MEMBERS turned out in force to support captain Graham Woodlands for his Captain’s Day recently.

The bright but windy conditions saw some good stableford scores returned and Vern Chappell won the best gross with 77.

The winners for the stableford from each divisions were: Division 1 – Rob Davis 35, Division 2 – Robin Sharples 39, Division 3 – Alan Cole 33 and Ladies – June Hanson 36.

Graham and his family manned the half way house with lots of welcome refreshments and the day was rounded off with the traditional Summer Ball which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.

Thirty seven teams took part in the annual Am Am where teams of four compete in a stroke play competition, with two scores counting on each hole. The competition which is open to both home and visiting players, was won by the Rhinos (J. Stubbs, H. Campbell, R. Lawrence, D. Lucas) who shot an impressive 19 under par nett 123 to take the honours followed by Steelers 127 (-15) (C. Steel, B. Hodges, T. Aykroyd, D. Taylor) on count back from Shy Teds (Dave Clutterbuck, Chris Ford, Colin Weston, Rob Walker) who also won the Carter Cup for being the best Cotswold Edge Team on the day.

The Seniors Hoyle Trophy, team of 3 bowmaker was won by Ian Standbrook, Tom Baird & Keith Dancer with 76 points from David Millward, Chris Reeve & Dennis Goodbrand on count back from Martin Phelps, Phil Hale and Mike Ward both with 74 points.

John Barrett and Dave Munn won the Rushmire Vase, a stableford pairs competition where partners are drawn for, with 41 points from Warren Pendred & Gary Merchant 38 and Andy Cocking & Simon Pirie 34.

Tina Lewis took the honours in the Ladies Committee Cup stroke play competition with a nett 73 on count back from Ilse Russell followed by Lyn Smart 75. Janet Duberley also carded a nett 73 to win the EWGA Medal followed by Lynda Pearce 74 and Mel Lee 75.

Tina and Mel are also through to the next round of the County Foursomes after winning 5 & 4 at home to Brickhampton and await to see who their next opponents are.

There have been mixed fortunes for our teams recently with wins for the Seniors and Ladies Alliance 2 winning at home to Stinchcombe and Brickhampton respectively and the Mixed friendly visit to Cirencester resulted in a good win.

The Men’s NGFL and ‘B’ Team also won against Brickhampton’s respective teams. The Stragglers struggled losing at home to Filton and also away at Thornbury and the Ladies Alliance 1 came up against stiff opposition at Burford.