Eight years since our last visit to Disley Golf Club we were delighted to be invited back to this delightful venue for our Annual Match.

Shirt sleeves were the order of the day for the players as they enjoyed this magnificent course and the match was as keenly but socially played as ever.

After 9 matches had returned to the clubhouse the scores were level at 4.5 to 4.5 and the competitors viewed the last match in with trepidation from the clubhouse balcony.

It was difficult to ascertain the result of that match from body language, but it transpired that the away team had succeeded in winning it for the visitors.

Alan Preston, Manchester Captain, warmly welcomed the Derbyshire team. He thanked his partner Steve Kewley, Disley Captain (Handicap 2) for affording the courtesy and wished him well during his year of office.

Peter Brabbing, the visiting Captain who apparently delivered meat to Nat Lofthouse as a butcher’s boy in his youth, in replying to the toast “The Derbyshire Society” expressed his gratitude to the hosts and Disley Golf Club for the use of their facilities.

The Derbyshire players then rose to toast “The Society of Manchester and District Golf Captains”. The whole ambience of the day had been excellent.

Special thanks were afforded to the two match Secretaries for their organisation and to Mike Rhodes for taking photographs on the day.

The Derbyshire Society hoped to host the 2011 match at Renishaw Park Golf Club when old friendships would be renewed.

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