Seniors Section ......Rutland County Golf Club
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Page last updated : February 5, 2012 |
ENTRY to OPEN COMPETITIONS It has been brought to our notice that, when applying to enter the Open Competitions at some clubs they are asking for your "Lifetime ID". This an EGU registration number. |
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Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Tuesday 24th January 2012 Not very many seniors turned up today, no doubt the very wet weather persuaded most to stay at home. Those who did turn up played a combination of the front 9 holes; as they felt it too wet to continue, whilst a smaller number played the full 18 holes, and got even wetter!!. Although it stopped raining later in the morning, those who played the 18 holes still ended up very wet, as it remained much too damp to dry out their clothing. NEW MEMBER CLIFF KNAPP
****************************** Thursday 26th January 2012 31 seniors turned out on what promised to be, just for a change, a dry day accompanied by a small amount of sunshine thrown in; oh ….and it was a bit windy. Dick Wray, Peter Aitkens and Vic Pheasant with a score of 82 pts. 2 other groups were very close behind with 81 pts. Peter Knowles celebrates his 70th Birthday today. Unfortunately Peter had a prior appointment today so had to leave immediately after his round of golf, but expects to be with the seniors on Tuesday so you can all wish him “happy birthday” then. ******************************
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Tuesday 17th January 2012
A splendid turnout today for week 10 of the Winter Ringer and Stableford competition. Todats Results:
Alistair Scott shot an eagle on the 10th Hole, gaining 5 pts towards his overall score. Well Done. Winter League Knockout: Graham Cole & Alan Shuttleworth beat Geoff Osborne & John Downey.
There were a few “senior moments” today,
NEW MEMBERS We would like to introduce and welcome two new members to the Senior's Section, They are:-
****************************** Thursday 19th January 2012 The bright sunshine brought out good number again for todays roll up. The format played was the reliable 2 from 3. Scores were not dramatic probably kept down by the tricky little west wind which we know so well. The winning group was made up of some familiar names:- John Rudin, Ron Snape and Geoff Emmery with a score of 78 points. On the 16th tee,Vic Pheasant welcomed new member John Bremner to the Senior's Section in a rather rough manner, when he nearly brained him when he "threw" his club away. I can only presume that Vic had fluffed his drive. ****************************** Winter Doubles Knockout Competition The final matches in the table were played today, Dave Roberts wishes to thank all competitors for the prompt playing of their matches which now gives us extra time to play the knockout stages of the competition. Results of the matches played today are as follows: Bob Goddard & Ray Taylor beat Nick Nicolle & Barry Malthouse To view the draw for the next round of matches click here
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Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Report for Tuesday 3rd January & Thursday 5th January 2012
Tuesday 3rd January. The weather was shocking…. high winds and lots of rain. Lots of seniors decided to stay in bed, or in doors and close to a nice warm fire!! Very sensible it seems.
However some did turn up!!! Colin Brown and Fred Shorrock played a 2 ball; having started at 08:30hrs, they decided to surrender to the weather and retreated to the Clubhouse after the 9th. 8 seniors then turned up around 09:00hrs, and after taking warm drinks in the Clubhouse and seeing the rain easing off, they agreed to play 2 four balls. Eamon Walsh, Geoff Emery and Vic Pheasant then turned up. The first group, (Ray Taylor, John Mason, Stewart Picton and David Wilson), teed off and by the 3rd hole realised that the second group were not following them on the Course! Whilst walking up the fairway of the 3rd hole, the heavens opened again, accompanied by strong winds, this first four ball group got well and truly drenched and blown away, so much so they decided to wave the white flag and vacate the course after the 9th.
The second 4 ball group (John Phipps, John Rudin, Ron Snape and Kevin Whittle) abandoned their game at the end of the 1st hole, having been caught up in the very heavy rain. Whimps!!
Of the third group, Vic decided not to play after the 1st hole, but Eamon and Geoff played on to the 9th hole, and they got very wet too!.
So it wasn’t a good day for the Winter Ringer, and the Eclectic for those who have completed their Ringer scoring opportunities.
************************************** Thursday 5th January 2012 Well the wind continued to blow, but apart from a short downpour at about 11 ish all the seniors played their rounds of golf and completed 18 holes with dry clothing.
A 2 from 3 competition was the order of the day. The winners, on count back, were: Ron Snape, Geoff Emery and Mike Pell with 74 pts. Taking into account the very strong winds, Alan Weedon should be congratulated for shooting a 2 on the 17th hole.
One Winter Doubles match took place today. Stewart Picton/Terry Loomes beat Joe Smith/Alan Garner 2 and 1. Reportedly a very close match throughout.
Anyone noticed the broken/missing mirror in the Male Changing Room?? Reported that David Lynas had rather a loud and enthusiastic sneeze in the Changing Room wash basin area a few days ago, this somehow coincided with the mirror falling off the wall! Was this a big freeze or a very big sneeze?
Bill Ansell had a bar tab running today; he is a youthful 76 years young on Sunday 8th January Happy Birthday Bill. Alan Weedon has his next momentous a birthday in 2 - 3 weeks’ time but will be on holiday in South Africa on the day.
So overall, during the past 2 weeks, it seems that the weather has been the WINNER keeping the majority of the membership off the course. Here's hoping for better things to come during the New Year. A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS |
Report for Thursday 29th December 2011 Today wasn’t an official competition day for the seniors, so a number of friendly games were held with
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