‘Captain’s Day’ is a special day in the Captain’s Year. It involves lots of organisation by the captain (and not a little cost) and it’s the only competition in which the captain does not participate – so he gets all the hassle and none of the pleasure!
Despite the odd marquee to either shade everyone from the sun OR keep them dry, the day can be ruined by poor weather and so in the lead-up to the big day, every captain prays for sunshine. The ‘weather gods’ look favourably on some, but not on others ,,, even our own ‘Weather Eagle’ couldn’t have predicted the deluge dealt out to 2016 Captain Brian Doig … on multiple dates!!
Nobody wants to be know as the “Raining Captain!!” – mind you Brian still disputes that accolade!
So to Captain Campbell’s Day … well it was nothing like the wall-to-wall sunshine of the previous day!
For the first 3 hours the rain just wouldn’t stop and many who went out early posted NRs, this is despite the best efforts of Mr Captain’s wife Chris, who provided plenty of flap jacks and fruit to sustain the brave members who fought their way around the course for a refill and half way house at the 11th tee.
The spread included magnificent sandwiches and fabulous cakes all specially prepared for the day by Sue Crisp and the ladies section .. and all served with loads of beer!
Gradually the weather did improve and Mr Captain felt he was living out Alan Sherman’s ‘Hello Mudder, Hello Father’ comedy song!
Despite the earlier bad weather, the ‘Raining Captain’ baton did not pass to Pat who laughed his way through the day and in the event, some very good scores were posted.
Congratulations to all the winners but particularly to Aaron Bothamley.
Aaron achieved the distinction of the winning the “nearest the hole” inaugural challenge on the Piccolo Course with a HOLE IN ONE!
The presentation will take place on Saturday 10th July at 7.00pm
Results
1 David Crisp 80 – 15 = 65 Winner (back 9) 2 Steve Bell 75 – 10 = 65 Runner-Up 3 Stuart Whitchurch 89 – 23 = 66 3rd Place (back 9) 4 Colin Moss 76 – 10 = 66 4th Place (back 6) 5 Gary Mather 71 – 5 = 66 Lowest Gross Best Gross Winner 6 Malcolm Forder 73 – 6 = 67 7 Adam Chadwick 78 – 11 = 67 8 Aaron Bothamley 84 – 15 = 69 9 Terry Hayward 79 – 10 = 69 10 Paul Holbrow 83 – 14 = 69 11 Aaron Woodward 72 – 2 = 70 12 Alan Webster 80 – 10 = 70 13 Stuart Ball 89 – 19 = 70 14 Isidore Allen 78 – 7 = 71 15 Ben Minshull 80 – 9 = 71 16 Michael Hayward 93 – 22 = 71 17 Mark Oakes 81 – 10 = 71 18 Brian Dewick 90 – 19 = 71 19 John Hickton 89 – 17 = 72 20 Michael Coleman 79 – 7 = 72 21 Neil Flynn 78 – 6 = 72 22 Neville Green 85 – 13 = 72 23 Nicholas Barton 82 – 10 = 72 24 Christopher Unsworth 73 – 1 = 72 25 David Armitt 88 – 16 = 72 26 Kevin Bloor 78 – 5 = 73 27 Neville Salt 88 – 15 = 73 28 Neil Booth 78 – 5 = 73 29 Graham Parker 86 – 13 = 73 30 John Worsley 84 – 11 = 73 31 Nigel Dryden 86 – 13 = 73 32 Julian Wildgoose 83 – 10 = 73 33 Ian Middleton 83 – 9 = 74 34 Ben Pritchard 80 – 6 = 74 35 Robert Lee 80 – 6 = 74 36 Garry Nicholson 86 – 12 = 74 37 Gary Cannon 84 – 10 = 74 38 Stephen Hunter 88 – 14 = 74 39 Neil Waites 98 – 24 = 74 40 Jon Brogden 86 – 10 = 76 41 Bev Wilson 88 – 12 = 76 42 Simon Whiteley 91 – 15 = 76 43 Kenneth Mycock 100 – 24 = 76 Best Full Handicap 44 Phil Major 83 – 6 = 77 45 Doug Thompson 94 – 17 = 77 46 Andrew Stubbens 77 – 0 = 77 47 Scott Downing 94 – 17 = 77 48 William Meachem 101 – 24 = 77 49 Ashley Wall 89 – 12 = 77 50 Robert Clark 98 – 20 = 78 51 Peter McMahon 85 – 7 = 78 52 John Cornwell 99 – 21 = 78 53 Paul Barker 102 – 24 = 78 54 Lee Oakes 79 – 1 = 78 55 Matthew Dickinson 88 – 10 = 78 56 Adam Bradley 96 – 18 = 78 57 Neil Bolton 89 – 11 = 78 58 Alister Dean 88 – 10 = 78 59 Chris Meachem 96 – 17 = 79 60 Andrew Peters 93 – 14 = 79 61 Stephen Whalley 92 – 13 = 79 62 Oliver Toseland 85 – 6 = 79 63 Carl Wagstaffe 
96 – 17 = 79 64 Jon Kershaw 94 – 15 = 79 65 Michael McDonald 89 – 10 = 79 66 Richard Preston 86 – 7 = 79 67 Craig Hodgkinson 95 – 15 = 80 68 Derek Cox 104 – 24 = 80 69 Ian Mycock 93 – 13 = 80 70 John Heapy 106 – 24 = 82 71 Robert Forder 103 – 21 = 82 72 Eddie Wright 98 – 16 = 82 73 Chris Megarrell 97 – 14 = 83 74 Pete Bell 94 – 11 = 83 75 Michael Collinge 103 – 18 = 85 76 Lloyd Marling 104 – 10 = 94 77 Malcolm William Hemment 128 – 24 = 104
