Keri Allchurch - Peter English - Stephen Butterfield - Graham Heaman The final match of the season and just two weeks prior to Graham's Captain's Day at Exeter G&CC, the venue Teignmouth and our welcome visitors, Somerset Captains'. As always familiar faces, together with some very welcome new players in our visitors team, it was also very nice to see Trevor Tape back in Devon colours after some while. Two players from the home club, Peter English currently Captain at Teignmouth, who warmly welcomed our guests fom Somerset and a Teignmouth legend, Ian Bulpin. Following tasty soup and sandwiches play got under way, once the visiting … [Read more...]

Something you may notice immediately, where is Stevie Foster's partner? Apparently, before the team pairings were announced, Stevie knew she was to be one lady short in her team. Bravely and propitiously Stevie elected to play her opponents alone, but, in separate matches each match to count as a point. Subsequent to homely and satisfying sandwiches and chunky chips play commenced in fine weather and a brisk breeze, perfect! The club always provides a warm welcome from some stalwarts of Devon golf, the ever youthful Barry Austin forever a prominent PGA Professional in Devon, unbelievably now a Senior. The Greenslade family with Devon, also a … [Read more...]

Day two and just over an hour to the Gloucester venue, the very testing Players Club, water some long carries and many challenging holes, a very good test of golf. Gloucester Captains' always seem to be able to field a strong team and today certainly the case. There were one or two close matches but most were decisive results in favour of our hosts. The course most certainly rewards familiarity, several holes rather difficult to select appropriate lines. I believe there were a number of comments as to the suitability of such a demanding course, personally, I enjoyed the course however my failing memory, having played there 5 or 6 years ago, … [Read more...]

The final tour of 2021 is a relatively new one, in existence for only a few years, and now in the preferred order, Worcester first day returning to Gloucester on the second day and therefore closer to home! Our travelling athletes usually drive to the Premier Inn base a day early, in order to bond and acclimatise to local ales and wines. On this occasion just seven of us gathered just outside of Worcester and seven miles from the following day's venue. We last played Droitwich GC ten years prior, personally I remembered very little of the course, in some parts the course is very undulating and my buggy, shared with the Captain, a welcome … [Read more...]