Yearbook 2016 – Saturday Niners & Early Birds Winter League Scores
Owen Gallagher is presented with the winners trophy by past captain Charlie Paul
Owen won by 2 points wiith a best 6 round total score of 217 Points over Stuart Gallagher and Mike McCartney
Winter League Masters Teams
After our lunch and prizegiving we held a draw to identify players for our 2 teams entering the winter league masters trophy 2017 on Sunday 9 April 2017. Team captains will now identify 4 doubles teams to play the 18 hole course and 4 singles to play the 9 hole course.
Winter League Lunch Pictures
Charlie Paul receives the Alan Glancy Quaich from Kenny Gilmour
In addition to playing for individual stableford score on 5 November, we played for the Alan Glancy Quaich which is a memorial trophy in memory of one of our winter league friends who passed away. Owen Gallagher conducted a draw of the submitted score cards to randomly select pairs of players whose scores were added together at the end of the day to identify the quaich winners. Congratulations go to Charlie Paul & Bob Hughes who won the Alan Glancy Quaich by one shot in another closely run competition.
RULES
Following a discussion on next years rules the following 4 changes were agreed for next year:-
1. No gimme putts allowed.
2. No handicap adjustments, players play off their club handicap throughout the winter.
3. No 3/4 handicap reduction when winter greens in operation. Players play off full club handicap in all situations.
4. Weekly sweepstake will only be paid out if 6 or more players play. Winners must complete the full 18 holes.
Normal club winter rules apply and mats may be used if your ball lies on the fairway.
Please remember that if you choose to lift your ball and place it in the semi rough to play it, you must take it to the nearest side from where it lies.
Unless the course is closed, all submitted completed scores will count towards your total.
The cost to enter the league is £10 per head payable to Charlie Paul on or soon the first days play which will provide around £320 to be used for a weekly prize fund which will pay out £5 for Best Stableford score, £3 second best stableford score, £2 for third best stableford score.
The remaining funds will be used to buy 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th prizes for the players with the best aggregate of 6 scores over the winter. In the event of a tie we will identify a winner from the best 7 scores & 8 scores etc. All prizes, including the weekly sweep winnings, will be paid out at a presentation lunch on the last day of the league.
On the first week, in addition to playing for your individual stableford score in your allotted time slot, we intend to play for the Alan Glancy Quaich which is a memorial trophy in memory of one of our winter league friends who passed away. Owen Gallagher will conduct a draw to make up pairs of players whose scores will be added together at the end of the day to identify the winners. You do not require to play with your partner in this quaich. Both scores will simply be added together.
We hope you enjoy the new winter league format and look forward to some great scores and a mild winter.
Charlie Paul
Sample Leadership Table
(if there had been no Handicap Reductions)
If we had simply played the league without any alteration to players handicaps each week, the leadership table would have looked like the tables below.