Captains Day Results

Sunday 22 July saw our 2 Captains, Graham Purnell and Claire Surgeon host their Captains Day. The competition was a Pairs Scramble + a piece of string! The only question coming from our Ex Captain, Steve Lythell, all day was, “How does this string thing work?” But afterwards all we could hear in the clubhouse was “How come we have string left?” and of course, exactly what did happen to Bret Trevellions Trolley on the 3rd!

From the looks on peoples faces, all had a good day in the Sun and with the BBQ all had a good feed.

So to the results, the Lady Captains section was won by Gwen Weller and Stephanie McDonald. In the Men’s event we witnessed a miraculous Nett 50 from Lol Trevellion and Colin Morgan, congratulations one and all.

Thanks to all that participated, oh yes and of course, thanks to Neil for participating (if unsuccessfully) at Beat the Pro on the 10th!

A little light relief!

Sam and Becky are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Sam says to Becky, "Becky, I was wondering - have you ever cheated on me?" Becky replies, "Oh Sam, why would you ask such a question now? You don't want to ask that question..."

"Yes, Becky, I really want to know. Please..."

"Well, all right. Yes, 3 times..."

"Three? Well, when were they?" he asked.

"Well, Sam, remember when you were 35 years old and you really wanted to start the business on your own and no bank would give you a loan? Remember, then one day the bank president himself came over the house and signed the loan papers, no questions asked?"

"Oh, Becky, you did that for me! I respect you even more than ever, to do such a thing for me. So, when was number 2?"

"Well, Sam, remember when you had that last heart attack and you were needing that very tricky operation, and no surgeon would touch you? Then remember how Dr. DeBakey came all the way up here, to do the surgery himself, and then you were in good shape again?"

"I can't believe it! Becky, you should do such a thing for me, to save my l ife. I couldn't have a more wonderful wife. To do such a thing, you must really love me darling. I couldn't be more moved. So, all right then, when was number 3?"

"Well, Sam, remember a few years ago, when you really wanted to be president of the golf club and you were 23 votes short..?"

Committee Meeting Minutes - 18 July 2007

MANOR OF GROVES GOLF CLUB
MINUTES OF THE MAIN COMMITTEE MEETING HELD IN THE CLUB HOUSE ON 18 JULY 2007 AT 7.30pm.


1. Present.
Graham Purnell (GP), Captain
Colin McDonald (CM), Vice Captain
Clare Surgeon (CS), Lady Captain
Jean Clarke (JC), Lady Vice Captain
Bob Walker (RW), Secretary
Jan Dixon (JD)
Val Walker (VW)
Dick Watt (DW)
Giuilia Lawless (GL)
Mark Heffer (MH)
Dave Green (DG)
Ted Surgeon (TS)
Derek Filler (DF)

2. Apologies.
Alan Goodman (AG), Steve Lythell (SL),

3. Matters Arising from the meeting of 18th April.
Honours Boards - RW reported the final errors/corrections still not corrected by Dave Jackson, a new list to be sent to him.
RW reported that Captains’ photographs are all now in light wood frames. Del Hollyoake/Mick Charles will put them up.

4. Minutes of Sub-Committee dated 2nd May 2007.
JC to circulate.

5. Correspondence.
CM tabled a letter from Kevin Elkins regarding his and Steve Coombs disqualification from the Herts Cup on Saturday 14th July. CM presented a draft reply. The draft was agreed except it was to be signed by the Captain and only the sweep was to be refunded.
RW to add to competition rules that entry fee would not be refunded to players who are disqualified for whatever reason.

6. Unresolved issues and information from the Handicaps and Competitions Committee.
None

7. Financial Matters.CS said that there was a small profit from the Mixed Open and in view of the fact there was not going to be a Lady Captains Day which in previous years has been part funded from such profits what should happen to the money. RW to speak to AG.

8. AOB.
a. 2008 Diary. This was presented and discussed, RW to produce a further draft for circulation
b. The following events have included food in the past: Ladies Challenge, Mixed Greensomes and Wife Swapping. It was decided that the current Lady Captain would decide prior to each event, whether food is to be included or not.
c. CS said that the Ladies Open had attracted only 28 entrants. It was agreed that if there were fewer than 40 entrants by Monday 23rd July, the event would be cancelled.
d. MH asked if there could be a scratch prize for the Ladies Club Championship as well as a handicap prize as he and Judith would like to donate a trophy. All agreed.
e. DF (and other) posed a number of questions about the course which RW will pass on to Andrea.
i. Members do not understand the reason for the new path on the 8th, can this be explained?
ii. Can something be done about the pile of earth on the 16th hole (from the new bunker construction)?
iii. When will the 4th and 11th tee be properly finished.
iv. Will ladies tees be added to the 4th and 11th tees the same length as indicated on the score card?
v. Can the hedges either side of the stairs to the 11th green be trimmed so that access is possible?
vi. Can ditched be strimmed?

Order of Merit Update - 23 July 2007

So with 7 competitions left in the Mens Order of Merit, here are the current standings:

Men's Order of Merit Standings

Pos	Name	Club Champ	Other	Total
1st	Colin McDonald	64	119	183
2nd	Stuart Lythell	64	70	134
3rd	Mark Heffer	48	84	132
4th	Terry Martinelli	60	65	125
5th	Graham Purnell	56	59	115
6th	Steve (Nearly) Barker	62	31	93
7th	Brett Trevillion	10	77	87
8th	Steve Gay	58	23	81
9th	Grant Barker	8	69	77
10th	Mark Riley	30	45	75

Catch up time!

Here goes - if of course this sad old blogger can remember all that has happened since the last posting!

Lets start with further success in the McDonald Household! Congratulations to Colin and Stephanie McDonald who each won the respective Monthly Stablefords and Mercedes Benz Challenge in July with 42pts and 40pts respectively. Colin and Stephanie will now go forward to the Regional final at Brockett Hall on the 17th Sept.

Next we move to the Ladies Challenge Trophy. The men stepped forward like lambs to the slaughter! As it now transpires, no matter what the eventual match score is, the ladies recalculate the result so they win! So I suppose, somewhat reluctantly as one of the sacrificial lambs, I must congratulate the Ladies for retaining the Ladies Challenge Trophy. (Pictured here is the Lady Vice Captain Jean Clarke being presented the trophy by Val Walker)


The weekend of the 14/15 July witnessed the Herts Cup (for 18 handicappers and below) the Rabbits Cup (19 handicappers and over, and finally on Sunday the Ladies Betterball.

So we start with the Herts cup, I would like to applaud Steve Coombes, firstly for his outstanding round of 69 (gross) and secondly for the magnanimous way in which he accepted his and Kevin Elkins disqualification from the Herts Cup. Unfortunately the rules for the Herts cup state that the competition is open only to those members who have a handicap of 18 or less, sorry to say that Kevin did not meet this criterion.


Congratulations therefore to Paul Gillard and Kevin Hyde, who irrespective of severe hangovers and an extreme lack of sleep shot a supberb -5 betterball score to take the Herts Cup. (Paul and Kevin are picture here with the Vice Captain Colin McDonald).




So to the Rabbits cup, and it is with great delight that I announce the winners Steve Patton and Sean Ward. These 2 new members have become an active part of the membership and along with success at Grovers they now move to a bigger stage. (Sean and Steve are pictured here with the Vice Captain Colin McDonald)

OK - here comes the Maths

Sick and tired of going to Bob and getting the same response about not being cut! Sick of listening to Colin try and explain how the competition standard scratch is calculated. Well here goes - straight from the CONGU website:

How is the Competition Scratch Score calculated?
This is not a straightforward calculation. Broadly speaking, the calculations follow

1. For Men; Discount all scores returned by category 4 players (handicaps 21 to 28), for Ladies; Discount all scores returned by category 5 players (handicaps 29 to 36)
2. Calculate the percentage of players who competed in the competition in each of categories 1, 2 and 3 [and 4 for Ladies],
3. Calculate the percentage of scores returned by the category 1, 2 and 3 [and 4] players which were two over the Standard Scratch Score of the course, or better.
4. Use the percentages from (2) and (3) to determine the Competition Scratch Score by referring to one of two published tables supplied by CONGU for the purpose.

Now please tell me your any the wiser! So stop your complaining, its not the committee who are stopping you from having your handicap cut - ITS THE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!