Results for 20th February
/A mild but wild morning greeted 15 players. Alister Lambie and Keith Ackerman both tied on 17 points, Alister taking the honours after countback. Birdies were recorded by Gordon Innes at 4 and Chris Malcolm at 7.
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Results for 13th February
/20 souls braved a cold morning which included a 20 minute white out which was not forecast. No one walked in however. Jim Douglas, Carlos Maeso and Sandy Morris all returned 17 points, Sandy taking second on countback. Melvin Cannell played a canny 9 holes returning 18 points for first place. Jim Douglas was nearest at the 7th.
Results for February 6th
/Fog ,frost and winter greens greeted the early players.
However early sunshine soon cleared the fog.
Overall scoring was quite low for the 16 players with 13 and 14 being popular.
Top scorer was Willie Watters with 15 points.
Four people scored 14 points and George Cunningham won the count back to take 2nd place.
George also won nearest the pin.
Alister Lambie had the only birdie, with a four on the 9th ( obviously recovered well from his eye operation).
Good to see him back.
Results for 31st January
/Winter greens and frost bounces were in play but a hint of warmth from the sun created a pleasant morning. Bill Hardcastle was welcomed back from his Antipodean adventures and was presented with the Stanley Ridgeway trophy which he won last year. A bottle of Merlot also caught up with him as a member of the winning Scramble team.
Overall scoring was much improved on recent weeks. 3 players tied on 19 points for second place with Tony Kinder taking the honours on countback .With 20 points and nearest the pin at 7 Jim Walker had a good morning on the course. There were birdies for Carlos Maeso, Brian Taylor and Bill Hardcastle.
Chris Beaumont is recovering from his recent surgery but will not be golfing for a wee while yet.
Results for January 23rd
/19 players braved a rather raw/cold morning. 13 points was a very popular score but John Cairns won with an impressive 20 points which included a birdie at the 4th. Graeme Murray edged out Carlos Maeso for second but Carlos was closest to the pin at 7.
Happy New Year, Everyone
/After the snow and ice of the last couple of weeks the green sward of the golf course bathed in Spring like sunshine was a welcome sight for 23 TAMS venturing forth for the first outing of the New Year.
Conditions, however, were challenging reflected in a wide range of scores. Roger Key was leader in the clubhouse early on with 18 points. John Cairns,however, having scored 4 points at the first, returned 19 points to take the honours.
John Varney was nearest the pin at 7.
TAMS will be well represented at this Saturday'sBurns Supper.
Results for 19th December. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE !🎅🌲
/Despite a frosty morning with a bitter northerly 24 TAMS turned up to find we were on the main greens. There was a wide range of scores but Tony Kinder and Graeme Murray both returned 21 points with Tony taking the honours after countback, 9 points to 7. Birdies there were none. Sandy Morris took nearest the pin at 7.
The next TAMS day will be the 9th January.
Festive Greetings to all our readers.
TAMS Results and Christmas meal
/17 TAMS braved a frosty morning to work up an appetite for the Xmas lunch. Overall scoring was in the low teens. However Gordon Fisher, who has been second twice recently, must have thought with 23 points he could be this week's winner. John Varney posted a personal best 24 points to thwart Gordon's hopes. Gordon also birdied 9 with Chris Malcolm taking nearest the pin at 7.
The Xmas Lunch
34 TAMS enjoyed an excellent Xmas lunch. The food and service were of the highest quality. Well done David and his team!
Trophy Winners were:
The Winter Competition 23/24
1st A Lambie
2nd S Morris
The Roddie McAlpine Gavel
1st A Lambie
2nd G Mackie
The Ken Bowie Salver
1st I Quigley
2nd DW Gittos
The John Forsyth Putter
1st S Backzowski
2nd J Cairns
The Summer Competition
1st D Little
2nd B Taylor
The Stanley Ridgeway Trophy
1st W Hardscastle
2nd J Douglas
The Scramble
Team Walker, Morris and Hardcastle
The trophy winners were all warmly applauded but a particular highlight was when 97 year old Stevie Backzowski was announced as the winner of The John Forsyth Putter.
Graham Mackie read out a 'Letter from Canada' from David Wallace which was much appreciated by the group.
Jim Walker gave a vote of thanks to George, Brian and Graham for keeping the TAMS Bus on the road.
Jim Douglas thanked David Forsyth for looking after the inter club Seniors Matches which are well supported by Several TAMS.
Results for December 5th
/21 TAMS appreciated a less severe winter's morning than recently experienced. Runaway winner with 22 points was John Cairns. Initially it was thought that 3 players were tied on 17 points for second place but a handicap check put Graham Fairclough on 18 for second place. Graham Mackie was nearest at 7.
A good turnout is expected for next week's Xmas lunch when the year's trophy winners will be confirmed.
Results for Nov 28th
/Despite freezing temperatures and a hard frost 22 players braved the challenge of winter golf in Peebles.
Gordon Fisher had 21 points for second place and a birdie at the 4 th.
Jim Douglas had 22 points for first place.
Chris Malcolm and Graham Mackie both had birdies at the 5 th.
Christmas meal requirements to be e-mailed to Brian Robson at ieston5@tiscali.co.uk
by 5 th Dec.
George Langlands- Master of the conditions!
/Despite freezing temperatures and hard frosts over the last 2 days 10 souls braved the challenge of winter golf in Peebles. Skill will out ,however, reflected in Gordon Fisher's 20 points for second place and George Langlands' 21 points for first [including a blob at 7 ]. Graham Mackie had a small birdie at 9 having just failed for the big one!
Carlos Maeso seemed to enjoy his first, somewhat frosty, TAMS outing.