Great drive-in at Saddleworth

GOLF ROUND-UP: The Captain's Drive-In at Saddleworth and the day that followed was a roaring success due to the superb weather and excellent evening social event.

In true Saddleworth fashion, the new dignitaries drove in at lunchtime.

The first to drive off was the Captain Tony Isaacs, followed by the Lady Captain Kaye Orme and the Junior Captain, Will Potts.

The Lady Captain and Captain would like to thank everyone who supported their competition and evening social event.

The competition was won by three clear points with an unbelievable 49 points!

The victory fell to the new Junior Captain, Will Potts, and the ‘Troia Champ’ himself Paul ‘Swings it, Chips it, Putts it’ Baddeley.

The pairing of youth and experience was always a force to be reckoned with and they certainly made that clear in the first white block comp of the season.

In the runners-up spot on 46 points were the unlikely pairing of Tom.com Williams and Adam Slack, the pair combined superbly and were delighted to pick up a prize!

In third place it was the older of the Potts brothers - Tom Potts - and he partnered up with Jonny ‘Give us a wave’ Givvons.

This pair built up a good partnership and Jonny ensured they ‘sparked’ up a good result!

All in all it was a fantastic club event.

A Pro’s Stableford at Saddleworth had division one won by Adam Rowbotham 38, from Martin Orme 37.

In Division Two, Bryn Lawton led in with 39, one more than Tom Watts.

David Haynes was the star of Division Three with 40, three more than Colin Campbell.

Also on form was Phil Paxford who holed his tee shot on the par three tenth hole.

Phil was thrilled to have aced the 10th and gladly offered a drink of whisky to everyone in the clubhouse.

A Pro’s BB Stableford at Saddleworth had Terry Walsh and Richard Hughes posting 50 to lead in from Angela Gerrard and Mark Roberts 49 and Nigel Kippax and Dave Marshall 46.

A club BB Stableford at Saddleworth had Steve Asquith and Les Thompson on top with 45 ahead of Antony Schofield and Steve Dawson 44 and Chris Cunniffe and Ross Sutton 43.

A singles Stableford at Crompton and Royton saw the divisions led in by Liam Marshall 38, Liam Lovell also 38 and Trevor Lockwood after a cpo on 38 with Trevor Doney.

A medal for C and R ladies was won by Joyce Adams 73 ahead of Yvonne Jackson 74 and Emily Halstead 75.

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