9th March 2012

AXE CLIFF & HONITON GOLF: Dimond�s drive hits the spot

HONITON with Andy Wagner

WE were to play a charitable 4BBB game for the new captain’s Drive-in on Sunday morning with two scores to count and then all repair to the 18th fairway to watch new Club Captain, Paul Dimond, officially start his year with the ceremonial drive.

Paul only needed one drive to find the fairway, another break with tradition.

And so inside for the speeches and for Paul, helped by his new Vice-Captain Dave Morgan, to hand out the prizes. The winners, by a country mile, amassed 84pts so the congratulations and handshakes went to . . . the Captain himself backed by his Vice-Captain Dave alongside Ron Graham and Dave Lavender.

The bottle of whisky for guessing where Paul's drive would come to rest went to Dave Lavender! Let's hope that Paul's charity, the Mardon Trust fund, a Neurology Rehabilitation Centre in Exeter, has a successful year.

Tuesday Mixed

TWENTY TWO Members enjoyed the good weather playing for the Chivers Goblets which is the monthly drawn for playing partners Greensome Stableford.

The winners this month were Sue Ritchie & Laurie Tollemache with an excellent score of 38pts.

In 2nd place were Susan Hyde playing with Terry Linsdell with 34, 3rd place went to Maureen Tollemache playing with Vaughan Whiteley with 33.

Ladies Section

With Spring finally showing its head, 43 ladies played a yellow ball competition over 14 holes with a shot-gun start.

First place went to Mona Carter, Linda Blundell & Monica Lacey with 99 points. In 2nd place were Linda Northover, Sharon Dacre & Avril Shepherd with 95 and 3rd place went to Jane Watts, Maureen McIlvean & Rosemary Whiteley with 91.

Chris Pearce & Sue Witton played a two-ball game and came in 4th with 81.

Senior Section

The Seniors did not have a prize competition this week, but instead played in four-ball better-ball format.

John Discombe, the Captain, thought it would be good practice for the upcoming inter-club match season.

The results were mixed, but all were blessed with sunshine and a fairly dry course.

AXE CLIFF with Janet Dack

The Winter League for the Seniors is reaching its conclusion with one more round due to take place today (March 9th).

Many teams played their eighth and final rounds last Friday and with the best six to count it promises to be an exciting finish.

The holders - Rob Grove and Bryan Dale - completed their allocation on Friday and have set a promising target of 219.

They could be overtaken if Tony Strong and Bob Flay, who have one round to go, continue their excellent run.

On Friday two teams scored 39 points, with Malcolm Glass and Mike Jamieson the winners on countback from Rob Heard and Terry Jessup, who finished with a fine total of 217.

In third place on Friday were Tony Strong and Bob Flay with 38 points and a repeat score on the final round will wrest the trophy from the holders.

There were four 2s, from Rob Heard, Brian Wilkes, Chris Walker and Rob Grove.

Main Club

LAST Sunday Winter League number eight was played in glorious weather before last week’s fog.

The winners were Alex and Andy Gabb with 47 points. In second place were Steve Anning and Richard Gibbons with 44 and in third place were Matt Donnan and Simon Palmer.

Lady Captain Barbara Cummings organised an American Greensome to celebrate Leap Year on Wednesday, February 29th.

First place went to Pat Ayshford & Tony Strong (pictured below) with 40 points over 17 holes.

Alison & Bob Cook were 2nd with 39 and in third were Di Rogers & Rob Grove with 38.

AXE CLIFF & HONITON GOLF: Dimond�s drive hits the spot

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