OGBOURNE Downs Golf Club opened its golfing year with a traditional Captains’ Drive-In day last Sunday.

Following a very successful competition in the morning more than 100 members braved the chilly wind to watch the new captains drive off the first tee.

Outgoing club captain Steve Howcroft presented a cheque for £6,000 to the Alzheimers Charity and ladies captain Barbara Entwisle handed over a cheque for £3,000 to MacMillan Nurses.

Incoming club captain Roger Entwisle was pleased to announce that Ogbourne Downs will be the first golf club in the area to adopt the GWH Brighter Futures Radiotherapy Appeal as one of its major charities for the year.

His wife, Barbara Entwisle, will carry on as ladies captain for another year.