Captain’s Blog
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Captains Match 4 – Away to Beau Desert GC – Saturday 12 May 2012
What can I say about yesterday other than a fantastic course, fantastic people and long may this fixture last between these two great clubs !! Arriving at 12.00 midday we were greeted to a walm welcome by Captain Bob of Beau Desert GC. Weather was great, course looked fantastic and we were up for a stern test of golf against a strong Beau outfit. Captain Bob and playing partner Mike came out firing and soon ...
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Shropshire Star Team Challenge 09 May 2012
Today we took a team over to Bridgnorth GC to play in the Shropshire Star Team Challenge and although we did not manage to bring home the spoils, I had a totally enjoyable time with Andrew Morgan, Jason Pethard and Alan "Shankin' Stevens" Smith. The weather held fine until the last few holes so we got away with that and in patches we all played some tidy golf. Many thanks to my playing partners for representing ...
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Captains Match 3 – Home to Shifnal GC – 28 April 2012
Amazingly the weather held out for us and we all managed to avoid the rain. Course was in fantastic condition, and allbeit a little wet in places which is to be expected,the Shifnal team held the course in high regard - although the wind did play a big part in making the course long in places. Great company to play with captain David and vice captain Bob from Shifnal and look forward to the ...
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Captains Match 2 – Tri Match vs Ludlow & Shifnal – 22 April 2012
Always a great fixture in our Lilleshall calendar, the annual tri-match with our close friends Ludlow and Shifnal. Well represented, we travelled over to Ludlow nice and early, arriving there at 11.30am. Vice captain Phil had assembled a team containing many past captains with some new blood upholding the traditions of the club. We had a cracking match against Ludlow captain David and his partner Mike, playing off 9 and 3 handicap and went right down to the ...
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Captains Match 1 – Worfield GC Away – Saturday 14 April 2012
What a fantastic way to kick our captain's matches off with an away trip to Worfield GC - always a popular fixture in the diary and vice captain Phil Harris thought he had assembled a team to potentially bring a win back home. Arriving at 11.30am, the weather was holding out, allbeit a little cold but sunshine was promised at some stage in the afternoon. ...