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ALEX STACEY Winner at CARSWELL with a cracking 44 pts

Advance Notice

FRIDAY 21st February 2014

WYCHWOOD (previously known as Lynham)

Tee-off at 10:30am Bacon Roll/Tea/Coffee on arrival

18 holes followed by Carvery + Apple Pie & Custard COST : £37 members & £40 guests

CONTENTS NEWS & VIEWS COMPETITIONS FULL FIXTURES CARSWELL & 2-CLUB Reports & Results 9 FARTS PAGES JOKE PAGES Handicaps BADGEMORE details

NEXT UP January Medal

BADGEMORE PARK THURSDAY 23rd January 2014 COST £27 members & £30 guests NB: only £22 for members who sold 50+ Raffle Tickets

Tee-off at 10:30am Bacon Roll/tea/coffee on arrival Homemade Steak & Mushroom Pie + Apple Crumble & Custard

THANK YOU ALL

DECEMBER 2013 NNEEWWSS && VVIIEEWWSS

NEXT UP – BADGEMORE Thursday 23rd January 2014 – see info & full details at end of Newsletter. BOOK BY FRIDAY 17th January at the latest. BOOKED so far : 16 Dave Evans, Dave Miners, Ian Brown, Andy Whitehurst, Ricky Cox, Lindsay Townsend, Richard West, Lee Challis, Andy Halstead, Alex Stacey, Barry Phillips, Andy Beal, Roy Jones, Martin Watson, Clive Miners & Matthew Brook CAN’T  PLAY  : 2 Jim Ramsey, Ted Lewis, James Bayliss & Ian Breakspear

CHRISTMAS Clive Miners, who sold 150 tickets himself, would like to express his RAFFLE & sincere thanks to EVERYONE who supported the Raffle (by either buying AUCTION tickets themselves and/or selling some and giving a raffle prize) as well as those who generously bid for the 4-ball vouchers at the Auction. Also, he would like to put on record on behalf of the Society, his thanks to our secretary for his fantastic efforts in obtaining 15 golf vouchers for Prizes and for the Auction.

When you next see Clive, you can thank him personally for HIS efforts on behalf of the Society . . . . . lager-top would go down well !

CHOLSEY GOLF SOCIETY : RAFFLE/AUCTION Christmas 2013 breakdown Ticket Sales TOTAL £1128 Received money from 24 members - £1000 approximately About £130 extra sales on the day – at both Hadden Hill & The Red Lion

Raffle Expenses Auction of 4-ball vouchers Hamper £ 65.32 Bicester Siggy Mensah £ 60 Licence £ 20.00 Studley Wood Tom Cherrill £ 80 Tickets £ 124.68 Burford Lee Challis £ 90 Sub TOTAL £ 210.00 Bowood Richard West £ 40 Cash Prizes £ 175.00 Newbury & Crookham Ricky Cox £ 48 TOTAL £ 385.00 Castle Combe Ricky Cox £ 85 £283 Frilford Heath Ricky Cox £150 Profit from Raffle £1128.00 TOTAL £553

£ 385.00 £ 743.00

TOTAL PROFIT Raffle £ 743 Auction £ 553 £1296 (NB: donations still to be paid from this amount) RAFFLE PRIZES £100 Ian Munday Badgemore 4-ball voucher Richard West £75 P Bossom Donnington Grove 4-ball voucher Eddy Wigh c/o Ted Lewis Hamper D Brown Carswell 4-ball voucher Bella Miners Pettits’  Voucher Joe Gibbons Gerrards Cross 4-ball voucher Pat Sheppard Torch Roberts Wokefield Park 4-ball voucher Lee Newport Pliers Liz Whitehurst Donnington Valley 4-ball voucher Tetley Red Lion Voucher Mick Sutton North Oxford 4-ball voucher Baldy Bottle of Wine Tom Cherrill Henley 4-ball voucher David Parsons Golf Balls Jon Axon Oxford (Southfields) 4for2 voucher Steve Grundick MEMBERSHIP The following 30 have already paid their membership (£35 or £20 for committee)

Andy Halstead, Andy Beal, Andy Whitehurst, Alex Stacey, Barry Phillips, Dave Evans, Dave Miners, David Parsons, Ian Breakspear, Ian Brown, James Bayliss, Lee Challis, Lindsay Townsend, Martin Watson, Mick Nichols, Peter Hannigan, Richard West, Ricky Cox, Siggy Mensah, Adrian Couchman, Ted Lewis, Steve Wood, Roy Jones, Robert Samuel, Mark Samuel, Matthew Brook, Jim Ramsey, Clive Miners, Jon Axon & Richard Davies. MANY THANKS from Andy Halstead (Treasurer).

The following have said they are rejoining but yet to pay – can pay at Badgemore if going : Chris Powis, Simon Powis & Keith Nicholls

Others  who  may  join  but  haven’t  confirmed  are : Phil Clarke, Grant Shergold, Vince West, Steve Vink, Julian Moss & Mike Robins (guest of Siggy at Carswell)

COMPETITIONS The DOUBLES’ DRAW took place at HENLEY – see COMPETITIONS & REPORT PAGE. DATES for COMPLETITION of MATCHES for each round are specified.

SINGLES 1st Round : the only outstanding match is Lindsay Townsend v Roy Jones (was played at Henley but tied – chose to replay) Needs to be played ASAP. SINGLES 2nd ROUND Matches MUST BE COMPLETED by or at FEBRUARY MEDAL – can choose to play earlier at Badgemore if both going & in agreement. DOUBLES : There are only TWO 1st Round DOUBLES matches – to be played by the end of MARCH 2014 : Ricky Cox & Siggy Mensah v Dave Miners & Lee Challis (A) Richard Davies & Steve Wood v Keith Nicholls & Lindsay Townsend (B) 2nd Round matches (Quarter-Finals) - to be played by end of MAY 2014 A v Clive Miners & Simon Powis B v Dave Evans & Ian Brown James Bayliss & Andy Whitehurst v Ian Breakspear & Mick Nichols Andy Beal & Andy Halstead v Jon Axon & Roy Jones

HANDICAPS Lee Challis, has made the necessary adjustments after Carswell performances. He assumes Club members’ HCs haven’t  changed. HCs are included at the end of this Newsletter but may be subject to change should any Club Member contact him with a new HC. If you have any problems/questions/amendments/updates, contact LEE at lee@pjstorefitters.com

AS SOON AS ANY CLUB MEMBER HAS A NEW HC, PLEASE INFORM LEE IMMEDIATELY. FIXTURES See separate Fixtures Page for the WHOLE of the NEW SEASON – chosen by the Committee. MAIDENHEAD has now been booked for the JULY MEDAL : MONDAY 21st JULY 2014 : Subsidised. Cost to members is £45 for those who attended Henley & £50 for others. Guests are £58.

SCORECARDS Once again, some members complete scorecards clearly and accurately but others are very hard to read – thus making UNNECESSARY EXTRA WORK for  the  member  completing  the  Results’  Sheet  as  groups   finish AND for our Newsletter editor in  updating  the  FARTS’  PAGES.

It is YOUR responsibility to fill-in the scorecard accurately and clearly – if unsure how, ask one of the committee – separate columns for gross score / net score / stableford points for EACH HOLE

AND check your own card when returned by the marker – then sign it - BEFORE HANDING IT IN.

At Henley, one member, was given 2 pts less than they should have had ! This was highlighted by his net score not tallying with similar net scores that had more points. Also, at Carswell one member signed their card but on checking when they got home, realised they should have had 2 pts on the last hole instead of the 1 recorded by the marker – luckily this didn’t affect positions. Yet another points mistake was made at the 2-Club but it appears, excluding the mistake mentioned above and despite some illegible figures, that other scores at Carswell were correct – mind you that was after  Lee,  who  kindly  volunteered  to  do  the  Results’  sheet, had to double-checked with some members and markers !!!

WHAT A BLODDY WASTE OF TIME – SORT YOURSELVES OUT WILL YOU !!!!

2nd ROUND (7 byes in 2nd R) 8 matches TO BE PLAYED BY or AT THE FEBRUARY MEDAL 21st February at Wychwood Andy Halstead V Simon Powis Ian Breakspear V James Bayliss Keith Nicholls V Lee Challis Mick Nichols V Jon Axon Lindsay or Roy V Chris Powis Andy Beal V Steve Wood Ricky Cox V Alex Stacey Ian Brown V Clive Miners Draw for 3rd Round to be made at Wychwood – Feb medal

Our Secretary is rather concerned that a significant number of members/guests, who originally said they were very interested in going to The Belfry, have not confirmed or paid any deposit. There is a time-limit on being able to cancel any bookings without losing our deposit – it is fast approaching. If going, for the WHOLE WEEKEND or just on ONE of the days, please let Dave Evans know – he’s  losing  his  last  few  hairs  rather  quickly  and,  this  is  no  joke,  he  has often woken up at 4:00am worrying about it - then  can’t  get  back  to  sleep. He is becoming a little disillusioned with all the hassle involved. He  appreciates  that  the  choice  of  The  Belfry,  particularly  on  a  Sunday/Monday,  doesn’t  suit  everyone, but he endeavoured to keep the cost as low as possible (Friday/Saturday was considerably more with restricted tee times) and all members were contacted and the majority of the committee agreed before booking.

CAPTAIN’s 12 rooms for 24 places (sharing in twin rooms) + 2 single rooms (extra £55 single room supplement) DAY/WEEKEND Tee-times for 32 on the Sunday (26 staying + up to 6 others) THE BELFRY 32 for the Presentation 3 course Dinner (26 staying + up to 6 others) Buggies are not included – they cost £45 (I understand that neither course is particularly hilly)

So far only the following 12 have paid a deposit or in full : (amounts in brackets)

Andy Halstead (40) Dave Evans (145) Dave Miners (47) Ian Brown (30) Siggy Mensah (40) Adrian Couchman (47) Mark Samuel (40) Richard Davies (20) Ricky Cox (40) Robert Samuel (40) Ted Lewis (40) Lee Challis (20)

Said they are definitely going but yet to pay deposit : Lindsay + guest & Jim Ramsey.

SUNDAY 21 Sept 2014 : Breakfast on arrival at 9:0am (for everyone): 18 holes on PGA Course teeing off at 10:30am: Presentation Dinner at 7:30pm (everyone) – either in own function room with bar or in a cordoned off part of restaurant at  the  Belfry’s discretion - would cost an extra £15 per person to actually book a function room but if they chose to put us in one, it would be free.

MONDAY 22 Sept 2014 : Breakfast for those staying + 18 holes on BRABAZON Course teeing off at 10:30am

COSTS : Whole 2 days £190 guests & £145 max members (subsidy of at least £45) (NB: plus £55 single supplement for those not sharing a room) Sunday only £90 guests & £70 max members (subsidy of at least £20)

The following other members/guests initially expressed a definite interest in going but have yet to confirm by paying a deposit: 9 Andy W, Jon A, David P, Martin W, Chris P, Matthew B, Steve W, Keith N & Phil C. Possibles for either the whole 2 days or just one day : 8 Mick N, Simon P, Roy, Andy B, Ian Breakspear, Julian M, Steve Greenwood & Grant S Can’t  make  it  3 : Richard West, Barry Phillips & Clive Miners

NB: If  you  can’t  make  the  Sunday, then it may be possible to just play the Monday only but I would need to book extra tee-times if more than 2 AND if all 26 whole weekend places are taken. Cost would probably be in the region of £80 - £100 to include breakfast and subsidy.

IF YOU WANT TO BOOK THE BELFRY let Dave know your option IMMEDIATELY (whole weekend/Sunday only/Monday only) and if GOING TO BADGEMORE, you can pay deposit then. If NOT GOING to Badgemore, please let Dave know by e-mail (dave.vans@virgin.net,) your option, and IMMEDIATELY send a cheque for £40 made out to : Cholsey Golf Society to : Dave Evans 88 Station Road Cholsey OX10 9QB Many thanks.

RACE NIGHT

Saturday 10th May 2014 New Cholsey Pavilion (same venue as last year) 9 Race Meeting

Doors open at 5:30pm First Race at 6:00pm

Last year we made a profit of only £230 for the Society – this was due to increased costs: hall hire, public liability insurance, printing too many programmes (Dave’s  mistake), new Race Night CDs/betting slips and 3 donations of £100 to good causes. This year, the costs will be considerably less – just the hall hire, fewer programmes, publicity & only 2 donations to good causes – Cholsey Bluebirds & CHOKO (barrel of beer for Festival), plus Cholsey Primary School PTA, who are once again organising the bar & food – they keep the profits (they made over £500 last year). The  total  income  from  last  year’s event was over £950 (excluding PTA food/bar profits) – race sponsors (£200), programme adverts (£120), buying horses (beforehand and on the night - £180), programme sales (£25), Auction Race (£120) and betting on the night (£320).

The only cost to Society members would be them buying horses beforehand at £5 each - with the chance of winning £30 per race (last year, Keith Nicholls bought 5 horses and had THREE WINNERS) - and their personal betting if attending and bidding for a horse in the auction race, on the night.

It is anticipated that ALL Race Sponsors (£25 per Race) and MOST programme advertisers (£15 full page & £10 half page) will be local businesses, as was the case last year.

However, the ONE sponsor we  don’t  have  is  a  main sponsor for the event – to cover PART of the overall costs (say 30-50%): the hire of the hall/kitchen, bar licence, new betting slips, cleaning and publicity costs – around £200 in total.

YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT Obviously our main purpose is to provide monthly opportunities at reasonable costs to play golf and enjoy the banter and social life that goes along with belonging to and being a part of any group/club/organisation/society such as ours.

We have established a tradition of supporting local organisations over the past 10 years from our Christmas Raffle and Race Night events. Every member also benefits from these fund-raising events in the form of subsidies at medal days and particularly  for  Captain’s  Day/Weekend,  thus  allowing  us  to  book  higher  quality  courses  than  we would otherwise be able to do. Last year the Society provided nearly £2000 in subsidies and,  if  attending  all  golf  days  &  Captain’s  weekend this year, you are likely to receive almost £100 each in subsidies.

By joining the Society there is the expectation that you will support both The Christmas Raffle and Race Night in ANY way you can. It is appreciated that selling Raffle tickets is not for everyone, although we did achieve a marvellous total this year due to your efforts, but if  you  weren’t able to support it, then you might be able to help with the Race Night in one of the following ways:

x Attend the Race Night yourself x Bring some friends & family along to the Race Night x Buy a horse (£5 – gives you a chance of winning £30) (Available to buy from March) x Sponsor a Race yourself if we don’t get 9 businesses (£25 – name horses/jockeys, full page advert, free drink/meal on the

night) (9 Races) x Persuade a business to Sponsor a race (Better option – then you can spend £25 on buying a horse or betting) x Find a MAIN SPONSOR for the cost of Hiring Hall, Betting slips and Publicity printing

(Sponsor’s name on Posters/Programme/Flyers + full page advert + 2 complimentary drinks & meal : £70 - £100) NB: Also, 2 free drinks and a meal on the night for member who finds a main sponsor.

x Persuade a business to place an advert in the programme (£10 half page / £15 full page with advertiser getting a complimentary drink on the night)

If we can’t find a Main Sponsor from a business contact, then those members who were unable to support the raffle might wish to help by making a donation to cover the costs of staging the event – meaning more is raised for the Society SUBSIDIES and “good”  causes.   Cost of : 1500 Flyers – black/white A5 double sided for distribution through Cholsey Village Forty Magazine (£50)** 40 Posters – colour A4 (£20)** Hall hire (£62.50) Kitchen (£10) Bar Licence (£15 Tote/Betting slips (£20) Cleaning by the caretaker the following morning (£15) ** if you have access to a photocopier then we might be able to print them without any direct cost or need to sponsor the cost – Ted Lewis, some years ago, when we had a hard copy Newsletter for each member, photocopied them at work saving the Society over £100 that year. NB: Obviously, it is not expected that those who sold/bought themselves all 50 Raffle tickets distributed to each member should feel obliged to support the Race Night other than by buying a horse or two and hopefully attending on the night, bringing with them a friend/relative/partner – you’ve done your “bit” already.

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SINGLES (25 entered) (7 byes into Round 2)

Draw for the DOUBLES Took place at Henley. We have 10 pairs entered as follows : TWO 1st round matches & 7 byes into 2nd Round 1 Ricky Cox & Siggy Mensah 2 Dave Miners & Lee Challis 3 Andy Beal & Andy Halstead 4 Dave Evans & Ian Brown 5 Ian Breakspear & Mick Nichols 6 Keith Nicholls & Lindsay Townsend 7 Clive Miners & Simon Powis 8 James Bayliss & Andy Whitehurst 9 Richard Davies & Steve Wood 10 Jon Axon & Roy Jones 1st ROUND played by MARCH 2014 A 1 v 2 B 9 v 6 2nd ROUND played by MAY 2014 A v 7 B v 4 8 v 5 3 v 10 Semi-finals to be drawn after May Medal or earlier if all 2nd R matches played.

1st ROUND 9 matches TO BE PLAYED BY or AT THE DECEMBER MEDAL 12th December at Carswelll

2nd ROUND (7 byes in 2nd R) 8 matches TO BE PLAYED BY or AT THE FEBRUARY MEDAL 21st February at Wychwood

Ian Breakspear beat Dave Evans 4&2 (Nov) Andy Halstead Simon Powis David Parsons lost to Ricky Cox 1UP (Nov) Ian Breakspear James Bayliss Lindsay Townsend TIED with Roy Jones (Nov) to replay C Keith Nicholls Lee Challis Mick Nichols beat Andy Whitehurst 3&1 Mick Nichols Jon Axon Keith Nicholls beat Peter Hannigan 3&2 C Lindsay or Roy Chris Powis Matthew Brook lost to Alex Stacey 7&5 Andy Beal Steve Wood Dave Miners lost to Andy Beal 3&1 Ricky Cox Alex Stacey Siggy Mensah lost to Lee Challis 6&5 (Oct) Ian Brown Clive Miners Clive Miners beat Richard Davies 5&3

QUARTERFINALS To be played by or at

APRIL Medal

To be drawn at February Medal at WYCHWOOD

SEMI-FINALS To be played by or at JUNE Medal

FINAL To be played by or at AUGUST Medal

Steve Greenwood Singles CHAMPION 2012-13

RULES 1. ALL matches are MATCHPLAY format. Regarding Handicaps : 3/4 difference between lowest and highest. 2. Responsibility of FIRST DRAWN name/pair to choose venue and arrange match. 3. Every effort should be made to complete matches in “good time” by COMPLETITION DATE indicated and not leave it to the last moment. 4. With agreement matches can be played on Medal Days but this is not ideal. 5. The committee have the right to amend or extend any previous COMPLETION DATES stated by which matches should be played, if there are relevant/particular circumstances. 6. Due to particular circumstances, if a player/pair wishes for a one month extension (maximum) to play his/their match, he/they must make the request to the secretary as soon as possible and make clear the reasons. The committee will let the players involved know their decision within one week of receiving the request. 7. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, the ATTENDANCE on the COMPLETION MEDAL DATE and/or the NUMBER of ATTENDANCES at MEDAL DAYS will decide the outcome of any matches NOT played by the stated COMPLETION DATE. The Committee’‛s decision is final. 8. MATCH REPORTS – the secretary would welcome reports for inclusion in the Newsletter (serious or amusing).

FIXTURES for 2013-2014 To book up a Medal Day – contact DAVE EVANS BY  THE  “BOOK  BY  DATE”  as  indicated  below :

DAVE EVANS dave.vans@virgin.net Venues in YELLOW will be subsidised.

Month DATE VENUE COSTS Tee-off BOOK BY DATE FOOD

JAN THURDSAY 23rd January

BADGEMORE PARK

£27 £30g

10:00 Thursday 16th Jan

Bacon Roll/tea/coffee on arrival Homemade Steak & Mushroom Pie

+ Apple Crumble & Custard

FEB FRIDAY

21st February WYCHWOOD £37m £40g

10:30 Friday 14th Feb

Bacon Roll/tea/coffee on arrival Carvery + Apple Pie & Custard

MAR

SHAUN BRIDGES MEMORIAL TROPHY

THURSDAY 20th March

FRILFORD HEATH

Blue Course

£45m £50g

10:30 Thursday 13th Mar

Bacon Roll/tea/coffee on arrival 2 course lunch TBA

TOUR 10/11/12/13 APRIL

TBC TBA by Dave Miners

APR THURSDAY 24th April OAK PARK £42m

£46g 10:36 Thursday

17th April Bacon Roll/tea/coffee on arrival

2 course lunch TBA

RACE NIGHT

SATURDAY 10th MAY 2014

NEW CHOLSEY VILLAGE PAVILION

same as last year

9 Race Meeting Doors open at

5:30am First Race at

6:00pm

All profits for the Society will go towards subsidising Medal

Days/Captain’‛s Day/Weekend SEE SEPARATE PAGE for DETAILS

MAY THURSDAY 22nd May

CHIPPING NORTON

£32m £36g

10:32 Thursday 15th May

Bacon Roll/tea/coffee on arrival 2 course lunch TBA

JUNE FRIDAY 20th June

CASTLE COOMBE

(includes buggy)

£50m £60g

10:20 Friday 13th June

Bacon Roll/tea/coffee on arrival 2 course lunch TBA

JUL MONDAY 21st July MAIDENHEAD £45/50m

£56g 9:00 Thursday

14th Nov Bacon Roll/tea/coffee on arrival

2 course lunch TBA

AUG THURSDAY 21st August BICESTER £35m

£44g 10:30 Thursday

14th Aug Bacon Roll/tea/coffee on arrival

2 course lunch TBA

CD/W SUNDAY 21st Sept MONDAY 22nd Sept THE BELFRY SEE NEWS & VIEWS PAGES for details

Don’t  leave  it  until  the last minute to BOOK UP.

E-mail ME NOW.

LEE CHALLIS with TIGGER

Secretary saw this in a Charity Shop and  just  couldn’t  resist it . . . .

. . . . . as recognition for LEE achieving a HOLE-in-ONE the previous month at Henley

DECEMBER 2013 CARSWELL RREEPPOORRTT THURSDAY 12th December 2013 21 members 2 guests

AALLEEXX SSTTAACCEEYY IISS TTHHEE NNEEWW TTIIGGEERR !! Something unique and strange happened at Carswell last month. Alex Stacey, whose luck has been in short supply, as too has his skill factor, suddenly recaptured his form of olde, from the last millennium, when he was a mere youngster – 44 pts is no mean feat, and no blobs, unheard of ! It couldn’t have happened to a nicer fellow, especially when he joked the previous month at Henley, “Well, that 104 isn’t great, but a lot better than 115 at Wokefield ! Perhaps I’ll do another 11shots better next month – that would be something to shout about !” His 88 was 16 shots better. The question is, can he do it again at Badgemore – going round in 72 would be unbelievable ?

TTAABBLLEESS’’ SSUUMMMMAARRYY With Lee unable to play due to a “delicate” operation, Ian Brown has moved into first place in the LEAGUE TABLE on 84 pts, after his superb round at Carswell to finish runner-up, just the 4 ahead of Dave Miners and BEHOLD, MIRACLES DO HAPPEN . . . . . Siggy Mensah in 3rd spot – his highest ever league position ! The same 3 sit atop the ECLECTIC TABLE but with, wait for it . . . . Siggy in 2nd place. Lee still leads the MERIT TABLE . . . . can anyone catch him ? Matthew Brook had a disaster, recording just the one blob, slips to 3rd, with his charismatic friend, Michael Hayward, coming in straight at number one in the BLOBBY TABLE. Although Steve Woody couldn’t make Carswell, he remains in pole position in the BIRDIE

TABLE but, mind you, that pantomime character Siggy, is right up his arse . . . perhaps “behind him” is a better phrase.

Dave Evans – with yet another WFTTS award – now into double figures !

Michael Hayward – thrilled with his wooden

pin instead of a spoon

Martin Watson, following previous members’ efforts – praying for divine intervention at next month’s Nearest-the-Pin hole – missed out on a hole-in-one by just 1½“.

Mike Robins, guest of Siggy’s, joining in with the festivities. He will need a lot more pints of guiness if he is to improve next time out – just the 14 pts.

Ricky Cox displaying his cheesy smile after recording 36 pts and devouring the Carvery !

Matthew Brook – guessed correctly the number of total blobs to win the Captain’s Sweep.

OTHER NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Pictured is  Richard  Davies  not  looking  his  best  after  yet  another  “disaster”  .  .  .  .  just  the  22pts. But he was nearest-the-pin at the par 3 6th hole – missed the putt though.. He  was  heard  muttering,  “Things  can  only  get  better”.  That’s  what  our  secretary  says  every  time  he tees off at the first !!!! Life can be hard. Martin Watson was also closest at the Nearest-the-Pin in 2 hole, just 8 ft away. FOUR members recorded holes in 2 : Ricky, Martin (couldn’t miss from 1 ½”), Alex & Dave Miners. The best Team Stableford Average was the highest ever, 36 – Jim, David Parsons, Ian and Mick Nichols. Barry Phillips won the Longest Drive with one of his huge boomer hits of 296 yds – longest so far this season.

CURRENT RECORDS THIS SEASON Nearest Nearest the Pin LEE CHALLIS (Nov) Hin1 0 feet Lowest SPOON Total MATTHEW BROOK 10 pts Second N-t-P MARTIN WATSON (Dec) 1½ inches Highest Net Score MATTHEW BROOK (Nov) 95 Lowest Net Score ALEX STACEY (Dec) 64 ALEX STACEY (Oct) 95 IAN BROWN (Dec) 64 Longest Most Blobs on the day MATTHEW BROOK (Nov) 13 Longest Drive BARRY PHILLIPS (Dec) 296 yds Highest Gross Score MATTHEW BROOK (Nov) 123 Lowest Gross Score LEE CHALLIS (Nov) 72 Worst WFTTS as judged by our secretary who is an expert in this field ! DAVE EVANS (Nov) firm drive with slight hook which was exacerbated by wind . . . . into trees – lost. Most Birdie Points on the day ALEX STACEY (Dec) 12 Nearest Nearest the Pin in 2 ANDY BEAL (Nov)

MOST CONSECUTIVE BLOBS MATTHEW BROOK 9 HENLEY holes 7-15 MOST CONSECUTIVE 1 pointers ANDY HALSTEAD 6 CARSWELL holes 5-10 MOST CONSECUTIVE 2 pointers TED L, ANDY B & ANDY W 7 HENLEY holes 11-17 & CARSWELL holes 4-10 / 11-17 MOST CONSECUTIVE 3 pointers MATTHEW BROOK 4 CARSWELL holes 3-6 MOST CONSECUTIVE 4 pointers RICKY COX 2 CARSWELL holes 4 & 5

MOST 1-POINTERS in a ROUND ANDY HALSTEAD 7 CARSWELL MOST 2-POINTERS in a ROUND ANDY BEAL 13 CARSWELL MOST 3-POINTERS in a ROUND CLIVE MINERS & MATTHEW BROOK 8 WOKEFIELD / CARSWELL MOST 4-POINTERS in a ROUND RICKY COX 4 CARSWELL

LOWEST Front 9 Total MICHAEL HAYWARD 3 CARSWELL HIGHEST Front 9 Total IAN BROWN & LEE CHALLIS 23 WOKEFIELD / HENLEY LOWEST Back 9 Total MATTHEW BROOK 5 HENLEY HIGHEST Back 9 Total ALEX STACEY 22 CARSWELL

BIGGEST CONTRAST between F/B 9 in one round DAVID PARSONS & CLIVE MINERS 10 both 19/9 at HENLEY

CAPTAIN’S  CORNER  .  .  . ! ANDY’S  ANTICS  or  should  that  be  ANTIQUES  ! Welcome to Carswell, a fine open course with not too many hazards or hideous rough in which to lose your balls; did this mean a high score was likely? There was a good turnout of club members and guests and the weather remained kind having threatened heavy rain all week. So to the scoring; some made it look easy but for others the putting surfaces played havoc with their game. Congratulations go to Alex with magnificent score of forty-four just beating Ian by one. One putt Martin did not miss - just  the  1.5”  short  on  the  nearest  the  pin  hole. The only consolation for the winner of the WFTTS, Dave E, was that he was in the last group teeing off and therefore demonstrated his driving prowess to an audience of only three, + adjudicator Lee. Recently joined member Michael collected the wooden spoon; did Adrian look disappointed not  to  add  to  his  collection?  The  captain’s  sweep  was  claimed  by  Matthew  with  a  guess  of  49  

blobs. Following the golf a splendid meal (and seconds for some) was enjoyed by all. It only remains for me to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope to see everyone at Badgemore (rain, more rain and floods permitting).

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RESULTS PAGE CARSWELL : Thursday 12th December 2013 19 members 1 guest

WINNER ALEX STACEY 44 pts Runner-Up IAN BROWN 43 pts Longest Drive BARRY PHILLIPS 296 yards hole 5 Nearest the Pin MARTIN WATSON 1½ inches hole 13 Nearest-the-Pin in 2 MARTIN WATSON 8 feet hole 15 Worst 1st Tee Tee-shot WFTTS DAVE EVANS 49 yards Description : topped hook into rough – nothing particularly special but it did bring a huge smile to Lee’‛s and the rest of the group’‛s faces.

Stableford Team Winners JIM, DAVID, MICK & IAN 36.0 Average MOST BLOBS MICHAEL HAYWARD 12 MOST BIRDIE POINTS ALEX STACEY 12 Holes-in-2 MARTIN, DAVE M, ALEX & RICKY Wooden Spoon of the Day MICHAEL HAYWARD 15 pts CAPTAIN’‛S SWEEPSTAKE MATTHEW BROOK 49 Total Blobs

MERIT POINTS (1-10 finishing order : All Nearest-the-Pin Par 3 holes, NtP in 2 and Longest Drive – 5pts each) HOLE 4 HOLE 6 HOLE 8 HOLE 13 HOLE 17 MARTIN RICHARD MARTIN MARTIN RICK

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BLOBS

Group Total

and AVERAGE F9 B9 Tot F9 B9 Tot

1

Adrian Couchman M 28.0 54 58 112 84 13 10 23 17 14 1 5 Total Matthew Brook M 28.0 50 49 99 71 17 19 36 4= 27 8 1 102 Michael Hayward M 28.0 65 56 121 93 3 12 15 19 12 3 12 Average Lindsay Townsend M 12.1 47 45 92 80 13 15 28 16 15 1 2 25.5

2

Andy Whitehurst M 18.9 50 45 95 76 14 17 31 13 18 3 3 Total Barry Phillips M 11.1 42 44 86 75 18 15 33 11= 20 6 2 127 Martin Watson M 10.5 45 45 90 79 15 14 29 14= 17 1 1 Average Andy Halstead M 11.7 45 41 86 74 15 19 34 9= 22 5 0 31.75

3

Jim Ramsey M 12.2 45 45 90 78 14 15 29 14= 17 2 2 Total David Parsons M 11.6 42 44 86 74 18 16 34 9= 22 3 1 144 Mick Nichols M 15.8 44 42 86 70 18 20 38 3 28 8 0

Average

Ian Brown M 25.9 45 45 90 64 22 21 43 2 29 9 0 36.0

4

Alex Stacey M 23.9 44 44 88 64 22 22 44 1 30 12 0

Total Dave Miners M 22.5 49 46 95 72 17 19 36 4= 27 10 2 130 Siggy Mensah M 28.0 48 51 99 71 20 16 36 4= 27 9 3 Average Mike Robins G 18.0 57 56 113 95 6 8 14 (20) (11) 2 9 32.5

5

Ricky Cox M 27.6 48 50 98 70 19 17 36 4= 27 8 0 Total Richard Davies M 23.3 52 57 109 86 14 8 22 18 13 1 4 127 Dave Evans M 28.0 50 55 105 77 18 15 33 11= 20 6 2 Average Andy Beal M 16.5 46 43 89 72 17 19 36 4= 27 3 0 31.75

(Not including any guests) Averages

Finishing Order Total BIRDIE POINTS 101 5.05 Total BLOBS 49 2.45 Total STABLEFORD POINTS 630 31.5

1 Alex Stacey 44 4= Siggy Mensah 36 13 Andy Whitehurst 31 19 Michael Hayward 15 2 Ian Brown 43 4= Matthew Brook 36 14= Jim Ramsey 29 GUEST 3 Mick Nichols 38 9= Andy Halstead 34 14= Martin Watson 29 1 Mike Robins 14 4= Dave Miners 36 9= David Parsons 34 16 Lindsay Townsend 28 4= Andy Beal 36 11= Dave Evans 33 17 Adrian Couchman 23 4= Ricky Cox 36 11= Barry Phillips 33 18 Richard Davies 22

DECEMBER 2013 2-CLUB COMPETITION GGAALLLLEERRYY FRIDAY 27th December 2013 Hadden Hill 11 members 7 guests

IAN BROWN WINNER with 16 pts on countback from Ricky Cox

JOHN McLAUGHLIN (ex-member)

Just missed out on spoon

scrapped 11 pts

BARRY PRIMMER REAL WINNER on the DAY with 19 pts (forgot to put his teeth in !)

LES ADDISON

(guest of

Ian Brown)

CRAIG SACKFIELD (guest of Ian Breakspear) TOM CHERRILL

(ex-member) Very pleased to avoid the old spoon

DAVE MINERS WFTTS WINNER

LES MITCHELL (guest of Dave Evans) SPOON WINNER with 10 pts on countback from Tom Cherrill & Adrian Couchman

MARK HEPPELTHWAITE (ex-member) This was taken BEFORE he started drinking – see last photo.

CLIVE MINERS Very happy with Raffle Result.

MATTY HARRIS Just came for the one drink to be sociable !

“If  Tommy  thinks  he’s  getting some of this then  he’s  .  .  .  .  WRONG  !”

IAN MUNDAY In  total  shock  at  being  told  he’d WON the RAFFLE 1st PRIZE - £100

LES MITCHELL “Dave,  are  all  these  piss-artists  friends  of  yours  ?”

CRAIG SACKFIELD After 16 vodka & cokes.

STEVE CROSBY (ex-member) who joined us for the drinking session – certainly wasn’t  for  the  darts – scored a big fat ZERO with 3 throws !

MICK NICHOLS getting frisky “Give  us  a  kiss,  Dave  !”

Tom Cherrill phoned Ian persuading him to buy some raffle tickets just before the draw.

BARRY PRIMMER Still afraid to show his teeth !

TOM CHERRILL Runner-Up in the Killer Pool Competition

RICKY COX as sober as the day he was born

JON AXON

adopting his ZOMBIE pose

IAN BREAKSPEAR “Mine’s  a  double,  Dave”

CLIVE MINERS celebrating his Nearest-the-Pin achievement

DAVE MINERS During the gambling session “I  wonder  what  he’s  got  in  his  hand  ?”

IAN BROWN Checking his wallet. “Have  I  spent  THAT  MUCH  !”

HAPPY HEPPY HAD A GREAT TIME

2-CLUB Competition RESULTS Friday 27th December 2013 : HADDEN HILL : 11 members 7 guests

WINNER IAN BROWN 16 pts Runner-Up on countback RICKY COX 16 pts Longest Drive LES ADDISON 189 yards hole 5 Nearest the Pin CLIVE MINERS 5 feet hole 7 Best Guest BARRY PRIMMER 19 pts Best Group Dave M, Barry, Ian Bro, Les A 15.5 average Worst 1st Tee Tee-shot DAVE MINERS 91 yards Description : topped but straight Wooden Spoon of the Day LES MITCHELL 10 pts on countback from Adrian Couchman & Tom Cherrill

Name Mem

/Gue

st

HC

Holes / SI / Length / Par

Tota

ls

POIN

TS

POSI

TION

Group Total

and AVERAGE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 15 1 5 11 3 17 13 9

490 296 397 358 352 380 120 284 190 2867 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 35

1 Adrian Couchman M 28.0

8 6 7 6 6 6 4 8 7 58 10 11

Total 31 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 10

Tom Cherrill G 12.0 7 6 6 4 6 7 3 6 4 49 10 G 6= Average 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 10

John McLaughlin G 19.0 5 7 8 7 6 4 4 6 5 52 11 G 5 10.3 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 11

2 Ian Breakspear M 17.1

6 6 7 5 6 5 4 5 4 48 14 4=

Total 37 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 14

Mick Nichols M 15.2 6 7 6 6 6 4 4 6 5 50 11 9= Average 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 11

Craig Sackfield G 20.0 8 6 6 6 5 6 4 5 4 50 12 G 4 12.3 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 12

3

Dave Miners M 22.5 7 6 5 7 7 6 5 5 3 51 14 4=

Total 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 14

Barry Primmer G 24.0 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 7 5 46 19 G 1 62 3 2 3 3 1 4 3 0 1 19

Ian Brown M 22.6 7 7 4 7 5 6 4 5 4 49 16 1= Average 1 0 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 16

Les Addison G 24.0 7 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 4 53 13 G 3 15.5 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 3 13

4

Lindsay Townsend M 12.1 6 5 6 6 5 6 4 5 4 47 12 8

Total 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 12

Les Mitchell G 28.0 7 5 6 7 7 6 6 7 6 57 10 G 6= 51 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 10

Dave Evans M 28.0 7 6 8 7 7 6 4 6 3 54 13 6= Average 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 13

Ricky Cox M 27.6 7 5 7 5 6 5 5 6 5 51 16 1= 12.75 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 16

5

Richard West M 20.2 7 6 6 5 6 5 6 8 4 53 11 9=

Total 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 11

Mark Heppelthwaite G 21.0 7 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 50 14 G 2 53 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 14

Simon Powis M 20.0 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 4 50 13 6= Average 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 13

Clive Miners M 21.3 6 6 8 3 7 6 3 5 4 48 15 3 13.25 2 1 0 4 0 2 3 2 1 15

Finishing Order 1= Ian Brown 16 6= Dave Evans 13 11 Adrian Couchman 10 4 Craig Sackfield 12 1= Ricky Cox 16 6= Simon Powis 13 GUESTS 5 John McLaughlin 11 3 Clive Miners 15 8 Lindsay 12 1 Barry Primmer 19 6= Tom Cherrill 10 4= Ian Breakspear 14 9= Richard West 11 2 Mark Heppelthwaite 14 6= Les Mitchell 10 4= Dave Miners 14 9= Mick Nichols 11 3 Les Addison 13

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Vouchers awarded as follows : Winner - £10 Runner-up - £5 Nearest-the-Pin - £5 Longest Drive - £5 Nearest-the-Pin in 2 - £5

LEAGUE TABLE 2013/14 BEST 7 count. Discounted scores highlighted.

NtP LD BOTH NtPin2 Winner Runner-Up

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1 11/6 Ian Brown 2 3 30 25 29 84 15 2 10/8 4/11 4/10 6/9 Dave Miners 3 3 25 28 27 80 3 37/1 24/2 12/7 25/2 Siggy Mensah 4 3 23 26 27 76 4 1/9 7/10 Andy Halstead 5 3 27 20 22 69 5 6/8 8/9 26/2 5/8 Ricky Cox 8 3 22 17 27 66 6 7=/9 12/10 7/9 4/9 Andy Whitehurst 7 3 21 23 18 62

7 22=/3 Alex Stacey 10 3 20 10 30 60 10

8 2/10 5/9 1=/11 20/3 Lee Challis 1 2 28 30 - 58 25

9 17/6 1/9 Andy Beal 11 2 - 29 27 56 10

10 5/10 10=/11 6/11 8/9 Dave Evans 9 3 25 8 20 53 5

11 4/9 9/7 1 /10 1/10 Barry Phillips 12 2 - 28 20 48 5 12 13/6 6/10 3/10 2/9 Clive Miners 6 2 29 17 - 46 5 13 28/3 13/6 16=/5 14/5 Mick Nichols 19= 2 - 17 28 45

14 30/3 David Parsons 19= 2 - 17 22 39 15 27/3 14/6 23/3 11/6 Lindsay Townsend 16 2 - 23 15 38

16 26/3 15/5 21/3 28/1 Martin Watson 17= 2 - 20 17 37 10

17= 35/2 18/5 Matthew Brook 25 2 - 7 27 34 17= NEW Jim Ramsey 19= 2 - 17 17 34

19 21/3 16/4 Richard West 13 1 27 - - 27 5

20 195 Stephen Wood 14 1 - 26 - 26

21= 9/7 30/1 Richard Davies 23 2 - 11 13 24

21= 22=/7½ Adrian Couchman 24 2 - 10 14 24

23 NEW Ted Lewis 15 1 - 23 - 23

24 32/2 21/2 25/2 12/5 Ian Breakspear 17= 1 - 20 - 20 25= 18/5 10=/7 9/7 21/3 Roy Jones 22 1 - 12 - 12 25= NEW Michael Hayward - 1 - - 12 12 27 NEW Michael Robins - 1 - - 11 11 - 3/9 3/10 16=/5 10/7 Keith Nicholls - - - - 7=/8 2/8 14/5 Jon Axon - - -

- 12/7 27/1 27/2 dnp Peter Hannigan - - -

- 15=/4 23/2 Grant Shergold - - -

- 24=/3 Julian Moss - - -

- 29/3 James Bayliss - - - - 31/3 17/4 10/7 16/5 Simon Powis - - -

- 34/1 Mark Samuel - - -

- 38/1 David Bowd - - -

- 39/1 19/4 Phillip Clarke - - -

- NEW Chris Powis - - - TOTAL

Ummm! Top . . . . but for how long

can I stay there ???

NOT LONG !

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The best STABLEFORD POINTS gained at each hole count towards your overall total over the season. KEY to points 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

ECLECTIC TABLE 2013/14 Stableford Points gained – individual holes throughout season (All Medal Day scores count)

POS NAMES / HOLES Position 11/12 & pts

Position 12/13 & pts

Last Month Pld 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 B9 TOT

1 Ian Brown NEW 9=/53 2 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 27 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 26 53 2 Siggy Mensah 24/30 38/25 3 3 2 2 4 1 3 3 2 4 4 25 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 27 52 3 Dave Miners 2=/55 9=/53 4= 3 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 2 3 24 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 26 50

4= Dave Evans 6=/54 6=/55 8 3 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 22 3 3 5 2 1 3 4 1 3 25 47 4= Ricky Cox 10=/50 6=/55 6= 3 2 3 3 4 4 2 2 4 2 26 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 21 47 4= Andy Halstead 2=/55 1=/57 6= 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 22 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 25 47 4= Lee Challis 12=/48 3=/56 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 26 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 21 47 8 Alex Stacey NEW 26/45 14 3 2 1 4 2 3 3 3 2 4 24 1 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 1 22 46

9= Clive Miners 1/58 15=/50 4= 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 23 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 0 21 44 9= Andy Beal 2=/55 21=/48 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 20 2 4 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 24 44 11 Mick Nichols 14=/47 27=/44 19= 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 20 2 4 3 2 1 3 1 2 3 21 41

12= David Parsons NEW 30=/41 19= 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 21 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 19 40 12= Andy Whitehurst 2=/55 3=/56 10= 3 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 20 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 20 40 14 Barry Phillips 12=/48 9=/53 12 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 4 22 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 3 17 39

15= Martin Watson 14=/47 29/43 17= 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 1 4 2 20 3 0 2 3 2 2 3 1 2 18 38 15= Matthew Brook NEW 35/31 25 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 0 2 1 18 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 20 38 17 Jim Ramsey NEW 19= 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 19 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 17 36 18 Richard West 6=/54 13=/51 10= 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 0 16 2 2 4 3 2 0 1 2 3 19 35 19 Lindsay Townsend 17 /45 27=/44 15= 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 18 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 16 34 20 Stephen Wood NEW 17=/49 13 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 0 18 2 4 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 15 33 21 Richard Davies NEW 6=/55 23 2 0 3 3 1 3 2 3 1 3 19 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 2 13 32 22 Adrian Couchman New 17=/49 24 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 3 14 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 0 0 17 31 23 Ted Lewis NEW 15= 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 12 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 18 30 24 Ian Breakspear 22/37 21=/48 17= 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 16 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 4 13 29 25 Roy Jones 10=/50 24=/46 22 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 17 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 9 26 26 Michael Hayward NEW - 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 4 12 15 27 Michael Robins NEW - 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 8 14 Keith Nicholls 8=/53 1=/57 - Jon Axon 8=/53 3=/56 - Grant Shergold NEW 13=/51 - Julian Moss NEW 17=/49 - Peter Hannigan 27/20 17=/49 - James Bayliss NEW 24=/46 - Simon Powis 16/46 30=/41 - Mark Samuel NEW 34/35 - David Bowd NEW 37/26 - Phillip Clarke NEW 39/21 - Chris Powis NEW -

Highest Front and Back 9

Lowest Front and Back 9

Yet again, still just the same ONE member

with a 5 pointer !

DDEECCEEMMBBEERR 22001133 FFAARRTTSS PPAAGGEE 33

MERIT TABLE 2013/14 Need to have played at least 5 times to be included in Final Table

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2 43 Lee Challis 1 9 1 8 10 18 10 15 25 - 3 23 Ian Brown 4 N 9 10 - 10 4 0 4 9 - 9 3 20 Dave Miners 5 7 15 5 - 5 8 0 8 7 - 7 3 19 Andy Halstead 2= 11 2 7 - 7 0 10 10 2 - 2 1 17 Richard West 2= - - 7 10 17 - - 2 16 Andy Beal 7= 1 16 - 9 0 9 7 - 7 3 16 Siggy Mensah 7= - - 3 - 3 6 0 6 7 - 7 3 15 Alex Stacey 12 N - 0 5 5 0 0 0 10 - 10 2 13 Barry Phillips 10 12 5 - 8 0 8 - 5 5 3 10 Dave Evans 6 14 13 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 Martin Watson 17= 2 - - 0 0 0 - 10 10 3 9 Ricky Cox 16 10 11 2 - 2 0 0 0 7 - 7 2 9 Clive Miners 7= 8 12 9 - 9 0 0 0 - 2 8 Mick Nichols 17= 5 - - 0 0 0 8 - 8 2 7 Matthew Brook 17= N - - 0 0 0 7 - 7 1 6 Stephen Wood 11 N 14 - 6 0 6 - 3 4 Andy  Whiteh’st 13 13 8 1 - 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 Ted Lewis 14= - N - 3 0 3 - 2 3 Lindsay  Town’d 14= - - - 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 David Parsons 17= - - 0 0 0 2 - 2 2 0 Jim Ramsey 17= - N - 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Richard Davies 17= N 7 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Adrian  Couch’n 17= N 18 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ian Breakspear 17= - - - 0 0 0 - 1 0 Roy Jones 17= 6 - - 0 0 0 - 1 0 Michael  Hayw’d - N - 0 0 0 1 0 Mike Robins - N - 0 0 0 - Jon Axon 3 3 - - - - Keith Nicholls 4 4 - - - - Peter Hannigan - 19 - - - - Mark Samuel N - - - - - Julian Moss N - - - - - Grant Shergold N - - - - - Simon Powis - - - - - - Vince West N - - - - - James Bayliss N - - - - - Steve Vink N - - - - - Phillip Clarke N - - - - - David Bowd N - - - -

MERIT TABLE POINTS

x The first 10 in order of finishing on each medal day receive 10 – 1 points.

x The Longest Drive & Nearest-the-Pin in 2 on each medal day receives 5 points.

x All the Par 3 holes count on each medal day, with the Nearest-the-Pin at each, receiving 5 points.

Tigger says that I’m unstoppable on a golf course.

He’s a clever tiger !

WFFTS VERY WORST : Dave Evans : OCT / topped, sliced 7 yards into rockery – buried in clump of heather and Out of Bounds too boot !

IAN BROWN OCT Wokefield Boring straight topped drive some 50 yards DAVE EVANS NOV Henley DISPUTED DECISION : 120 yard firm drive with slight hook aided and abetted by wind . . . . into trees – LOST  !  MATTHEW  BROOK’S  drive  was in the same place and only 119 yards !!! But it bounced out !!!! DAVE EVANS DEC Carswell Topped hook into thick rough just the 49 yds – one of his better WFTTS ! (Takes Dave into double figures since WFTTS started being recorded)

MOST BLOBS Matthew Brook 10

ALEX STACEY 9 Oct MATTHEW BROOK 13 Nov MICHAEL HAYWARD 12 Dec

RECORDS for 2013/4 :: FFAARRTTSS PPAAGGEE 44 HIGHLIGHTED – the BEST or the WORST from LAST SEASON (2012/13)

LONGEST DRIVES (yards) LONGEST : Lee Challis 310 (twice)

RICHARD WEST 265 Oct LEE CHALLIS 290 Nov BARRY PHILLIPS 296 Dec

MOST BIRDIES 10 Richard Davies, John Axon, Steve Wood, Clive Miners & Keith Nicholls

CLIVE MINERS 10 Oct IAN BROWN 10 Oct LEE CHALLIS 10 Nov ALEX STACEY 12 Dec

NEAREST-the-PINS (ft) 2x Keith Nicholls & Lee Challis CLOSEST : Alex Winters 2½ ft

DAVE EVANS 2½ Oct LEE CHALLIS 0 Nov MARTIN WATSON 1½“  Dec

WOODEN SPOONS (Points) Adrian Couchman 13 (Guest Nick Castle only scored 11)

ALEX STACEY 16 Oct MATTHEW BROOK 10 Nov MICHAEL HAYWARD 15 Dec

TEAM STABLEFORD (average group pts) 5x Andy Halstead & Lee Challis BEST AVERAGE : Keith Nicholls, Barry Phillips & David Parsons 35.3

2 DAVE MINERS 36.25 Oct / 32.75 Nov 2 IAN BROWN 36.25 Oct / 36.0 Dec 2 JIM RAMSEY 32.75 Nov / 36.0 Dec RICHARD WEST 36.25 Oct ANDY HALSTEAD 36.25 Oct ANDY BEAL 32.75 Nov STEVE WOOD 32.75 Nov DAVID PARSONS 36.0 Dec IAN BREAKSPEAR 36.0 Dec MICK NICHOLS 36.0 Dec

WORST NETT SCORE Adrian Couchman 95

ALEX STACEY 92 Oct MATTHERW BROOK 95 Nov MICHAEL HAYWARD 93 Dec

WORST GROSS SCORE Adrian Couchman 123

ALEX STACEY 115 Oct MATTHEW BROOK 123 Nov MICHAEL HAYWARD 121 Dec

BEST GROSS SCORE Lee Challis 74

LEE CHALLIS 78 Oct LEE CHALLIS 72 Nov LINDSAY TOWNSEND 80 Dec

144 HOLES-in-2 (20 in total last year) 2x Steve Greenwood, Andy Whitehurst, Keith Nicholls, Richard West & Grant Shergold

DAVE EVANS Oct RICHARD WEST Oct MICK NICHOLS Nov ANDY HALSTEAD Nov DAVID PARSONS Nov ADRIAN COUCHMAN Nov ROY JONES Nov MARTIN WATSON Dec DAVE MINERS Dec ALEX STACEY Dec RICKY COX Dec

BEST NETT SCORE Clive Miners 63

IAN BROWN 66 Oct LEE CHALLIS 65 Nov IAN BROWN 64 Dec ALEX STACEY 64 Dec

NEAREST-the-PIN in 2 (ft) New for this season LEE CHALLIS 8 Oct ANDY BEAL 4 Nov MARTIN WATSON 8 Dec

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OBVIOUS – number of BLOBS per round is recorded – total divided by number of rounds to give an average – also added % of blobs per number of holes played.

Mr BLOBBY Table 2013/14 NB: ALL BLOBS count : must have played at least 5 medals by the end of the season

Average/ round & % of blobs to holes

played Name 2011/12 2012/13

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

TOT Pld P Tot AVE % P Tot AVE %

Michael Hayward NEW - - 12 12 1 12.0 67 % Mike Robins NEW - - 9 9 1 9.0 50 % Matthew Brook NEW 2 15 7.50 42 - 13 1 14 2 7.0 39 % Richard Davies NEW 7 27 3.86 21 - 7 4 11 2 5.5 31 % Adrian  Couch’n NEW 7½ 63 8.40 47 - 6 5 11 2 5.5 31 % Alex Stacey NEW 4 17 4.25 24 9 6 0 15 3 5.0 28 % Siggy Mensah 2 18 9.0 50.0 1 7 7.00 39 5 4 3 12 3 4.0 22 % Ian Breakspear 2 5 2.5 13.9 2 5 2.50 14 - 4 - 4 1 4.0 22 % Stephen Wood NEW 5 19 3.80 21 - 4 - 4 1 4.0 22 % Clive Miners 10 42 4.20 23.3 6 21 3.50 19 3 4 - 7 2 3.5 19 % Dave Evans 11 49 4.54 25.0 10 29 2.90 16 3 5 2 10 3 3.3 19 % Roy Jones 7 16 2.29 12.7 5 20 4.00 22 - 3 - 3 1 3.0 17 % Andy Whitehurst 10 43 4.30 23.9 9 28 3.11 17 3 2 3 8 3 2.7 15 % Ricky Cox 9 30 3.33 18.5 8 22 2.75 15 4 4 0 8 3 2.7 15 % Martin Watson 5 7 1.40 7.8 3 5 1.67 9 - 4 1 5 2 2.5 14 % Jim Ramsey NEW - 3 2 5 2 2.5 14 % David Parsons NEW 3 12 4.00 22 - 3 1 4 2 2.0 11 % Ted Lewis NEW - 2 - 2 1 2.0 11 % Richard West 4 12 3.0 16.7 3 5 1.67 9 2 - - 2 1 2.0 11 % Dave Miners 11 36 3.27 18.4 8 31 3.88 22 2 1 2 5 3 1.7 9 % Lindsay  Town’d 6 14 2.33 13.0 3 5 1.67 9 - 1 2 3 2 1.5 8 % Andy Halstead 10 34 3.40 18.9 9 18 2.00 11 2 2 0 4 3 1.3 7 % Mick Nichols 6 19 3.17 17.0 3 10 3.33 19 - 2 0 2 2 1.0 6 % Ian Brown NEW 6 17 2.83 16 1 2 0 3 3 1.0 6 % Barry Phillips 7 16 2.29 12.7 9 13 1.44 8 - 0 2 2 2 1.0 6 % Andy Beal 9 16 1.88 9.9 5 21 4.20 23 - 1 0 1 2 0.5 3 % Lee Challis 9 23 2.56 14.2 10 14 1.40 8 1 0 - 1 2 0.5 3 %

Jon Axon 8 17 2.13 11.8 8 26 3.25 18

- - - - - Peter Hannigan 1 5 5.0 27.8 7 22 3.14 18 - - - - - Keith Nicholls 10 28 2.80 15.6 9 22 2.44 14 - - - - - Phillip Clarke NEW 1 6 6.00 33 - - - - - Vince West NEW 2 10 5.00 28 - - - - - David Bowd NEW 1 5 5.00 28 - - - - - Simon Powis 4 16 4.0 25.0 3 14 4.67 26 - - - - - Mark Samuel NEW 1 4 4.00 22 - - - - - Grant Shergold NEW 4 12 3.00 17 - - - - - Steve Vink NEW 1 3 3.00 17 - - - - - Julian Moss NEW 4 12 3.00 17 - - - - - James Bayliss NEW 3 6 2.00 11 - - - - - Chris Powis NEW - - - - -

BLAST and DAMNATION ! Nearly  equalled  my  mate  Matthew’s  total.

Still,  I’ll  do  even better next time.

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You get BIRDIE POINTS awarded for over 2 Stableford Points you score for each hole. ie. 3 stableford points scores 1 Birdie Point, 4 stableford pts score 2 Birdie pts, 5 scores 3 and so far since we have started this some years ago, NOBODY HAS EVER ACHIEVED 6 Stableford Points thus scoring 4 Birdie Pts at one hole. Obviously, only the HIGH handicappers can achieve this feat. ie. a hole in ONE at a hard par 3 where you have 2 shots OR an eagle at a par 4/5 where you also have two shots.

Birdie Table 2013/2014 NB: AVERAGES – All count: must have played at least 5 medals to count in Final Table

Name 2011/12 2012/13

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Aug

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Stephen Wood NEW 5 21 4.20 - 8 - 1 8 8.0 Siggy Mensah 2 5 2.50 1 6 6.00 6 7 9 3 22 7.3 Ian Brown NEW 6 20 3.33 10 3 9 3 22 7.3 Clive Miners 10 45 4.50 6 23 3.83 10 4 - 2 14 7.0 Lee Challis 9 22 2.44 10 39 3.90 4 10 - 2 14 7.0 Dave Miners 11 44 4.00 8 33 4.13 6 4 10 3 20 6.7 Ian Breakspear 2 6 3.00 2 13 6.50 - 6 - 1 6 6.0 Richard West 4 20 5.00 3 21 7.00 6 - - 1 6 6.0 Alex Stacey NEW 4 14 3.50 2 3 12 3 17 5.7 Dave Evans 11 41 3.73 10 36 3.60 9 2 6 3 17 5.7 Ricky Cox 9 25 2.78 8 32 4.00 5 2 8 3 15 5.0 Mick Nichols 6 21 3.50 3 12 4.00 - 2 8 2 10 5.0 Barry Phillips 7 15 2.14 9 30 3.33 - 4 6 2 10 5.0 Andy Halstead 10 36 3.60 9 41 4.56 5 3 5 3 13 4.3 Matthew Brook NEW 2 4 2.00 - 1 8 2 9 4.5 Martin Watson 5 19 3.80 3 10 3.33 - 6 1 2 7 3.5 Andy Beal 9 44 4.89 5 14 2.80 - 4 3 2 7 3.5 Richard Davies NEW 7 34 4.86 - 5 1 2 6 3.0 Michael Hayward NEW - - 3 1 3 3.0 Andy Whitehurst 10 37 3.70 9 33 3.67 3 2 3 3 8 2.7 David Parsons NEW 2 5 2.50 - 2 3 2 5 2.5 Jim Ramsey NEW - 3 2 2 5 2.5 Adrian Couchman NEW 7½ 16 2.13 - 3 1 2 4 2.0 Lindsay Townsend 6 10 1.67 3 10 3.33 - 3 1 2 4 2.0 Roy Jones 7 21 3.00 5 14 2.80 - 2 - 1 2 2.0 Ted Lewis NEW - 2 - 1 2 2.0 Mike Robins NEW - - 2 1 2 2.0

Keith Nicholls 10 35 3.50 9 39 4.33 - - - - Jon Axon 8 37 4.63 8 34 4.25 - - - - Peter Hannigan 1 0 0.00 7 20 2.86 - - - - Mark Samuel NEW 1 9 9.00 - - - - Julian Moss NEW 3 18 6.00 - - - - Grant Shergold NEW 4 24 6.00 - - - - Vince West NEW 2 10 5.00 - - - - Simon Powis 4 13 3.25 3 12 4.00 - - - - Steve Vink NEW 1 4 4.00 - - - - James Bayliss NEW 3 10 3.33 - - - - Phillip Clarke NEW 1 2 2.00 - - - - David Bowd NEW 1 2 2.00 - - - - Robert Samuel NEW DNP - - - - Chris Powis NEW - - - -

Well, well, well . . . STILL TOP.

So . . . I DID NOT have a nightmare

at Carswell . . . after all !

YOU  DIDN’T  WELL  BLOODY PLAY . . . but  .  .  .  .  you’ll  have  a  nightmare  

when you do !!!!!!!!!

DDEECCEEMMBBEERR 22001133 FFAARRTTSS PPAAGGEE 77

STABLEFORD POINTS 2013/2014 NB: AVERAGES All count including CD/W: must have played at least 5 times to be included in Final Table

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Ian Brown 8 31.4 37 27 42 31 43 3 116 38.7 Lee Challis 12 31.8 38 25 37 40 - 2 77 38.5 Andy Beal 7 25.0 31 22 - 36 36 2 72 36.0 Richard West 3 35.7 37 33 35 - - 1 35 35.0 Dave Miners 10 27.0 33 18 33 34 36 3 103 34.3 Barry Phillips 9 30.9 35 22 - 34 33 2 67 33.5 Clive Miners 8 28.1 42 20 39 28 - 2 67 33.5 Stephen Wood 7 28.1 34 19 - 33 - 1 33 33.0 Mick Nichols 5 28.0 32 25 - 28 38 2 66 33.0 Siggy Mensah 3 27.0 29 25 30 33 36 3 99 33.0 Andy Halstead 11 31.5 39 24 35 29 34 3 98 32.7 David Parsons 4 28.0 34 21 - 28 34 2 62 31.0 Ricky Cox 10 27.3 39 19 28 28 36 3 92 30.7 Ted Lewis NEW - 30 - 1 30 30.0 Dave Evans 12 27.4 34 19 33 22 33 3 88 29.3 Lindsay Townsend 4 31.3 33 29 - 30 28 2 58 29.0 Ian Breakspear 4 33.3 38 26 - 29 - 1 29 29.0 Martin Watson 4 27.5 31 17 - 29 29 2 58 29.0 Andy Whitehurst 10 28.6 38 20 26 30 31 3 87 29.0 Jim Ramsey NEW - 28 29 2 57 28.5 Alex Stacey 6 26.2 33 21 16 24 44 3 84 28.0 Roy Jones 6 26.3 32 19 - 26 - 1 26 26.0 Richard Davies 9 29.0 40 23 - 25 22 2 47 23.5 Adrian Couchman 9½ 17.3 23 13 - 24 23 2 47 23.5 Matthew Brook 2 19.0 24 14 - 10 36 2 46 23.0 Michael Hayward NEW - - 15 1 15 15.0 Michael Robins NEW - - 14 1 14 14.0

Grant Shergold 6 32.3 36 27 - - - - - - Simon Powis 5 26.4 34 18 - - - - - - Keith Nicholls 11 30.7 40 22 - - - - - - Jon Axon 10 29.7 38 19 - - - - - - Peter Hannigan 8 25.8 32 19 - - - - - - Mark Samuel 3 35.0 38 32 - - - - - - James Bayliss 3 32.3 34 31 - - - - - - Julian Moss 3 31.7 34 30 - - - - - - Robert Samuel 2 28.5 32 25 - - - - - - Steve Vink 1 28.0 28 28 - - - - - - Vince West 2 27.0 29 25 - - - - - - David Bowd 1 26.0 26 26 - - - - - - Phillip Clarke 3 24.3 30 21 - - - - - - Chris Powis NEW - - - - - -

A VERY happy ANDY BEAL . . . . Moving up to 3rd after playing to his

handicap for 2 consecutive months . . . as the person behind is pointing out !

DDEECCEEMMBBEERR 22001133 FFAARRTTSS PPAAGGEE 88

GROSS SCORES & AVERAGE 2013/14 All scores count including  Captain’s  Weekend  – need to have played at least 5 to be included in FINAL TABLE

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Ave Ave PGA BRA Lee Challis 85.3 81.0 78 72 - 150 2 75.0 Barry Phillips 86.4 85.2 - 82 86 168 2 84.0 Andy Halstead 94.2 88.9 85 88 86 259 3 86.3 David Parsons NEW 90.8 - 89 86 175 2 87.5 Andy Beal 92.6 96.9 - 86 89 175 2 87.5 Martin Watson 84.8 89.3 - 86 90 176 2 88.0 Ted Lewis NEW - 89 - 89 1 89.0 Mick Nichols 92.7 92.4 - 93 86 179 2 89.5 Lindsay Townsend 92.7 87.8 - 87 92 179 2 89.5 Jim Ramsey NEW - 91 90 181 2 90.5 Roy Jones 89.5 93.0 - 92 - 92 1 92.0 Clive Miners 100.0 98.9 91 97 - 188 2 94.0 Richard West 95.8 92.0 94 - - 94 1 94.0 Ian Brown NEW 103.0 94 99 90 283 3 94.3 Ian Breakspear 98.0 90.5 - 95 - 95 1 95.0 Dave Miners 97.2 99.8 98 94 95 287 3 95.7 Andy Whitehurst 101.6 97.0 101 95 95 291 3 97.0 Stephen Wood NEW 106.9 - 100 - 100 1 100.0 Siggy Mensah 118.0 108.0 106 100 99 305 3 101.7 Alex Stacey NEW 102.5 115 104 88 307 3 102.3 Ricky Cox 106.4 103.3 107 105 98 310 3 103.3 Richard Davies NEW 100.2 - 103 109 212 2 106.0 Dave Evans 106.8 106.7 103 111 105 319 3 106.3 Adrian Couchman NEW 114.3+ - 110 112 222 2 111.0 Matthew Brook NEW 116.0 - 123 99 222 2 111.0 Mike Robins NEW - - 113 113 1 113.0 Michel Hayward NEW - - 121 121 1 121.0

Peter Hannigan 106.0 103.0 - - - - Grant Shergold NEW 98.7 - - - - Simon Powis 95.4 98.4 - - - - Jon Axon 92.0 93.3 - - - - Keith Nicholls 93.8 90.4 - - - - Vince West NEW 106.0 - - - - Julian Moss NEW 102.0 - - - - Steve Vink NEW 101.0 - - - - Phillip Clarke NEW 95.7 - - - - Mark Samuel NEW 92.3 - - - - David Bowd NEW 92.0 - - - - James Bayliss NEW 81.7 - - - - Robert Samuel NEW 91.0 - - - - Chris Powis NEW - - - -

Individual BEST WORST

VERY BEST OVERALL

LAST YEAR : Kyle Crosby 75

VERY WORST OVERALL

LAST YEAR : Siggy Mensah 126

VERY BEST OVERALL

LAST YEAR : Lee Challis 74 VERY WORST OVERALL

LAST YEAR : Adrian Couchman 123

Individual BEST WORST

Well, Alex’s dream came true . . . . improved by 11 shots at

Henley compared to Wokefield, and then

ANOTHER 16 shots at Carswell.

BUT that’s still not as much as

MY IMPROVEMENT . . . 24 shots better !

144

DDEECCEEMMBBEERR 22001133 FFAARRTTSS PPAAGGEE 99

NET SCORES & AVERAGE 2013/14 All scores count including  Captain’s  Weekend need to have played at least 5 to be included in FINAL TABLE

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Ian Brown NEW 8 601 75.13 66 74 64 204 3 68.0 Lee Challis 11 873 79.36 12 898 74.83 71 65 - 136 2 68.0 Andy Beal 11 831 75.55 7 572 81.71 - 69 72 141 2 70.5 Stephen Wood NEW 7 552 78.86 - 72 - 72 1 72.0 Barry Phillips 7 549 78.42 9 678 75.33 - 70 75 145 2 72.5 Dave Miners 13 1019 78.38 10 795 79.50 75 71 72 218 3 72.7 Siggy Mensah 4 368 92.00 3 240 80.00 78 72 71 221 3 73.0 Clive Miners 12 951 79.25 8 628 78.50 69 77 - 146 2 73.0 Mick Nichols 7 549 78.43 5 387 77.40 - 77 70 147 2 73.5 Richard West 5 369 73.80 3 211 70.33 74 - - 74 1 74.0 Andy Halstead 12 951 79.25 11 827 75.18 73 76 74 223 3 74.3 Ted Lewis NEW - 75 - 75 1 75.0 David Parsons NEW 4 315 78.75 - 77 74 151 2 75.5 Ricky Cox 11 869 79.00 10 773 77.30 80 78 70 228 3 76.0 Lindsay  Towns’d 7 559 79.86 3 228 76.00 - 74 80 154 2 77.0 Martin Watson 6 454 75.67 4 317 79.25 - 76 79 155 2 77.5 Jim Ramsey NEW - 78 78 156 2 78.0 Ian Breakspear 3 242 80.67 4 293 73.25 - 78 - 78 1 78.0 Andy Whitehurst 12 964 80.33 10 775 77.50 82 76 76 234 3 78.0 Dave Evans 13 1041 80.08 12 947 79.75 75 83 77 235 3 78.3 Alex Stacey NEW 6 482 80.33 92 80 64 236 3 78.7 Roy Jones 8 620 77.50 6 485 80.83 - 79 - 79 1 79.0 Richard Davies NEW 9 692 76.89 - 80 86 166 2 83.0 Adrian  Couch’n NEW 9½ 820+ 86.32 - 82 84 166 2 83.0 Matthew Brook NEW 2 176 88.00 - 95 71 166 2 83.0 Michael Hayward NEW - - 93 93 1 93.0 Mike Robins NEW - - 95 95 1 95.0

Jon Axon 10 734 72.40 10 771 77.10 - - - - Keith Nicholls 11 852 77.45 11 858 78.00 - - - - Grant Shergold NEW 6 444 74.00 - - - - Simon Powis 5 394 78.80 5 400 80.00 - - - - Peter Hannigan 2 166 83.00 8 645 80.63 - - - - Mark Samuel NEW 3 219 73.00 - - - - James Bayliss NEW 3 222 74.00 - - - - Julian Moss NEW 3 227 75.67 - - - - Steve Vink NEW 1 77 77.00 - - - - Robert Samuel NEW 2 156 78.00 - - - - David Bowd NEW 1 78 78.00 - - - - Vince West NEW 2 160 80.00 - - - - Phillip Clarke NEW 3 251 83.67 - - - - Chris Powis NEW - - - -

VERY BEST OVERALL LAST YEAR WAS – CLIVE MINERS with 63 VERY WORST OVERALL LAST YEAR WAS – ADRIAN COUCHMAN with 95

Don’t  worry  Clive,  with  the way Alex is playing,

not to mention Matthew Brooks too, someone is going to break the 60

barrier this year !

64 . . . . Not bad . . . .

for amateurs ! But still not as good

as my 63 last year !

December 2013 JOKE PAGE 1

A woman went through a red traffic light and crashed into a man's car. Both of their cars are demolished but amazingly neither of them is hurt. After they crawled out of their cars, the woman said; "Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but fortunately we are unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days." The man replied," I agree with you completely. This must be a sign from God! The woman continued, "And look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished, but my bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune." Then she hands the bottle to the man. The man nods his head in agreement, opens it, drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man. The man asks, "Aren't you having any?" She replies, "Nah. I think I'll just wait for the police." Adam ate the apple, too! Men will never learn! Four brothers left home for university, and they became successful doctors and lawyers. One evening, many years later, they chatted after having dinner together. They discussed the 95th birthday gifts they were able to give their elderly mother, who had moved to Florida. The first said, "You know, I had a big house built for Mama." The second said, " And I had a large theatre built in her house." The third said, "And I had my Mercedes dealer deliver an SL600 to her." The fourth said, "You know how Mama loved reading the Bible, and you know she can't read anymore because she can't see very well. I met a preacher who told me about a parrot who could recite the entire Bible. It took ten preachers almost 8 years to teach him. To get the bird, I had to pledge to contribute $50,000 a year for five years to the church, but it was worth it. Mama only has to name the chapter and verse, and the parrot will recite it." The other brothers were impressed. After the celebration, Mama sent out her "Thank You" notes. She wrote: Milton, the house you built is so huge that I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house. Thanks anyway." "Marvin, I am too old to travel. I stay home; I have my groceries delivered, so I never use the Mercedes. But the thought was good. Thanks." "Michael, you gave me an expensive theatre with Dolby sound and it can hold 50 people, but all of my friends are dead, I've lost my hearing, and I'm nearly blind. I'll never use it. Thank you for the gesture, just the same." "Dearest Melvin, you were the only son to have the good sense to give a little thought to your gift. The chicken was delicious. Thank you so much." Love, Mama

ITALIAN SECRET for LONG MARRIAGE

At St. Peter's Catholic Church in Toronto , they have weekly husband's marriage seminars. At the session last week, the priest asked Giuseppe, who said he was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same Woman all these years. Giuseppe replied to the assembled husbands, 'Wella, I'va tried to treat her nicea, spenda da money on her, but besta of all is, I tooka her to Italy for the 25th anniversary!' The priest responded, 'Giuseppe, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here! Please tell us what you are planning for your wife for your 50th anniversary?' Giuseppe proudly replied, " I gonna go pick her up......"

Man/Woman Conversation Woman: Do you drink beer? Man: Yes Woman: How many beers a day? Man: Usually about 3 Woman: How much do you pay per beer? Man: $5.00 which includes a tip (This is where it gets scary !) Woman: And how long have you been drinking? Man: About 20 years, I suppose Woman: So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, it would be approximately $5400 ...correct? Man: Correct Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past20 years puts your spending at $108,000, correct? Man: Correct Woman: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari? Man: Do you drink beer? Woman: No Man: Where's your Ferrari?

December 2013 JOKE PAGE 2 Men Are Just Happier People

NICK NAMES · If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. · If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Dickhead and Shit for Brains. EATING OUT · When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back. · When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators. MONEY · A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs. · A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's in the sale. BATHROOMS · A man has seven items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, deodorant, a bar of soap, and a towel. · The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items. ARGUMENTS · A woman has the last word in any argument. · Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. FUTURE · A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. · A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. SUCCESS · A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. · A successful woman is one who can find such a man. MARRIAGE · A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. · A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does. DRESSING UP · A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail. · A man will dress up for weddings and funerals. NATURAL · Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. · Women somehow deteriorate during the night. OFFSPRING · Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams. · A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!

A Beautiful CHRISTMAS Story. . . . . . . . . . . makes you understand that things happen for a reason The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first ministry, to reopen a church in suburban Brooklyn , arrived in early October excited about their opportunities When they saw their church, it was very run down and needed much work. They set a goal to have everything done in time to have their first service on Christmas Eve. They worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls, painting, etc, and on December 18 were ahead of schedule and just about finished. On December 19 a terrible tempest - a driving rainstorm hit the area and lasted for two days. On the 21st, the pastor went over to the church. His heart sank when he saw that the roof had leaked, causing a large area of plaster about 20 feet by 8 feet to fall off the front wall of the sanctuary just behind the pulpit, beginning about head high. The pastor cleaned up the mess on the floor, and not knowing what else to do but postpone the Christmas Eve service, headed home. On the way he noticed that a local business was having a flea market type sale for charity so he stopped in. One of the items was a beautiful, handmade, ivory colored, crocheted tablecloth with exquisite work, fine colors and a Cross embroidered right in the center. It was just the right size to cover up the hole in the front wall. He bought it and headed back to the church. By this time it had started to snow. An older woman running from the opposite direction was trying to catch the bus.. She missed it. The pastor invited her to wait in the warm church for the next bus 45 minutes later. She sat in a pew and paid no attention to the pastor while he got a ladder, hangers, etc., to put up the tablecloth as a wall tapestry. The pastor could hardly believe how beautiful it looked and it covered up the entire problem area. Then he noticed the woman walking down the center aisle. Her face was like a sheet. "Pastor," she asked, "where did you get that tablecloth?" The pastor explained. The woman asked him to check the lower right corner to see if the initials, EBG were crocheted into it there. They were. These were the initials of the woman, and she had made this tablecloth 35 years before, in Austria The woman could hardly believe it as the pastor told how he had just gotten the Tablecloth. The woman explained that before the war she and her husband were well-to-do people in Austria. When the Nazis came, she was forced to leave. Her husband was going to follow her the next week. He was captured, sent to prison and never saw her husband or her home again. he pastor wanted to give her the tablecloth; but she made the pastor keep it for the church. The pastor insisted on driving her home, that was the least he could do. She lived on the other side of Staten Island and was only in Brooklyn for the day for a housecleaning job. What a wonderful service they had on Christmas Eve. The church was almost full. The music and the spirit were great. At the end of the service, the pastor and his wife greeted everyone at the door and many said that they would return. One older man, whom the pastor recognized from the neighborhood continued to sit in one of the pews and stare, and the pastor wondered why he wasn't leaving. The man asked him where he got the tablecloth on the front wall because it was identical to one that his wife had made years ago when they lived in Austria before the war and how could there be two tablecloths so much alike. He told the pastor how the Nazis came, how he forced his wife to flee for her safety and he was supposed to follow her, but he was arrested and put in a prison. He never saw his wife or his home again all the 35 years in between. The pastor asked him if he would allow him to take him for a little ride. They drove to Staten Island and to the same house where the pastor had taken the woman three days earlier. He helped the man climb the three flights of stairs to the woman's apartment, knocked on the door and he saw the greatest Christmas reunion he could ever imagine.

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Lee Challis 6.9 4.9 DNP 2 0 4.9 Club HC : Winner 1.0 & adjustment 0.8 (Henley) 6.9 HH James Bayliss 8 8 DNP 2 0 8 Club HC 8 G&S Martin Watson 9.9 10.5 29 2 0 10.5 Club HC 10.5 Barry Phillips 11.1 11.1 33 2 0.3 11.4 Below buffer adjustment

David Parsons 11.6 11.6 34 2 0 11.6 Club HC 11.6 G&S Andrew Halstead 11.7 11.7 34 2 0 11.7 Club HC 11.7 HH Phil Clarke 11.8 11.8 DNP 2 0 11.8 Club HC 11.8 G&S Keith Nicholls 12.9 12.9 DNP 2 0 12.9 Club HC 13.8 G&S Jim Ramsey 13 12.2 29 3 0 12.2 Club HC 12.2 Carsw’l Lindsay Townsend 13.2 12.1 28 3 0 12.1 Club HC 12.1 G&S Roy Jones 13 13 DNP 2 0 13 Club HC 13 G&S Robert Samuel 13 13 DNP 3 0 13

Ted Lewis 14 14 DNP 3 0 14 Club HC 14 G&S David Bowd 14.3 14.3 DNP 3 0 14.3

Mick Nichols 15.5 15.8 38 3 -0.6 15.2 Above buffer adjustment

Jon Axon 16.8 16.8 DNP 3 0 16.8 Club HC 16.2 Andy Beal 17 16.5 36 3 0 16.5 Club HC / Society HC lower 18 HH Ian Breakspear 16.8 17.1 DNP 3 0 17.1

Michael Robins 18 18 14 3 0 18 Going to join (I think) ? Mark Samuel 18.5 18.5 DNP 3 0 18.5 Club HC 18.5 Stone’m Andy Whitehurst 18.9 18.9 31 3 0 18.9 Club HC 18.9 G&S Alex Stacey 23.3 23.9 44 4 -4.2 19.7 1 shot winner, and 3.2 for Score below handicap

Simon Powis 20 20 DNP 3 0 20

Richard West 20.2 20.2 DNP 4 0 20.2

Clive Miners 20.1 21.3 DNP 3 0 21.3 Club HC : Society HC lower 23.0 G&S Ian Brown 28 25.9 43 4 -3.8 22.1 0.5 Runner up, and 2.8 for Score below handicap

Steve Vink 22.3 22.3 DNP 4 0 22.3

Dave Miners 22.5 22.5 36 4 0 22.5

Peter Hannigan 23 23 DNP 4 0 23 Club HC 23 G&S Richard Davies 23 23.3 22 4 0.3 23.6 Below buffer adjustment

Chris Powis 22 24 DNP 4 0 24 New member – need to confirm HC

Grant Shergold 24 24 DNP 4 0 24

Vince West 26.6 26.6 DNP 4 0 26.6

Julian Moss 26.6 26.6 DNP 4 0 26.6

Ricky Cox 27 27.6 36 4 0 27.6

Adrian Couchman 28 28 23 4 0 28

Dave Evans 28 28 33 4 0 28

Matthew Brook 28 28 36 4 0 28

Michael Hayward 28 28 15 4 0 28

Siggy Mensah 28 28 36 4 0 28

Stephen Wood 28 28 DNP 4 0 28

KEY Player Attended Carswell NB: Any cuts for Winning (1.0) or being Runner-up (0.5) on medal days DO NOT COUNT if you are playing a COMPETITION MATCH or the 2-CLUB.

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Indicates Winner & Runner Up

20th FEBRUARY 2003 Stab Pts Stab Pts Stab Pts 1 Derek Rawlings 36 12 Russell Kempson 30 23 Matt Stenning 21 2 Brian Corker 35 12 Mick Reddan 30 3 Keith Nicholls 34 14 Rick Holt 29 GUESTS 3 Kevin Taylor 34 14 Tony Behan 29 Asa Phillips 40 5 Andy Rawson 33 16 Dave Evans 28 Lyle Phillips 33 5 John McLaughlin 33 17 Jason Marcham 26 Kevin Huxtable 32 7 Dave Miners 32 18 Mick Nichols 25 James Bayliss 32 8 Bob McLaughlin 31 18 Paul Davies 25 Barry Rawlings 32 8 Clive Miners 31 18 Roy Jones 25 8 Mal Devlin 31 21 Barry Phillips 24 8 Ashley Kempson 31 22 Ricky Cox 22

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Hole Par SI length

1 4 11 337

2 5 7 486

3 4 1 455

4 3 13 217

5 4 5 349

6 3 15 191

7 4 17 341

8 4 3 390

9 4 9 442

Fr9 35 3208 10 4 12 332

11 4 2 434

12 4 18 292

13 3 8 187

14 4 6 339

15 4 14 303

16 4 4 421

17 3 16 171

18 4 10 319

Ba9 34 2798 Totals 69 SSS

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JAN 2010 Finishing Order

1= Ian Breakspear 33

1= Dave Miners 33

3 Barry Phillips 32

4 Clive Miners 31

5= Andy Whitehurst 28

5= Lindsay Townsend 28

7 Mal Devlin 25

8 Ricky Cox 19

9 Keith Nicholls 13

G James Bayliss 24

Jan 2012 Finishing Order

1 Keith Nicholls 39 11= Steve Crosby 25

2 Simon Powis 36 14 Andy Halstead 24

3 Richard West 35 15 Dave Evans 23

4= Dave Miners 33 16 Shaun Bridges 22

4= Andy Beal 33 17 Mick Nichols 21

6 Lee Challis 29 GUESTS

7 Barry Phillips 28 1 Matthew Fenton 34

8= Mal Devlin 27 2 John McLaughlin 33

8= Lindsay Townsend 27 3= Tom Cherrill 24

8= Ricky Cox 27 3= Dave Fuhrmann 24

11= Clive Miners 25 5 Peter Hawker 17

11= Chris Powis 25

JAN 2007 Finishing Order

John McLaughlin 43 Simon Powis 29

Clive Miners 36 Kevin Roberts 29

Alan Walker 36 Dave Fuhrman 28

Andy Whitehurst 35 Lee Hughes 27

Stuart Sears 34 Kevin Cole 27

Mick Nichols 32 Frank Loynes 27

Mal Devlin 32 Derek Rawlings 27

Julian Moss 32 Kevin Taylor 26

Ted Lewis 32 Siggy Mensah 25

Lindsay Townsend 30 Rick Holt 25

Andy Rawson 30 Dave Miners 24

Tommy Charmers 30 Vince West 22

Chris Holleran 30 Ian Munday 21

Finishing Order DECEMBER 2012 1 Richard Davies 40 12= Stephen Wood 26 2 Richard West 37 14 Dave Miners 25 3 Keith Nicholls 36 15= Andy Beal 22 4 Lindsay Townsend 33 15= Adrian Couchman 22 5= Dave Evans 32 17 Peter Hannigan 19 5= Barry Phillips 32 GUESTS 7 Bryan Regan 31 1 John McLaughlin 36 8 Julian Moss 30 2 Tom Cherrill 33 9 Andy Whitehurst 29 3 Dave Fuhrmann 30

10= Ricky Cox 28 4 Ian Munday 30 10= Steve Vink 28 5 James Bayliss 27 12= Lee Challis 26

Finishing Order Jan 2011

1= Siggy Mensah 37 7= Dave Miners 32 13= Keith Nicholls 29

1= Barry Phillips 37 7= Steve Greenwood 32 13= Ian Breakspear 29

3 Simon Powis 36 10= Matthew Brook 30 17 Roy Jones 28

4 Martin Warson 35 10= Andy Whitehurst 30 18= Steve Vink 25

5= Mick Nichols 33 10= Peter Hannigan 30 18= Clive Miners 25

5= Lee Challis 33 13= Mal Devlin 29 G Dave Fuhrmann 35

7= Dave Evans 32 13= Frank Mansfield 29 G Charlie Spencer 21

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Badgemore Henley-on-Thames Oxon RG9 4NR

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20 APRIL2000 Pts 1 Kevin Roberts 32 2 Bob McLaughlin 31 Paul Whiting 31 4 Dave Evans 30 Mark Hamilton-F 30 6 Martin Curtis 29 Malcolm Dunton 29 Lindsay Townsend 29 9 Barry Phillips 28 10 Mal Devlin 26 Doug Graham 26 12 Keith Nicholls 25 Dave Miners 25 Ricky Cox 25 15 Mick Nichols 24 Guest M Shand 24 Guest G England 23 Guest Gareth Holland 21

A4130 - from Wallingford

Clubhouse Can come round the back way via Highmoor from Nettlebed