Captains’ Away Day at Sapey on Friday July 8t
The Captains’ Away Day was organised by Anne and Christian at Sapey Golf Club on July 8th and took place in glorious, sunny weather which is always a bonus.
Twenty-four enthusiastic golfers took part in a team comp of 2 scores to count Stableford of teams of 4 with mostly 3 gents and 1 lady on each team.
For added interest, there was an individual competition over 9 ‘hidden’ holes. There were 4 divisions of ‘Longest Drive’ on the 18th, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Ladies and a Nearest the pin for the men on the 6th and Nearest the Pin in 2 on the 3rd. Mulligans were very useful on these holes…!
The course was in fine condition, although we found the greens played quite slow and took some getting used to!
There was much comment about how good our greens are playing. However, everyone agreed what a pretty course it was especially in the sunshine. Play progressed well and no one encountered any holdups and the rounds were completed in about 4 hours 20 which was welcome in the heat.
Sapey Golf Club looked after us exceedingly well with bacon rolls and coffee to start and the dinner of Homemade Lasagne, Chips, Salad and Garlic bread followed by Cheesecake, Raspberry Compote and ice cream went down well.
The raffle and mulligans raised £545 in aid of the Captains’ Charities Breast Cancer Now and Prostate Cancer UK which was a tremendous amount. Thank you, everyone!
Many thanks to our golf pros, Rob, Tom and Josh for donating free lessons each and also to John Bunn of Midlands Golf for his generous donation of prizes which are exchangeable if anyone wishes.
It was a fantastic day and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. There was a lot of friendly banter and it was commented on how nice it was to have mixed teams which made a refreshing change! Thank you to Rich Tattersfield and Paul Cotterill for joining us as the captains’ guests and who both said how much they had enjoyed it.
A big thank you to Michelle and Rich for their help on the day…your turn next!
Results:
Team of 4 Stableford 2 scores to count
1st
Linda Houston £40 voucher each
Jude McManus
Richard Banks
Paul Stanford
2nd
Keely Tattersfield £25 voucher each
Dave Smallwood
Lee Machin
John Brothwood
3rd
Judith Jones £15 voucher each
John Wakelam
Peter Fox
Mick Burrows
Individual Fun Comp Best 9 ‘Hidden Holes’ Stableford which were Holes 4 – 12
Men Scott Harris with 22 beating Lee Machin on BB6
Ladies Jude McManus 22
Longest Drive on 18th £20 voucher each
Gold Division HI 1-7
Christian Shotton who drove 322 yards!
Silver Division HI 7.1 – 17.1
Mick Burrows
Bronze Division 17.2 onwards
Geoff Forrester
Ladies
Michelle Parry Thorntons Chocolates
Nearest The Pin £20 voucher each
Men On 6th John Brothwood
Ladies in 2 on 3rd Linda Houston
Congratulations to all winners and many thanks to everyone who joined us – we thoroughly enjoyed it !
Anne and Christian
Club Captains
For more images see,Captains Away Day Report (003)