Mixed Seniors Pairs Open - 6th July 2022.

Welcome to the Seniors Section of Evesham Golf Club, in which we have a varied programme of golf throughout the year.

The Seniors Section is a busy and thriving section of Evesham Golf Club with currently over 80 active members. Targeted at any male member over 55, it is run aiming to provide a friendly and competitive environment, in which members can continue to play golf and enjoy the company of fellow Seniors. Whilst we believe that Seniors’ golf should be a social game, and should be fun, we still believe in there being an appropriate level of competitiveness too.

During the year members can participate in the following:

• The biweekly Seniors Winter League, running from October through to March

• 15 Trophy stableford and medal competitions

• Seniors Club Championship

• Home and away matches against 12 local clubs

• Away days

• Open, mixed and invitation events

• Texas Scrambles

• Weekly roll ups

• 9 hole/18 hole veterans and seniors competitions

• Plus other ad hoc events

A strong field assembled for this years Seniors pairs open. The format was better ball, stableford format off the yellow tees.
The results were as follows:-

1st place with an excellent 46 points
John Richards & Mark Adams (Evesham GC)

2nd place with 45 points
David Shuttleworth & Trevor Hallett (Forest of Dean)

3rd place with 45 points losing on card count back
Doug Kane & Rob Durant (Tewkesbury Park)

Well played and many thanks to all those who took part

The seniors recently played for the Wychavon Cup. An annual pairs competition played under strokeplay rules.
Conditions were good and it was the pair of Les Giles and Captain John Richards who were the winners with a nett 67.
They won on countback from Ian Wood & Neil Croft.

The seniors section recently played for the Ray Till Tankards Trophy Competition. This is a greensomes bogey format off the yellow tees with drawn partners.
Conditions were quite challenging especially towards the end of the round when heavy rain and strong winds did their part to disrupt a good score!
The winners with a very good score of +4 were Les Giles & Dave Elliot.
Second place was the pairing of Ian Baird & Brian Campbell with a score of +1
The enclosed photo shows our winners receiving the tankards from our Senior's Captain John Richards

Even though the mutterings of Omicron were beginning to make headlines, we had a great turnout for the Evesham Golf Club Seniors Presentation Lunch and 9 hole shotgun competition.

Assembling on the putting green, prior to the competition, Seniors Captain, John Richards held a drive in from the 13th tee. By far his best all day!!

With golf finished, the motley crew of winners were presented their trophies, before a great Christmas lunch was had.

That’s a wrap for the season. Winter golf is now upon us until we start our competitive season again in March!!

I thought I should share this great news with the fine members of Evesham Golf Club.

Om Monday 27th September, I had the pleasure to play with our latest Seniors member, Les Giles. He had joined the Senior Section on that day.

During the course of the round, we found ourselves on the infamous 6th hole. Having played before, knowing this was a card for handicap purposes, the slopey green and general card wrecker, Les selected his club and dually popped his tee shot straight in, for a hole in one. What difficulty!!! That's a one nett zero for 5 points. Easy game.

See the photo evidence attached.

Well played Les and welcome to the Seniors section.

John Richards
Seniors Vice Captain.

On Friday the 24th August Evesham Golf Club Seniors held the Jubilee Cup competition. This was a medal competition and it was won by seniors competitions Secretary Malcolm Hiscock with a net score of 70. Second was Doug Sharp with Brian Rogers in third place.

Two away matches have also been played with a loss at Bransford and a halved match at Ombersley.

Picture: L to R Bill Dobie (Seniors Captain), and Malcolm Hiscock.

Evesham Men’s Seniors played their third home game of the season and held a strong Tewkesbury Park team to a half.

This was Tewkesbury Parks seventh match this year and the first time they had not managed to win.

This season Evesham Seniors have won their previous two home matches against ‘Bransford’ and ‘The Worcestershire.

Seniors Captain Bill Dobie and his playing partner Steve Deakin lost their match by 1. There were losses also for John Vaughan / Doug Sharp, and Malcolm Hiscock/Malcolm Carnall. The winning pairs were Martin Williams/Richard Saville, Dave Kewley/Ian Wood and Neil Croft/Mick Hocking.

Evesham Golf Club seniors played their final match of the season against Broadway at the Craycombe links on Wednesday 4th October. The day was dry but blustery and the course was in good condition for the time of year. Broadway fielded a strong team and the Evesham squad had to be at their best. Some good golf was played by both sides and both sides shared the honours in halving the match 3 games to 3 which was a fair reflection of the play.

Results

Ian Wood and Robin Flack won
Neil Croft and Mick Hocking won
John Vaughan and Les Bond won
Doug Sharp and Phil Williams lost
Tony Clemow and Malcolm Carnall lost
Richard Saville and mike Whiteford lost

On Wednesday 29th September Evesham Golf Club Seniors played their re-arranged home match against Redditch Golf Club seniors. This match had been postponed from earlier in the season due to the flooding. The day started out very wet and rainy but brightened up from mid-morning onwards. Although the course was wet to begin with this did not deter the players from their game and all the matches were close. In the end though Redditch got the better of Evesham seniors winning by 4½ to 1½.

Results

Ian Wood and Bill Dobie won by 2 up
Mick Hocking and Alistair Millward lost by 3&1
Doug Sharp and Phil Williams lost by 2&1
Ken Hardacre and Richard Saville lost by 4&3
Mike Whiteford and Mike Abraham lost by 3&2
David Scott and Derek Jackson halved.

On Wednesday 27th September the Evesham golf Club seniors played their annual match against the Evesham golf Club Ladies. This event is eagerly anticipated by both Ladies and Gents and is a most enjoyable event. The format was a better ball stableford competition with the total score of each side being used to decide the winners. The course was in excellent condition for the day and the weather was kind too. In the end the Gents ran out winners with a total score of 222 to the Ladies 206.

The annual Evesham Golf Club seniors Autumn Cup competition took place on Friday 22nd September at the Craycombe links. This is the final trophy competition of the season. A strong field took to the course to contest this competition. The format was a medal played off the white tees. Conditions were quite favourable for some good scoring but many players found it tough going. The winner on countback was Martin Williams with a nett 74 with Bryan Rogers in second place.

Evesham Golf club seniors played their away match against Worcester Golf and Country Club on Monday 11th September. Although the day was a bit showery the course at Boughton Park played well although they had to contend with one temporary green. Sadly it made no difference as they were unable to improve their away record going down by 5 games to 1. Following the golf they enjoyed a nice meal and some convivial chatter in the club house.

Results

Ian Wood and Malcolm Carnall lost 6&4
Mike Abraham and Phil Williams lost 3&2
Ian Facer and Tim Swift won 4&3
Mike Whiteford and Les Bond lost
Neil Croft and Peter Ratledge lost
Bill Dobie and Doug Sharp lost 3&2

On Tuesday 22nd August Evesham Golf Club seniors played their away match against Bransford seniors. Although it was dry but overcast, we had our usual trouble negotiating our way round the course whilst trying to avoid the many lakes and watercourses that are a feature of the course at Bransford.

In the event the Bransford team‘s home advantage was telling and they won by 5 games to 1. Afterwards we were entertained to drinks and lunch which went down well.

Results

Ian Wood and Bryan Rogers lost 2&1
Malcolm Hiscock and Malcolm Carnall lost 5&4
Ian Facer and Mick Hocking lost 4&3
Mike Abraham and Richard Saville lost 6&4
Neil Croft and Steve Deakin lost 4&2
Martin Williams and Phil Williams won 3&2

Evesham Golf club Seniors played their away fixture against Ombersley on Tuesday 15th August. The day was fine and dry with good sunny spells. The course at Ombersley was playing very well and the greens were in good condition.

Once again some good golf was played by both teams and an enjoyable day was had by all. Ombersley gained the upper hand winning by four matches to two. Following the golf an excellent carvery meal was served and we all enjoyed good conversation and bonhomie.

Results

Ian Wood and Ian Facer won 2&1
Neil Croft and Steve Deakin lost 5&3
Martin Williams and Mick Hocking won 4&3
Mike Whiteford and Malcolm Carnall lost 4&3
Malcolm Hiscock and les Bond lost 2&1
Bill Dobie and Tony Clemow lost 5&3

This year’s seniors championship was played over two days on the 9th and 11th August. Unfortunately the weather intervened and forced the Wednesday round to be abandoned due to a waterlogged course. The competition was reduced to a single round on the Friday. Fortunately the weather smiled on us that day and we enjoyed the excellent condition of the course.

A total of 20 players took part and some good scores were achieved. In the end Mike Abraham ran out winner of both the Diffin cup and the Wilson jug. His score of gross 86 and nett 70 was sufficient to win the competition. In second place with a gross 88 and nett 72 was Geoff Wellens. In third place gross was Bill Dobie with a gross score of 89 and the nett third place went to Steve Deakin with a nett score of 73. Congratulations to all the winners.

Let’s hope that next year we can get both rounds played.

On Monday 24th July Evesham Golf Club seniors hosted Abbey Park Seniors at Craycombe links for the friendly match. As always the course was in good condition and some excellent golf was played. The teams were evenly matched and some good golf was played. Evesham ran out winners by 3½ to 2½. Surprisingly three of the games ended up as halves which shows that the teams were evenly matched. Following the golf we once again were provided with an excellent lunch by the catering team.

Results

Ian wood and Richard Saville won 1 up
Tony Clemow and Tim Swift halved
Ian Facer and Alistair Millward lost 2&1
Mike Whiteford and Malcolm Carnall halved
Steve Deakin and Doug Sharp halved
Bill Dobie and Roger Holmes won 4&3

Evesham Golf Club seniors played their home fixture against Lilleybrook at the Craycombe links on Monday 17th July. The day was warm and sunny and the course was in good condition although it was very dry so ideal conditions for some good golf to be played. We welcomed Roger Holmes and Tim Swift to the team and both contributed to our victory. Our visitors played some good golf including several chip-ins but we ran out winners by 3½ to 2½. After the match we enjoyed a good lunch and conversation as is usual with these matches.

Results
Ian Wood and Mike Whiteford lost 2&1
Martin Williams and Tim Swift halved
Ian Facer and Peter Ratledge lost 1 down
Richard Saville and Malcolm Carnall won 5&3
Les Bond and Roger Holmes won 6&5
Bill Dobie and Derek Jackson won 6&5

Evesham seniors played the Lilleybrook seniors at their course in Cheltenham on Thursday 1st June. It was a warm and sunny day as they teed off at 12.30. The course at Lilleybrook was in excellent condition and the greens were fast and true. Some good golf was played by both teams and after negotiating the famous back nine up and down the side of the Cotswolds they were glad of a cool drink. The meal after the match was excellent and well presented. The result did not go in Evesham’s favour and they lost by 5 games to 1.

The results were:

Ian Wood and Steve Deakin lost by 4 & 2
Ian Facer and Richard Saville lost by 2 down
Malcolm Carnall and Mike Whiteford lost by 5 & 4
John Vaughan and Les Bond won by 3 & 2
Martin Williams and Alan Bees lost by 1 down
Bill Dobie and Doug Sharp lost by 1 down”

Evesham Golf Club Seniors entertained Tewksbury Park seniors in the return fixture of our inter club matches on Wednesday 24th May.

The weather was fine and warm and the course was in fine condition as we started the match and over the course of the morning the temperature rose to give the warmest day of the year so far.

Some excellent golf was played by both teams. One of the visitors recorded a nett 67 playing off a handicap of 11. Many of the matches swung one way then the other. In the end Tewkesbury Park just shaded it by 4 points to 2.

Results:

Ian Wood and Dave Kewley lost 2&1
Martin Williams and Les Bond won 2&1
Geoff Burton and Mick Hocking lost 2&1
Mike Whiteford and Steve Deakin lost 2&1
John Vaughan and Richard Saville halved
Bill Dobie and Ron Smith halved”

Evesham Golf Club seniors entertained Puckrup seniors at the Craycombe course on Wednesday 3rd May for their third home match of the season. They welcomed Derek Jackson to their squad. Although the weather was dry it was cool and the course was playing at its best. The contest was hard fought but Puckrup ran out winners by 4 games to 2. Following the match both teams enjoyed a convivial lunch provided by the catering staff. Results

 Ian Wood and Malcolm Hiscock lost 3&2
Mike Whiteford and Mike Brumage lost 4&3
Dave Kewley and Doug Sharp lost 4&3
Steve Deakin and Les Bond won 6&4
Ian Facer and Tony Clemow won 3&2
Neil Croft and Derek Jackson lost 2&1

The E.G.C. Seniors played their second away match of the season against the Vale. The course at the Vale was in excellent condition as they had hosted an open competition the previous day. There were some close matches but The Vale won through in the end winning 4 matches to 2. Evesham welcomed Mike Palmer to their team and he won the “ nearest the pin” competition. The host club laid on a splendid lunch after the match.

Results

Ian Wood and Brian Osborne lost 3&2
Mike Palmer and Mike Whiteford lost 2&1
Dave Kewley and Malcolm Hiscock lost 7&5
Neil Croft and Les Bond lost 3&2
Ian Facer and Steve Deakin won 4&3
Bill Dobie and Mick hocking won 3&2

Evesham Seniors played their first away match of the season at Tewkesbury Park on Monday 24th April. The course at Tewkesbury was in excellent condition and all six matches were keenly contested. However, they were unlucky with their putting and they came up against some spirited competition from the Tewkesbury Park team. They lost by 6 games to nil but the scores from all matches were very close and could have gone either way.

Results

Ian Wood / Mick Hocking lost 1 down
Martin Williams / Mike Whiteford lost 3 & 2
Dave Kewley / Les Bond lost 2 & 1
Neil Croft / Steve Deakin lost 1 down
Malcolm Hiscock / Mike Brumage lost 1 down
Bill Dobie / Peter Ratledge lost 1 down

It was a bright and sunny morning that greeted the Evesham Seniors team on arrival at Craycombe links for the first of our two local derbies against The Vale. We caught up with many old friends from the Vale and we had a keenly fought competition over the morning. Evesham Seniors ran out winners by 4½ to 1½.

The results were:

Ian Wood / Dave Kewley won 7&5
Ian Facer / Mick Hocking won 5&4
Neil Croft / Les Bond halved
Martin Williams / Mike Whiteford lost 3&2
Malcolm Hiscock / Mike Brumage won 3&1
Bill Dobie / Doug Sharp won4&3

Following the golf an excellent meal provided by Lisa and her team was enjoyed by all along with much convivial conversation.

Evesham Golf club seniors hosted the Worcestershire golf club seniors at the Fladbury links for their first match of the season.

On a dry but overcast day some excellent golf was played and the match was keenly contested as ever. Evesham seniors ran out winners by a margin of 5 to 1. Following the match everyone enjoyed much convivial conversation over a meal provided by Lisa and her team at the clubhouse.

Individual results were:

Ian Wood / Martin Williams lost 3&2
Neil Croft / Richard Saville won 2&1
Ian Facer / Les Bond won 5&4
Bill Dobie / Mick Hocking won 5&4
Malcolm Hiscock / Mike Whiteford won 1up
Dave Kewley / Mike Brumage won 4&2

The winter league is well under way with 5 rounds played so far. We have been lucky with the weather to date and have been able to play all the rounds so far on the red course.

Setting the pace are Bill Dobie and Malcolm Boscott with total points scores of 164 closely followed by Bryan Rogers on 161 and Ian Facer on 159. However, that could all change in the remaining 5 rounds as the result depends on the best 5 rounds so there is plenty of time for the following pack to catch up.

In the eclectic competition Bryan Rogers is in the lead with a score of 52. Ian Facer and Geoff Wellens are chasing him with scores of 50. Bill Dobie, Les Bond and Malcolm Boscott are all on 49. Only 6 points separate the top 13 in this competition so there is plenty to play for next year.

The Wychavon Challenge Cup was the latest trophy to be contested by the Evesham Seniors played as a Pairs better ball medal off the white tees with a 90% handicap allowance. On a day of very good scoring victory went to Ian Tait partnered by Seniors Captain Martin Williams with a nett 62 to win by six shots from Geoff Wellens and Jerry Cain who took second place on count back with a nett 68 with Mike Brumage and Malcolm Boscott taking third place.

The past three weeks have seen a run of home games for the Evesham Seniors at the Craycombe course starting with a match against the Worcester G&CC. This was a very close and keenly fought match which ended in a 3 all draw with wins for Martin Williams & Mike Brumage (5&4), Bill Dobie & Richard Saville (5&4) & Mike Whiteford & Ian Facer (4&3).

Next up were the Redditch Seniors in a match which saw Evesham come away with a fine 5 – 1 victory with four matches going to the last hole and wins for Martin Williams & Ian Tait (3&2), Dave Kewley & Steve Deakin (2 Up), Bill Dobie & Ian Facer (1 Up), Malcolm Hiscock & Mike Whiteford (1 Up) and Ian Wood & Neil Croft (2 Up).

The Evesham Seniors continued their good form in their latest match which was a 6 – 0 victory over Ombersley with wins for Martin Williams & Richard Saville (7&5), Ian Facer & Mike Whiteford (3&1), Neil Croft & Geoff Burton (5&4), Dave Kewley & Alistair Millward, making his debut for the team, (4&2), Ian Tait & Mike Brumage (1 Up) and Ian Wood & Malcolm Boscott (1 Up).