WELCOME TO THE SENIORS
The Seniors section is open to members aged 55 or over who enjoy playing friendly, yet competitive golf. We play a roll up every Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout the year starting at 9.00am. Whilst everyone wants to win, the real attraction is the camaraderie and friendly banter, a key feature of our club.
A number of medal and Stableford handicap qualifying events are held throughout the season (click on the link ‘Seniors Competitions’ to find out more). We also play friendly home and away matches against 11 other clubs, several of which are played in the Manchester and District Seniors Golf League (click link ‘Seniors Matches’ below).
Level of ability isn’t important (our current handicaps range from single figures through to 28) and whilst most members are retired, our age range is from ‘youngsters’ in their fifties right up to ‘more senior gentlemen’ in their eighties. Whatever your age or ability you’ll be made extremely welcome. For more information contact any of the officials listed below or simply turn up for one of the roll ups.
We’re sure you will enjoy it.
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SENIORS KNOCKOUT COMPETIONS – UPDATED DRAW
FOLLOW THE RESULTS OF SENIORS MATCHES
Full details of matches can be found on the link ‘Seniors Match Results’ above.
Hole in One for Chris
An excellent 7 iron into the sunshine on the 8th resulted in another hole in one for Chris Hall.
However, it was yet another occasion where Chris never saw his ball go into the hole! In fact, his two playing partners spent ages trying to locate his ball. In the bunkers, behind the green even in the rough on either side of the green. Having finally given up any hope of finding the lost ball, one of his partners went to remove the flag before putting so revealing the mysterious Callaway itself which had decided to hide in the hole!
We done Chris a superb 5 for one!
Turkey Trot 2018
Well done to Pat and Kenny winners of today’s Turkey Trot
A strong and bitter easterly wind, together with driving rain, made playing conditions extremely difficult for the 24 pairs who took part in this morning’s Turkey Trot.
However, despite the harsh conditions, there were some excellent scores with 9 pairs managing par or better.
Winners, with a superb 35 points, were Pat Walker and Ken Lee closely followed by Simon Belt and Peter Griffiths with a very impressive 33.
Congratulations to the other prize winners, Graham Hadfield and Stan Spencer who came third with 31 points and Bob Palmer and Bernard Pickering who were fourth with 30.
Many thanks to everyone who took part and braved the elements and special thanks to those members who invited a guest.
A full list of the scores and placings can be found on the Senior’s board
The photo shows Kenny and Pat having received their M & S vouchers
Ladies Invitation to Seniors October 5th 2018
32 members of the Seniors and Ladies sections took part in a very enjoyable Quad am this morning. With the best score from each of the Ladies and each of the Gents to count, the winning team, with an excellent score of 67 points, was Mike Howard, Richard Phillipson, Lady Captain and Judith Johnson who are shown below with their prizes.
Runners up, with 62 points, were Phil Smallman, Mr. President, Helen Hodkinson and Jean Taylor.
After the game everyone enjoyed soup and sandwiches and Lady Captain thanked everyone for playing plus Jean Taylor and Tom James for organising the event.
Vets’ Cup 2018
Congratulations to Ian Bowers winner of today’s Vets’ Cup
Well done Ian who scored a magnificent net 62 (gross 73) to win today’s Vets’ Cup. Second place went to Bob Palmer with an equally impressive net 64 with Keith Wright just one shot behind in third with 65. In total, 9 players scored 68 or less which shows the quality of golf played on the day.
Weather conditions were perfect, but the recent work on the greens made putting especially difficult and a number of players found it hard to judge the speed of the greens with balls sitting on the lip or deviating off course in the last couple of inches! However, some coped better than others as was reflected in the final positions.
The Vet’s Cup is probably the most prestigious of the Senior’s Comps being the only one played off white tees as a stroke play event so, once more, congratulations to Ian for a superb round of golf!
Doubles knock Out 2018
Bernard retains his title!
Having won the doubles knock out in 2017 with Steve Strong , Bernard Pickering was once again the winner in 2018 this time with playing partner Keith Wright.
In a closely fought final Keith and Bernard secured victory by 3 and 2 by defeating Trev Jones and this year’s singles champion Phil Holland.
Well done to both pairs and to everyone else who took part in this year’s knock outs.
League Final September 24th 2018
Having reached the final, by winning the Central Division with 40 points (the third highest of all the teams in the league), we played against the other 5 clubs (two from each division) in the final at Shrigley Hall on Monday.
The winners, capitalising on their home advantage, were Shrigley Hall with 119 points, helped considerably by an incredible 47 points from one of their pairs.
The other scores were:
Houldsworth 115 ; Macclesfield 113; Blackley 112; Werneth Low 107 and ourselves on 111
Well done to everyone who represented us throughout the season, either in the league games or in the friendlies, and especially to the eight guys who played in the final namely: Arthur Oliver and John Tennant; Keith Wright and Pat Walker; Dave Swindells and Ian Harding and Trevor Jones and Phil Smallman plus all those who acted as organisers and selected the teams.
Special thanks also to Dave Good who, as reserve, made the journey to Shrigley on the day in case someone was unable to make it!
It’s been a very successful season for the club and we look forward to doing even better in 2019. Well done!
Singles Knock out 2018
Phil beats Phil to win this year’s Singles Knock out!
Congratulations to Club Vice Captain, Phil Holland, who defeated Seniors Chairman, Phil Smallman, in the final, to win the 2018 Singles knock out.
Giving away 5 shots was never going to be easy for Mr. Chairman. Unfortunately, 5 pars and a birdie in the first 12 holes for the Vice Captain made the task nigh impossible!
Well done to both players for getting so far in the competition and especially to Mr Vice Captain for securing such an emphatic victory!
GEORGE SCOTT TROPHY 10th September 2018
Incredible finish from Bob wins the George Scott Trophy!
An amazing last four holes, with three pars followed by a birdie on the 18th, saw Bob Palmer snatch victory, on a card play off, from Tom James both of whom finished with 37 points. Third place went to Mike Howard with 36 points narrowly beating Dave Swindells also with 36 points.
Many thanks to the 29 people who played and helped make it another enjoyable morning’s golf.
Seniors Mid Week break to Heron’s Reach 5th – 7th September 2018
“There’s a famous seaside place called Blackpool,that’s noted for fresh air and fun….”
Well, it wasn’t Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom who went there with Albert this time it was 24 of our Seniors!
The venue was Heron’s Reach and such was its success that everyone expressed a wish to visit again next year as the accommodation was superb, the food good and the bar prices acceptable.
On the first day everyone played a quad am with Ian Harding, Ken Lee, John Samme and Bill Sutton coming first. Second place went to Phil Holland, Peter Griffiths, John Tennant and Stan Spencer with Keith Wright, Alan Blakeman, Simon Belt and Fred Markham third.
On Thursday the format played was two to score, three to score and four to score on all the par threes. Winners were Rick Boffey, Bill Sutton, Keith Wright and Phil Holland.
An unfortunate case of someone found yawning led to a situation where it was decided that anyone else found guilty of this henous crime would be fined the princely sum of £1. One adventurous entrepreneur, however, took it upon himself to negotiate a deal with Mr Blakeman where he would pay an agreed sum in advance in case he were to found guilty of such behaviour. Rumour has it, however, that he used some very unsavoury tactics throughout the evening to try to make others succumb to the growing yawning fund which was awarded to the worst scoring team in the Texas Scramble on the last day!
The trophy for the best player over the three days went to Ian Harding with 70 points whilst Peter Griffiths was awarded the prestigious lowest best player for his 31 points!
Evening entertainment was provided by Alan Blakeman on guitar along with special guest star Mr Ken Lee on trumpet.
A great time was had by all and many thanks to Alan for once again organising such a great event.
SENIORS OPEN 4th September 2018
Unlike last year, the weather was kind with no wind or rain which resulted in16 pairs scoring 40 or more points. So some extremely good golf was played.
Congratulations to all the prize winners also many thanks to all the New Mills Seniors who helped make it another very successful Open.
Ist Prize Jeff Gerrard and Peter Bettley Buxton and High Peak GC 48 points
2nd Prize Trevor Lancaster and Des McCullagh Macclesfield GC 46 points
3rd Prize D. Wilson and J. Knowles Didsbury GC 45 points
Nearest the pin on the 4th D. Wright
Nearest the pin on the 14th Bill Finney
MARCLIFFE CUP 2018
Not one but two trophies for Graham!
Congratulations to Graham Hadfield winner of today’s Marcliffe Cup with a superb score of 45 points. Not only did Graham take home the Marcliffe he also won the special trophy for inside the circle on the 15th becoming the first person to achieve this in the 23 years the competition has been running!
Second place went to Ged Armitt with a very impressive 43 points whilst Rob Holden came third with 42. In all 7 players scored 40 or more points. Excellent golf!
Bottles of wine were presented by Cliff to the following:
Nearest the pin on the 4th: Bob Palmer (low handicap); Fred Markham (higher handicappers)
Nearest the pin on the 6th: Keith Wright (low); Alan Morton (high)
Nearest the pin on the 8th: Keith Wright (l0w); Dave Bray (high)
Nearest the pin on the 16th: Pat Walker (low); Terry Johnson (high)
Drive Nearest the line on the 9th: Trevor Oxley
Second shot Nearest the pin on the 13th: Graham Elliott
Second shot Nearest the pin on the 17th: Chris Hall
Visit ‘How Did I do’ in the members section to see how you did on the day.
Many thanks to the forty people who played in the competition and helped make the morning such a success.
The photo shows Cliff presenting the Marcliffe Trophy to Graham Hadfield, the obvious star of the day!
HOME ADVANTAGE SEEMS TO PAY!
Just four weeks ago we played Chapel away and were comprehensively beaten winning just one match, halving another but losing six!
Earlier this week we played the same club at home but this time we won six games, halved one and only lost one!
SENIORS QUADAM – MAY 2018
New Mills played host to golfers from all over Derbyshire and Cheshire in our Seniors Open QuadAm. Once again we were blessed with a beautiful day and were delighted to welcome back many friends whom we thank most sincerely for their continued support.
Friends from Buxton and High Peak Golf Club enjoying a day in the sun!
Winners receiving gift vouchers were:-
1st from Matlock, (82) Raymond Harper, Graham Jones, Paul Darnell, and Melvin Brookfield
2nd from Hazel Grove, Disley and New Mills GG, (82) Richard Phillipson, Malcolm Rothwell, Don Cooper, and Ian Shuttleworth
3rd from Chapel GC, (80) Kevin Woodiwiss, Geof Hall, Peter Beard, and Alan Hallsworth.
A further prize of NMGC Pro Vouchers, donated on the day by AOML Packaging for the next best visiting team, was won by Fred Bridge, Simon Moorhouse, Steve Leavitt, and Nick Wood (78) from Prestbury.
Gift vouchers received by nearest the pin winners:- Gavin Shields (8th), Mike White (10th), Bob Hallsworth (16th), and Kevin Broughton (15th).
Finally congratulations to Glossop’s Graham Dodd for a hole in one on the 6th.
DEREK HORSEY CHARITY COMP – 2018
Congratulations to Rob Holden and Chris Hall who came 1st and 2nd in todays Derek Horsey Charity Competition each with a very impressive net 62 .
Heavy overnight rain meant the event had to be played off mats and on 7 temporary greens on the back nine.
Scores. however, were very good and Ian Harding, Mike White, Phil Smallman and Tom James were only one off the lead at the end of the day, 14 players scored 65 or less which reflects just how close the result was.
Rob and Chris go on to represent us in the knock out stage of the competition beginning with a home tie against Whitefield.
The format for the knock out stage is as per previous years :
It’s a fourball, better ball, off yellow tees with handicaps taken off the lowest player at 90% difference.
The ‘away’ team gets an added bonus of being one up on the first tee. The other clubs involved in the competition include some familiar names but also some clubs we never play. They are: Styal, Werneth Low, Heaton Moor, Glossop, Poulton Park, Shrigley Hall, Rochdale, Dukinfield, Avro, Fairfield, Manchester, Stamford, Brookdale, Disley, Houldsworth, Reddish Vale, Blackley and Marple.
Today’s event raised £155. Many thanks to everyone who took part and best wishes to Rob and Chris against Whitefield and hopefully in subsequent rounds!
EASTER EGG COMPETITION MARCH 28th 2018
Congratulations to Lady Vice Captain (Jane Howard), Brenda Fink, Frank James and Bernard Pickering.
Winners of today’s Ladies/Seniors Annual Easter Egg Competition.
Played over 13 holes, with best ladies score and the best gents score to count, the winning team scored a very impressive 66 points to win convincingly from the second placed team of Marion Harrison, Celia James, Helen Hodkinson and Rod Taylor with 62 points.
Thanks to Jean Taylor for once again organising the event which attracted 28 players.
MARCH 2018 – SENIORS AGM
The Seniors AGM finally took place on Thursday 8th March after twice being postponed because of atrocious weather.
22 matches were played against other clubs in 2017 of which 9 were won and 13 lost. In the league, despite not making the final this year, we were just two points adrift of the winners of our division. Many thanks to all the match organisers in 2017. Winners of the various seniors competitions were presented with their prizes, a full list of which can be found by visiting ‘Competitions’ in the Seniors section of the website.
Congratulations to the three senior players who achieved their first ever hole in one during 2017. These were Ken Lee, Chris Hall and Ged Armitt
Phil Smallman was re-elected as chair for 2018 along with Tom James as Secretary and Clive Garside as Treasurer whilst Bob Palmer was elected as Vice Chair.
The very successful Seniors mid week trip to North Wales, organised by Alan Blakeman, was a huge success and plans are already in place for a similar venture in September 2018. Sadly, we had to cancel the Seniors Open in September due to adverse weather which undermined the donation the Seniors give to the club annually. However, the annual Seniors Quad Am in May was very successful and once again extremely well supported.
The photo shows Trevor Jones being presented with ‘Player of the Year’ by the Chairman Phil Smallman, not only for his outstanding achievements as a player in 2017 but also for all the time and effort he has devoted throughout the year in supporting the club especially the green staff.
As a club we pride ourselves in the huge amount of voluntary work undertaken by so many of the Seniors for the benefit of the club. It’s what makes New Mills Golf Club so special!
SENIORS HOLE-IN-ONE ROLL OF HONOUR
| DATE | ACHIEVED BY | HOLE |
| 2017 – May 27 | Chris Hall | 16 |
| 2017 – May 3 | Ken Lee | 4 |
| 2017 – Feb 6 | Ged Armitt | 4 |
| 2016 – Nov 28 | Bernard Pickering | 8 |
| 2016 – Oct 31 | Phil Smallman | 4 |
| 2016 – Oct 17 | Phil Smallman | 6 |
| 2016 – Oct 17 | Alan Blakeman | 6 |