Newsletter – 18 June 2025 | Lymm Golf Club Senior Section

Firstly, my apologies to Grahame Brickell and all who played at Lllangollen on Thursday 5 June for not including Grahame’s report in last week’s newsletter. Grahame had sent the report in good time, but I missed it off my list of items to include.

To my amazement, Grahame’s report is written in near-intelligible English! Here it is below, without any edits, just to prove that Grahame can communicate effectively in his second language (his first language being Brickellish: ?? && * HAGW pp, c b4 peops + mp 6t, 2 squids Brx ..).

Vale of Llangollen Golf Club – Seniors Open, 5 June

The first of our four-balls on the first tee.

23 Lymm Seniors + 1 invited guest battled the rain & rush hour on the 56 & headed into mid wales last thursday. Low and behold as we passed the ‘Welcome to Wales’ sign the rain stopped, the clouds parted and blue sky was to be seen.. a good omen for the day ahead!
Ok there was a light shower as we downed bacon sarnies & coffee with the more adventurous among us going for a full Welsh fry up l!

So the sun shone, not like back at home & the course was in fine fettle and the majority of the pairs finished on or around par. Mr Treasurer, Steve Gosling, and his partner, the invited guest (Jeff Acton) managed to secure 3rd place prize in the overall comp with 41 points and hence also grabbed our own seniors pot of £15 each followed by Duncan C & our own Welsh man, Les Williams on 39 points raking in £9 each .

Some fine after the game nosh was enjoyed by the majority .. with also a good show of hands to return next year.. can we make it to 28 or even 32?
Drop me a text if u fancy it and i’ll add your name to the list for confirmation when date & times come out in November.. Grahame ..

[ Editor’s note. The Brickellish convention of a two-dot ellipsis rather than the three dots of English grammar is interesting. Perhaps it’s the energy-saving future! ]

Please support Mr Captain, Andy Timms, on Captain’s Charity Day, Friday 4 July

As you’ll know, one of the obligations of the LGC Captain is to raise money for his chosen charity. One of the most effective ways of doing this is the Captain’s Charity Day. In the four years that I’ve been at LGC I’ve participated in two Captain’s Charity Days, but unfortunately I will be travelling back from a week’s holiday on Friday 4 July, much as I would have liked to support my good friend Andy.

Although Andy rarely plays in the Friday competitions, I’m sure that most of you know him well. He is very involved with the Senior Section; he’s on the Seniors’ committee, and represents us to the main committee.

Please join a team, or raise your own team. The event is open to members and non-members. I don’t doubt there’ll be good prizes for the day! I played in a team raised by Grahame Brickell three years ago, and (if my memory serves me) we won second prize.

The cost is £180 per team. Shotgun start at 13:00, with team registration from 11:30, at which time the clubhouse will be open for hot drinks and breakfast orders.

Format – Team of four, any combination of gents and ladies.
85% handicap allowance, best two scores to count on each hole.
Prizes for nearest the pin on all par 3 holes and the longest drive.
Beat-the-pro prize on the 13th hole
Buffet and prize-giving presentation from 18:00
Mr Captain’s chosen charity is Warrington Foodbank

You can register your team here, in ‘Upcoming Competitions’ on the main LGC website.

Interclub-friendly, Lymm v Northenden, Friday 13 June

Match Reporter: David Donnell-Jones (CoD)

On a dry and bright morning, the visiting Northenden team assembled early in the car park, ready for a competitive days golf. The fine weather set the tone for an enjoyable morning on the course.

After the match, both teams were treated to a delicious lunch provided by Karen, Josh and Lindsey.

A brief recap of the day’s proceedings followed, with the team Captain’s offering his reflections on the day’s events. In an effort to avoid overshadowing Craggzy’s joke from the previous week’s encounter at Hale, the Lymm Captain’s joke was met with a polite silence!

The day concluded with the announcement of a convincing 6½ to 1½ victory to Lymm. A big thank you to Graham, as always, for assembling such a dynamic Lymm team.

Notable performances:
Andrew Cox & Jeff Chapman won 5 & 4
Trevor Williamson & Ian Goodman won 4 & 2

You have to laugh!

Reporter: Mark Pickles

I was there at the Hale match a few weeks ago, when Craggzy managed only 2-out-of-10 on the laughometer, but apparently David Donnell-Jones’ attempt last Friday at being Lymm’s stand-up comic supremo was even worse!

No fewer than three Senior-Section members – Alan Burton, Paddy Moran and Paul Collins – have approached me since last Friday to say that I need to mention David’s joke failure in the newsletter. Poor David. And to think that Alan Burton is one of David’s close friends!

I would have expected David to be a natural-born comedian. He is surely one of the most jovial characters in the senior section, the kind of person you would expect to be sacked from a funeral directors’ firm for laughing too much!

Paddy Moran on the other hand, who often looks deadly serious, and whom I could imagine driving a hearse, managed 9-out-10 on the laughometer for his Irish joke at Sale GC this year. It’s the way he tells ’em!

Pairs Betterball Competition held on Friday 13th June

Reporter: Peter Willson

A change of competition whilst the Interclub game vs. Northenden was being held

A fine dry, but breezy day. Thirteen pairs of players took part.

A close run affair with only 5 points separating the first 5 teams

Winners: John Mather and Barrie Simpson – 40 points – please see Mr. Treasurer for your prize of a sleeve of balls

Second: Dave Craggs and Peter White – 39 points

Third: Alister Cook and Richard Yates – 38 points

[ Editor’s Note: John Mather is not a member of the Senior Section. ]

Tee-booking schedule for tomorrow (Thursday 19 June)

Happy Mondays Game

Match Reporter: Peter Willson

Another dry and part sun / part cloud day, pleasantly warm with a moderate breeze

Game: Team Stableford
18 players – in 6 groups

Winners: Dave Blackledge, Pete Broady and Dave Waggitt – 95 points or 31.7 ppp
Second: Mike Bennett and Richard Yates – 61 points or 30.5 ppp
Third: Steve Bird, Alan Copeland, Steve Gosling and Peter Willson – 115 points or 28.7 ppp

Highest Individual Score: Dave Waggitt – 36 points

Happy Mondays tee-booking schedule for Sunday 22 June

Interclub Matches Update

Reporter: Grahame Brickell

We are now halfway through the season of friendly matches (10 played). We have won four of the five home matches, but we have lost all the away matches! We need to do better in the second half, starting at Daveyhulme, and then on to Leigh and Warrington.

Thankfully we have been blessed with mainly fine weather (apart from at Sale GC). Let’s hope it continues.

So far out of the 60 players ‘registered’ to participate, 46 have done so, with Messrs Gosling (played 8) Willson (7) Craggs & Roberts (6 each) topping the matches played leader board. We have some members who are not responding to the poll requests. If you are not interested in playing, message me and I will remove you from the WattsApp group.