DESPITE strong winds at least the rain held off for the Drive In event at Mendip Golf Club for the new incoming captains.

A full start sheet welcomed the new Mens’ Captain Mark Necker, the new Ladies Captain Ann Padley and the new Junior Captain Connie Cox. The Clubhouse was packed for all of the post event festivities and ceremonial handing over of the Captains’ jackets.

The winning team of Craig Robertson, Victoria Ham, young Georgie Powell and Tom Rowland scored an excellent 85 points, well clear of a four way tie for 2nd place on 80 points which after count back left  Nick White, Chris White, Kevin Keene and Baden Wilkinson 2nd, George Abbot, Micheal Goodliffe, Philip Haynes and Richard Barker 3rd, Rob Edney, Nigel Coleman, Paul Lewis and Michal Rokitowski 4th  and Nigel Brokenshire, Andy Wells, Will Burns and Paul Cains 5th.

145 men played in the weekend Stableford and with at last better weather, 32 players equalled or bettered a par score. Div 3 went to Danny Rugg with 40 points after count back from Joe Curtis with Kieran Wiltshire 3rd with 39. Div 2 was won by James Abbott with 40 with Lee Sparkes 2nd with 39 after count back from Ryan Couzens and Bradley Allen. Div 1 saw a win for Dan Owen with 40 after count back from Joe Reilly and Liam Robertson.

104 Seniors supported the Drive In event to mark the start of the new Mendip Seniors Captain Tony Scott’s year. Held as a Shot Gun Texas Scramble this ensured that the Clubhouse was very full for the post event Ceremonies. The Competition was won by Paul Ashman/Nigel Cheshire/Keith Gadsden/Norman Squire with a net 57 with Chris Lindley/Nick Parfitt/Ian Perkins/Ken Webster 2nd with the best of 3 x 38 scores. In fact only 3 shots covered the top 11 Teams.

51 Ladies played in the qualifying Stableford event. Edwina Willis won Div 1 with 36 points after count back from Plus 1 handicap Aimee Sawyer with Michelle Young 3rd with 35. Div 2 went to Lyn Jones with 38 with Corrina Bates 2nd with 36 after count back from Gina Howard.  Div 3 was won by Wendy Collins with 37 with Suzie Howe 2nd with 36 and Pauline Williams was 3rd with 35. The 9 hole event was won by Liz Rose with 18 points with E;aine Richardson 2nd with 16.

Tony Williams