I looked at the program and tomorrow is a Prize Giving Day so I have organised a two tee start from 8:30

I watched the lunch time weather forecast and now I'm not quite so sure

However if you like playing golf with gales and rain, tomorrow could be your big day.

I have set up a start sheet for Erics Game using first and tenth tees and I will be in the sports bar drinking coffee and wishing you a good game as you set off from just after 8:00

I'm off to mend my trolley and umbrella now just in case I get tempted

Several days ago I wrote

Never forget you are doing this because you enjoy it.

Today I discussed this with several people and it turns out that no one is quite sure why we do it but it definitely is not because we enjoy it.

So the first day of winter and it had everything except snow, that bitter east wind blew my umbrella 150 yards down the 16th fairway. My drive went further but not as straight.

So congratulations to Alex Tyrell who with 38 beat the other 9 stalwarts by at least 5 shots.

The 9 hole game was played by 6 plucky old timers and Ken Gregory. Richard Brown won with 19 points

Three UBoat matches were played five to go in round 1


You've all done very well 

A cold day today but a nice day, tomorrow who knows?

There are 3 matches booked for the UBoat the times will be posted on the Tee time page soon.

For the rest of us its an Individual Teesing Stableford game. One novelty the Tees are Red Yellow White but played in any order as long as you play 6 of each.
If you are playing in a 3 ball you can play from the same tees or different tees from your playing partners. Its up to you.

I know its something else to think about during your game and thats asking a lot, but so far on the two Teesing games we have played at least one group has played in the wrong order each time. So lets see what happens with this version

I am pretty sure there will be enough for a 9 hole game as well

See you tomorrow

Kevin

So it was all a bit chilly, I didn't manage to finish the round I got too cold and when the fog came down I'd had enough.

It was a difficult day all round with changes from Tuesday evenings original play list. 4 cried off and 2 were added before this morning and 4 didn't show today some managed to contact us and say they couldn't make it but not all.

There is a sign up sheet for the December Medal on the board I'll monitor the changes when that happens and then the committee will have to decide if we adopt a roll up for all winter games or introduce some  penalty for no shows.

Results as below and be aware that there has been a review of handicaps and you need to check for any changes

I'm sure a warm welcome awaits you in the Sports Bar tomorrow morning where you can read the start times for round 2 of the Winter Stableford before freezing your bits out on the course.

Never forget you are doing this because you enjoy it.

So a very cold day at the Lakes, congratulations to all who managed to play in a biting ENE wind, at least it didn't rain until after we had finished.

So Thursdays Tee times will be available on the Tee time sheet soon.  Todays winners were Bob Kirkwood, John Watt and Peter Burdon who managed 70 points between them beating Brian Rollersons team on countback.

Only 5 9 holers managed to play today so no prize and no charge as this was below the 6 player threshold we set up. I hope you enjoyed it'

Lets hope Thursday is a lot warmer

I've just remembered, whoever left there shoes behind today in the sports bar Bob Kirkwood took them home to keep them safe and will bring them back Thursday. If you have other plans for them let me know

The winter approaches and cold mornings are on there way so for Tuesday we will follow our usual  practice and are going on to 8:30 First Tee which we will continue to use for the winter months

Tuesday we will play a Reverse Bowmaker which is a Team Game for Teams of 3 Players
Rules will be available Tuesday for those of you who don't know it.

To get the teams we will draw names from a hat, so as soon as we have 9 players there after 8:00, we will draw the first 3 teams, after that we will repeat the exercise for every 9 players, so that no-one hangs around too long.

Also Tuesday we will have the UBoat draw on  the board and a sign up sheet to allow you to book a tee time for your match a week Tuesday

 A beeyutiful day today we surely will have to pay the price at sometime this winter.
Although the entry screen was working eventually I know a number of you were already on the course and so didn't enter your scores so results from the cards as follows
15 Nov
Div 1 1st Mike Twyman 39 points 2nd John Alexander 37 points (on countback)
Div 2 1st Jim Whalley 42 points 2nd Peter Cartwright 38 points

Today there were 16 div1 and 13 div2 playing so no change to the boundaries yet but we will keep it under review.

6 played in the 9 hole roll up and Ron Deacon was the winner.

We drew the first round matches for the UBoat today and I'll post that later today.

Next week we will have a roll up team game on Tuesday and I am currently waiting for confirmation that we will switch to an  8:30 First Tee time for the winter months. Information to come as soon as I have it.

Dont forget to sign up for the Winter Stableford Round 2, on the notice board in the Sports Bar, the entry list looks a bit thin at the moment


Kevin

I'm a bit late with yesterdays result, I have been out on Grandparent duty all day and only just got back. I'd just like to assure you that nothing comes before my efforts to smooth the furrowed brow of you seniors, except all my grandchildren. Who would have guessed?

So congratulations to yesterdays winner Paddy Marcks with a 73, definitely not a day for low scoring although we did have a lot of time gathering around on each of the tees to discuss it.


Play was very slow.

As you will see from the results there were a lot more Div1 players than Div2., if that pattern repeats itself over the next games we will have to re set the boundry between the divisions. More to follow soon

Tomorrow is a Roll Up Stableford and the start sheet is in the changing rooms. Dont forget I am going to draw the UBoat pairings tomorrow, so make sure your name is down

I've finally had five minutes to sort out where I am this week and can back to my number one priority, looking after the Gentlemen of Witney Lakes Seniors.

So the result from Tuesdays Roll Up Stableford  were much as given by Rod earlier but after an impassioned appeal by Doug Keen I realised it should be two divisions not one but with only twp prizes in each division

So Division 1 winner Peter Burden and second Chris Hatherley

Division 2 winner Barry Lund and second Cliff Smith

Yesterday we played in a Texas Scramble and after some very low scoring golf
Winners were Rod Rapley, Malcolm Saunders and Terry Edmunds with 59.5 Nett
Second Mike Smith Alex Tyrell and Geoff Mills with 63.9

I managed 18 holes for the first time in a long time and Mike Twyman and and Rod Booles were kind enough to get us round in third place with 65.2 but with only 33 playing no prizes for third place.

We had our first Committee meeting yesterday and have decided on our charity for 2018/19 which is Maggies Center a cancer respite center on the Churchill site in Oxford and our charity hole which will be the 18th (yes the 18th) more details to follow soon.

Tuesday is the November Medal which we have kept as a roll up as an experiment and the Tee Time  sheet will be posted in the changing room sometime Monday

Dont forget to put in your U Boat entries as the draw will be next Thursday

Kevin

So I'm still in catch up mode, not helped by the fact that the game entered on Intelligent Golf didn't work today I'm not sure why I couldn't see anything wrong

As a result I dont have todays result yet unless I get it before Thursday I'll sort it out then.

However I did get the cards for last Thursday. There was some discrepancy over which order the Tees were played last Thursday (there always is) I have suggested that in future we let people play them in any order they like as long as they play 6 of each colour. Some think that will be too complex for our simple brains and all the evidence I have to date confirms that to be true. We Shall See.

Anyway all the people with the best scores also managed to play the tees in the correct order so that was lucky

Winner Div 1 John Alexander 66 second Dave Williams 68 (on countback).

Winner Div 2 Richard Gent 72 second Brian Floyd 76

Thursday is a Texas Scramble Roll Up and the start sheet will be in the changing rooms sometime tomorrow

Kevin

Gentlemen (and others)

Tomorrow is a Roll Up Stableford, its non qualifying but please enter on the system and put your results on to the computer as that makes the result easier to sort out.

The start sheet is on the Sports Bar notice board as I wasn't able to get into the changing rooms to put it there.

For those interested there will also be a 9 hole competition starting as soon as the other games are under way


Kevin