One of the many sections at Ross Golf Club which continues to improve and thrive, perhaps somewhat unexpectedly, is the 60+ mens’ seniors section.

This year, the annual Over 75’s Peter Carton-Kelly Cup, first introduced in 2001, attracted its best ever attendance. 27 members took part to suggest that playing golf at the Gorsley based tree-lined course is not only pleasurable, but also helps members to live longer as well!

Fittingly, the 16 holes stableford competition, played on the Club’s yellow course, was won by one of the younger players taking part, Malcolm Thornton, although it could easily have been different.

After 13 holes played, an octogenarian, Brian Ingram seemed in the box seat to take the title, but Malcolm’s explosive par-par-birdie finish yielded a massive 10 points leaving his 40 points total one point better than Brian’s 39 points.

Brian still took home a major prize for being the best octogenarian performer of the day, and Peter Clift’s 37 points prize winning score secured him the runners-up spot.

This meant that David Every and another octogenarian, Geoff Baker, who both scored 37 points, were unlucky to miss out on this occasion.

However, Geoff can still reflect with considerable satisfaction on a highly effective 2018 summer season.

It was way back in 1999 that Geoff first won the Seniors Annual Layton Cup, which, being based upon the best 3 scores and played over 6 separate competitions demands a high level of golfing consistency.See the full story in this week’s edition of the Ross Gazette, or subscribe to our online edition here