9. Barry who plays off 24, was just 3 over par gross after 9 holes.

Top 6 placings on Friday were all 2nd division players.

No one managed a ‘keep a six off your card’, and no one managed a ‘keep a seven off your card’ either.

One instance of a NS (not started) instead of a NR (no return) entered on a hole played. Make sure you enter the correct abbreviation.

Tatton League Match Report – 21 May, Styal Golf Club

Reporter: Mike Pigott – Tatton Team Captain

The course at Styal was very dry and fast, and the white tees made it a very tricky prospect. A minimum target of 36 away points per pair looked a difficult task, but Lymm performed very well, getting a great start with Martin Franks and Mark Pickles with 41 points, placing them second overall. This was well backed up by Ian Whitehead and Colin Royle with 38 points, followed by Mike Pigott and Richard Copper, and Russ Sollitt and Rich Shaw, both pairs scoring 36 points.

Birchwood is now lead with 314 points, High Legh 310 points, Lymm 309 points, Heyrose 307 points, Antrobus 295 points, and Styal 289 points. (Birchwood and Styal have now played their home matches.)

Lymm were able to boast all three nearest-the-pin prizes: Richard Cooper (hole 11), Mark Pickles (hole 14) and Rick Shaw (Hole 4), and so the wine store is now building up!

Well done team. The next fixture is at High Legh on 12 June, followed by Antrobus on 16 July.  

Tee-booking schedule for tomorrow (Thursday 29 May)

Tee-booking schedule for Sunday 1 June

Newsletter Editor: Mark Pickles

I do not seem to have a report in my Inbox for last Friday’s 15-hole Bottle-of-Wine competition. However, you can see the results here on the main LGC website. Arthur Nuttall takes the bottle with 33 points, beating (near-teetotal) Bob Ellison on a CPO. Duncan Clarke came in third with 32 points. And I should mention that my good friend and fellow Yorkshireman Dave Waggitt came in fourth with 31 points. (Two days before, I had marked Dave’s card in the midweek comp, in which he posted an all-time record of 10 blobs!)

We have had a very active seniors’ week since the previous newsletter. I have received no fewer than three reports of interclub friendlies since last Wednesday. Furthermore, I returned home just over an hour ago through rush-hour traffic from Styal Golf Club, which today hosted this month’s Tatton League competition.

I think that Tatton captain Mike Pigott is pleased with Lymm’s performance today. He will write a report which I will publish in next week’s newsletter. Five of today’s eight-man team were LGC Senior Section members. I don’t want to steal Mike’s thunder, but suffice it to say that his steady strategy for attempting to retain the Tatton Trophy seems to be on plan. (Lymm GC won the Tatton Trophy last year for the first time since its inception, which I think was about 20 years ago.)

Match Report for Away Match at Ringway, Wednesday 14 May

Match Reporter: Russ Jones (CoD)

It was a hectic start to the day for some, as the traffic on the motorway and roads to Ringway were extremely busy.

A clear sky and a slight cool breeze welcomed us to the first tee. Then the sun shone warm and bright for the rest of the round.

The welcome from the Ringway team was very nice. The course played hard and fast (although “not as fast as Lymm”, was the comment from Hale members who played in the Open at Lymm the day before).

Cumberland sausage and mash was served afterwards. Very tasty and, served with a smile, but that was the end of the pleasantries, as we were comprehensively beaten 6 ½ v 1 ½

Russ Jones (CoD)/Grahame Brickell Won 4&3
Alan Burton/ Jeff Ashurst Lost 4&3
Captain/Jeff Chapman Lost 6&5
Charlie Hill/Mervyn Roberts Halved
Ian Whitehead/Peter Broady Lost 3&2
John Armstrong/Phil Lomas Lost 5&4
Koos Alders/Steve Gosling Lost 5&4
Paul Collins/Steve Barlow Lost 3&2

Thanks to Grahame for helping me get through my first Captain of the Day. I hope the team responds better if I’m ever asked to do it again!!

[ Editor’s Note: Well done Russ. You played a captain’s innings at least! ]

Match Report for Home Match against Bramhall – Friday 16 May

Match Reporter: John Armstrong (CoD)

A fine sunny day saw a magnificent home win for Lymm. Unsure whether this was down to the inspired team selection by Grahame Brickell or the management skills of the CoD John Armstrong! Or maybe just luck. However we won 5 games to three.

The winners were:
Mike Bennett and Phil Perry
Paddy Moran and Alan Ranscombe
Paul Collins and Jeff Ashurst
Dave Craggs and Barry Smith
Mervyn Roberts and Colin Hughes

The also rans were:
John Armstrong and Ian Goodman
Grahame Brickell and Mike Pigott
Steve Gosling and Jeff Chapman

Sandwiches, salad and chips were served afterwards: a change from our usual fare, but sufficient for a hot day and the reciprocal of the food we received at the away match.

Match Report for Home Match against Huyton and Prescot – Monday 19 May

Match Report: Steve Gosling (CoD)

The long awaited day finally arrived on Monday when 12 of Lymm’s finest turned up to play the re-arranged match.

A cloudy start and all matches apart from one were closely contested. By the time we got to the finish, the day heated up… as did the golf!

In our match we headed down the 16 one shot down, only to see our opponents hit a drive and a 3 wood and land pin high to claim a 4 net 3… Not even our par was good enough!

In the end everybody has a good day, great meal of gammon, egg, peas and chips and friendly banter in the club house

The result was a loss 4 1/2 to 1 1/2

Well done to Trevor Williamson and Mark Lyons for their victory

On to Sale next…

[ Editor’s Note: Seems to me like we were robbed by lawless visitors from Merseyside.]

Happy Mondays – 19 May

Reporter: Peter Willson

A dry day with some cloud cover and a slightly chilly day after the glorious hot blue sky days we’ve had for the past couple of weeks. 

Game: Team Stableford
16 players – 4 teams 

A confession to those present at the end: your organiser cannot add up (at first) – a recalculation of the scores means that the (only) 4-ball came out on top.

Winners: Les Fecitt, Tony Lambert, Phill Perry and Peter Willson – 113 points / 28.3 points per player.

2 teams in joint 2nd – Eric Cox, Tony Dixon and John Hayes also Charlie Hill, Phil Lomas and Steve Rowley – both teams had 82 points or 27.3 ppp

Highest Individual score – Les Fecitt – 31 points. Two players on 30 points – John Hayes and Steve Rowley

Tee-booking schedule for tomorrow (Thursday 22 May)

Happy Mondays tee-booking schedule for Sunday 25 May

Newsletter Editor: Mark Pickles

Summer League – Round 4 of 10

Reporter: Paul Foster

Good to return to the seniors league competition on a hot and sunny early summer’s day, with the ball bouncing a long way down the fairway (if you managed to hit the fairway that is). Still noticed a few members without a silly hat, you know the phrase gentlemen from Sid the seagull, slip, slop, slap, you know it makes sense…

Forty six entry’s for the forth round of the Summer league, 22 players from Division 1 and 24 players from Division 2.

Two 2s recorded, Paddy Moran & Colin Royal (with a 2 on the par 4 11th !!)

Division 1 Results:
Winner – Paddy Moran with 34pts on a CPO
R/up – Dave Meir with 34pts
3rd – Colin Royle with 33pts

Division 2 Results:
Winner – Alan Copeland with 34pts
R/up – Jeff Chapman with 33pts
3rd – Graham Sweeney with 32pts

Early leader in the 1st division is PC Collins, closely followed Ian Whitehead, Dave Meir and Paddy Moran.

Leader in the 2nd division is our favourite Joe Priestner, followed by Graham Sweeney and Alan Copeland, these three are the only players under par from both divisions.

Please check your WHS hcap for next week, makes my job a lot easier if all players put on their card their correct hcap.

Just three cards marked incorrectly (as usual entering the gross and nett score under column ‘A’ and entering the stableford points scored in column ‘B’, instead of the ‘Points’ column), and a new one on me this week, putting the gross score and stableford points scored in the ‘points’ column, and only for the back 6 holes. It’s the same players every week, so I think I’ve gone as far as I can with this. No more about it from me..!

One ‘keep a six off your card’, Duncan Clarke in the 1st division.

No one managed a ‘keep a seven off your card’, in the 2nd division.

49 cards handed in, 46 entered into Ig, remember playmates, players not entering their scores into Ig will NOT be in the competition.

Inter-club Senior Friendly, Lymm vs Hale – Friday 2^nd May

Reporter: Mr Captain, Andy Timms (CoD)

Another dry and sunny day greeted the two teams, with Hale our visitors for the day. Speaking with their captain, I learnt that they have been struggling to get the numbers to put teams out, hence the reduction to 7-pairs match. However they said that for the Lymm game they were over subscribed and would have been able to fill the extra game if needed. I think we can take as a compliment for our course and team.

The matches themselves were all played in a good spirit and were rounded off by an excellent fish and chip lunch, so a good day had by all. 

The results, a positive one for the home side, with Lymm coming out 4-3 winners overall. Individual match results below :

Captain & Peter Willson – Lost 5&4
Andrew Cox & Barry Smith – Won 1 up
Tommy Lawless & Dave Craggs – Lost 2&1
Russ Jones & Stephen Bird – Won 2&1
Richard Smyllie & Sammy Lee – Won 4 & 2
Mark Lyons & Mervyn Roberts – Lost 3&1
Grahame Brickell & Phil Lomas – Won 3&1

Overall Result – Lymm 4 – 3 Hale

Inter-club Senior friendly, Lymm V Helsby, Monday 12 May

Reporter: Pete Broady (CoD)

The day started with the prospect of thunder and lighting in the afternoon.
Thankfully the day turned out to be dry, although hot and humid.

As the results show some very close fought matches.

RESULTS.
 Broady+Bramall: Match Halved
Mr. Captain + Ashurst: Match Halved.
 Smyllie+ Perry:  Match.  Halved.
 Jones + Willson:  Match.  Halved.
 Collins+Whitehead: Won.  2 up.
 Meir + Bird: Won 3+2.
 Lawless+Craggs: Won 4+3.
Armstrong +Gosling: Lost 5+3.

Overall result: Lymm 5 – 3 Helsby.

Good to hear great remarks about our course and, after the match, the steak pie, followed by Danish cheesecake.

Look forward to playing the return match at Helsby in August.

Tee-booking schedule for tomorrow (Thursday 15 May)

Happy Mondays tee-booking schedule for Sunday 18 May

Newsletter Editor: Mark Pickles

Bottle of Wine Competition – Friday 2 May

Reporter: Paul Foster

A marvellous early summer day, little cloud, and a full sun all round, hope you all slapped on the sun cream and donned a silly hat?

Winner of the wine of the day was Joe Priestner, with a tremendous 36 points over the 15 holes. Joe is another one saying goodbye to his present hcap!

This week 13 players beat their hcap.

Runners up were Ken Pearce, Michael John, Andrew Ransom & Koos Alders, all with 34 pts.

Notables:

35 entered their scores into Ig. Just 2 incorrectly marked cards, one with nett score added in column ‘A’, and the other had Stableford points entered in the ‘B’ column. All the rest were blob on! Well done boys.

Don’t forget to enter NS (Not Started) for holes 16, 17 & 18. Do not enter NR (No Return) for holes 16, 17, and 18, because the WHS will assume that you played them, and had a bad score. This will result in an incorrect adjustment to your handicap.

Dave Meir had two 2s and 4 birdies in total.

Mark Pickles had the lowest gross overall, with 65.

Lowest gross front 9 were Koos Alders & Mark Pickles with 37.

Well done also to Mike Bennett, Howard Jones, Dave Waggitt who scored only +3 over par on the back 6 holes.

Tee-booking schedule for tomorrow (Thursday 8 May)

Happy Mondays

There was no Happy Mondays competition this week, due to the bank holiday. And no tee-booking is necessary this Sunday because there is another bank holiday Monday on May 26.

Interclub-friendly against Hale on Friday 2 May

I have not a received match report. If I receive one before next Wednesday, I will publish it in next week’s newsletter.

Newsletter Editor – Mark Pickles