News - Seniors

Seniors on a roll with another win ........

Another Seniors away victory

The Lambs Gambol on Friday, 4th May, turned out to be a balmy ...........

Three wins and a loss for the Seniors .......

Seniors Match Play teams on form in the sunshine ....

Harper and Barber benefit from Winter training in the sun........

Early indications suggest that Seniors golf is growing in popularity ..........

A quiet month for the hibernating Seniors.........

A quiet November for the Seniors

The very large entry of sixty-six Lady Vets and Seniors managed to squeeze their Holywell rounds ....

Seniors elect new Captain and Vice-Captain at their AGM. Mike Worden wins the Dudley Watts Trophy

Thirteen fourballs set off from the 1st tee and another thirteen from the 9th tee from 10.00 a.m. to compete for the Norman Walmsley Trophy in glorious sunshine thankful that our Indian summer had lasted another day.  Two hours later, as the dampening sea-mist advanced inexorably towards the course and the gentle zephyr transformed itself into a gusting wind, the game of golf became a different challenge and a few scores suffered as a result.  However, some continued as if the sun...

The month began with an upturn in fortune evidenced by a convincing 5 ½ - 2 ½ win at home against Royal North Devon, but this was sadly reversed with interest in the away match which RND won 6 ½ - 1 ½ (in spite of a dogged, hard-earned point by our last pair) thereby retaining the Johnny Fallon Driver trophy by a score of 9 – 7.  Against Bude at home, played in the tail–end of Hurricane Katia, the team achieved a 3 – 3 draw, but again lost...

This is the holiday month when Senior Grandfathers turn up at the Monday roll-ups looking for respite from the annual invasion by grandchildren and sundry dogs. The first competition was the Church Stableford won in some style by Peter Commings with 39 points from Harry Gliddon in second on 37 and Geoff Matthews third with 35 - Peter’s gross 73 included a three-off-the-tee at the 11th. In the Holywell Stableford David Girling triumphed with 38 points with Geoff Longman second...

This was a curious month marked by the absence of a formal, Seniors competition of any sort on the Holywell, as the Stableford was twice postponed and finally cancelled because of poor weather and therefore too few, would-be participants. On the Church course our Vice-Captain, Harry Gliddon, spread-eagled the field with 39 points, remarkably including two blobs, followed by a resurgent Frank Harper in second place on 35 points with Richard Parsons third on...