The first golfshake event of the year took place at Donnington Grove on the 3rd March and let me start by congratulating Richard Winter who becomes the first golfshake winner of the year with a very respectable 36 points. If you want to see the presentations, you can check out Phil’s attempts at holding a camera still here!Anyone interested in the full leaderboard click here. Nearest the pin was Chris Strong, who just nipped inside Phil Eadsforth's effort and the longest drive was won by David Ley who just edged out several people (myself included!) who all claimed to be very close to his marker!

 I’m sure all of you will agree that it was a very testing course, especially with the windy conditions. The course itself was in fantastic shape, but the weather coupled with the undulating nature of the course, meant that everyone enjoyed a challenging day’s golf.

 A special mention goes out to Tim Hawkins who after several tries, finally managed to secure himself a high enough finish to obtain some prizes, he finished tenth, and in doing so pushed out the golfshake editor into 11th, whether or not that a wise move, only time will tell! It was a great turnout on the Monday with 39 golfers starting out, receiving their coffee and bacon rolls as well as their infamous goodie bags, containing energising snacks and a pack of “lucky” golfshake tees!

It was also nice to see some previous golfing strangers arranging games with each other at the end of the event, after enjoying their rounds during the day. I am sure that all of you who stayed over on the Sunday had a great time, with the extra days golf, and also had the added luxury of not having to fight the traffic in the morning to reach the first tee. The next event is the eagerly awaited North v South rematch, which promises to be every bit as good as the Southern Cup and with the added team incentives, it could be even better!

Thanks to everyone who attended, and once again there was no evidence of any banditry on show! A great effort from all the guys who came from as far a field as Nottingham, Lincolnshire and Portsmouth in the rush hour traffic, and it was also good to see a number of new members at the event. A final mention goes to Nigel Firth who won the Value For Money prize, for taking the most shots! He has only recently started playing though, and considering the conditions, thats not a bad effort. Keep up the good work; see you all at the next event!

Luke