2018

Shrigley Hall Ken Harrison Duckinfield

Alan Pengelly & Alan Smith (on behalf of Bill Wheeler) Martin Brennan & Martin Lewis

After a warm welcome from Walter Derry, Chairman of Marple Golf Club, the Teams started the day by agreeing to share the monies equally between their respective Charities. Then, on another beautiful day for golf, it was nip and tuck for the first 6 holes. The Shrigley Hall pair then had a purple patch to be 2 up at the turn. A lead that Dukinfield couldn't get back and Shrigley Hall finally ran out winners 3&2. The Marple course was in fine condition and the subtle slopes on the greens proved extremely tricky to both teams.

Ken Harrison, representing Bill Wheeler, presented the Trophy and pointed out that over £2,300 had been collected this year for North West Charities. (Since 1994 when the competition started, nearly £44k has been raised.) Ken noted the excellent spirit that the match had been played in and thanked both teams.

The round should be completed by Friday, 24th August. (DEREK HORSEY)

Committee Meeting Minutes

Details of the Committee Meeting held on 21st May 2018.. (LEAGUE UPDATES)

Contacting Seniors Organisers

If you are not sure who to contact at a Club, please use the Contacts Page (CONTACTS).

It is up-to-date and contains current names and email addresses for all Seniors Organisers.

League Tables & Qualified Players

The League Tables and Qualified Players sheets are now being published and are available for your perusal and/or display on your Seniors Noticeboards.

(LEAGUE TABLES) (QUALIFIED PLAYERS)

Handicap Reminder

The MDSL Rules (MDSL Rules) only apply to the League Pairings of any match eg Max Handicap 28. In general the CONGU maximum handicap is 54, so clubs can expect to start seeing 28+ handicaps appearing in the Social Pairings of matches. You may want to discuss with your opponents in advance as to whether this would cause any issues.

Central Zone Contacts

Philip Smallman at New Mills has changed his email address. (CONTACTS)

Derek Horsey Competition

The 1st Round draw for the 2018 Competition has now been made.

The round should be completed by Friday, 1st June. (DEREK HORSEY)

Handicaps

At their meeting on the 19th February, the League Management Committee reaffirmed that the maximum handicap for all League Matches would continue to be 28.

As a result the League’s Rule 10 has been updated. (MDSL Rules)

7th Nov: KEY Diary Dates for 2018:

FINALS DAY at SHRIGLEY HALL on MONDAY, 24th SEPTEMBER 2018

AGM at CHEADLE GC on FRIDAY, 12th OCTOBER 2018

6th Nov: The minutes of the initial LMC (League Management Committee) are attached in "Updates from the League"

5th Nov: Both New Mills GC and Macclesfield GC seniors announce Seniors Opencompetitions.

16th October: Tytherington GC of zone South have resigned from our league. The latest email exchange is presented in Updates from the league. We regret the loss of Tytherington GC Seniors. This means that there will be no rotation in the fixtures for 2018 in Zone South and all Five Clubs will now play each other.

15th October: Bill Wheelers report on the 2017 Derek Horsey Memorial Charity Competition has been added.

11th October: I'm delighted to announce that Rochdale GC have now agreed to join our league in the Zone North effective 2018. (This will be initially a trial period for one year). Our Zone North Clubs have been asked to make contact with Rochdale GC to start the process of agreeing a new Home & Away fixture for 2018. I've updated theLeague Contacts section.

7th October: I've added my notes on the 2017 AGM (League Part) held at Houldsworth GC on Thursday, 5th October - see section 2017 League AGM &Report Please send me any comments or corrections. Thank You. Jim Smethurst

The 2017 League Report has been attached as a file link at the bottom of this web page. MDSL2017LeagueReport.pdf . Click on the file link at the bottom of this home page.

Have you seen the Questionnaire results ?

Click here to read the Questionnaire results.

What this website of the Manchester & District Seniors Golf League (MDSL) contains:

The next years MDSL League fixtures will be published at the beginning of the calendar yearpublished and results of matches will be updated as received once the season gets underway. (FIXTURES & RESULTS & the LEAGUE TABLES).

The league continues in 3 Zones, Northern, Central and Southern and 8 league matches per club, home & away will be played in each zone. (Read the latest notes sent to the clubs in UPDATES FROM THE LEAGUE).

The RULES OF THE MDSL were updated in 2016 to reflect the 3 Zones in the league and the 90% recommended handicap decision of CONGU.

A section on the MDSL Clubs is added and Location of MDSL Clubs shows where we are and distances and driving times between the Clubs.(Click on the link at the bottom of the page)

The Senior Secretaries/ Club Representatives are invited to contribute any topical issues and information regarding their clubs which might be of interest to League playing members. Any information to be published on this site should be emailed to smethurstjim@aol.com, the League Organiser. A MEMBERS PAGE will include information passed on to the League Organiser which might interest others who play in the League.

Sections are included on HISTORICAL FACTS, PREVIOUS RESULTS and the PLAY-OFF FINALS. Before the Play-off finals which determine the League Champions for the year, a list of qualified players will be announced who may take part.

A section on the Derek Horsey Memorial Trophy has been added. Bill Wheeler who organises this has asked for volunteer to take over the running of this Charity Knockout event.

A section on Seniors Open competitions is added where member Clubs may advertise their Open Senior Comps.