The Ladies’ Interleague team played Worlebury in a Home fixture and secured a 4–3 win. Glynis Slater led the way with a solid 6&5 win, followed by Tina Davis and Janice White, both with 3&1, and Margaret Sellar played an excellent game to come in 4&3.

The Stragglers travelled to the popular fixture away at Dawlish Warren. We were promised sand, sea and no trees. Well, the sun tried to put in an appearance, the tide was out, and yes, the trees were hard to find.

We welcomed Simon Harris to his first Stragglers game, and it appeared that he, Ben Jones and Paul Cullen had never played Dawlish before, so it was a challenge. Everyone agreed the course was enjoyable and the company very friendly.

First out were Richard Williams and Simon Harris. After a promising start, the opposition proved too strong and they lost 4&2. Second, Richard Mansfield and John Baker were two-up at one stage, but a consistent eight-handicapper with superb iron play proved unbeatable, and they also lost 4&2.

Third were Ben Jones and Paul Cullen. Having never played here before, we heard quite a lot of “I didn’t know that bunker was there... Where did that hollow come from? Who put that gorse bush there?” ...but a series of birdies by the opposition resulted in a creditable 2&1 defeat.

Fourth were Terry Searle and Bill Levell. A good, tight game ensued, but again, the opposition proved too strong, and despite Levell’s approach to the eighteenth bouncing along the clubhouse roof, they lost 2&1.

Finally, our last pair of Steve Heath and Adam Holiday never really got going. Normally our bankers, they found the opposition a bit of a handful and succumbed 5&4.

So a narrow 5–0 defeat means it’s all to play for on the return.

Janice White