It was a cloudy but dry day at Silves for our annual Captain's Drive In. This sees the outgoing Captain (Ray Groves) putt out on the 18th green,and the new Captain for 2016 (Peter Chapman) drive off from the first.

It was then followed by a 2 ball Seattle Shambles competition, the results can be found at the end of the article. An amazing 80 players participating!

There was a side wager on the 18th between the Captains, should Ray not manage to putt out in 2 a donation would be made to the present Captain's Charity. Sadly he didn't meet the challenge, eventually 4 putting! There were mitigating circumstances however - the ball used did have a large slice missing.

Moving onto the first tee the shenanigans didn't stop, Peter hitting the now obligatory exploding ball, however when he came to hit his proper drive he opted to use a Noodle, obviously expecting to hit it into the lake. Luckily (or sadly) this didn''t happen as his hooked effort failed to reach the water. 

Members were each allowed to guess how far the ball would travel and it was Peter's wife Marja who won the event. She obviously had far lesser expectations, or a better knowledge of his ability, as the distance covered was a meagre meters! However he did improve during his round as the results below will show.

The scores were fantastic! Winners Arthur Greenwood and Hannah McMahon amassing a wonderful 50 points. Peter Chapman atoned for his somewhat lame event earlier coming second, no doubt ably supported by Marja! Countback scores are in the final column.

Nearest the pin winners: Tony Roxburgh and Hannah McMahon