Wednesday Swindle - 2022 / 2023
FINAL STANDINGS ……….
1st Mick Henry 238 points
2nd Mike Clare 236 pts
3rd Brian Butcher 235 pts
4th Pete Hele 233 pts
5th Dave Seymour 232 pts
5th Lionel Hatch 232 pts
7th Brian Willsher 231 pts
7th Kevin Walsh 231 pts
9th Kevin Price 230 pts
10th Peter Jay 227 pts
Many congratulations to Mick Henry on retaining the Swindle Trophy. Many thanks must also go to Malcolm Norton for again masterminding the 2023 Swindles and the Tee Booking Team - your efforts are very much appreciated.
Friday 27th October - Gainsborough
1st Peter Hele 39 points
2nd Richard Middleton 38 pts
3rd Graham Cork 35 pts
Wednesday 18th October - Constable
1st Ian McKay/ Brian Butcher / Shikhar Chatrath 38 points 3 Shot cuts
2nd Barry Hitchcock 37 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Trevor Waterhouse / Graham Cork 36 pts 1 shot cuts
Leaders going into the final Swindle of the year ……
Mick Henry 238
Mike Clare 236
Brian Butcher 235
Dave Seymour 232
Lionel Hatch 232
Friday 13th October - Gainsborough
1st Mick Henry 39 points - 3 shot cut
2nd Malcolm Norton / Peter Jay 37 pts - 2 shot cut
3rd John Williams 36 pts - 1 shot cut
Friday 6th October - Constable
1st Graham Vandervord 40 points 4 shot cut
2nd Mike Clare / Roger Davies / Dominic Watts / Del McWilliams 38 2 shot cut
3rd Shikhar Chatrath 37 pts 1 shot cut
Wednesday 27th September - Gainsborough
1st Peter Robins/ Peter Jay 39 points 3 shot cuts
2nd Barry Hitchcock / Brian Butcher 38 pts 2 shot cuts
3rd Eric Fisher 36 pts 1 shot cut
Wednesday 20th September - Constable
1st Kevin Price / Lionel Hatch / Andy Cracknell - 36 points 3 shot cuts
2nd John Russell / Mick Henry - 35 pts 2 shot cuts
3rd Richard Middleton - 34 pts 1 shot cut
Friday 15th September - Gainsborough
1st Rob Swann / David Seymour 38 points 3 shot cut
2nd Richard Middleton / Pete Hele 37 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Del McWilliams / John Russell 36 pts 1 shot cut
Wednesday 6th September - Constable
1st Graham Cork 44 points 4 shot cut
2nd Peter Garnett 42 pts 3 shot cut
3rd Mick Henry 41 pts 2 shot cut
Wednesday 30th August - Constable
1st John Gove 38 points 3 shot cut
2nd Mike Clare 37 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Colin Dallas 36 pts 1 shot cut
Friday 25th August - Constable
1st Eric Fisher / Shikhar Chatrath 39 points 3 shot cut
2nd John Gove 38 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Kevin Walsh / Mike Clare 37 pts 1 shot cut
Monday 14th August - Gainsborough
1st Kevin Price 39 points 3 shot cut
2nd Mike Clare / Andy Caldwell 37 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Roger Davies / Adrian Beckinsale / Richard Middleton 36 pts 1 shot cut
Wednesday 9th August - Gainsborough
1st Adrian Cherry 43 points 4 shot cut
2nd Dave Seymour / Colin Dallas 39 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Mal Jones / Brian Willsher 35 pts 1 shot cut
Wednesday 2nd August - Constable
1st Eric Fisher 42 points 4 shot cut
2nd Graham Vandervord / Ian Bickers 39 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Lionel Hatch / Toby Butcher 36 pts 1 shot cut
Wednesday 26th July - Constable
1st Mike Clare 43 points 4 shot cut
2nd Martin Brown 40 pts 3 shot cut
3rd Trevor Waterhouse / Stuart Steel 39 pts 1 shot cut
Monday 17th July - Constable
1st Lionel Hatch 39 points Another 3 shot cut
2nd Pete Hele 38 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Richard Middleton 37 pts 1 shot cut
Wednesday 12th July - Constable
1st Trevor Waterhouse 43 points 4 shot cut
2nd Brian Willsher / Brian Roloff 42 pts 3 shot cut
3rd Rob Swan / John Parkinson 40 pts 2 shot cut
With 15 more Swindles of the year left, the current leaders are …….
David Seymour 230
Mike Clare 229
Kevin Walsh 226
Brian Butcher 224
Kevin Price 224
Alan Finlayson 223
Tony Denmead 220
All to play for ……….
Wednesday 5th July - Gainsborough
1st (Sir) Bob Filer 40 points 4 shot cut
2nd Alan Finlayson / Roger Davies / Adrian Cherry 39 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Richard Middleton / Brian Roloff / Stewart Steel 38 pts 1 shot cut
Wednesday 28th June - Constable
1st Del McWilliams 43 points 4 shot cut
2nd Lionel Hatch 42 pts 3 shot cut
3rd Pete Hele / Mick Henry 41 pts 2 shot cut
4th Dave Seymour 40 pts 1 shot cut
Friday 23rd June - Constable
1st Graham Vandervord / Brian Butcher 41 points
2nd Brian Roloff 40 pts
3rd Kevin Price 39 pts
Wednesday 14th June - Gainsborough
1st Lionel Hatch 44 points 4 shot cut
2nd Tony Denmead 40 pts 3 shot cut
3rd John Jardine 37 pts 1 shot cut
Monday 5th June - Constable
1st Brian Butcher 41 points 4 shot cut
2nd Mike Clare 40 pts 3 shot cut
3rd Mick Henry 39 pts 1 shot cut
Friday 2nd June - Gainsborough
1st Steve Mitchell / Del McWilliams / Alan Finlayson 35 points each cut 3 shots
2nd Norman Davidson / Peter Jay 34 pts both cut 2 shots
3rd Kevin Price 33 pts cut 1 shot
Wednesday 24th May - Constable
1st Tony Denmead 36 points 3 shot cut
2nd John Parkinson / Colin Dallas 35 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Mark Clark / Mick Henry 34 pts 1 shot cut
Wednesday 10th May - Constable
1st Adrian Beckinsale 32 points - 3 shot cut
2nd Brian Butcher / Neil Ashwell 31 pts - 2 shot cut
3rd Terry Mitchell 30 pts - 1 shot cut
Friday 5th May - Constable
1st Adrian Cherry / Kevin Walsh / Mick Henry 38 points all 3 shot cut
2nd Ian Berry 36 pts - 2 shot cut
3rd Tony Emms 34 pts - 1 shot cut
Wednesday 26th April - Gainsborough
1st Adrian Cherry 35 points - 3 shot cut
2nd Mick Henry 34 pts - 2 shot cut
3rd Alex Giddens 33 pts - 1 shot cut
Wednesday 19th April - Constable
1st Mal Jones & Peter Jay 40 points Each 4 shot cut
2nd David Seymour 38 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Steve Stacey / Dick Lumsden / Mike Stairman 37 pts Each 1 shot cut
Wednesday 5th April - Constable
1st John Parkinson & Mike Clare 38 points (Snap, Crackle & Cut 3 shots)
2nd John Gove & Paul Sandfield 37 pts (2 shot cuts)
3rd Peter Hele 35 pts (1 shot cut)
Friday 31st March - Gainsborough A particularly wet Swindle this week making it even more remarkable that Phil H came in with a very good 37 points. For many others the highlights of the morning included watching Red Kites collecting nest materials and the annual return of the Oyster Catchers on the 10th fairway.
1st Phil Hickley 37 points
2nd David Seymour 36 pts
3rd Kevin Walsh 35 pts
Wednesday 22nd March - Constable
1st Ian Archer & Paul Sandfield 37 points
2nd Graham Vandervord & Mal Jones 33 pts
3rd Alan Finlayson 32 pts
Friday 17th March - Gainsborough
1st Trevor Waterhouse 36 points
2nd Shikhar Chatrath / Roger Davies 35 pts
3rd Alan Finlayson 34 pts
Monday 6th March - Gainsborough
Despite the heavily sanded greens and a very rare rain shower today, our seniors are still returning some incredible scores.
1st Roger Fleuty 39 points 3 shot cut
2nd Gordon Bryan and Kevin Walsh 38 pts each 2 shot cut
3rd Allen Smith, Ian McKay, Del McWilliams, Colin Dallas and Brian Willsher 37 pts each 1 shot cut
Wednesday 1st March - Constable
After his long lay off, it was good to see Mick Henry back in the 40 point club. However, this was nowhere good enough for our early risers in group one.
Our sprightly octogenarian, Robin Owen had by far the best round of the day with 46 points, closely followed by Brian Butcher with 42. Paul Sheffield would have had 44 points but had to settle for 41 due to last week's cut. He was joined by another serial winner, Adrian Beckinsale also with 41.
Despite the initial moans about playing off yellows, it's good to see everyone enjoying themselves.
1st Robin Owen 46 points (40 WATT ??)
2nd Brian Butcher 42 pts
3rd Paul Sheffield / Adrian Beckinsale 41 pts
Friday 24th February - Gainsborough
1st Peter Jay 42 points 4 shot cut
2nd John Williams 39 pts 2 shot cut
3rd Tony Denmead / Graham Vandervord 37 pts 1 shot cut apiece
Friday 17th February - Constable
Today’s swindle was played ahead of the winter singles final which our Captain had the pleasure to referee. The weather was very kind but a tad windy. The scores today were incredible.
1st Kevin Walsh 45 points
2nd Peter Hele / Colin Dallas / Paul Sheffield 40 pts
3rd John Williams / Kevin Price 39 pts
Friday 10th February - Gainsborough
It was certainly a game of two halves today, the front nine frozen solid and the back nine soft to the touch.
Winners today were……..
1st Mike Clare 38 points
2nd Kevin Price / Tony Denmead 37 pts
3rd Dick Lumsden 36 pts
Friday 3rd February - Constable
What a pleasure today to play on freshly cut greens, the recent frost doesn't seem to have caused any damage.
The yellow tees were chosen today to give everyone a chance to put in a qualifying scorecard. The majority of people seem to enjoy it and it was nice to sharpen your game with some different shots.
1st Adrian Beckinsale 46 points Yet another “light bulb” moment !!
2nd Brian Willsher 44 pts
3rd Allen Smith 40 pts
Wednesday 25th January - Gainsborough
In an effort to help the slowly thawing Gainsborough course, we played preferred lies and GUR bunkers.
This was advantageous to a chosen few with some very acceptable scores.
1st Kevin Price 40 points
2nd John Williams 38 pts
3rd Alan Finlayson 37 pts
Wednesday 18th January - Constable
Played on a particularly cold day which made it difficult / impossible to judge shot distances, particularly if a pond was in the way! There were several experiences of shots finding there way forward off ice on ponds. This didn’t seem to worry either David Seymour or Mike Clare who both returned excellent scores of 37, nudging out Tony Emms with 36.
1st David Seymour & Mike Clare 37 points
2nd Tony Emms 36 pts
3rd Norman Davidson / Allen Smith / Brian Butcher 34 pts
Wednesday 11th January - Gainsborough
Todays comp, played on a particularly wet course and not at all easy weather conditions but this did little to prevent Shergar from returning an extremely good 41 points. Shergar was last seen hotfooting it to the pro shop to pay his annual subs before being disqualified by the Capt MN.
Could I emphasise the need to keep your trolleys off the fairways and if at all possible to carry your bag. I highly encourage the use of the fairway mats too. Please continue to repair pitchmarks. All in an effort to maintain the course and make it better for ourselves.
1st Shikhar Chatrath. 41 points
2nd Graham Cork 35 pts
3rd Andy Cracknell 32 pts
Friday 6th January - Constable
1st David Seymour & John Jardine 38 points
2nd Terry Mitchell 37 pts
3rd Brian Roloff / Adrian Beckinsale / Barry Hitchcock 35 pts
Wednesday 21st December - Constable
The final Swindle before Christmas & the New Year - Played on a Constable course in very good condition considering the range of weather thrown at it over the past few days ranging from heavy frosts to extremely mild weather.
1st Spring Chicken, the young Robin Owen 38 points
2nd Steve Stacey & Rob Davies - both with 36 pts
3rd Allen Smith & Brian Willsher - both with 35 pts
Friday 16th December - Gainsborough
Cancelled because of extreme weather conditions
Wednesday 7th December – Constable
1st Brian Willsher 39 points
2nd John Russell 38 pts
3rd Colin Dallas & Roger Fleuty 37 pts
Monday 28th November – Constable
A very limited field on a foggy difficult morning. Well done to those that battled through.
1st Peter Hele 36 pts
2nd VC Parky 34 pts
3rd Shergar 33 pts
Wednesday 9th November – Gainsborough
Today on Gainsborough the captain set a challenge. For the very small sum of £1.00. You could guess his points scored. Thanks to those that dug deep to support the charity. He scored a “creditable” 21 points.
Winner today was Robin Owen with 37 points
2nd Trev Waterhouse 35 points
3rd Shikhar Chatrah and Graham Cork both on 34 points
Wednesday 2nd November
On an exceptionally mild autumn day, Today’s swindle was played on the Constable course, the greens were incredibly quick as they were recently ironed.
1st with 37 points was Phil Hickley
2nd with 36 on C/B was Mal Jones
3rd with 36 were Ian Archer and Tony Carman