BREAN club captain Andy Thomas hosted his Captain's Charity Day on Friday, and it proved to be a very successful day.

With everything added up it saw just over £2,000 added to the fund for the year for his chosen Charity, Prostate Cancer.

The sun shone for the day and thankfully the chilly morning temperatures didn't last too long for the 16 teams of four taking part.

It was Andy's Ladies counterpart Suzanne Hatfield who was the most successful Captain on the golf course on the day as she was part of the victorious team.

She was joined by Members Secretary Mike Carter and Roger and Annie Williams to post a superb 87 points and claim a two-point win.

Runners up were father and son Pete and Byron Lismore along with Adam Cox and Neil Barker on 85 ahead of last years winners.

The Clutterbuck's consisting of Les Clutterbuck, Mel Brown, Eric and Dave Jones had the settle for third prize this time around though with 83 points.

The following day the new course layout made for an interesting first playing of the Open Bowmaker.

The number of scores required on each hole depended on the stroke index and with six of the holes requiring all three players to score, it was imperative that no big mistakes were made. When the eventual winners handed in their card, they were not overly confident that is was competitive, but as no other trio beat it, it most certainly was.

The owners of that scorecard were Clive Goode, Phil Barry and Stewart Garrett and their score of 124 brought them victory. Second place went to a trio of Welshmen on 126 in the shape of the Jenkins brothers, Mark and Leighton, along with the in form Jason Kidley. Third place was decided on countback after two teams posted 127 scores. Roger Phillips, Kevin Davies and David Hunter had the better back nine ahead of the Lismore family, with frequent recent visitor Pete linking up with son's Byron and Scott.

The final Open event of the weekend saw youth win the day with two up and coming Junior Girls helping Steve Jones to victory. Steve was accompanied by his 11-year-old daughter Millie and her good friend Jessie Haines, daughter of former Brean professional, David.

The trio matched the course par of 69 and with a healthy stroke allowance of 13 shots their nett 56 left them top of the pile.

Runners-up were 2016 club captain, Andy Thomas, 2015 captain Stuart Wills and Martyn Cahill on 58.8 ahead of Phil Aspinall, Tony Romeo and Trevor Pitt on 59.2. The final prizewinners were Neil Barker, Richard Triscott and Mike Carter in fourth with 59.8.

Mike Allen won the John Heath Memorial Stableford on a misty Tuesday morning at Brean.

With visibility not at its best for the early part of the round Allen produced the only sub-handicap round with 37 points. This gave Allen the Trophy thanks to a point cushion over Pete Douglas. Douglas defeated Colin Roberts after a back nine countback for second spot on 36.