June/July 2011 Archive...

Sunday 5th June 2011

A brief update on the past two weeks. Monday 23rd of May's Team event was cancelled due to the gale force winds and heavy rain. Thursday the 26th May was the 2nd round of the Medal 'Eclectic' won by Jim Samuel with a net 73, runner up was Alan Watson with a net 76, again a wild day. Thursday 2nd June was a stableford competition won by Brian McLauchlan with 36 points, runner up was Peter Shakespeare with 34 points as did Robert Waite and David Slater who were 3rd & 4th.

Monday 6th June 2011

A much better morning weather wise, cool with a light wind but no rain. An excellent turn out by members today, 38 taking part in a stableford competition. Robert Waite returned an excellent 40 points to take 1st place. Runner up was Gordon White with 36 points then came David Blackett and Graham Orange with 35 and 34 points respectively. Jim Lyndon recorded the only 2 of the day.

Wednesday 8th June 2011

The Mallards annual 'Away Day'. 32 members travelled by coach to Woll Golf Course for a day golf, (a couple of members made their own way). One member got as far as putting his golfing gear in the coach and slipped a disc, so he pulled out, another member having paid his dues didn't turn up. But all in all it was a good day out, the weather was a bit mixed, cloudy, rain and some sunshine. playing a stableford competition, George Bullamore ran out the winner with 36 points, on a CPO from Gordon White, Don Hill, on a CPO, with 35 points was 3rd. Following the competition all the members enjoyed an evening meal before heading home. A good day!

Thursday 9th June 2011

The day after our 'Away day' and numbers were down for today's medal competition, not helped by the fact that quite a few members were playing knockout matches. John Thwaites was the winner, Jim Lyndon runner up and Ray Arthurs 3rd.

Monday 13th June 2011

A match against Maryport seniors at Maryport was the order of the day for a party of members. A wild windy day for them but a fair result as the match was halved.

Thursday 16th June 2011

Heavy rain just prior to tee of time had a few members wondering whether to play today, but fortunately a break in the clouds persuaded them otherwise and the competition got off on time. Shortly after that the sun came out and it turned out to be a very pleasant afternoon. 27 members turned out to play a team event, a Yellow Ball Stableford. The team of Sandy Thorburn, David Slater and Chris Small returned 80 points for 1st place, runners up was the team of Bob Harrison, Robert Waite & Gordon White with 76 points

Monday 20th June 2011

  Round 1 of the Alex McPhee Trophy and after a weekend of rain the day was bathed in glorious summer sunshine. 30 members turned out to play in the competition and it was noticed that there were other members out playing knockout matches, nice to see a good turnout. Alan Watson, with an excellent 38 points was a comfortable winner from Joe Hardon & David Slater both with 36 points Joe taking 2nd place on a CPO, Harry Martin was 4th with 35 points. It's was obviously Joe's day today as he chipped in for 2's at the 9th and 11th, being to only one to record a 2 he collected the pot!

Friday 24th April 2011

Yesterday was the second round of the Alex McPhee Trophy. The early starters definitely got the better of the day, unfortunately the later starters had to contend with heavy rain towards the end of their round and it was heavy, causing a bit of localised flooding. John Ross one of the early starters took full advantage of the good weather to return 40 points, Runner up was John Thwaites with 39 points, 3rd was the Captain, Ian Castle with 38 points, 4th, Jim Samuel also with 38 points. There was one two recorded. Alan Watson was the winner of the Alex McPhee Trophy with a combined total of 75 points

Monday 27th June 2011

A lovely warm summers day, one could say the first this summer and on a day when members were playing an 'eclectic' medal. The extra length of the course coupled with the heat of the day did lengthen the scoring a bit. Still it was great to see 35 members turn out to play. So with a net 73 Ian Melrose was today's winner. Runner up was Robert Waite with a net 74, 3rd was Jim Samuel also with a net 74, 4th was Brian Rowe with a net 75 and there being no 2's today 5th was Dennis Massey.

Thursday 30th June 2011

Match time again, this time the Mallards travelled to Hexham Golf Club for a match against the Hexham Seniors. Those members not travelling played the Hadrian's Course. Hexham won the match 5½ - 2½

Tuesday 5th July 2011

Monday's medal competition was played in excellent weather conditions and this was reflected in some of the scores returned. Roger Rees returned an excellent gross 69 to continue on from his weekend endeavours when he returned a gross 70 and 72 in the club championship just missing out by one shot. Regardless of Roger's efforts, Alan Watson returned a rather good net 63 to take 1st place, David Slater was runner up with a net 66. Joe Hardon returned a net 68 for 3rd and Roger Rees also with a net 68 was 4th. Just the one 2 recorded today

Thursday 7th July 2011

A reasonably pleasant afternoon for the Captains Stableford and 'Slipper Frog' Trophy. The early starters did suffer some rain for the first few holes but from then on a it was fine afternoon. 36 members took part in the competition. Dennis Massey with a very good 40 points won the 'Slipper Frog' trophy & the Captains prize. Runner up with 39 points was John Thwaites and 3rd was Bob Harrison.  There were prizes for the nearest the pin at the 2nd hole and the longest drive on the 18th. Bob Harrison was actually the nearest to the pin by a few inches but as the Captain had decided no person could win more than one prize this prize went to Jim Cruddas. Sandy Thorburn had the longest drive.

Monday 11th July 2011

Another match day, this time a home match against Maryport Seniors and a nice win for the Mallards 4½ - 1½. Weather wise it was a great day for playing, plenty of sunshine

Wednesday 13th July 2011

An excellent day for the Eden Seniors Open Competition and an excellent turn out by players participating in the event. The results can be found on the Seniors Open 2011 Results page. There was ten 2's recorded

Monday 18th July 2011

Considering the weekend of very heavy rain it was good to arrive and find that the golf course was open. Apart from some flood water on the 3rd fairway the course was in very good condition. So play we did and 30 members turned out to play a stableford competition. The early starters did suffer a very heavy shower of rain but after that it was a very pleasant if somewhat blustery morning. There were no 2's recorded today so 5 prizes were issued. In order 1st: Jim Samuel 42 points, 2nd: Sandy Thorburn 39 points, 3rd: Robert Waite 37 points, 4th: Derek Scott 36 points and 5th: David Slater 35 points

Thursday 21st July 2011

The 4th round of the medal 'Eclectic' was the order of the day. On a much better day than of late 28 members took part in the competition. John Thwaites with a net 71 was the winner, runner up was Alan Watson with a net 72, 3rd was David Slater, 4th and 5th were Peter Gouge and Francis Fitzpatrick. There were no 2's recorded today

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Monday 25th July 2011

Beautiful day and perfect conditions for golf and a very good turn out by members (36) to take part in a stableford competition. With the conditions scoring was not a high as was expected, never the less David McCulloch returned a very good 39 points to take his 1st win for some considerable time. Ron McNeill on a rare outing with the Mallards was runner up with 37 points, Malcolm Pearson with 36 points took 3rd place on a CPO from Jim Lyndon 4th. 2's today recorded by Gordon White and Malcolm Pearson

Thursday 28th July 2011

Following on from Monday is was a much cooler day with the threat of rain not far away but stay away it did for the  home match against the seniors from Whickham Golf club. The result was win for the Mallards 3½ - 2½