Captain’s Blog
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Captains Match 4 – Beau Desert @ Home – Saturday 11 May 2013
Saturday 11th May we welcomed Beau Desert Golf Club to Lilleshall Hall for the inaugural Men's home match between the two clubs. It was great to meet their Captain David and we enjoyed a very competitive game, even though the weather tried to spoil it, I think we had everything bar snow thrown at us. Hopefully this will be the start of good friendship between the two clubs, David was very impressed with our "Order Merit League" ...
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Captains Match 3 – Shifnal Away – Saturday 27 April 2013
We travelled to our neighbours Shifnal, where the Lilleshall players received the usual warm welcome, and we found the course to be in excellent condition. It was nice to catch up with Shifnal Captain Bob and his Vice Dave for the second time in a week. In our match against Bob and Dave, myself and Zed managed to get our first win of the season, which set the tone for the other games, where Lilleshall Hall achieved ...
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Captains Match 2 – Tri-match @ Ludlow – 21 April 2013
We travelled over to Ludlow for the annual Lilleshall/ Ludlow/Shifnal Tri-match. This fixture is always very popular as it has a unique twist where the losing team has to buy the port for all the players, and it carries a lot of bragging rights. Normally Ludlow manage to use their home advantage to great effect; but after buying the port last year, Zed and myself were keen not to have to dip into our wallets again. This year we ...
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President’s Plate Final – Sunday 14 April 2013
President Plate Final - Victory Sunday 14th April- The home leg of the final was played in very windy conditions, which added more stress and pressure to the match. On the Day we met a very determined Market Drayton side who wer...e keen on reversing the previous's weeks result. All we needed to win the trophy, was a single point which was duly delivered in Match 1 by Ed Tranter & Alan McCafferty winning 3&2. Another point quickly ...
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Captains Match 1 @ Worfield – Saturday 13 April 2013
We travelled over to Worfield for the opening Captains match, where we enjoyed a very warm welcome off the Worfield Captain Adrian. The format this year changed to a breakfast style... match with an earlier tee off which went down well, the weather was a little mixed and the course played to it's normal high standard. On the course Zed and myself had a really competitive match against Adrian and his vice Allan but the home pair ...
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Presidents Plate Final – 1st Leg – 07 April 2013
Sunday 7th April we travelled up the A41 to Market Drayton to play the first leg of the Presidents Plate Final. On arrival we received a warm welcome from the Market Drayton Captain Patrick and President Phil Harris (no relation). Team Captain Wayne Frost again selected a strong team, and we got off to the perfect start when Ed Tranter and Alan McCafferty won 4&3 in match 1. Match number 2 was a much closer affair with Stuart Meadow ...
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Captain’s Social – Saturday 23rd March 2013
Firstly, I would like to thank everybody who managed to make it to the Captains social on Saturday, despite the bad weather conditions. Karl's oompah band were a huge success, and judging from the photos I think you all agree. The night involved singing, swaying and beer drinking contests, I am proud to say my team (Hamburg) beat the Berlin Team hands down!! And who knew that Jason Trehern had such knobbly knees. The food as always was ...
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Hargrove Presidents Plate Semi Final – Sat 09 Mar 2013
Hargrove Plate Semi-Final Leg 2 Saturday 9th March we entertained Wrekin B in the return leg of the Hargrove Plate Semi Final. Captain Wayne Frost made one change to the side that won at Wrekin, due to Ed Tranter being away, he was replaced by Howard Wright. The weather on the day was not very nice heavy rain, but the course held up really well. All we needed to progress to the final was a half point, but the ...
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Hargrove Presidents Plate – 23 Feb 2013
Hargrove Presidents Plate Semi Final 1st Leg against Wrekin GC – Saturday 23rd February I travelled as part of the Lilleshall A Hargrove side to play against Wrekin B, as always we knew that we would be playing against a very good Wrekin side, up for trying to get one over us, judging by the friendly banter on ...
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LHGC Ladies coffee morning raises over £650 for the Captains’ Charity
The Ladies section of Lilleshall Hall Golf Club held a charity Coffee Morning on Tuesday 12th February, 2013 at the club. Ladies Captain, Helen Hampton, explained that this is a major fundraising event for the Ladies Section and this year they are supporting the Midlands Air Ambulance, as well as hoping to buy a defibrillator for the club. The event opened with a lively sale of goods ...
