Seniors Open 4BBB 6th July 2016
What a Day, 12 Hour Shift - from 07:00 to 19:00 and a day to be proud of our 'hard-core committee and some amazing Ladies that made the day run like clockwork from beginning to end.
I've never heard so many compliments about the Facilities, the Course or the organization. And well done for all those wonderful Raffle prizes as it got bigger by the minute and encouraged Golfers to splash some £400 towards the captain's Charity. Well done to Rosemary & Jenny for running that particular desk..I did get into trouble when a Quart Jug of 'Old Rosie' Cider appeared and I made a foolish remark to Rosemary about the name..ooops !
Anyway, back to the beginning...
Bert Robinson has been slaving all year to co-ordinate the entries as we ended up with about 29 Visiting and 26 Home Teams - some 110 Golfers. Nice numbers, but where were all our home players ?- less than 40% entered the comp, what did we do wrong ?
I know one guy, Dave Porter, wandered in and had no idea about the Open as was there for the Roll-Up !
Mick Aldridge had done all the Cards & Welcome letters and Alan Chance, Roger, Nick etc had been up Tuesday, to supply all those very welcome bananas and biscuits plus drinks by the 10th....so many involved all along the long road...and we have to do it all again on September 7th for the Texas Scramble.
Registration started early, with 4 desks manned & cash floats prepared by Keith.
Entry Fee, then Enter 2's then choose your meal
Steak & Ale Pie
Ham Egg & Chips
Smoked Salmon & Prawn Salad
Spinach, Brie & Mushroom Strudel.
the Steak & Ale Pie was to die for...
The Raffle Table had to be extended twice.
Old Rosie can be seen at the front.
A few tried it on with the Organiser....
See Tickets unclaimed on Right.
Captain was in trouble early on as he tried to wing it with odd books of tickets we had in filing cabinet, but Old Rosie Rosemary and Jenny had nearly run out when Mick Aldridge arrived with fresh supplies.
Note for Future - need 4 new books for September 7th. Tesco preferred.
They were there until the last card came in at 17:47 and we can't thank them enough.
Course was in great condition and drew much praise. Weather was PURFIKK !
Keith was in quite early with his 41 and sat there for hours seeing himself and Billy slip down the board.
So 4th on 41 for these two whose back 9 of 21 kept them ahead of keith
Club Captain & Handicap Secretary managed a better back 6 to creep ahead of 4th place to take 3rd in another 41 Points
.remember you can click on these pictures and make them larger....
So with 42 points and a back 9 of 21, Mr Alan Chance and Mr Stuart Pope were declared Seniors Open Champions for 2016..but they at least had smart jackets for the presentation.
Frank Martin/Mike Hone and Keith Potter / John Bloys had the only 2's for the Home teams.
John Bloys had NTP on the 16th, Tony Stenhous had Nearest Line on 5th and mike hone had NTP on the 9th.
Away team Winners were from Taunton & Pickeridge with a stunning 45 points. Full totals listed below.
many have said they will back for September 7th, but we would love to see more of our own Players entered - we have about 130 Seniors so that is 40+ teams just on our own...if you have no-one to play with we can easily find you one.
A really great day an applaud to everyone involved. Thanks for all of you that parked around the back, it made a big difference to our Visitors' first impressions.
There was a price to pay for the Club for all the functions going on as they 'popped' the power cable over the weekend, hence the Emergency generator..but guess what ? - the fault was..right under the Biomas Boiler House, so they are having to run a new Power cable right around the back.
Electricians have also built and installed to Blower machine outside the Men's Locker Room in its own little brick-built housing..but I'm not sure if the power is quite on yet.
Just in from Tess:-
Great Day, JKP 07/07
John Bloys had NTP on the 16th, Tony Stenhous had Nearest Line on 5th and mike hone had NTP on the 9th.
Away team Winners were from Taunton & Pickeridge with a stunning 45 points. Full totals listed below.
Chance
|
Alan
|
Pope
|
Stuart
|
Cricket St T
|
42
| ||
2
|
Dowell
|
Danny
|
Keenan
|
Alan
|
Cricket St T
|
42
| |
3
|
Holt
|
Steve
|
Bennett
|
Paul
|
Cricket St T
|
41
| |
4
|
Anderson
|
Brian
|
S-Farr
|
Peter
|
Cricket St T
|
41
| |
5
|
Branchflower
|
Keith
|
Hilson
|
Bill
|
Cricket St T
|
41
| |
6
|
Paoloni
|
Edmundo
|
Vance
|
Will
|
Cricket St T
|
40
| |
7
|
Wandless
|
John
|
Flower
|
Robin
|
Cricket St T
|
40
| |
8
|
Arnold
|
Maurice
|
Forster
|
Richard
|
Cricket St T
|
40
| |
9
|
Dobson
|
Trevor
|
White
|
Bob
|
Cricket St T
|
40
| |
10
|
Dewar
|
Phil
|
Clarke
|
Nick
|
Cricket St T
|
39
| |
11
|
Bryden
|
Ted
|
Ireland
|
Colin
|
Cricket St T
|
39
| |
12
|
Beale
|
Andy
|
Hall
|
Richard
|
Cricket St T
|
37
| |
13
|
Frost
|
Bryan
|
Hodder
|
Nobby
|
Cricket St T
|
37
| |
14
|
Heath
|
Barrie
|
Fielder
|
Ian
|
Cricket St T
|
37
| |
15
|
Barrow
|
Bob
|
Pearce
|
John
|
Cricket St T
|
37
| |
16
|
Martin
|
Frank
|
Hone
|
Mike
|
Cricket St T
|
37
| |
17
|
Potter
|
Keith
|
Bloys
|
John
|
Cricket St T
|
36
| |
18
|
Mosser
|
Mike
|
Fisk
|
Clive
|
Cricket St T
|
36
| |
19
|
Dawson
|
Mike
|
Willerton
|
George
|
Cricket St T
|
36
| |
20
|
Taylor
|
David
|
Burt
|
Mike
|
Cricket St T
|
35
| |
21
|
Andrew
|
John
|
Munro
|
Ian
|
Cricket St T
|
35
| |
22
|
Wallace
|
George
|
Sutherland
|
Ron
|
Cricket St T
|
34
| |
23
|
Dean
|
Geoff
|
Stenhouse
|
Tony
|
Cricket St T
|
32
| |
24
|
Aldridge
|
Mike
|
Kerr
|
Will
|
Cricket St T
|
31
| |
25
|
Wallis
|
John
|
Singleton
|
Barry
|
Cricket St T
|
29
|
1
|
King
|
Mike
|
Chedzoy
|
T
|
Taunt & Pick
Somerset |
45
| |
2
|
Dunn
|
S
|
Wickham
|
Stuart
|
Weymouth
Dorset |
44
| |
3
|
Banfield
|
Norman
|
Lock
|
C
|
Long Sutton
Somerset |
43
| |
4
|
Cosgrove
|
M
|
Docharty
|
J
|
Yeovil 2
Somerset |
43
| |
5
|
Atkins
|
A
|
Griffiths
|
C
|
Minehead
Somerset |
42
| |
6
|
Eve
|
P
|
Puttock
|
C
|
Taunt & Pick
Somerset |
39
| |
7
|
Stone
|
Roger
|
Simpson
|
Malcolm
|
Worlesbury
Somerset |
39
| |
8
|
England
|
Paul
|
Marshall
|
D
|
Yeovil
Somerset |
39
| |
9
|
southgate
|
s
|
Bargery
|
Lyme Regis
Dorset |
39
| ||
10
|
Keates
|
m
|
Green
|
M
|
Fingle Glen
Devon |
39
| |
11
|
Yardley
|
F
|
Lang
|
p
|
Taunt & Pick
Somerset |
38
| |
12
|
Numam
|
B
|
Hoey
|
Mike
|
Painswick
Gloucestershire |
38
| |
13
|
Chance
|
John
|
Wells
|
Adrian
|
Ellesborough
Oxfordshire |
38
| |
14
|
Evans
|
John
|
Dawes
|
R
|
Long Sutton
|
37
| |
15
|
Synclair
|
J
|
Moore
|
A
|
Weymouth
|
36
| |
16
|
Edney
|
Alvin
|
Sobey
|
B
|
St Mellion
Cornwall |
36
| |
17
|
Wellwood
|
C
|
Bradly
|
K
|
Wheathill
Somerset |
36
| |
18
|
Wallis
|
j
|
Cleal
|
r
|
Honiton
Devon |
36
| |
19
|
Adams
|
E
|
Uren
|
Ralph
|
Teign Valley
Devon |
36
| |
20
|
Hollingworth
|
Bob
|
Bain
|
Roy
|
Lyme Regis
|
35
| |
21
|
Lewis
|
M
|
Kershaw
|
D
|
Newport
Pembrokeshire |
35
| |
22
|
Johnson
|
Richard
|
Stanbury
|
D
|
Okehampton
Devon |
34
| |
23
|
Lawer
|
B
|
Stevens
|
D
|
Teign Valley
Devon |
34
| |
24
|
Matthews
|
M
|
Davis
|
P
|
Honiton
Devon |
34
| |
25
|
Tilley
|
A
|
Blackmur
|
A
|
Okehampton
Devon |
33
| |
26
|
Lawrence
|
Quinny
|
Bowditch
|
Phil
|
Long Sutton
|
33
| |
27
|
Robinson
|
Bert
|
Davis
|
Alan
|
Cricket St T
Unknown ? |
32
| |
28
|
Leonard
|
J
|
Hows
|
G
|
Oakhampton
Devon |
32
| |
29
|
Rogers
|
K
|
Durrant
|
B
|
Uphaven
Wiltshire |
31
|
many have said they will back for September 7th, but we would love to see more of our own Players entered - we have about 130 Seniors so that is 40+ teams just on our own...if you have no-one to play with we can easily find you one.
A really great day an applaud to everyone involved. Thanks for all of you that parked around the back, it made a big difference to our Visitors' first impressions.
There was a price to pay for the Club for all the functions going on as they 'popped' the power cable over the weekend, hence the Emergency generator..but guess what ? - the fault was..right under the Biomas Boiler House, so they are having to run a new Power cable right around the back.
Electricians have also built and installed to Blower machine outside the Men's Locker Room in its own little brick-built housing..but I'm not sure if the power is quite on yet.
Just in from Tess:-
Good
morning everyone
Just
a quick email to say that the shoe and buggy blower is now back up on the wall,
fully operational - located next to the Gent's changing room door.
Have
a lovely day
Tess
Great Day, JKP 07/07
