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The Seniors group here is open to anyone over the age of 55. During the Winter months we play a full 18 hole Stableford competition every Tuesday and Thursday morning teeing off from 8am onwards with groups being made up informally as people arrive. In the Winter competitions of 2006-7 we played 39 games. Some of these games were played in terrible conditions but we persevere! We were blown off a few times but the snow affected us only once. The wet weather affected us more in Winter 2007-8 when, despite many brave attempts to do a full round, we only managed to complete 35 games. We are also tending to play only 15 holes in Winter and since this is not universally popular we discuss and vote on this at the AGM lunch each year.
During the Summer months we have "friendly" interclub 4 ball better ball match play competitions played in Stableford format against Seniors from other clubs which are held either on Tuesdays or Thursdays usually starting at the more humane hour of 9am. This is a team event where 16 players are selected by a random draw from those who put their names down as wanting to play. Each game is followed by a lunch which usually costs between £10 and £11. There is no green fee for these events. When such competitions are not taking place we again play full 18 hole Stablefords. In Summer 2008 (see below) we plan to play Kirby Moorside, Hunley Hall, Middlesbrough Municipal, Saltburn, Brass Castle, Eaglescliffe, Scarborough North Cliff, Malton, Wilton, Teesside, and Filey in both home and away matches. With these 22 interclub matches and about 20 normal Stablefords it’s quite a full Summer programme.
Within the bi-weekly Stableford competitions we run a best 6 cards and eclectic series in both the Winter and Summer programmes. There is a 50p entry “fee” for each individual Stableford and the daily winner wins three balls! To spread the balls around whenever a person wins 3 balls he gets 3 shots off his next score if he comes in with another high score – this does not affect his handicap but makes it difficult to win the balls again! However for the past three Summers at least one person has won 3 balls three times ie with a 6 point deduction for the last win! And in the 2007-8 Winter competitions 26 people won the balls at least once – so they do get spread around!
MESSAGE FROM MALCOLM
Our numbers are depleted this year (as of February 2008) - even for us! - because of an unusual number of sudden and sad "departures" due to natural causes, very old age but still surviving - (Ken Robson decided to call it a day last year just after his 85th birthday but is now a social member so we still see him), and the usual arthritis which Eric Luck solved by using a very strong personal all terrain buggy. We have dropped from 52 to around 40 paid up members in the past year or two so we need more younger (or older) seniors in our membership list to enable us to regularly field full and competitive teams of 16 members in the 22 matches with the other clubs in the Summer months. We would also welcome you to the very competitive Tuesday and Thursday games. If you are not very competitive then the social side is there to solve the worlds problems after the games - and then there's the mornings where you can enjoy the glorious early views in Summer over Sandsend not to mention the equally glorious sunrises during the winter months.
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CAPTAIN |
Doug Brown |
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TREASURER |
Bill Stark |
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INTERCLUB COMPETITION SECRETARY |
John Owens |
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SENIORS HANDICAP SECRETARY |
Malcolm Walker |
How's this for a busy summer to keep you out of the garden
FIXTURES:
March
| Tue 25 | Last Seniors Winter Stableford |
| Thur 27 | Texas Scramble & Presentation Dinner |
April
| Tue 1 | Stableford |
| Thurs 10 | Match v Kirkbymoorside away |
| Tue 15 | Match v Hunley Hall away |
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| Thurs 24 | Peter Mothersdale Trophy - 4 ball better ball Stableford random high/low handicap pairings - draw for partners 3/4 handicaps |
| Tue 29 | Stableford |
May
| Thur 1 | Match v Middlesbrough Municipal - Home |
| Thurs 8 | Match v Saltburn at home |
| Thur 15 | Match v Hunley Hall at home |
| Tues 20 | Match v Middlesbrough Municipal away |
| Thurs 22 | Captain's Trophy (Bogey) |
| Thur 29 | Match v Kirkbymoorside home |
June
| Thur 5 | Silver Salver - individual stableford full handicap |
| Fri 6 | Open Day |
| Thurs 12 | Texas Scramble |
| Thurs 19 | Match v Middlesbrough away |
| Thurs 26 | Match v Eaglescliffe away |
July
| Thurs 3 | Match v North Cliff away |
| Mon 7 | Match v Eaglescliffe at home |
| Thur 10 | Match v Malton away |
| Thurs 17 | Match v North Cliff home |
| Thurs 24 | Match v Wilton at home |
| Tue 29 | Match v Saltburn away |
| Thur 31 | Texas Scramble |
August
| Thurs 7 | Match v Malton at home |
| Thurs 14 | Match v Teesside home |
| Thurs 21 | Match v Filey at home |
| Sun 24 | JW Bass |
| Thurs 28 | Match v Middlesbrough home |
| Fri 29 | Open Day |
September
| Thurs 11 | Match v Wilton away |
| Tues 16 | Match v Teesside away |
| Thurs 18 | Steve Stevenson Trophy Medal |
| Mon 22 | Match v Filey away |
| Thur 25 | Memorial Trophy - Medal off yellow tees |
| Tues 30 | Summer Stableford ends |
October
| Thurs 2 | Seniors and Ladies Mixed Greensomes |
| Tue 7 | 4 Club Stableford |
| Thurs 9 | Texas Scramble and AGM |
| Tue 14 | First Winter Stableford |
November
December
| Thurs 4 | Christmas Spirit Texas Scramble |
| Thurs 11 | Texas Scramble and Christmas Dinner |
