Good Evening

We have a match tomorrow against Radley tomorrow the team is;

Radley Away
Rod Rapley 15	Kevin Timms 16
Ken Gregory 14	Brian Rollerson 25
Chris Hatherly 11	Glyn Rees 27
Mike Twyman 16	Richard Gent 24
James Barnatt 14	Alan Lake 22
Dave Williams 15	Malcolm Saunders 21

There is a Roll Up for everyone else which Cliff Smith will run.
Please enter the scores into the terminals if you ant to win.
Any new players with new handicaps who beat that handicap can and will be expected to put there cards in the handicap box at the top of the stairs, for adjustments
I think I have left the charity box at the Sports Bar, but if not give Annie the money to give to Cliff.

On Thursday there is the Monthly Medal, great to see Andy Wright who is going to play 9 holes after has recent hip prolems

Next Tuesday is the Reg Mills Trophy, a great turnout of 42 players, great to see Kevin Sheehan back after his triple heart bypass surgery

Next Thursday is a match against Carswell at Home with a Roll UP for those not playing

WITNEY LAKES SENIORS SECTION

TEE TIME

DATE: Thursday 8^th May

COMPETITION: Reg Mills Memorial Trophy

TEES: Yellow Tee

FORMAT: Stableford Full Handicap - Qualifier

All Competitors must sign in at the Terminal in Reception to log onto the competition before teeing off

In all normal circumstances, if you wish to be added to, or to withdraw from, the competition please inform the Captain by email, at wlss.captain@gmail.com or phone / answer machine message on 01993 778145  (07721420100 mob) by 1800 on the evening before the competition.

Time	Name	Name	Name
08.00	Mike Smith	Eric wearing	Dave Butler
08:08	Tony Ward	Martin Buckingham	John Watt
08:16	Alec Tyrell	Bill Ford	Doug Keen
08:24	Chris Hatherly	Paddy Marcks	Geoff Mills
08:32	Rodger Laban	Derek Tidy	Mike Twyman
08:40	Rod Rapley	Julian Marks	Len Gough
08:48	Cliff Smith	Jim Whalley	Robin Day
08:56	Gerry Collier	Malcolm Saunders	Glyn Rees
09:04	Ken Gregory	Declan Jordan	John Alexander
09:12	Dave Williams	Peter Burdon	Alan Lake
09:20	Kevin Timms	James Barnatt	Steve Miles
09:28	Bob Kirkwood	Richard Gent	Ron Deacon
09:36	Pat Hiles	Mike Dawson	Kevin Sheehan
09:44	Barrie Black	Barry Lund
09:52

Good Evening

As I said at the prize giving ceremony we are delighted to have had seven new members join us this calendar year.

I know I can count on you to make them feel welcome.

The new R&A handicap rules are starting to make them selves felt with handicaps for existing members increasing over 28 and new members getting handicaps ranging from 28 to 46.

I am sure with the spate of Qualifying competitions in May, some of these handicaps will come down sharply.

A reminder to new players, whilst we don’t want to race around the course, we would like to avoid elongated rounds, a good pace helps the rhythm of the round

So make sure where possible you don’t wait before a player has played his ball before going to your ball and taking out the appropriate club.

When you go to the Greens make sure your trolley is on the side of the green to exit to the next hole.

I have also been asked to remind players not to talk when a player is about to take a shot.

Can the senior members of a grouping assist in helping other players with these etiquettes

We had a Quiz night this Wednesday evening at the Lord Kitchener, where 24 members turned up. Obviously I would have liked more members to galvanise themselves and join in

This was well organized by Glyn Rees, it was fun, informative and the food was good

The Winners were the Daly’s and the Pitchforth’s who all won wine and chocolates and the Daly’s and the Barnatt’s won the raffle prize of two excellent bottles of wine.

The point of the evening was to raise money for our charity this year Bowel cancer and we raised £92 on the night.

Patsome Pairs was a triumph of design over practicality!!

Anyway Kevin and myself finally managed to concoct the scores so the winners were

1. Roger (The Dodger) Laban and Jim Whalley 38 points
2. Tony Ward & Brian Floyd 33 points on countback
3. Ken Gregory & Ron Deacon 33 points

I have taken down the sign up sheets for the Monthly Medal on the 3^rd May and the Reg Mills Trophy on the 8^th May.

If anyone has not entered and would like to let me know before the end of this weekend .

There are sign up sheets up for the following in the Sports Bar, if you can’t get there e-mail me

Invotech 17^th May

Steve Putt 24^th May and I will put up the sheet for the Summer Stableford R2 29^th May next week.

The club are asking us to confirm numbers and tee times the day before so if you want to play you have to sign up for these qualifying competitions and not turn up on the day

There is a Roll Up on Tuesday, as we have a team away to Radley, Cliff Smith with be the master of ceremonies

Regards

Rod

The forecasters got it wrong today, didn’t they.

We had a match against Drayton Park, who are always a strong team.

However we had a really strong team out today and came through strongly to win 4&2.

Rod Rapley	Dave Williams	W 3&2
James Barnatt	Tony Daly	L 3&2
Declan Jordan	Kevin Timms	W 1Up
Ken Gregory	Mike Twyman	W2&1
Tony Ward	Glyn Rees	W3&2
Rod bools	Ron Feasey	L 4&3

Some good news was that Rod Bools played his first match for us and Tony Daly played his second match and his first of this year

That means 24 different players have played in the 4 matches we have played.

I would like as many players as possible to play in a match this year, even if it is only one and even if you have played for the team many times in the last 20 years

There more games scheduled and I will look to use as many players as possible. There is one proviso, most clubs will insist on a maximum handicap allowance of 28.

Those players playing in home matches will be given preference for the away fixtures

Please see the notice board for the sign up sheets

19 players participated in the Roll up today.

I am not sure how many prizes there will be but the top 3 points totals were

1. Jim Whalley 34 points
2. Alec Tyrell 33 points
3. John Watt 32 points

Well done Jim who has only recently joined us and has only had his handicap for a week or so.

	Draw for Patsomes		Handicap			Handicap
8.24	Dave Butler 28	Gerry Collier 23	26	Roger Laban 18	Jim Whalley 46	32
8.32	Tony Ward 11	Brian Floyd 30	21	Alan Jones 25	Ron Feasey 22	24
8.40'	Tony Carter 18	Bill Ford 26	22	Rod Bools 15	Nigel Pitchforth 28	22
8.48	John Alexander 13	Martin Buckingham 26	20	Doug Keen 17	Kevin Timms 16	17
8.56	Brian Rollerson 25	Tony Daly 27	26	Rod Rapley 15	Paul Dean 40	28
9.04	Dave Williams 15	Pat Hiles 28	22	Ken Gregory 14	Ron Deacon 28	21
9.12	James Barnatt 14	Alan Lake 22	18	Glyn Rees 27	Mike dawson	32
9.2	Graham Simpson 28	John Watt 22	25	Cliff Smith	Bob Kirkwood

Good Morning,
Weather looking OK this week.

On Tuesday there is the Home Match against Drayton Park.
So there is a Roll Up Stableford which Gerry Collier will run.

On Thursday a long awaiting Prize Giving so if you have won something over the last 3 months please be there

So the competition is a fun Patsomes

Please see the draw for the Patsomes Pairs competition.

Please note the slightly later tee time start.

This is to allow some players who cannot start earlier for good reasons to be part of the competition

If anyone else would like to enter at this stage Graham Simpson is looking for a partner, or if  anyone cannot play let me know and Graham can take your place

The format will be stroke play, full handicaps for both players divided by 2

Holes 1-6 - Four Ball - each player plays with his own ball and the better score of the team counts

Holes 7-12 - Greensomes - both teammates take a tee shot one ball is selected The player whose ball was not selected, then plays the second shot all future shots are alternated

Holes 13-18 - Foursomes - One player tees off on the odd numbered holes, the other on the even holes, regardless of who played the last putt on the first hole. The other shots are played in turns until the hole is finished.

	Draw for Patsomes		Handicap			Handicap
8.24	Dave Butler 28	Gerry Collier 23	26	Roger Laban 18	Jim Whalley 46	32
8.32	Tony Ward 11	Brian Floyd 30	21	Alan Jones 25	Ron Feasey 22	24
8.40'	Tony Carter 18	Bill Ford 26	22	Rod Bools 15	Nigel Pitchforth 28	22
8.48	John Alexander 13	Martin Buckingham 26	20	Doug Keen 17	Kevin Timms 16	17
8.56	Brian Rollerson 25	Tony Daly 27	26	Rod Rapley 15	Paul Dean 40	28
9.04	Dave Williams 15	Pat Hiles 28	22	Ken Gregory 14	Ron Deacon 28	21
9.12	James Barnatt 14	Len Gough 36	25	Glyn Rees 27	Steve Miles 36	32
	Graham Simpson 28