Two Roll Ups this week, an individual Stableford Tuesday and a Teesing team game Thursday

I wont be at the club Tuesday or Thursday but will be able to put the sign up sheets in the changing room for you early starters.

Gerry Collier will look after the cards on Tuesday and Rod Rapley will be in control (?) on Thursday.

For those of you who don't know I have chosen a local organisation for my Captains Charity, Yellow Submarine. I will post some information on the notice board.

The charity hole will be the 16th and as 2 years ago, if you don't get a nett par or better please could you help me support local young people with special needs and make a contribution in the collecting tin

Thanks  and I hope you have a good week

Kevin

Good Morning

After a good evening at the hand over and prize giving I have added the November Schedule and U Boat draw.

Preliminary round of the U Boat by the end of November please.

Took too many pictures last night to publish them all I'll put them on the notice board later. In the mean time Barry giving Annie a well earned bouquet and a picture of the golfers with the charity cheque for £1280.
details about this weeks roll ups to follow tomorrow

Kevin

Today we saw the October Prize Giving after playing a (very quick) Foursomes competition, which I hope you all enjoyed as a change from the usual 4 ball better ball.

Today was won by Dave Williams and Mike Dawson beating the "Dream Team" of Doug Keen and Mike Smith into second place.
Prizwinners for October were Bill Ford for the October Medal and Dinger Long for the Ewart Chitty, congratulations to both

Also Today we presented trophies and mementos to earlier winners who cannot be at the Hand Over Dinner tomorrow

Doug Keen for the Bill Graves Trophy, Terry Edmunds for the Club Championship and Allan Lake for the Steve Putt Trophy  And thanks to Bill "Lord Lichfield " Ford for the camera work

DATE: Thursday 27th October  2016

COMPETITION: Foursomes

TEES: YELLOW

FORMAT: Stableford

Rules

1 Players play alternate shots until the ball is holed out

2 One player plays tee shots on odd number holes, the other player plays tee shots on even number holes. Once decided this cannot be changed for the whole round

3 Handicap allowance is half of two players handicaps added together

4 Penalty strokes DO NOT affect order of play

First Tee

8:00 Alan Jones &Martin Buckingham                   James Barnatt &Gerry Collier

8:10 Derek Tidy &John Watt                              Mike Dawson & Dave Williams

8:20 Alex Tyrell &Richard Gent                             Barry Lund & Geoff Mills

8:30 Alan Lake & Cliff Smith                             Ron Feasey & Kevin Timms

Tenth Tee

8:00 Doug Keen & Mike Smith                 Paddy Marcks & Cliff Surman

8:10 Eric wearing &John Robinson         Pat Hiles & Bill Ford

8:20 Dinger Long & Roy Williams          Rod Rapley & Bob Kirkwood

Good Afternoon Golfers Everywhere

34 played in todays roll up most seemed to enjoy it, results were as follows

Div 1 1st Alex Tyrell 41 pts 2nd Mike Smith 40 pts

Div 2 1st Rae Comley 35 pts 2nd Eric Wearing 34 pts

Div 3 1st Dave Butler 36 pts (after cb) 2nd Richard Gent 36 pts

I have held the draw for pairs for Thursday (independantly witnessed) and will post it soon ( as soon as I find out how )
The last comment was especially for Doug as he likes to see me struggle

Looking forward to a Busy Week

Tuesdays game is a Teesing Stableford, Barry had it planned as a team game but as we have a team game Thursday I have changed it to an individual competition.
Sign Up sheets for early starters are in the changing room, I will be there to finish up at the end

Wednesday evening we have the AGM please come along and get involved in the plans for next year

Thursday is Prize Giving I am planning a change from the normal 4 Ball to a Foursomes competition (where pairs play one ball with alternating strike). I dont know why we dont often play this (ever?) as its one of the standard Ryder Cup formats. I'll make the draw for pairs on Tuesday.
We have 25 signed up as of today so a few more players please.

Friday we have the handover dinner and the last day to sign up is early Tuesday as I have to give numbers to the chef.

Payment for the dinner to me any time this week please.

Kevin

Thursday
10 of us had a very enjoyable day at Shrivenham lots of leaves on the course but very friendly and a good way to finish off the matches for 2016

Shrivenham lent us a player and with some adjustment we managed 6 matches which we won 4 to 2.

On behalf of Captain Barry ( and myself at the end). Thanks everyone who supported the matches this year and look forward to 2017 matches where we have a full calendar again.




For the roll up we played Erics Game; 21 turned up and the results were as follows
Div 1 1st Dave Williams 16
           2nd Mike Smith 19
Div 2 1st Rae Comley 19
           2nd Eric Wearing 20
Div 3 1st Dinger Long 16
           2nd Alan Jones 18

Special thanks to Gerry Collier for organising the game


Kevin

30 Turned out for todays Roll Up, I hear it was a bit wet at the start but very nice by the time I turned up. How many more nice days this year I wonder

The clear winners with 75 Points were Tony Carter, Richard Gent and Cliff Surman and the runners up with 71 points, tied with two other teams but after count back, were Geoff Mills, Eric wearing and Roger Laban.
Congratulations to all


Thursday is Erics Game and as I am at the match against Shrivenham Gerry Collier has agreed to run the Roll Up. If hes not in the Sports Bar look for the sheets in the changing rooms as he is aware of what we did today.

Lastly a reminder to book your places at the handover dinner on the 28th I will have to confirm numbers early next Tuesday, A last chance to say cheerio to Captain Barry and celebrate the trophy winners from this year ( as well as have a nice time with you fellow golfers). I'll be looking for money anytime before the night, prize giving would be a good opportunity if you dont see me before.

Kevin

Latest Update on Thursday

Shrivenham will welcome 10 of us on Thursday and are looking for an extra 2 from Shrivenham. If we have more wishing to play they can be included as long as I know tomorrow.
Our team and the details should now be on the Matches Tab (as long as I have managed to work out how to do it)

Kevin

Good Morning All
It only seems like a short while ago I was appealing for extra players for a match and here I am doing it again. We are 1 possibly 2 players short for the match at Shrivenham on Thursday. I have told the opposition and am trying to organise a match with 10 per side, I'll keep you informed about what happens. In the mean time is there anybody able to play please let me know on
01865 880654 or 07910021240.

For tomorrow we have a Bowmaker Team game and I have pinned the start sheets to the notice board in the changing rooms, can the first who arrive after the Sports Bar opens take them upstairs please. I will be there for the finish and will sort everything out at the end.
On Thursday we have Erics Game and if we still have a match at Shrivenham I will need someone to look after the paperwork. Perhaps someone can volunteer when I see you all tomorrow

Kevin

Bye for now from the outgoing captain ...

I have been a member at Witney Lakes since 1996, and have played golf in the Seniors' Section since 2004. Over that time I have made many friends at Witney Lakes and enjoyed the camaraderie, friendship and good humour of many seniors. I thank you all for your great company.

Next week I shall be off to Devon, and hopefully if you are passing my way you might like to pop in for a drink, chat and maybe a game of golf. I will leave my contact details with a few so word will soon spread as to where I can be found.

Hopefully, I will return for the presentation evening at the end of the month.

Bye for now!

I leave you with a copy of my report for the AGM.

Firstly I would like to thank all members of the Seniors' Golf Committee for assisting in the running of the Seniors' Section this year. My thanks also extend to the senior golfers for making my year as captain run smoothly without too many hitches.

We must never forget the hard work of the green keepers for giving us a course well-fit to play on, day-after-day, month-after-month. Visiting teams had plenty of praise for the condition of the course - a big thank you to Martin Burbanks and his green keepers.

A thank you to the cooperation of the management at Witney Lakes for their support of the Seniors' Section in running our weekly programme of golf, the Charity Open and the numerous home fixtures.

The number of senior players is considerably down on previous years – 5 years ago we had about 60 regular players, now we are down to half the number.

I URGE MANAGEMENT TO OFFER INCENTIVES FOR PLAYERS TO JOIN THE SENIOR SECTION.

Owing to the reduced numbers of senior players it has proved a struggle on many occasions to get a full team of 12 players for a fixture. Only after some nagging did we get a full compliment every time. I cannot thank enough those seniors who time-after-time supported the fixtures. You know who you are and without you the fixtures would have collapsed! The fixtures provide a great opportunity for seniors to play on other courses in the region and I would have thought that this would have been a great incentive for all seniors to play in matches.

The Seniors play 21 fixtures with other clubs over the season. At the time of writing we had won 12 matches, drawn 1 match and lost 7 matches. I wish Kevin and his team success against Shrivenham and hopefully we can make that 13 wins!

Our home matches bring in a minimum of £3600 in revenue to Witney Lakes through catering, not to mention an increase in revenue at the bar. If senior numbers dwindle and we play fewer fixtures this will impact on the revenue to Witney Lakes. Surely this is a good reason for the Lakes to promote the Seniors' Section?

The Senior Captain's Charity this year was Prostate Cancer UK and you have raised £1280, a cheque to be presented to the charity at the presentation evening on the 28^th October.

The programme of golf offered to seniors is very varied with formal and informal, individual and team competitions. I know that a few have moaned about the number of team competitions, but many have enjoyed the camaraderie of playing team games and the opportunity of winning as a team. I hope you continue the format. I know there will be much debate about the number of 'white tee' competitions. A re-balancing is probably needed and I would support both the Winter and Summer Stablefords being played off the yellow tees.

Finally my term as Seniors' Captain is finished and I urge you all to give Kevin Timms your maximum support in running golf for the section over the next year.

Barry Holmes – October 2016

Results from the games being played today ...

Congratulations to Richard Gent the winner of the roll-up individual Stableford.

Congratulations to Mike Smith the winner of the Seniors' Masters Competition for 2016.

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr Michael Smith	86 - 15c = 71	14.3	After Count-Back
Mr Terry Edmunds	79 - 8c = 71	7.9	Lowest Gross After Count-Back
Mr Alan Lake	91 - 20c = 71	19.5	After Count-Back
Mr Rae Comley	96 - 22c = 74	21.6
Mr Alex Tyrell	93 - 17c = 76	16.8
Mr Douglas Keen	94 - 18c = 76	17.7
Mr Cliff Smith	98 - 22c = 76	21.5
Mr D. J. Alan Jones	102 - 24c = 78	23.9
Mr Rod Rapley	95 - 17c = 78	17.1
Mr John Alexander	92 - 13c = 79	12.8
Mr William Ford	102 - 23c = 79	23.3
Mr David Long	105 - 24c = 81	23.7
Mr Kevin Timms	99 - 18c = 81	17.8
Mr Gerry Collier	101 - 20c = 81	20.2
Mr John Watt	103 - 21c = 82	21.1
Mr Patrick Marcks	103 - 19c = 84	19.0
Mr Barry Lund	111 - 26c = 85	26.2
Mr Glyn D Rees	111 - 24c = 87	23.7

Results from the Ewart Chitty Memorial Trophy played today ...

I am assuming that Dinger Long is at least 70 years of age, in which case congratulations to Dinger for returning a score of 40 points and winning the Ewart Chitty Memorial Trophy for 2016.

The results over the three divisions are as follows. I did say that I wanted prizes to be distributed for first and second place over the three divisions regardless of age! Once again congratulations to all those in this category.

Division 1

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr Roger Laban	39c	17.2	After Count-Back
Mr Michael Smith	39c	14.6	After Count-Back
Mr John Alexander	35c	12.7
Mr Alex Tyrell	31c	16.7
Mr Kevin Timms	30c	17.7
Mr Anthony Ward	29c	17.6
Mr Robin Day	28c	19.1
Mr Patrick Marcks	28c	18.9
Mr Douglas Keen	28c	17.6
Mr Bob Kirkwood	28c	16.6
Mr James Barnatt	28c	14.4
Mr Malcolm Saunders	27c	19.1

Division 2

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr Rae Comley	35c	21.6
Mr Eric Wearing	32c	21.6
Mr Barry Holmes	32c	21.6
Mr Alan Lake	31c	19.8
Mr Gerry Collier	29c	20.1
Mr Ron Feasey	28c	21.7

Division 3

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr David Long	40c	23.6
Mr Richard Gent	39c	23.2
Mr Clifford Surman	36c	25.1
Mr Glyn D Rees	33c	23.6
Mr William Ford	33c	23.2
Mr Barry Lund	32c	26.0
Mr Ron Deacon	31c	28.0
Mr Kevin Sheehan	30c	28.0
Mr John Robinson	29c	26.7
Mr Brian Rollerson	29c	23.6
Mr D. J. Alan Jones	28c	23.8
Mr Mike Dawson	28c	25.8
Mr Richard Harris	27c	28.0
Mr Martin Buckingham	26c	28.0
M John Courtney	26c	26.9
Mr Barrie Black	25c	26.2

Good day to All

Today I have posted a sheet on the seniors notice board for the U Boat Pairs Competition, I'll be organising the draw early November. I have allocated dates in the calendar where we can either have a roll up or, if required, the U Boat rounds. Sounds easy but I know it isn't; however I will be quite tight on the dates for each round to be finished.

I have also added a sheet so that you can book tables for the hand over dinner if you want to sit with certain people. A few have signed up but we need some more, I was asked about what went with the various main courses and was told " a medley of seasonal vegetables"; so that sorted that out?!

One last thing we need another three names for the game at Shrivenham 20th October, our last match this year.
Its arrive 9:00 to 9:30 for a bacon bap and coffee followed by a one course meal (after the golf of course)
I think they have a 2 or 3 tee start so its not such a long day as some matches. So don't be shy.


Kevin

The week ahead ...

Greetings my golfing chums ... on the golf menu this week we have ...

Tuesday 11th October - The Ewart Chitty Memorial Trophy. For all of you who want to play a trophy game off the yellow tees with Stableford scoring, this is the one for you. Provided you are over 70 you could win the trophy. There will still be prizes for first and second in each division so the youngsters are still in with a chance!

Thursday 13th October - The Seniors' Masters. A white tee, stroke play competition, by invitation only. If your name appears in red italics on the tee times list please let me know if you intend to play before the event - thank you.

For those not in the Masters there will be an 18-hole individual Stableford off the yellow tees starting on the back 9 holes. Roll-up from 7:45 for this event please.

All tee times for both Tuesday and Thursday are on this website.
On Thursday after the Masters there is a Seniors' Committee meeting.
Remember to sign-up for the Presentation Dinner on Friday 28th October.

After this week Kevin Timms takes on the role of Captain, I shall disappear to Devon, but hope to return for the Presentation Dinner.

Keep golfing ... it said in the paper this week, playing golf adds an extra five years to your life!

Result of the October Medal played today ...

Congratulations to Bill Ford as the October Medal winner for returning a nett score of 70 - Well done.

Division 1

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr Anthony Ward	93 - 18c = 75	17.5	After Count-Back
Mr Rod Rapley	92 - 17c = 75	17.0	After Count-Back
Mr Michael Smith	91 - 15c = 76	15.2	Lowest Gross
Mr Bob Kirkwood	93 - 17c = 76	16.6
Mr Douglas Keen	94 - 17c = 77	17.5
Mr Alex Tyrell	95 - 17c = 78	16.6
Mr John Alexander	94 - 13c = 81	12.7
Mr Kevin Timms	N/R - 18c = N/R	17.6

Division 2

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr Cliff Smith	94 - 22c = 72	21.5	Lowest Gross
Mr Alan Lake	116 - 20c = 96	19.7
Mr Barry Holmes	N/R - 21c = N/R	21.5
Mr Gerry Collier	N/R - 20c = N/R	20.0

Division 3

Player	Score	New Exact Handicap	Comments
Mr William Ford	95 - 25c = 70	23.2	Lowest Gross
Mr Clifford Surman	100 - 25c = 75	25.1
Mr Patrick Hiles	105 - 28c = 77	28.0
Mr Mike Dawson	104 - 26c = 78	25.7
Mr D. J. Alan Jones	103 - 24c = 79	23.7
Mr David Butler	108 - 28c = 80	28.0
Mr Barry Lund	107 - 26c = 81	26.0
Mr Barrie Black	N/R - 26c = N/R	26.1
Mr Richard Gent	N/R - 25c = N/R	24.0