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On a very warm and humid evening, the Men's team had a Tuesday fixture at Westerhope GC in their 8th Hadrian League match of the season. The team was Graeme Hewitt, Chris Bowman, Craig Wilson, Ian Davidson, Ronnie Dixon and Paul Shanks. The course was in superb condition and the wet weather of the previous night had left the odd puddle, but softened the greens to make them quite receptive. Brain King had dragged himself from his sick bed to support the team and John Best, John Bainbride and Chris Wappat were in attendance to caddy. At the end of the 9th we were up in 2 matches, all square in one and down in the other 3. By the end of the 13th it was down in 2, all square in 2 and up in 2 .... and the stage was set for an exciting last 5 holes. Ian Davidson was first to finish with a 2/1 win. Next was Craig Wilson who clawed his way back from being 3 down at the 14th to secure a half on the 18th. Then Paul Shanks secured a win 2/1 with a strong finishing run. Ronnie Dixon who had also been 3 down at the 14th secured another half on the final hole in a nail biting finish. Chris Bowman had a loss 3/2 and finally Graeme Hewitt had a great 4/2 win to finish the night. We won 8-4 and I witnessed a great determined performance from the team. Well done guys. Westerhope provided excellent hospitality throughout the evening and finished by serving us the biggest and best fish and chips I've had in a long time.