Thursday 10th April was the date the Manchester Captains invited new Captains from various clubs around the Manchester area to meet up at Knutsford Golf club.

The weather was fine which enabled two teams to have the marvellous result of 45 points over 9 holes. The team of Steve Mc Dermot, Jeremy Howorth, Steve Foster and Tony Melia lost out on a card playoff.
The winning team was Dave Sanders, Andrew Murray, Colin farrow and David Ibbotson who each won an Association Shirt.

Mark Dacre and Tom Freeman both won balls for twos.

39 Played golf and 2 Joined us for lunch.
19 new Captains Joined the Association

Our thanks, once again,goes to Knutsford Golf Club who allowed Manchester Captains to hold our flagship membership event on their course.

Played each year to mark the beginnings of our Association 70 years ago, Founders Day was this year played at Chorley golf club.The weather gods were kind to us on the day of the event with sunshine which everyone enjoyed.The moor land type course fired the enthusiasm of those taking part and some excellent scores were returned.The course was well presented by the Chorley greens team and played long with the greens proving not easy.
On completion of play, and after some much needed liquid refreshment, all players enjoyed a chicken dinner with mushroom sauce in a convivial atmosphere. Following dinner, the Captain of Chorley golf club stood up to welcome all members of the Association adding that it was a pleasure and honour for the club to host such a prestigious event.This was followed by a response from our Captain Steve Misell thanking the Club for hosting the day and their hospitality and excellent service provided, before moving on to the presentation of the prizes.
The winning pair, and proud guardians of the Founders Trophy for the next 12 months,with a brilliant score of 48 points were Steve McDermott from Turton and Bill Newsome from Dunscar. Following in second place on winning a card play off with 46 points were Clive Howlett from(Macclesfield ) and Steve Jackson from (Avro ) In third place with 46 points Peter Keown from(Ellesmere) and John Bowling( Ellesmere).
There were 2 x twos recorded on the day, on the 3rd hole Bill Newsome (Dunscar) and on the 16th hole Paul Harris (Birchwood).All received balls for their achievement.
The evening concluded with our AGM at which Peter Keown and Tony Gregory were appointed as Captain and President respectively for 25/26.
We look forward to the next Captains Day Competition at Ellesmere GC on 17th June 25.

Hosted at home this year our encounter with the Derbyshire Captains took place at Romiley Golf Club. The course was in excellent condition, well manicured and the greens proved not easy due to the recent dry and hot weather.

There was some good scoring and close games on this undulating course which proved challenging for all players.

Following the match we sat on the outside patio for some well deserved and needed liquid refreshment. The meal consisted of chicken pot pie sat on a bed of mashed potato with vegetables and mushroom creme sauce. For dessert there was a chocolate brownie , ice cream with strawberries. After dinner our newly elected Captain of Manchester District Captains Peter Keown addressed everyone. He hoped everyone had enjoyed the day, the golf, facilities and the excellent food. He also thanked the Captain of Romiley Golf Club Steven Horne for their excellent hospitality and service extended to us. He was followed by Richard Smith Captain for Derbyshire, whom gave thanks to Peter and the Manchester Captains for an excellent day and thanked all the staff at Romiley Golf Club for their superb efforts. Special mention was also made to both the Competition Secretaries for the days management. The days events were concluded by our Captain Peter Keown announcing the result which was a close draw at 4-4 and congratulating the Derbyshire Captains on their retainment of the trophy for another year which is the norm for drawn matches. Peter presented the trophy to the Derbyshire Captain. The Manchester Captains were then invited to stand and toast the Derbyshire Captains.
A superb day enjoyed by all with great weather, a challenging golf course and an excellent evening meal.