It looks like July is going to be more challenging to us golfers as we don’t tend to like rain but 22 hardened Seniors are used to rain on the Captains' Away Days at Axe Cliff Golf Club, writes Dave Bruce.

Last Tuesday, we braved the elements all day long at the lovely Course at Taunton & Pickeridge, which is one year older than Axe Cliff, as formed in 1893.

It was a very enjoyable day, despite the weather, with some good scores by most and particularly by old Geoff Hughes, 88 years young, who won the cherished Geoff Hubbard Trophy with a fine score of 37 points and helped his team of Captain Steve Thompson and myself take second spot behind the strong Simon Wellington team.

Poor old Geoff, for once, was lost for words, as Captain Steve presented the trophy to him but wanted to thank the Captain for organising the event and for his generous gifts to everyone, the officials at Taunton for the excellent state of the Course and the wonderful meal provided of choices of lamb or pork with plenty of veg.

However, I was pleased to see that he had put his teeth in for both meal and photo, normally they are in his pocket with his hearing aids - well played Geoff.

Most of us had the stamina to play again, at home, on Friday in our July Medal, with Tony Strong winning Division 1 with a nett 71, closely followed by Ian Carvell on 73 and sheep farmer Dave Morgan taking third place with a 74.

Division 2 was also a close result, with Chris Walker's countback putting old crooner Phil Christmas in second place, both on 71. Former top statistician of Exeter University, Roger Hill, played well for third spot on 72.

The Men’s section had much improved conditions on Sunday with good scores in their annual Geoff Davies Trophy, especially from young Jason Green, winning with an excellent 40 points, closely followed by Daniel Taylor's 39 and master builder Mike Cottam's 38 to take second and third places respectively. 

In their July Medal, Simon Sweetland took Division 1 honours with a 74 and Chris Alexander had an amazing nett 65 to win Division 2.