February Monthly Medal - Turrell dances on ice!
(from our roving reporter S. Hudson)
Once again 21 members of the "extreme golfing" sub-section of the Seniors, wrapped up like Emperor Penguins, braved -3 below temperatures to play. "Its golf Jim but not as we know it." With frozen fairways offering driving distances to rival Alvaro Quiros's best and greens with more bouncing balls than the National Lottery, record high scores were recorded by many. Yet with all the grace and skill of a Torvill and Dean rolled into one, Phil Turrell skated his way to the winners rostrum with an amazing nett 73 to take gold for Fulbeck. Leaving Peter Bishop 78 and Mike Griffiths 79 not to mention the rest of us trailing behind. Congratulations.
For those following the Frostbite Pat Stanford leads with 40 from Peter Bishop 38 drawing away from David Toule 33.
January Stableford - Toule warms up for summer!
36 seniors emerged from their winter hibernation to enjoy the exceptional conditions on the course. The final dormouse was Terry Barker arriving at 8.30am just as the first threeball were teeing off. Captain Ian promptly relieved him of £2 for late arrival. The weather and Angus's continued generosity with the tee positions, rendering gender changes unnecessary, produced some excellent scoring with 12 players recording 36 points or better!! This resulted in a CSS of 70 and 5 players having the handicappers scalpel applied. The usual suspects made their way to the top of the leader board with the best being David Toule 42 from Pat Stanford 42 and Ray Woodcock 40.
Latest Frostbite leaders are: Ray Woodcock 28, David Toule 32 and Pat Stanford 34. Steve has updated the full table here and the Frostbite here.
BELTON WOODS SENIORS 2012 SUMMER SEASON
The Seniors 2011 summer competition season will run throughout British Summer Time i.e. from 27 March to 30 October and will comprise the following:
Les Hanford Trophy- Singles match play knockout.
The Les Hanford Trophy is a singles knockout match play competition completed in a series of rounds starting in April and concluding in October.
The format for the knockout is match play using the full handicap difference and played from the yellow tees. All Players must complete their matches by the due date. Where one of the players is unable to play by the due date they will forfeit the match. If neither player can agree a suitable date the match will be decided by the toss of a coin.
Knockout Plate Competition
A Plate competition will be run for losers of the preliminary and first rounds of the Les Hanford Trophy. The format is the same as the competition shown above.
Peter Driver Memorial Cup
Members compete in an individual medal competition off yellow tees with full handicap allowance for the Peter Driver Memorial Cup on Wednesday 6th April.
Ian Powell Cup (Captains Cup)
Members compete in an individual stableford competition off yellow tees with full handicap allowance for the Ian Powell trophy on Captain’s Day Wednesday 6th July.
Hamilton Smith Trophy
Members compete in an individual stableford competition off yellow tees with full handicap allowance for the Hamilton Smith Trophy on the Seniors Away Day TBA
Peter Prior Trophy
The Peter Prior Trophy is awarded to the winners of a pair’s better ball competition to be played on 20th July. The intention of the competition is to give high handicap players a better chance of winning a Club Trophy by drawing pairs, matching together as far as is possible, players with the lowest handicap with players with the highest handicap. The format is a better ball stableford competition off the yellow tees with ¾ handicap allowance.
Tom Lambert Cup
The Tom Lambert Cup is an individual stableford competition off yellow tees with full handicap allowance played on 10th August.
Memorial Trophy
The Memorial Trophy is a Medal competition off yellow tees played over two rounds, one on each course, with full handicap allowance. The winner is the player with the best combined net score over the two rounds. .The competition will be played over the Monthly Medal 17th August and Monthly Medal 14th September.
Scratch Competition
This will be a Medal competition played off the yellow tees played on 24th August. Trophies will be presented to the two players with the lowest individual scratch (gross) scores according to their handicap.
- Player with a handicap of 18 or less
- Player with a handicap of 19 or more.
Driver Trophy
The Driver Trophy is for the player who achieves the best results in inter-club matches. All those playing in 50% or more matches will be compared. The winner is the player with the highest percentage of wins to games played.
Monthly Competitions
Each month we hold a monthly medal and a monthly stableford competition. Results from these competitions are recorded throughout the season and used to award the following additional trophies:
Summer Eclectic
Over the period of the summer each time a member plays in a monthly competition their best gross score for each hole played will be used to compile a card for each course. At the end of the season the winner is the player with the lowest net combined score over both course based on their full handicap at the end of the competition.
George Franklin Cup
The George Franklin Cup is for the player with the best single (net) monthly medal round played in the year.
Jeff Benton Cup
The Jeff Benton Cup is awarded to the player with the 3 best monthly stableford rounds played in the year.
Secretary’s Salver
The Secretary’s Salver is awarded to the player with the 3 best monthly medal rounds played in the year.
18 and under Bowl & 19 Plus Handicap Trophy
These trophies are awarded to players with relevant handicaps at the end of the summer season with the best average of all monthly stableford and medal matches played.
Steve Hudson
Seniors Competitions and Handicaps Secretary