BREAN Golf Club members gathered on Friday evening in the Brean Country Club to celebrate their successes on the golf course during 2021.

It was the first time in two years since the usual annual event had been held due to the lockdown of early 2021.

With the past two years being greatly affected by the pandemic it also marked the end of the somewhat elongated tenures of the captains who took office way back in 2020.

The event also saw club captain Dave Morgan present the funds raised by the captain's charities fundraising to the two chosen charities.

Both St Margaret's Hospice and PETAL, The Christine Woodberry Memorial Trust, gratefully received an equal share of the £8650 that the members had raised in a variety of ways over the past 24 months.

St Margaret's Hospice representative David Jones and Scott Woodberry from PETAL addressed the audience to explain how the money raised would be used to help their causes.

Both were extremely grateful for the efforts of the club members, especially in such difficult times to raise these funds.

Earlier in the evening the excellent year that Brean experienced on the course in the past 12 months was recounted.

Victories in both Ladies and Senior County events were celebrated and the coveted Golfer of the Year was announced.

It was impossible to decide a single winner this year so this award was shared between Lyn Bird, Leighton Jenkins and Millie Jones who all had superb results during 2021.

The final awards given out as always were the Club Champions, with Jenkins being the Seniors Champion, Bird winning the Ladies title for the 5th consecutive time and Dan Williams collecting the Club Championship trophy for the first time.