At the age of 34 after my football exploits came to a grinding end; I became interested in Golf, a work college loaned me a 7 iron I think! and told me to go hit balls until they went straight, well they did go straight' everywhere except straight. So straight down to the library and read all the teaching books I could lay my hands on. So back to any field I could go too; I progressed in hitting the ball long now, still didn't know where it was going though, twelve months later of practicing I found I could slice/fade a ball, so off to the golf course.

My first ever round in the fog I might add was 108 strokes, marvelous I thought. Another 12 months of proper golf I progressed from a 18 handicapper down to a 12 handicapper, now I've got the bug. My 10 year wait was over in joining a prodigious "The Open: qualifier club, the interview was intense about the rules, etiquette and discipline within the Club and of course playing ability tested with 3 rounds with the Club President and professional.

Over time I managed to fail in a lot of tournaments, I managed to finish runner up in so many more...dam this was hard to take but soldiering on is the name of the game, a win at last; the monkey off my back. So over the next 20 years I though I would document all the winnings that came my way. I'm now coming up to my 80th Birthday and still very competitive in a more relax atmosphere, getting a few wins still but more importantly I'm able to move the ball both ways now; why couldn't I do that earlier. I did manage to reduce my official handicap down to 4.3 but as age creeps up so does my the new world handicap. I'm still loving the challenge out on the course or courses.

• Playing & Win History:

• Unilever championship winning team member (Ashdown Forest Golf Club)

• Gardner Merchant regional championship winning team member (Royal Ashdown Golf Club)

• Gardner Merchant national final runners up (National Power team) Pennia Golf Club, Portugal

• CEGB National pairs championship winners (Felixstow Ferry Golf Club)

• Senior & Junior pairs club champions (Orsett Golf Club)

• Orsett golf club junior team representative (The Essex Leslie Wood Championship)

• Representative for Orsett Golf Club (Essex County Scratch League)

• Qualifier for Essex County Fire & Rescue Service National final team (three times)

• Winning team member of the Fire Service National team championship (Rochford Hundred Golf Club)

• Joint Winners of the Fire Service National pairs championship (Bangor Golf Club, Northern Ireland)

• Winning team member of the Fire Service National championship (Inverness Golf Club, Scotland)

• Winning team member of the Fire Service "Scratch" championship (Inverness Golf Club, Scotland)

• Winner of the Fire Service National pairs championship (Southendown Golf Club, Wales)

• Essex County Fire & Rescue Service scratch champion (Benton Hall Golf Club)

• ECFRS winning team captain of the southern counties regional championship (Silvermere Golf Club)

• Fire Service scratch runner-up @ the National Fire Championship (Rochford Hundred Golf Course)

• Finally: Qualified for the Fire Service world cup (South Africa)

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• Winning Udon Thani team member v Khon Kaen inaugural Ryder Cup (Singha Park Golf Club)

• Winning team captain (twice) of the Udon Thani v Khon Kaen Cup (Victory Park & Singha Park)

• Individual winner of the Khon Kaen monthly tournament cup (twice) (Ubolrattna Golf Club)

• Winner of the Udon Thani IFGG UK Cup (Dancoon Golf Club)

• Winning Soi Khao Noi team member of the Veterans scratch trophy (Sattahip Golf Club)

• Winning team captain of the Veterans of Foreign Wars charity event (Royal Creek Golf Club)