SWINDON golfer Domenic Anello has driven himself into office as the new club captain at Wrag Barn.

Anello, 43, served as vice-captain last year under Bryan Rose.

He has been playing at the 16-year-old Sevenhampton club for 10 years, has a handicap of 16 and is a former competition secretary at the club.

He runs a garage repair business in Stratton St Margaret and has chosen CALM (Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Movement) as his charity for the year.

His vice-captain is Steve Powers, from Swindon.

Wrag Barn's women's skipper, Sharon Winterbottom, commenced her year in office in November.

She has been a member since 2001, plays off 17 handicap and lives at Bishopstone.

Her vice-captain is Jane Bale, from Shrivenham.

Scratch player Ben Loughrey has succeeded Wiltshire women's champion Carly Boulton as junior captain.

Loughrey 17, is the elder son of Wrag Barn professional Barry and his county player wife Gill and is in the first of a two-year sports management course at Hartpury College, near Gloucester.

Richard Beck is the new seniors' captain at Wrag Barn.

He and his wife, Yvonne celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary this year and live close to the course in Highworth.

He has been a member for 10 years and plays off 10 handicap.

Another Swindon golfer, Chris Goddard, takes over as club captain at Broome Manor at tonight's annual dinner and dance at the De Vere Hotel and drives himself into office in the traditional manner at 2pm tomorrow.

Goddard, who succeeds Alan Lester, is a Swindon caterer. He has been playing at the Manor for 10 years and has a handicap of seven.

He will have as his vice-captain Lee Robson, from Swindon.

Women's skipper Kay Hall, also from Swindon, started her year in office in December. Her vice-captain is Linda Brittain.

John Dunstone is seniors' captain and Wiltshire boys' player Joe Johnson junior skipper.

Seven members of the Wiltshire junior squad escape from the cold today when they jet out to Spain for a week's warm weather training at the Desert Springs club at Mojacar.

The party includes two Marlborough players, junior county vice-captain Jack Hiscock and Sam Matton and one from Broome Manor, Joe Johnson.

The other four members of the septet are junior county captain Matt Swales (Cumberwell Park), Ben Giles (North Wilts), Dominic Smart (Upavon) and Ross McCance (Chippenham).

The youngsters will be accompanied by their coach, Hills Wiltshire professional champion Andy Beal and Wiltshire junior delegate Mark Lawrence, both from Hamptworth.

Twelve-handicap Kevin Howe won Carswell's February stableford with 43 points.

He finished just one point ahead of Bill Campbell (20) and Jez Stewart (12).

Junior member Ryan Hewer experienced the delight of scoring his first hole in one in the stableford.

The 18-handicapper performed the feat at the 142-yard 11th hole and went on to collect 36 points.

Roger Henry (9) won Marlborough's February midweek stableford on countback from Tony White (4) both scoring 41 points.

Alistair Hunt (18) was third with 40.

Trish King won her third medal of the season at Marlborough when, with a round of nett 76, she finished one shot ahead of Pauline Ruddick in the silver division of the January competition.

Pat Harris won the bronze section with nett 78, one ahead of Bridget Selwyn.

In last week's piece on Wiltshire County Golf Union's new website, I said that webmaster Peter Andrews (Ogbourne Downs) was a former English Golf Union referee. He is, in fact, one of five current EGU refs in the county.

The others are his Ogbourne club-mates Ralph Robertson and Ed McConnell, Jim Kent (Tidworth) and Adrian Northall (North Wilts).

The county's website can be found at www.wcgu.org.uk