Junior Corey leads the way at Marsden

Captain's Week at Marsden started on Thursday night with the Junior event and some splendid golf was played.

Richard Boothroyd proved to be the winner with a fantastic 46 points which saw his handicap plummet by three shots to 16. The runner-up was the Club's Junior Captain, Ethan Shaw, with 38 points whilst third place went to Elliott Wood with 35 points.

Results:
1: Richard Boothroyd = 46 points
2: Ethan Shaw = 38
3: Elliott Wood = 35

Friday night saw the Mixed competition taking place over 15 holes. Again the competitors where blessed with fine weather and after 15 holes the winners emerged as Mr. D. Shufflebotham & Mrs. B.Shufflebotham.

Results:

1: Mr & Mrs D.Shufflebotham = 51.5
2: Mr & Mrs M.Sykes = 53

Saturday held the first round of the Captains Prize and once again the sun was high and the conditions where good. Tough pin placements made scoring difficult with only Nigel Thornton breaking par with a 86-20-66 total. Ethan Shaw, Nigel Brook & Danny Smith all carded level par 68's with a host of chasers on 69 & 70.

Sunday morning saw a couple of the Saturday chasers fall away at the first hurdle with scores of 11 & 9 being registered - again the course played tough with only three people breaking par.

Nigel Thornton carded a fine 70 to go with his first round 66, Junior Captain Ethan Shaw once again shot a 68 with a costly drive on the 12th hole - where he drove over the wall at the back of the green. However it was another junior, 14-year-old Corey Monty Avison, who added a fine 66 to his first round 70 to take home the prize.