My first competition on becoming
Seniors Captain is over and done
with. My Xmas Am-Am shot gun
start at 9.30am on 7/12/11. It
was a very successful day played
in trying conditions of a very
cold wind and at one point
sleet, but on the main greens.
We were very well fed on our
return to the club house with
Bangers & Mash, Onion Gravy and
Mushy Peas (Thanks to Dick,
Elaine & young Richard) which
soon warmed us all up.
The winners were Alan James,
Graham Grady, David Lang & David
Johnson 83 pts l/r
2nd - Roy Nightingale, David
Clinton, Malcolm Siddons & Don
Owen 83pts
3rd - Andy Coupland, John
Nuttall, Mick Remington & Harry
Pettman 79pts l/r
4th - David Rudkin, Ivan Imlay,
John Pardoe & Howard Linsley
79pts l/r
5th - Gareth Jones, Alan Wright,
Bryan Fallows & Johnny
Johnson 79pts l/r
6th - Alan Adams, Jeff
Breese, David Martin & Ian
Bowler 79pts
7th - Bob Taylor, Dennis Thorpe,
Keith Dobney & David Straker
78pts l/r
8th - Neil Pearson, Nick Downey,
Sil Ekanayake & Andy
Timmins 78pts
9th - Alistair Sutton, Roger
Snow, Vince Pascarella & Bob
Rowlett 77pts
Booby - Peter Hubbard, Andy
Tyler, Colin Richards & Rod Ward
LAST
Thanks to Eric for his
assistance with the draw and to
John Pardoe & David Rudkin for
sorting the cards. As you can
see it was very close by all the
local rule results.
Finally thanks to my trusty Vice
Graham for the prize
distributions and snap shots.
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Yet even more success for GGGC
Seniors at Kilworth Springs. The
following team of Peter Hubbard,
Phil Adcock, Jyot Gokani and Brian
Fagin came in with an amazing 88
points to win the Xmas Am-Am on
13/12/11 by 5 points from a team
from Sutton Coldfield. The
conditions were blustery and very
chilly but I imagine that the guys
were very warm inside after this
terrific win.
Congratulation boys well done!!!
Ivan Imlay - 14/12/2011
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Yet more success for Glen Gorse
Seniors at Kilworth Springs.
Congratulations to Bob Rowlett on
winning the recent Winter Series
with a monumental 41 points. Keith
Dobney was a creditable 5th followed
by the evergreen Brian Fagin.
It's great to see Glen Gorse names
to the fore. Gents keep up the
scores.
Ivan Imlay - 09/12/2011
MORE SUCCESS AT KILWORTH SPRINGS
This is my first report since I
became Captain and I'm very pleased
to announce the following:-
Yet another first for Glen Gorse
Golf Club at the third (of nine)
Seniors Winter Series at Kilworth
Springs GC. Glen Gorse managed a
clean sweep claiming the first three
places:
1st Keith Dobney 41pts local rule
2nd Pete Hubbard 41 pts local rule
3rd Dave Pretty 39 pts local rule
Congratulations and very well done
boys. I understand the conditions
were favourable and around forty
players entered.
Keep up the good work and watch this
space for more successes.
Ivan Imlay - 15/11/2011
Kilworth Springs Success
On the first
competition of the Kilworth Springs winter
competitions Glen Gorse got off to a flying
start.
Joyat
Gokani won with a great 42 pts.
In the
second competition Roy Nightingale
managed a creditable 39pts in cold and windy
conditions to claim fourth place.
Keith Dobney
Seniors Foursomes Knockout
The final
of the Seniors Foursomes knockout was played
today. The experience and skill of Alan
James & Brian Fagin were stiff opposition
for George Perkins & Mike Smith to cope with
today in very windy conditions.
The former
played really well and as often happens luck
favoured the pair on the front foot.
Congratulations to Brian and Alan for a well
earned victory although my Vice Captain and
I thought that they were very lucky to put
us out in the first round!!!!
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Keith Dobney
( Seniors Captain)
May I give you a report on the Seniors Open
held yesterday, 7th Sept. One hundred and
thirty three members and visitors took part
on a blustery but not too bad a weather day.
Francis had placed some tricky pin
positions, which with the wind proved a good
challenge.
First place went to the pair defending
their title from last year with a great
42 pts, Bob Blair & Ted Weston.
2nd were the pair of Geoff Peck & Alan
Adams with 41 pts.
3rd went to Brian Fagin & John Carruthers
with 40 pts on local rule.
4th went to Peter Wynn & Ian Jameson
with 40 pts on local rule.
5th went to Ian Bowler & Keith Cooper
with 40 pts on local rule.
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The visitor’s prize went to the pairing
from Burton, Vic Babb & Brian Phillips,
with a creditable 39 pts.
Keith Hopewell & Ted Weston had nearest the
pin prizes with Ted Weston plundering a
"two" for good measure, not a bad days
work!!
My grateful thanks to
the President, the Ladies section, my
Seniors section &
to all the Glen Gorse staff (the bar &
catering, the greenkeepers & to Dominic) for
their most welcome help in making the day go
so well.
Keith Dobney (Seniors Captain)
Lindrick Golf Club Senior Open Men's Better
Ball - Monday, 4th July.
I am quite
proud to let you know that Steve Hemmings
and myself won this competition on Monday at
this historic and prestigious golf course.
We started
off in a very average way, but managed to
accumulate 5 birdies on the last 13 holes.
We also managed 19 points on the last 7
holes to reach 42 points and win on
countback.
We had a
birdie on the iconic 18th hole 210yd par 3
to clinch the victory.
Mick
Remington - 6th July 2011
Congratulations to Dewi Paylor & Malc
Siddons for winning the Kilworth Springs
better ball open with 46pts.
Well done to Brian Fagin in finishing close
to the top of the Winter order of merit
table for the open competitions held at
Kilworth.
Brian also has selected a team to compete in
the regional Seniors Spondon Cup and sailed
through the first round with a 7-1 victory
at Beeston Fields. I wouldn't like to play
against the Glen Gorse team with the likes
of Messrs Pearson, Adams, James, Fagin,
Pretty etc.
Good luck in the coming rounds gents.
Keith Dobney (Seniors Captain) - 18/04/2011
Forty-four Seniors supported my away day at
Peterborough Milton on the warmest day of
the year so far. Peterborough Milton is a
fine course, which is fairly flat and not
over long but still a good test. The
hospitality was excellent despite our
first/second team giving them a good hiding
on the previous Saturday. The teams were
drawn from selected handicap groups and it
proved to be a good contest.
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First were the team of N.Pearson B.Fallows
H.Fisher & my trusty Vice Ivan Imlay with a
score of 86pts.
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Second were N.Gray J.Pardoe D.Straker &
H.Lindsley with 85pts.
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Third the team of P.Hubbard D.Owen T.Mobbs &
J.Nuttall with 84 pts.
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Fourth on local rule were N.Smith B.Rowlett
T.Bray & H.Pettman with 83pts.
The individual prize went to Neil Gray with
37pts.
Nearest the pin went to John Pardoe.
My grateful thanks to my vice captain for
his solid support and to all our members for
supporting the day.
Keith Dobney (Seniors Captain)
The Seniors held their Spring Greensome
competition on Wednesday. We were treated to a
beautiful summers day but for some reason the
scoring was not easy (nothing to do with golfing
ability). Forty four took part and the result
was quite close in the end, I'm looking forward
to Eric and Stan talking me through a couple of
"interesting" holes they experienced, the air
might have been a bit blue!!
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In first place was the pair of Mick
Remington & Ted Weston with a fine 84-13 =
net 71
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Second place went to Terry Mobbs & the canny
Scot Harris Fisher with 88-16 = net 72
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Third place was Alan Adams & Geoff Peck with
a very creditable 81-8 = net 73
My grateful thanks to the members who filled in
to complete the field and to my cameraman,
Vice-Captain Ivan.
Keith Dobney (Seniors Captain)
SENIORS
AM-AM 16-02-2011
After two
unsuccessful attempts at arranging this pre
Christmas competition we were at last blessed
with some faily reasonable weather for our third
attempt,52 members took part.
It was my
first competition as Captain of the Seniors,but
feels like I am half way through the season!!
Apart from the
postponements due to snow,illness,holidays and
injuries led to a steady stream of
withdrawals,my very grateful thanks go to all
those who stepped up and filled the places.
To Francis who
went out of his way to get us on the full
greens,to Dominic for his assistance with all
the signing in and giving out the cards,to
Elaine,young Rich and their staff a big
thankyou,it all helps greatly to make it a
successful day.
Last but not
least thanks to my Vice and John Pardoe for
their invaluable support both before and during
the day.
Results:
1st - P.Hubbard / H.Pettman / R.Allen /
I.Bowler : 90 pts on local rule
2nd - C.Richards / K.Render / G.Phipps /
J.Crane : 90 pts on local rule
3rd - R.Nightingale / A.Tyler / G.Tippin /
G.Peck : 89 pts on local rule
Nearest the Pin on 11th G.Jones
Keith Dobney
(Seniors Captain) 16/02/11
The results from the Kilworth Springs
Seniors open on Tuesday 25th January were as
follows:
Despite some reasonable scores from the Glen
Gorse members, our only one in the prizes was Gez Fitzpatrick who figured in the prizes,
for the second week running, with fifth place
on count back after scoring 40pts. The
winning score was 43pts. Last weeks winner
was second with 42pts,( won last week by six
shots? Are any other clubs cutting handicaps I
wonder).
Keith Dobney (Seniors Captain)
News from the latest Open Competition at
Kilworth Springs. The weather was very
unpleasant with a strong, freezing-cold wind
but still a couple of Glen Gorse members did
enough to figure in the prizes.
The winning score was 44pts.
Second from Glen Gorse was Gez Fitzpatrick
with 38pts.
Fourth on local rule was Mick Remington with
35pts.
Well done to them.
Regards
Keith Dobney
