Last Wednesday Axe Cliff Golf Club Ladies played the last round of their Axe Cliff Cup and as a medal. Whilst I cannot tell you the winner of the prestigious trophy,

as it is being secretly held so it can be announced at the presentation lunch in December, I can inform you that the winner of the last round was Karin Cox with a net 79 pushed all the way by captain Anne Jarvis with net 81 and the very venerable Stella Thompson in third place with a net 84.

The Seniors have been busy lately joining the Ladies in the popular Gruesome Cup. In no particular order the Mars' bars were won by captain John Hanna and

Janet Dack, but the cup holders are now Barbara Cummings and Paul Curtin.

Last Friday, in a overcast but dry beautiful Autumn-like day, John and many of our section turned out for a fun game now known as the Axe Waltz. Those dancers amongst you know its strictly one, two, three together and its the only ballroom dance that even I can do!

In teams of three, playing stableford points, in strict order you start with only one best score counted, then you are allowed two to count and on the third all three can count. In true Waltz rules you then repeat the same for the next three and so on until all 18 holes have been played.

If my o'level maths certificate serves me well, then any team playing to par would get 72 points (6 x 2, 6 x 4, 6 x 6). Not known for his dancing, Mick Swann must have relied heavily on twinkle toes Paul Curtin and Peter Casey's good posture in his team as they won with an amazing 79 points.

Not far behind was that steady partnership of Bernard Hanson, Terry Atkins and new member B. Dearling (I've not met him yet) .

Trying to make up for his Mars bar performance with the Ladies captain, John picked great performers in Alan Morgan and Nigel Pritchard and took third spot with a respectable 74 points.

I have to feel sorry for Chris Alexander who drew the short straw by having myself and Geoff Hughes (86) in his team. Geoff kept standing on my feet and falling over on every third hole. We did get 62 points and even beat Phil Christmas, Norman Bowles and Ron Bragg by one point. Mind you Chris is a Sunderland supporter and is hoping that Steve Bruce will manage them now that Newcastle have let him go.

Even the sun came out on Sunday for the men's monthly medal and helped some good scoring. Division One was won by Brad Burraston with a net 68 followed by retired

busman Stuart Mackie on 71 and young Richard Gibbons took third also with a 71.

Alan Morgan, in the form of his life, also had a fine 68 to win Division Two from Nigel Pritchard and Mark Winterbottom both on 71. How incredible for both Divisions' winning scores to be identical.

Many congratulations for, our leader, Simon Wellington. somehow reaching his 65th birthday on November 1 but I am sorry to hear he slipped on the muddy banks of

Elfordleigh Golf Hotel where his wife Jill took him for a short break.

He should have stayed home at Axe where we continue to play on great greens and a well drained course.