TAMS 27th August
/22 players braved a very wet course and persistent rain to play for Roddie's Gavel. Scoring was difficult but there were a couple of good results.
Winners will be announced at the Xmas lunch.
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Congratulations, Steve!
/Its congratulations to our oldest TAM, 93 years young Steve Baczkowski, who eased past young whippersnapper Sandy Macfarlane after countback, both on 20 points. George Cunningham was third also on 20 points.
Steve finished with an impressive 5 points on the 9th. Worthy of a ball alone!
A reminder that we play a 5 club stableford for Roddie's Gavel next week.
TAMS results for August 13th
/Despite the threat of thunder storms and no broadband 25 player rose to the challenge. Ian Tate scored an impressive 22 points for first. Ronnie Watt, Bill Hardcastle and Graham Mackie tied on 21 points and after countback Ronnie and Bill could not be separated so shared second place.
Ken Davie birdied the first and Graham Mackie the 7th.
Results for 6th August
/A pleasant-ie dry an calm!-summer's morning encouraged 23 players to the course. John Napier continued a good run of form to return 21 points for first place. Bill Hardcastle shaved second place from Melvin Cannell on 20 points.
Results for 30th July and ceremonial raising of new Club flag
/19 players braved a wet forecast which turned out to be not so wet.
There were several good scores in the 20's, Steve Farrar taking first with 23 points, Sandy Morris a close second with 22. George Langlands birdied 7.
We were pleased to be joined by Club Captain Gavin Carruthers. Gavin had agreed to a ceremonial raising of the new Club flag sponsored by the TAMS. He was joined at the flag pole by founding member Jim McAuslin and other TAMS. Gavin kindly expressed his and the Club's appreciation of the support given by the 'oldies '.
Results for 23rd July
/15 hardy [fool?] TAMS decided to face the morning monsoon. Not all completed 9 holes and at least another 6 stayed in the lounge for coffee!
The wet conditions obviously suited ex Fire Chief Richard Edmonds who returned 23 points closely followed by Chris Beaumont on 21 points. Excellent scoring in the deluges.
Birdies were also recorded at 7 by Richard and by Graham Mackie.
TAMS are pleased to sponsor the new Club Flag.
Results for 16th July - updated
/A pleasant morning with the course in good condition encouraged 26 TAMS out before we welcome back our block tee times next week. Thanks to Sarah and the office for their work in making the new arrangements.
Tony Kinder had his best ever outing scoring 25 points, emulating Sandy Macfarlane's score from last week. Well played Tony.
Birdies were recorded at the 7th by David Wallace and Tony Kinder and at the 9th by Sandy Macfarlane and George Langlands.
4 players returned 22 points including Steve Baczkowski, our young 93 year old, who had a 5 pointer at 9, as did George Langlands.
Graham Mackie and Ian Quigley were the other 2 members of the '22' club. On the countback George sneaked it from Steve by one point, Ian and Graham being a further point behind,.
Steve's 22 points at 93 must warrant a ball at least.!
Result for July 9th
/25 played but there were 3 NR's because of some confusion about current rules.
Conditions were excellent reflected in high scoring. Sandy Macfarlane romped home with 25 points, George Cunningham a close second on 24 points.
It was good to hear that Bill Hardcastle is safely back from Australia but is in quarantine-hopefully not for long.
The TAMS are back in business!
/23 TAMS returned to competitive golf with a stableford challenge yesterday. Conditions were excellent reflected in some good scoring.
Ken Davey and Sandy Morris tied on 23 points but Ken's 2 birdies made the difference on the countback.
For some a crash course on stableford rules was necessary which added to the fun.
Coronavirus- arrangements for TAMS
/By now all of you will have given thought to how you will prepare yourselves and your families for the onset of this disease in our community.
With regard to the TAMS and to our golf, given the age profile of our players and the near-certain infection of some members of our community, we believe that it is incumbent on all of us together to take sensible steps to mitigate the risk of infection from this disease.
Accordingly and after consultation with some of our players, we have decided that for the foreseeable future we will proceed as follows:
(i) We will continue to play on Thursday mornings at our usual time.
(ii) We will not mark and submit cards and therefore will only play for the pleasure of each other's company.
(iii) We will not collect weekly subs, though we may later ask for voluntary donations, given that the TAMS makes annual charitable gifts.
(iv) We will not congregate as a group in the clubhouse after playing for our customary reflection on the ills of the world.
TAMS back in action - 5th March
/After missing 3 Thursdays 16 players were pleased to welcome a frosty but wonderful winter/seemed like spring morning.
Scoring was impressive 6 cards returning 20+ points. Top of the list was Jim Pettigrew with 24 points. Warner Hardie shaded Ronnie Watt for second place both scoring 22 points. Birdies were recorded by Ian Tate at the 4th and David Wallace at the 9th. No-one held the green at the 7th.
Results for February 7th
/On a glorious morning we had 23 starters.
The course was playing long and the greens were just difficult which yielded rather poor scoring with the average being about 14 or 15 points.
However as always some rose to the challenge and our clear winner was Wilson Struthers with 18 points as well as an excellent birdie on the 9th.
George Cunningham was second with 17 points despite having got lost somewhere and arriving after the presentation where Ian Tate had been awarded second on 16 points on countback from Sandy Macfarlane.
Ken Davey was nearest on the 7th.
We sent some photos from the lounge with our best wishes to Jim Walker who is recovering in hospital from a stroke.
Results for 30th January
/The course having re-opened 17 hopeful players turned up. David Wallace was the clear winner on 20 points. Richard Edmonds sneaked second from Brian Taylor both recording 18 points. Warner Hardie was nearest at 7, repeating last week's achievement.
John Napier was celebrating 80 years and kindly bought the coffees.
Results for 23rd January
/21 players turned up on a mild but dreich morning. The greens were particularly challenging. George Langlands won with 21 points [despite leaving the new putter in the garage]. Richard Edmonds was second on 19 points. Warner Hardie was nearest at 7. There were no birdies.
First outing in 2020
/After a 4 week gap 20 players were keen to play the first TAMS opportunity of 2020 despite challenging conditions. Two of our 'senior' members rose to the challenge scoring 19 points each, John Forsyth easing past George Tucker on countback. Ken Davie continued his birdie success at 9, which Ian Tate also birdied. Roger Key was nearest at 7.
A surprised Wilson Struthers [who was cruising the high seas in December] accepted the Stanley Ridgeway Trophy which he won last summer.
Results for December 19th
/A very mild morning encouraged some good scoring. Ken Davie and Richard Edmonds tied on 22 points, Ken taking the countback, his birdie at 9 helping. George Langlands almost aced the 7th converting a nervy 10 inch put for the 2
The next play will be the 9th January as the clubhouse is closed on the 2nd. However if at least 6 play on the 2nd if cards could be collected for scoring on the 9th.
It was very sad to hear that Bill Hardcastle's wife Francesca and Harvey Robertson's wife Babs had both passed away.
Election Day results
/16 players turned up on a cold but calm morning. Although winter greens were on, scoring was quite impressive. Jim Walker recorded 23 points for first with George Tucker close behind on 22. Ken Davie managed the only birdie at 7.
5th December Results, Lunch and Prizewinners.
/14 players ignored a poor weather forecast to find pleasant golfing conditions. Roger Key particularly enjoyed the conditions returning 24 points for first place. George Cunningham was second with a credible 21 points. Birdies were recorded by David Wallace at the 1st and Alistair Lambie at the 9th. Ian Tate was nearest at 7.
33 TAMS enjoyed an excellent Xmas Lunch provided by the catering team led by Nick. Much improved compared to the last 2 years.
The trophy winners this year were: Ken Bowie Salver - David Wallace
Stanley Ridgeway Trophy - Wilson Struthers
Roddie's Gavel - Doug Coltman
Handicap Quaich - Graham Mackie
Scratch Trophy - David Wallace
John Forsyth Putter -Sandy Morris
There was much laughter-merriment-ridicule around the table but the highlight of the afternoon was Chris Beaumont's melodious rendering of the 12 Days AFTER Xmas.
