Captains Day

Captains Jeremy Twaits & Jan Hinks both worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks to organise yesterday's Captain's Day event and their efforts were rewarded with a hugely successful day. Forty-five players competed in the competition which was a Stableford event with selected Powerplay holes (double points for net par or better). There were also other mini-events during the course of the day to keep everyone interested and amused with the blindfold tee shot probably the most challenging!!!
As usual there are a few people to thank as well as Jeremy and Jan. Firstly, the green keepers for presenting the course in excellent condition and cutting the extra powerplay holes, some of which were quite a bit tricky!! Callum and the rest of the clubhouse staff for an excellent BBQ following play and working diligently all day. Sian and Sam for managing the early morning registration and raffle ticket sales and Paul for collating the scores. Mostly - thanks to all who attended on the day and raised over £350 for the captain's charities.
The winner of the men's event was John Day with a fantastic score of 55pts. Russell Bowers was runner-up with Richard Osgood a close third. Sam Whiting was the ladies winner on 45pts followed by Liz Evans and Sian Soanes. Our very welcome visitors were headed by Roger Tillett 48pts followed by David Crosse and Mark Grant both on 44pts.
The other prizes were won by ... Nearest the Pins - Jason Allum, Sam Whiting & Mark Grant. Longest Drives - Josh Wallin & Shey Walder. The chipping competition - Lesley Cratchley. The putting competition - Judy Willson. The overall golf skills (chipping and putting) - Dave Warwick. The blindfold tee shot - Roger Tillett. The highest powerplay points - Javed Shanlechi. And of course it goes without saying that Jon Miller's team just scraped home on a tie-break in the quiz!!!
Full results - click here.