The tee-off to the new season at St Thomas’s was marked with style and sophistication as the club’s new captains decided on a pink stretch limo for their Captains Drive-in ceremony.
Incoming club captain Mick Lydell and new ladies’ captain Val Rooney, pictured left, were equally as colourful dressed in Grease-like rocker costumes for the occasion, the curtain-raiser for the new season at the club.
The clubhouse was packed with more than 100 members to see their arrival, with members looking forward to the first big event of 2011, the Captains Drive-in team competition.
After being welcomed into the clubhouse with a champagne reception outgoing club captain Jim Burns and 2010 ladies’ captain Michelle McHale officially handed over to Mick and Val, right.
The handover, which sees the new club captains drive-off from the first tee, almost went up in a puff of smoke as Mick hit what turned out to be a chalk ball that exploded into dust, all to the great cheers from members on the clubhouse terrace. Val further surprised the crowd by managing to hit her drive despite wearing super-high stiletto heels.
The new club vice captains, Adam Ward and Laura Malpass, were also on hand to welcome Mick and Val and to officially take up their new positions, left.
The 2011 season as St Thomas’s was officially on the first fairway. For more pictures from the day go to the St Thomas’s Facebook page.
