Captain's Drive In at Axe Cliff Golf Club

The three new Captains drove off together from the first tee, witnessed by all the field, who placed markers all along the first hole guessing where each Captain's first ball would finish hoping to win a prize.

The Men's Section Captain, Harvey Gibbons, in his second year, drove the greenside bunker, whilst Senior's Captain Steve Thompson drove the nearside bunker. Our new Ladies Captain, Stella Thompson, played it nicely straight up the fairway.

The team of Richard Gibbons, Robert Ballard and Ben Libby won the day's event with a solid nett 58, 12 below par. It was good to see the clubhouse full after the game with everyone enjoying a drink with a fabulous bacon bap. 

The Seniors last Winter League game was won by the well-loved Italian waiter, one John Hanna ,with 35 points. He was closely followed by Mike Wickins on 34. Mike played very well throughout the competition and is this year's overall winner with a magnificent 179, being his best five rounds with an average score of 35.8 but he was pushed all the way by Bill Dearling and Richard Gibbons who were joint second with 177.

The popular Seniors Yellow Ball Competition, which is always nailbiting, as the yellow ball is passed consecutively amongst the 3 member team and the holder's score is doubled, but that all stops if it is lost, putting extra pressure on the holder.

I usually play with Geoff Hughes and he normally loses it on the second hole, so playing as third member, I don’t think that I have seen it yet! Once again this year, the yellow ball was lost by most teams but the very useful team of young Chris Alexander and Dave Morgan with Octogenarian Gilbert Cox stayed calm and are this year's champions with 87 points.

They even beat the much-fancied team of last year's Senior's Captain David Lacey with his successor Steve Thompson and the reliable Colin Hales, who were second on 84.