2023 Season Summary

  • Golfer of the Year: David Steel
  • Most Consistent Player: David Steel
  • Most Accurate Player: Colin Oates
  • Most Improved Player: David Steel

 

LEGS 2023

The Bedfordshire | November 9th

For our last golfing event of the year and subsequent AGM, 16 LEGS members took to the Bedfordshire course including another new guest, with the good news that trolleys were permitted so apart from buggies, all who wanted to play, could.

Considering the recent rains and close call for trolleys the course was in very good condition. Many remarked how the club has invested and improved since they last came. A times the stiff winds on the course made for challenging golf especially when playing straight into it.

The scoring was good and very close, so well done to all.

  • The winner on 34 points was Clive Haywood, very well done indeed.
  • Second was Tom Inskip with 33 points, well played.
  • In third place was Pete Schofield with a score of 32.
  • Nearest the pin was John Simpson, well done.
  • Nearest the pin in 2 on the 3rd was Clive Haywood, again getting close with a super shot for the 2nd event in a row.
  • Nearest the pin in 2 on the 11th was Pete Schofield.
  • The wooden spoon goes to Mike Webb.

As 2 people won 2 prizes each, their second bottle of wine was generously donated to others.

After the game the meal was lovely, and the banter was lively. It was lovely to see Colin Bolster, Mike Stockford, Ian McLuskie and Richard Ebbs also join us for dinner. Mike delivered a very heart felt Grace before food, remembering others who are not as fortunate as us, this was warmly received, thank you Mike.

There was no Fines Master as this was our AGM event.

Our Treasurer reported the money raised from the day was £200 which goes towards all our charities. This is another fabulous amount.

Everyone had fun with our annual secret Santa, taking home a surprise gift.

The AGM rounded off the day, the minutes will be published in due course. The two annual trophies were presented by Captain Mike. The Calvados Cup going to Graham Shennan and Paul Jones and the Player of the Year was won by David Steel, very well deserved, David. If you would like to know how the Calvados Cup winners are selected, our Handicap and Scoring Secretary will be delighted to take you through it.

At the AGM a special presentation was made to outgoing Captain and LEGS co-founder member Mike Webb in recognition for his services to LEGS. Congratulations from all to Mike.

All in all, this was a splendid day, and a lovely way to round off our golfing year.

The schedule for 2024 has been published so just a quick reminder for your diaries the first event of 2024 is Wellingborough on Wednesday the 20th March, please sign up in the usual way on the website.

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Pavenham Park | October 18th

18 LEGS members took to the Pavenham Park course hoping to miss the late afternoon forecast rain. No such luck, the rains arrived early, but thankfully they were reasonably light and didn’t last too long. The course was in good condition and the greens were as challenging as ever with the slopes, bumps, and hollows taxing everyone.

The scoring was very good indeed, so well done to all.

  • The winner on a handsome 40 points was Bernard Henry, very well done indeed.
  • Second was Stephen Long with 39 points, well played.
  • In third place was Tom Inskip with a super score of 36, well played.
  • Nearest the pin was Mike Webb, the only person to make the green in one.
  • Nearest the pin in 2 was Clive Haywood, getting within a couple of feet with a super shot.
  • The wooden spoon goes to Mike Webb.

After the game the meal was lovely, and the banter was good. Pete updated all on the sad news of Mike Stockford’s wife, Linda passing away earlier in October. All at LEGS gave Mike their best wishes. Funeral details will be sent directly to LEGS members as appropriate. We also wish Richard Sharpe a speedy recover from his fall and hope to see him on the course again soon.

Thank you, Chris Ellis, for being Fines Master for the first time and raising money for our charities. Our Treasurer reported the money raised from the day was £252 which goes towards all our charities. This is another fabulous amount. He also reported that this year we have raised more than £3,000 towards our Captain’s charities, which is amazing. Thank you all so much for your generosity.

Colin updated all on the details for the 2024 2 day away event, which will be at the Nottinghamshire again, 24-25th September. The signup website link will be sent to everyone when ready. Please signup quickly if you want to go as it is very popular and there are a finite number of places.

All in all, this was a splendid day, thank you to you all for your fun and warm company. Next up is our final golf game of the year at Bedfordshire on the 9th November with the AGM after lunch, please sign up in the usual way on the website. To help you plan your diaries bacon rolls will be at 9:00am with 1st tee at 10:04am, giving us lunch around 3:30-4:00pm.


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I’m very pleased to report that an excellent couple of days were enjoyed by 16 LEGS members. We gathered at the venue just after a storm had passed through. While this created some delays and a few dodgy moments for some driving up the M1, fortunately we managed to get a full house of attendees.

Day 1 - The Championship Course

Given the volume of rain that preceded us, the course stood up very well. This may have been due to the number of lakes and streams scattered liberally around the very challenging 18 holes. With a slope rating of 139 from the back tees, we all expected a tough round and so it proved for most with a high number of golf balls finding a watery end. Less than half of us scored 30 points or more and the winners were;

  • 1st John Simpson 34
  • 2nd Andrew Stevenson 33
  • Nearest the pin - Stephen Long
  • Nearest in two - Pete Schofield
  • The team prize was won by John, Andrew, Alan Horn & Bernard Henry. Their winning margin over the runners up was a mere 2 points with 120 beating 118.

Following a few post-round refreshments, we headed for our 2 course dinner with wine. After dinner, Martin Lavansch shared his musical talents with us once again. Martin's efforts raised £133 for this year's Captains Charities, including donations from the bar staff - even though they were a bit young to recall some of his songbook !

Day 2 - The Signature Course

The lower slope rating suggested a more straightforward golf course and this proved to be the case, even with just as many water hazards coming into play on most holes.
Our average score improved by more than 2 points, and the winners were;

  • 1st Colin Oates 38
  • 2nd Clive Haywood 34
  • Nearest the pin – Alan Horn
  • Nearest in two – Jeff Wood
  • The team prize went to Martin, Colin, John & Richard Shortland. The winning margin was only 2 points again with 129 beating 127 into 2nd place.

My improvement by 7 points on day 2 led to me winning our 36 hole trophy with 69 points.

Our trip closed with the prizegiving of bottles of wine to the winners plus a special prize to Captain Mike. On hitting a very short tee shot on a very long hole, he consoled himself and his playing partners with the phrase “well, at least it’s gone beyond my bag!” Perhaps a lesson to us all?

Finally, my thanks go to our Director of Scoring, Andrew Stevenson. He did a superb job in securing the prizes, helping me with the draws and looking after the competitive side to our 2-day event. I should add that he finished day 2 with a birdie 4 at a par 5 (over water) that earned him 5 stableford points – yes, 5 on one hole!

The consensus of opinion was that we had played on 2 very nice challenging golf course teaming with wildlife; Canadian & Egyptian geese, mallards, herons, moorhens and even a fox that followed Andrew for a couple of holes while he ate his Mars bar !
So, a very enjoyable trip that was enhanced by suffering no rain during 2 rounds of golf – very unusual for a LEGS event !
All of us are looking forward to a similar trip next year - hopefully with more members, and their guests, able to join in the fun.