Captains Day Report
WOW……
A fantastic 33 players showed up to support Mr. Captain, Dave Colley on his day at Hillsborough Golf Club.
First of all, on behalf of all the players, I would like to thank all the staff at Hillsborough Golf Club for their amazing welcome & hospitality given to us throughout the day. We were invited back after a challenging visit 18 months ago after the course suffered a tough wet winter with the greens almost unplayable. It has to be said that it showed its full potential yesterday, a super course…. Possibly as tough starting 3 holes as we have ever encountered so far on any visit over the years with amazing greens on every hole.
The morning 10 holes gave us the insight as to was was in store for the afternoon 18 after we had been ‘fuelled well’ (understatement!) with cheeseburger and chips. I’m sure we all tee’d off for the 18 holes nearly half a stone heavier.
So on to the golf itself and some narrow fairways with huge trees & speedy greens proved a great test of course management & ability. Couple those with the fact that the competition was over the full 28 holes played meant that it really would be the most consistent player who would take 1st prize.
Talking of prizes, there was no less than 15 different winners overall winning a variety of prizes. These are as follows…..
Nearest pins…..
Morning… Chris Copestake, hole 2. Dave ‘BuB’ Brenton, hole 6 & Wayne Jackson, hole 10.
Afternoon…. Ian Dyson, hole 2. Dave Saynor, hole 6, Billy ‘bandit’ Milne, hole 10 & Alan Ashbee, hole 13.
Nearest the pin in 2 on hole 16 was won by Luke Wirrolow with an outstanding approach shot.
Nearest the pin in 3 on holes 9 & 18 were taken by Wayne Jackson and ‘Town fan’ Pete respectively.
It appears the exclusive 2’s club had an almost open invite for a change as 6 players paid a visit. These were Ian Dyson, Dave Saynor, James Pickersgill, Mark Halliday, Alan Ashbee & Chris Copestake.
Before the overall winners are announced I would like to ‘hide’ here the winner of the bucket and spade winner for the most bunkers visited and as it was the same player who won the alcohol free prosecco together with the very handy click counter for most shots played I may as well announce these together in this hidden paragraph. Your welcome Kim Ross!!
So the winners……
5th Place with 56 points, John Kay
4th place with 58 points, Chris Copestake
3rd place with 58 points, Ian Dyson on a count back with Chris, a score of 19 to 15 on the last 9.
2nd place with 59 points, Pete Ferris.
1st place with a super score of 60 points was Alan Ashbee.
Well done Alan, a true consistent performance and well done to everyone who won a prize.
Handicaps….
As the day was played over a combined 28 holes and not the usual 18, Nigel and myself have decided its fair to add or subtract an extra shot for scores outside the buffer zone. So instead of 1 or 2 shot movements on this one occasion it will be an adjustment of 2 or 3 shots. Any complaints should be directed to www.idontgiveadamn.com
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Moving swiftly on…..
It’s near the end of our season already and our final outing will be at Shipley Northcliffe on Thursday 8th September. This is a full day of 27 holes at a great course but more importantly it will be, as usual, our AGM at lunchtime and therefore a great turnout is essential. The society is YOUR society and this will be a chance for you to air any concerns, make suggestions or to simply buy me a beer! Seriously, i’ve said it many of time and I say again…… great turnouts make it all worth the organising for me and so please do try turn up to feedback anything at all. I’m always looking to move forward to make it an even better society. I don’t want to fix whats not broken but I also know somethings may need tweaking (not your handicap Dave Saynor!)
Full details for Shipley can be found at……
Please let me know asap if your are attending OR NOT!
Cheers & remember……
‘To find a mans true character, play golf with him!’