Greetings from Dave,

Welcome to our final edition of the year’s newsletter, this week we have a snow covered Chase, there is still time to enter our Christmas Draw, we have another offer of the week, and the seniors give out some prizes. Enjoy the read.

Boxing Day Sale

Our big SALE in the Performance Centre starts 8am on Boxing Day. There will be lots of great products and clothing on sale at a reduced rate of up to 50% off! Come and spend your Christmas money and treat yourself to a bargain ready for 2018 golfing season.

Competition vouchers can be used on sale goods.

Features:

The FootJoy men’s textured Chill-Out Quarter Zip pullover has all the technology, comfort and style that makes this the perfect top for all year round wear.

FootJoy have used a nylon and spandex construction to add stretch to the fabric, all the seams are double sealed for extra durability and FootJoy’s ProDry technology has been used to give you moisture management control during the warmer months and thermal insulation through the colder months.

The design of the FootJoy textured Chill-Out Quarter Zip pullover features their athletic fit that will give you a more fitted appearance. The modern sporty design also features a contrasting stripe down both outer sleeves and a matching tab on the back of the neck.

The super stylish modern design has also been finished with a SPF 30+ UV protection finish that will protect you from harmful sunlight.

Prize Giving

On Monday 11th December, the seniors were due to play a Texas Scramble followed by a Presentation Lunch. Well the course was under quite a few inches of snow and the temperature below freezing which meant a swift retreat to the bar. Bob Edwards saved the morning with a quiz and the Senior Captain’s team came out the winners and donated the £18 prize to charity. Well done to all the seniors that turned up for the excellent lunch and thanks to the catering staff for their efforts. On to the presentation:

Senior Winter Pairs - Fred Hackett and Rob Bathgate winning the George Taylor Trophy.

The Seniors Captains Cup in July was won by Steve Bonehill.

The Memorial Trophy played in association with Leading Edge 7 was won by Brian Haynes.

The FA Trophy - A two leg medal competition was won by Kev Jenkins.

The Left Handed Trophy had Wayne Orwin as the winner.

The Seniors Autumn Trophy was won by Alan Richardson.

The Veteran’s Trophy for the over 70’s was won by Geoff Bathgate.

New this year was an award for the over 80’s with a trophy donated by past Senior Captain Alan Sheppard. We had 9 over 80’s take part and the winner was Peter Jones.

Now onto the main event for the seniors over the summer months, the Leading Edge competition played over 12 events with the best 9 scores counting.

Division 1 had 8 different winners, well done to Phil Pritchard (3 wins), Keith Palmer, Richard Davis, Greg Watson (2 wins), Kevin Jenkins (2 wins), Stuart Holdsworth, Bob Garside, and Peter Caswell.

Division 2 had 7 different winners, Colin Rich, Peter Jones, Brian Hartley (2 wins), Brian Haynes (2 Wins), Peter Jones, Ken Lissimore, Ben Walton (2 wins), Keith Bailey and Robert Allison.

On to the overall winners and after our IBM computer (Bob Edwards) calculated the final scores.

Division 1 winner was Greg Watson and Division 2 winner was Wayne Orwin.

Putting all the scores together gave us our overall winner, so congratulations go to the winner of the Leading Edge Trophy Greg Watson. (Hoping this is some consolation for England winning the Ashes 3 – 2)

The Trophy for the best over 70 who did not win any Leading Edge was Graham Brunch. Lastly we have the eclectic winner, best shots put into one round was Kevin Jenkins with a score of 50.

It was suggest that we give a prize for the best dressed man at the lunch which was easily won by David Walley. Many thanks from all the seniors to Bob Edwards and John Johnson for their working on organising the competitions during the year.

With this the last Newsletter of the year it just remains to thank Dave Morgan for publishing my works during the year and to wish one and all a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. I hope to see you all next year.

Upcoming senior events

• Monday 8th January - Senior Winter Competition No 5
• Monday 22nd January - Senior Winter Competition No 6
  

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