Last week was an interesting one for the Axe Cliff Ladies, starting with battling a strong North Westerly in the Ex Captains' Cup.  

Sandra Walker, in great form at present, took the honours with a creditable 33 pts in difficult conditions. Then, on Wednesday, in better weather, they competed in the Rabbit Cup, suitably named for handicappers of 26.5 and above. 

The Trophy was donated to the club by Di Rogers. Those playing, not eligible for the Cup, played a Stableford competition. Some very good scores ensued, especially by the winner Karin Cox with an amazing 39 pts to take both comps.  

The Seniors come up with some crazy ideas for fun games and the recent Vice Captain, Steve Thompson, chose something known as a Multiplier. Now, if I have got this right, it’s a team of three playing normal stableford, where each score is multiplied. For example, if each member got a nett birdie (3 points) then that would earn a massive 27 pts on that hole (3 x 3 x3).  

However, the sting in the tail is if anyone did not score, the team gets nil on that hole, so 3 x 3 x 0 = 0. It puts a lot of pressure on everyone!  

The strong team of Terry Atkins, Tony Strong & John Purdy won with an excellent score of 140 points but were pushed all the way by equally strong team of Nigel Pritchard, Stuart Mackie and Terry Atkins with 136. 

You probably thought I made a typing error putting Terry Atkins in both teams but easily explained as Nigel & Stuart did not have a third member so the Vice Captain, Steve, drew a number out a hat from the 27 who competed and drew number 13, Terry Atkins, lucky for them.  

Last Friday, a good number travelled to Wrangaton for Captain David Lacey's Away Day. On a lovely day, it is fantastic but on a bad day, you want to be somewhere else, being half on Dartmoor and half parkland.  

It must have rained all day as half of us had to give up after 9 holes but some brave souls did all 18. I think finishing completely wet through, I could rewrite that famous phrase to ‘Only Mad Dogs and Seniors go out in the midday Rain’.  

The winner of the Geoff Hubbard Trophy on the day was Club Treasurer and ever-popular Bill Polley with an unbelievable 38 points. He is very fond of sheep who looked wetter than us on the day. Despite the rain, it was a very enjoyable day with wonderful prizes given out by Captain David. Many thanks to Malcolm Glass for organising the event. 

The Men's section enjoyed much better weather last Sunday in their October Medal, as evidenced by some very good scores. Brad Burraston won Div 1 with a nett 65 from young Nathan Maddocks coming 2nd with 72 and, keeping it in the family, Ian Burraston took 3rd place with 77.  

Robert Ballard won Div 2m also with a nett 65, well ahead of Paul Hankin and Chris Glover, who took 2nd and 3rd spots with 81 and 84 respectively.   

The Axe Cliff B team retained the Basil Dean Shield, beating a strong Honiton side 8-4 over two legs home and away. Well done Andy Jeffery and the lads.