The monthly 100 Club draw took place this evening at the Penylan Club with the added excitement of the £100 Christmas Bonus which was won by Peter Payne. Full results were:
| Bonus | £100.00 | Peter Payne |
| 1st Prize | £52.50 | Alan Welch |
| 2nd Prize | £17.50 | John Barnes |
| 3rd Prize | £8.75 | Roger Green |
Club members taking part in yesterday’s Christmas Melee Competition were surprised to find that Santa had taken time out of his busy pre-Christmas schedule to visit the Club. They were even more surprised when Santa said he wanted to play – he started well but in the final round he was let down by his little helper. He did, however, manage to avoid the wooden spoon.
At the end of Round 1, Vickie Adshead and Mike Wigg had taken an early lead with a win and +11.
Round 2 got underway with the weather till holding out and no sign of the promised rain. At the end of the round there were 6 players on 2 wins with Tony Smith in the lead with +19 followed by Phil Roberts on +14
Before the final round started Santa unveiled the cakes, doughnuts and mince pies he had brought along to sustain the players. These went down very nicely with a 
cup of tea or coffee – no sherry from Santa. Some players were lurking around the table with all the goodies hoping no-one was counting how many cakes they had.
As the final round got underway there was everything to play for – a slip up by either of the leaders could let in any of the other 4 players who were on 2 wins. When the scores came in, 5 of the players on 2 wins had converted that into 3 wins – only Mike Jones fell at the last hurdle.
The scores were checked, double-checked and scrutinised as they were very close indeed. Eventually the final results were declared.
| 1 | Tony Smith | +23 |
| 2 | Roger Green | +22 |
| 3 | Michelle Spencer | +21 |
As Santa had to leave to get back and make sure his elves were hard at work in the toy factory, it fell to President Mike Jones to present Tony with the trophy.
Santa had said before he left that he had a special prize for the least successful player and, with 3 losses and -23 , that went to John Chichester who had very sensibly left before it was announced.
A big thank-you to Roger Green for organising the melee and a special thanks to Santa for his unexpected visit.
Last night 14 members of the Club started Christmas off in fine style with an excellent 7 course taster menu at Cardiff Met which was designed, prepared, cooked and served by the students. We were welcomed with a glass of bucks fizz (non-alcoholic for drivers) and then worked our way through the varied menu that had been prepared for our delectation.
Thank-you to the students who worked hard in a very professional manner and a big thank-you to Judith Smith who organised the evening for us but was unable to attend herself due to another commitment,
