It's nice to see persistence and patience pay off. Steve Tozer has been having intense lessons from club manager Jamie Waugh in an effort to be competitive for his trip to Turkey writes John Garner.

The courses out there are long and difficult and are not to everyone's liking, but the trip went ahead and was successful.

He then returns home with a new commitment to play more golf, entered the midweek medal and wins it with a great score of net 70, well played Steve.

Second Andy Birss 72, third David Thompson 76, fourth Paul Brown 76, who is all fired up with his new driver, fifth Brian Mushens 76.

Andy Birss hit the twos jackpot, the only one. We weren't to know it but that Wednesday medal was the last decent weather we were to have for the next 11 days.

Seven players turned up for the Saturday circus, they got as far as the seventh before it all got them and the competition was abandoned.

The monthly stableford didn't fare much better, the competition was played in dreadful conditions and again it's a Humphries person that prevails, Lea wins with a creditable 35 points.

In second Steve Blackie 34, third Andy Dix34, fourth Clive Westwood 32, fifth Mr Birss again 31.

When club captain Ian Metchette was asked about the weather, he replied: 'It wasn't too pleasant but we got round.' Ever the optimist, we like!