THERE was a stylish opening to the season at Denton Golf Club’s traditional drive-ins.
Captain Martin Unsworth, lady captain Gaynor Wood and president Terry Pottage arrived in style in a classic Rolls Royce.
The mode of transport has become a tradition and last year the club officials hired a vintage double-decker bus.
The opening-day event, a pairs Stableford, was won by Nick and Warren Jones with 46 points.
Runners-up were Garry Owen and Alistair Holloway (44pts) on the card from Mark Alexander and Phillip McConnell.
The women’s opening-day Stableford, which was held three days later, was won by Pam Wisely (32pts) from Trish Ferguson (31) and Wendy Pollit (29).
Denton’s Winter Leagues produced a double success for Amir Nazir who triumphed in both the singles and pairs events.
Amir amassed 129 points in the series to finish eight clear of runner-up Mark Riding (121) while third was Guy Hamer (120).
In the pairs, Amir and David Sibanda had a total of 118 points. Runners-up were Gary Yates and Stephen Armstrong (108) while third were Habib Yousaf and Shahnawaz Gauhen (88).
Denton were 4-3 winners at Bolton and Lostock in the Manchester and District Golf Alliance’s City Glass Foursomes.
• Denton’s Easter Running Stablefords were held on each of the four days of the holiday weekend with Gareth Owen emerging the victor with 110 points from runners-up Matthew Heap (109) while third place went to Nicholas Jones (108).
Good Friday’s competition was win by Alex Mooney (40pts) on the card from Dale Thorpe. Third was Jamie McDonald (39).
David Schofield (41) topped the Saturday standings from Robert Baines (38) who was second on tbhe card from Ian Parkinson.
Sunday saw Garry Burke (40) head the field from Nicholas Jones (38) and Nik Coburn (37).
Tim Jones (41) was the Monday victor from Gareth Owen (38) on the card from John Hathaway.
The women’s Easter Running was held over two days.
Wendy Pollit (32) was the Good Friday winner from Lara Mulhearn (26) and Hazel Hathaway (25) and on Monday the top three were Angela Ellam (35) on the card from Sue Thompson and Linda Leung (34).
The best single score over the two days went to Angela Ellam (35) on the card from Sue Thompson.
• The seniors triumphed 6-2 against Chapel-en-le-Frith in their latest inter-club match.