On Tuesday 17th July, Seniors’ Captain Jerzy Schmidt hosted the annual Seniors Captain’s day on a bright and warm morning with starter Gay Cham sending the players on their way. As a result of the continuing hot weather, the fairways were very hard and dry and running long, but greens were still in excellent condition. Many thanks must be extended to the hard work of the green’s team and artisans working long hours.
Jerzy Schmidt with overall winner John Rigby
The golfers were placed into 3 different handicap categories and played an individual Stableford with the overall winner receiving the Goodacre Bowl. Winners and runners up in each handicap pool also received prizes. A halfway house was hosted by the Ladies’ Captain, Sandie Normanton.
The overall winner was John Rigby returning with an excellent 40 points.
Other prizewinners on the day were:
Handicap pot winners Haydn Snow (38 pts) and Vic Newham (38 pts)
Handicap pot runners up John Squires (37 pts), Keith Loring (37 pts) and Dave Bailey (38pts ocb).
Best gross scores in each handicap category were Brendan Boyce (81), Ken Longbottom (89) and Colin Kitchen (91).
The best team were Haydn Snow, Dick Chapman and David Bailey with a combined total of 109 points.
Winners of spot prizes were: Eddie Cham straightest drive on the 11th and nearest the pin on the 14th, Brendan Boyce nearest the pin in 2 on the 3rd par 4, John Squires nearest pin on the 7th and Tom Eadon nearest the pin in 3 on the par 5 17th.