The members of the Seniors section of Fosseway Golf Club managed to defy the testing December weather conditions to complete their last competitions of 2023.

The annual Turkey Trot proved to be a successful one for the pairing of Martyn Cuer and Rex Wyatt who won the Texas Scramble with a nett score of 60. One shot behind came Alan White and Allen Cheney with Mike Ricketts and Richard Dancey third with a nett 64.

The semi-final line-up for the Guerwyn Thomas Trophy has now been established with Chris Appleton and Brian Phelps due to face Graham Edgell and Malcolm Tucker and Richard Sullivan and Dancey competing against Pat Cray and Mike Weeks. In the quarter-finals Appleton and Phelps beat Alan Jones and Harold Lidbitter 4&2. Cray and Weeks defeated George Thurston and White 3&2 and there was a similar outcome for Edgell and Tucker who had the better of Paul Trigg and Frank Reeves. In the closest encounter Sullivan and Dancey finshed one up against Paul Ellis and Ricketts.

In difficult conditions Cray excelled in the Christmas Medal with a fine score of nett 63. In second place came Competition Secretary Appleton with a nett 65 with Cuer third on 67. M Tucker