A TOTAL of 75 Downes Crediton Golf Club members took part in the Captain’s Cup Stableford on Monday, August 14 and it was Rick Eidam who took the overall victory scoring an impressive 39 points.

Rick was also placed top of Division Two with John Dean in second place with 38 points and Graham Cox in third with 37 points.

Division One was won by Keith Ham who scored 38 points with Colin Baker in second with 37 points and Ian Pring in third with 36 points.

There was some fine scoring in the Midweek Stableford on Wednesday, August 16 with the ever-consistent Paul Sandercock posting 41 points for the victory.

Derek Shaw, with 40 points, finished in second place and Matt Brooks was third with 39 points.

Downes’ Ladies hosted their Invitation Day on Thursday, August 17 and Trish Wallis and Pam Clarke (Ashford Manor) made it a victory two years in succession scoring a great 40 points.

Ladies Captain, Shirley Stunell, and partner Anne Blackler (Sidmouth) scored 37 points to take second whilst Judith Ezard and Penny Deakin (Okehampton) posted 36 points for third.

The Thursday evening Stableford was won by Nic Freytag scoring 19 points.

Saturday, August 19 saw Downes’ Professionals Devon Greenslade and Barry Austin host the Pros Day.

The morning event saw a “Beat the Pros” Team Texas Scramble Challenge. Unfortunately no teams beat the Pros score of 14 under par 56 but there was still some fine team scores posted to take the top places.

Matt Coates, Roger Coates and Matt Smith finished first scoring a nett 60.8 whilst Martin Garnsey, Rodin Mackay and Maurice Curtis (nett 61.1) took second with Steve Fewings, Sam Hill and Paul Furzer third with a nett 61.8.

The afternoon saw the popular Team Greenslade verses Team Austin challenge match which consisted of 17 pairs per side playing a betterball stableford.

All points scored by each pair were added together at the end of the day to give each team a cumulative total.

Reversing the result of last year, Team Austin scored 648 to Team Greenslade’s 643 to take a somewhat narrow but fine victory giving bragging rights for the next 12 months!

As always the match was played in great spirit with a terrific atmosphere in the clubhouse post match.

Barry Austin