Captain’s Drive In & Monthly Stableford - Gainsborough
It was a wet and miserable start to new Captain Malcolm Norton's year....but that didn't stop the traditional gathering on the putting green to watch him nervously tee it up for the first time in charge.
As is the norm, we tried to put him off as much as we could...but not even the catcalls and whistling...or even Bob Filer's drone hovering over the tee, could stop Malcolm knocking it a creditable 178 yards down the first fairway into the right hand fringe.
That drive alone was enough to raise £168.17p (17p, really??) for Malcolm's charity the East Anglian Children's Hospice...a great start. And well played to Paul Sheffield and Eric Fisher who correctly guessed the yardage, but donated their winnings back into the pot.
On to the Stableford competition itself. With no run on the wet ground and greens playing very slow, scoring was not what we have become used to in recent months. Only one score in the 40s was recorded and that was Kevin Price, who won Division 2 with a very good 42 point haul.
The top places in each division were:
Div 1
- Trevor Waterhouse 39
- Ian McKay 39
- Andy Cracknell 38
Div 2
- Kevin Price 42
- Pete Robins 37
- Tery Mitchell 36
There were three nearest the pin prizes on offer . John Parkinson won NP on the 3rd; Rob Giles won NP on the 7th and Brian Willsher won NP in 2 on the 17th.
Full results on HDID