Our trip to the Salisbury and Wilts GC to play Wiltshire Captains was our furthest away match that wasn’t included in a tour this year. The 2 hour plus journey on the troublesome A303 became more of a challenge than normal when the Captain, who fortunately had arrived early, was informed that the tee times had been brought forward an hour earlier than expected.
After some hastily made phone calls, the odd heavy right foot and some quick rearrangements, a quick lunch was eaten (by most – sorry Bob), tee times were met and the match was under way. Another match being played in glorious sunshine soon changed the mood in the camp and pulses were returned to normal.
Thanks to our hosts for providing a course in such fine condition, with the good weather and occasional rainfall obviously helping. The top of the course runs alongside Salisbury racecourse which means that on race days, the course is closed and used as a car park.
As is the norm, both teams sat down for convivial banter and dinner of a very well presented salad which made for a pleasant change. The Wiltshire team was heavily weighted in favour of Salisbury & South Wilts players so the match ended in a defeat for the Devon team by 4½ to 3½ – sadly an all too common score this season.








