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Please note the first teetime is 10.00 am.

Treasurer Away

Brian is away again and will not be available to collect fees until the second week of September. He is thinking of us!

Roll-Up Format - Tue 2nd September

OK, I am running the roll-up next Tuesday... here is the PROPOSED format.

If you think it's a pile of crap and wouldn't want to play, please click the 'No Comments' link below and say so (anonymously if you wish)... if enough people do so then I won't spend any more time on it or waste paper printing out the cards.

Note: If you really like it and think I'm wonderful then please comment also! :-)

Yer 'tis.......

The Barber's Pole Course

I know most people quite enjoy the 'Teesing' games, playing from alternate Red, Yellow & White tees, so this is something similar but with a few differences.

It will be a Stableford competition and we will alternate playing from Red & White tees only, but to a card with some amended Pars and Stroke Indices. A printed card will be provided and is reproduced below.

This course will be a Par 70 and, as it is some 300 yds shorter than the regular Yellow Tee course, everyone will play off their Playing Hcp - 3.

So, whaddya think?

PS: You can use all of your clubs!! ;-)

Roll Up - Result & August Prizegiving

Today's roll-up was a Stableford Betterball Pairs competition, the result was...

1st :
Robbie.Robinson  46 pts
Geoff.Mills

2nd:
Derek King 44 pts
Martin Buckingham

3rd:
Alex Tyrell  42 pts
Bert Hales

We aloo had the prize-giving for this month, noteworthy recipients pictured below -

Summer Stableford Overall Winner - Pat Smith

Gavin Brown Trophy Winner - Mike Smith

Summer KO Matchplay Winner - Pat Smith

Bandit Of The Month, for 45pts in a Non-Qualifier - Doug Keen

(Apologies for the picture quality... the earthquake had only just started to subside when the last pic was taken)

Bill Woodbridge Birthday Bash

The first teetime is 10.00 am off the 10th tee. There are about  32 players so we will go out as four balls, playing individual stableford with Bill teeing off first. The rest of the teams will be sorted out on the day. Following the game there will be lunch of Lasagne and Chips.

Stinchcombe Hill GC

A few of us had a ride out to Stinchcombe Hill Golf Club (nr Dursley, Glos), today... here are a few pics taken by John Alexander.

Kevin Timms on the 6th tee

Cliff Smith on the 6th green

Matt Cook, Kevin Timms & Cliff Smith (possibly 5th tee)

'The Group' adjacent to the 18th green

Sign Up

Sign Up sheets are up on the board for Monthly Medal (4th) and Wilf Shirely (11th).

Gavin Brown Trophy - Result

Div 1:
Michael Smith 72
Alex Tyrell      76
James Barnatt 79

Div 2:
Glyn Rees      74
Barry Lund      75
Martin Buckingham 77

Roll Up 21/8/14

Only 6 members took part in the official Roll Up on Thursday organised by Bob Kirkwood. So there will only be one prize but the other participants will not be charged a match fee.
Winner:
Dinger Long.

Weekend Competition Info

For the benefit of 7-day members of the Seniors' Section, who also play in weekend competitions, I have created a 'Weekend Competition Info' page.

It can be accessed from the link towards the bottom of the right-hand column on each page.

I will try to get tee times posted shortly after the draw is done on a Friday.

Summer Stableford Overall Result

The winner of the 2014 Summer Stableford is Pat Smith, with a total of 108 pts for his best 3 scores from 5 rounds, for a level par average of exactly 36.

Players with scores over 100 below...

Player	Score	Comments
Mr Patrick Smith	108
Mr Andy Wright	107
Mr John Watt	107
Mr John Alexander	105
Mr David Long	105
Mr Mike Steward	105
Mr Alex Tyrell	102
Mr Colin Baker	101
Mr Patrick Marcks	100

Seniors Section Masters

At an impromptu committee meeting held before today's competition, it was decided that the qualification criteria for the Masters competition would be as previously proposed on the Competition Rules page.

See - http://witneylakesseniors.blogspot.co.uk/p/compettion-rules.html?m=0#SSM

Summer Stableford R5 - Result

Division 1

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr John Watt	36c	19.6
Mr Colin Baker	35c	20.3
Mr Michael Smith	35c	14.6
Mr David Long	32c	21.4
Mr Geoff Mills	31c	16.7
Mr Mike Steward	31c	16.3
Mr James Barnatt	30c	14.2
Mr David Westman	29c	13.4
Mr Alex Tyrell	28c	16.4
Mr Roger Laban	28c	19.8
Mr Gerry Collier	28c	20.3
Mr Brian Woodburn	27c	19.2
Mr John Alexander	27c	11.3
Mr Robin Day	26c	17.5
Mr Eric Wearing	26c	19.2
Mr Ron Feasey	26c	18.8
Mr Cliff Smith	26c	20.2
Mr William Ford	25c	21.4
Mr Richard Gent	25c	18.3
Mr Bob Kirkwood	24c	13.8
Mr Bert Hale	13c	18.9

Division 2

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr Jim Ives	39c	26.1
Mr Alan Lake	37c	21.4
Mr David Butler	34c	28.0
Mr Patrick Smith	32c	23.6
Mr Kevin Timms	31c	23.4
Mr Graham Rutson	30c	24.6
Mr John Robinson	28c	25.4
Mr Martin Buckingham	26c	26.9
Mr Ron Deacon	25c	25.8
Mr Glyn D Rees	25c	22.7
Mr Richard Woodward	25c	26.7
Mr Barry Holmes	24c	22.3
Mr Derek Tidy	23c	28.0
Mr Barry Lund	23c	26.3
Mr D. J. Alan Jones	23c	23.3
Mr William Corcoran	22c	28.0
Mr Brian Rollerson	21c	23.8
Mr Richard Harris	20c	27.5
Mr Mike Dawson	19c	22.5
Mr Patrick Hiles	18c	28.0
M John Courtney	N/Rc	28.0

Senior's Committee 2014 - 2015

A list for nominations for the Senior's Committee will be posted on the notice board on Monday 18th August. The list will close on Monday 6th October 2014. If there is more than one nominee (except for senior reps where there are 2 posts) a vote will be taken at the AGM in November.

Roll Up - Result

1st:
 Eric Wearing 85
Paddy Marcks
Geof  Mills

2nd:
Brian Rollerson 82 (CB)
Barry Lund
Roger Laban

Captain's Handover Dinner

The Captain's Handover Dinner will take place in the Restaurant at Witney Lakes on Friday 31st October 2014 at 7pm for a 7.30 start. Price and menu will be decided nearer the date.

Witney Senior's AGM

Owing to a requirement to alter the current rules if the AGM was held prior to November, the AGM cannot take place in September and will be held in the first week of November, the date has yet to be decided.

Seniors' Open - Result

1st	M Saunders	Witney Lakes	P Barnard	The Wychwood	44 pts
2nd	R Laban	Witney Lakes	B Holmes	Witney Lakes	42 pts
3rd	A Carter	Witney Lakes	F Hay	Witney Lakes	39 pts
4th	J Barnatt	Witney Lakes	C Croxford	The Springs	39 pts

2's competition:
Ron Deacon
Paul Leighton
F.Kinsley
M.Shayler
Putting Competition:
Roger Hinton
 nearest Pin in 2 on 2nd:
Monty.Shayler
Longest Drive 5th: 
Mike Burlow
Nearest Pin 6th:
Alan Wakefield
Nearest Pin 8th:
F.Kinlay
Nearest Pin 12th: 
Glyn Rees
Nearest Pin 15th:
Mike Dawson
Longest Drive 18th: 
A.Close

Bill Woodbridge

In order to celebrate Bill's 90th Birthday I propose to run a 9 hole stableford competition on Monday 1st September 2014. The first teetime will be 10.30. There will be a sign up sheet on the board. There will be an additional scoring system of 1/2 a point for every year of age declared by the player. And a Captain's prize for the winner.

September Programme

Please note that due to the away day, there have been changes to the September programme. The Medal is now on the 4th, Wilf Shirley trophy is on 11th and the Ewart Chitty is now on 23rd.

Seniors Masters Winners?

I am trying to find out who the past winners of the Masters competition are.

I believe Doug Keen won the first Masters, when it was introduced by Barry Holmes in 2011?

It was played again in 2012, this was towards the end of Chris Anderson's captaincy, but I've not been able to find a record of the result.

EDIT (13/07/14): Mystery over... I am now reliably informed that it was won by Dave Westman (Thanks Robbie).

There was no competition in 2013.

So if you won it in 2012, or know who won it, please let me know, either in the comments below or when you see me.

Thanks, Alan

Seniors Open Tee Times

Tee times for the Witney Lakes Seniors Open, on Tuesday 12th Aug, are on the tee times page.

 http://witneylakesseniors.blogspot.co.uk/p/tee-times.html

August Medal Result

Division 1

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr James Barnatt	82 - 15c = 67	14.1	Lowest Gross
Mr Malcolm Saunders	91 - 18c = 73	17.7
Mr Mike Steward	90 - 16c = 74	16.2	After Count-Back
Mr Alex Tyrell	90 - 16c = 74	16.3	After Count-Back
Mr Peter Mahon	90 - 16c = 74	16.3	After Count-Back
Mr David Long	96 - 21c = 75	21.4
Mr John Alexander	87 - 11c = 76	11.2
Mr Michael Smith	93 - 15c = 78	14.6
Mr John Watt	99 - 20c = 79	19.9
Mr Patrick Marcks	97 - 18c = 79	18.0
Mr William Ford	102 - 21c = 81	21.3
Mr Cliff Smith	102 - 20c = 82	20.1
Mr David Westman	95 - 13c = 82	13.3
Mr Geoff Mills	101 - 17c = 84	16.6
Mr Bert Hale	105 - 19c = 86	18.8
Mr Brian Woodburn	107 - 19c = 88	19.1
Mr Eric Wearing	N/R - 19c = N/R	19.1
Mr Gerry Collier	94 - 20c = 74	20.2	DQ - Player Not Signed Card

Division 2

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr Douglas Keen	88 - 22c = 66	19.7	Lowest Gross
Mr Martin Buckingham	96 - 28c = 68	26.8
Mr D. J. Alan Jones	96 - 23c = 73	23.2	After Count-Back
Mr Patrick Smith	97 - 24c = 73	23.6	After Count-Back
Mr John Robinson	100 - 25c = 75	25.3
Mr Alan Lake	98 - 22c = 76	22.2
Mr Derek Tidy	106 - 28c = 78	28.0
Mr Barry Lund	106 - 26c = 80	26.2
Mr Ron Deacon	106 - 26c = 80	25.7
Mr Mike Dawson	103 - 22c = 81	22.4
Mr Kevin Timms	107 - 23c = 84	23.4
Mr Patrick Hiles	113 - 28c = 85	28.0
Mr Roger Hinton	108 - 23c = 85	23.5
Mr Richard Woodward	112 - 27c = 85	26.6
Mr David Butler	114 - 28c = 86	28.0
Mr Kevin Sheehan	115 - 28c = 87	28.0
Mr Philip Virgo	116 - 28c = 88	28.0
Mr Bob Harvey	116 - 28c = 88	28.0
Mr Graham Rutson	113 - 24c = 89	24.5
M John Courtney	121 - 28c = 93	28.0
Mr Barry Holmes	N/R - 22c = N/R	22.2

Roll Up - Result

Div 1:
Mike Steward 39 pts
Tony Carter 37pts
Roger Laban 36 pts

Div 2:
Doug Keen 45 pts
Jim Ives 39 pts
Martin Buckingham 39 pts

August Medal 7th Aug 2014

The Sign Up sheet for the August Medal, on Thursday 7th August, has been removed from the board.

Therefore the format will be to play it as a Roll-Up, so roll up and play.

It will also be a good opportunity to bring your donations for the raffle at the Charity Open next Tuesday.


Open Tee Times available here - http://witneylakesseniors.blogspot.co.uk/p/tee-times.html

Section Championship Results

Belatedly with apologies, Here are the divisional results for the Championship prizes.

Div 1:
Michael Smith 171
Dave Westman 176
David Williams 177

Div 2:
Dinger Long 183
Barry Holmes 186
Frank Hay 190

Senior's Open Pairs Competition 2014

Thank you to all those who have entered.

It is disappointing that only 31 members of the section out of a list of 74 have entered. I appreciate that it is not a cheap event, however, it is for charity and it only happens once a year.

There is still time for those who have not yet signed up to examine their consciences and support this worthy cause.

Tee Times available here - http://witneylakesseniors.blogspot.co.uk/p/tee-times.html