The first Seniors Alliance of the year took place on Tuesday at Ventnor with Freshwater getting off to a good start in defence of the Shield. Keith Kimber won the Gaile Cup with 37 points and Peter Scott secured 3rd with a score of 33 points.
The ever popular ‘Irons Only’ event took place on Sunday. Thirty one players took the woods out the bag and the scores as always in this event were truly impressive. Robbie Faulkner won the event with a staggering 44 points. Rick Penn and Dave Wright both scored 39 points with Rick securing 2nd spot due to his better back 9. 4th spot was Barry Crook with 38 points.
The Saturday Stableford Division 1 was won by Dean Capel with 40 points. Derek Wright scored a level par round to gain 2nd with 39, beating Steven Cooke into 3rd who also scored 39. In Division 2 Gary Cooke matched his son, also scoring 39 to gain 3rd. The captains curse of playing badly is yet to strike Steve Sargeant as he secured 2nd with 40 points. John Riddelsdell scored the best round of the day with a score of 42 points.
