Golf round-up

Finn won the April medal with nett 74 ahead of Ellor (75), Gibbard (80) and Sue Giblin (80). Ellor won the April stableford with 37 points ahead of Doreen Bailey (35), Giblin (33) and Bolt (32).

THE Bewdley Pines GC ladies Tuesday April stableford was won by Shirley Birch on countback with 38 points ahead of Jo Crow (38) and Barbara Weston (37).

The Saturday April stableford was won by Jeannie Jackson on countback with 37 ahead of Chris Martin (37) and Holli Ward (36).

Seniors Division One April stableford: 1 Ken Tillman on countback 38; 2 Stan Hooper 38; 3 Bryan Pollard 38. Division Two: David Drew 42; 2 Alan Hart 38; 3 Tony Perks 38.

COUSINS and Little Lakes GC members Sean Williams and Melvyn Davies progressed into the next round of the Daily Mail foursomes beating brothers Phil and Steve Lau, from Cleobury, 4 and 3 having been given a tough draw at Cleobury. Sean and Melvyn await the third round draw. In the Worcestershire Handicap League Little Lakes had a resounding 4.5 to 1.5 win at home to Cleobury. J Roberts and A Green won 2 and1; I Sorrell and J Bunce won 6 and 5; L Hawkeswood and R Sidaway won 3 and 2; S Flavel and A Heaton won 4 and 3; J Morley and F Holder a/s; C Dorrel and P Jones lost 6 and 5. The next match is on the May 14 at Bransford.

THE men's bogey turned out to be one of the toughest competitions of the year at Cleobury Mortimer GC with only three players shooting under their handicaps.

George Gifford shot three under to reach his goal and become a single figure golfer and senior members Gary Hawes and Alan Hall proved age is no barrier by stealing the show. They both shot four under to win their respective divisions and Hawes and Hall agreed putting was the secret to their success.

"The greens were just so quick today keeping three putts off my card was a massive bonus," said Hall. Cleobury contest the Droitwich Shield final on Sunday.

Cleobury founder member Bob Lucas found the form of his life to shoot four over gross and a nett 68, to give him the win over John Brazier in the Men's Medal.

Elsewhere in Division Two Keith Gardner and Rick Clayton were first and second respectively. Victory was sweet for Lucas who has found himself picking up team prizes rather than individual honours over the last twelve months. "it has been a long time coming," said the victor, "I knew I had a good score in me it was just getting it all to gel at once, fingers crossed this form will continue on my tour of Spain next week." Cleobury secured two victories in three days in the alliances. Using home advantage, Sam Pain and his team of amateurs shot 15 under in the Worcestershire Alliance to win on count back. Pain along with Gary Mann, Spike Broad and star of the show George Gifford (who shot 44 points) secured two birdies on the last hole to hand themselves victory. On Thursday it was time for the Shropshire and Herefordshire pros to visit for a landslide victory for resident PGA professional Tim Hall and his team of Andy Chantler, Broad and Tom Wright who shot a massive 22 under, 7 clear of their nearest rivals.

Kidderminster GC B team started the season in style, winning three and halving one of their opening four matches. Kidderminster won 6 and 2 at home to Stourbridge and halved it 3 and 3 at Kings Norton, Churchill and Blakedown at home were won 5 and 2 Droitwich at home was won 61/2 to a 1/2. Ladies EWGA Medal, Division One: 1 Judy Taylor, 92-22-70; 2 Sue Hues 94-22-72; 3 Jill Yates 91-16-75. Division Two: 1 Sandra Hinton 94-25-68; 2 Shirley Caswell, 103-28-75; 3 Di Cope 103-27-75.

SAM Johnson was overall winner of a junior medal event at Wharton Park GC ahead of Liam Baynham and Harry Lane. Joseph Wier was fourth and Luke Lane fifth with no return from Tom Johnson and Samuel Ozwell. Baynham and Lane's handicaps were reduced by one with Johnson's reduced by two.

David Jukes won a midweek stableford with 41 points, ahead of Karl Bowyer and Ben Yeomans.

Other results: Richard Knowles (36 points); Julien Jordan (36); Paul Wild (35); Sean Hill (35); Raymond Christie (33); Adrian Rogers (32); David Skidmore (31); Mark Johnson (31); Luke Rogers (30); James Geddie (30); Mark Holbrook (28); Michael Gordon (28); Andrew Gunn (24).

The Category 1 members managed a clean sweep of the prizes at a sunny scratch open with Luke Rogers going under par to take the win.

Results: 1 Luke Rogers 70 (Wharton Park); 2 Luke Towler 72 (Wharton Park); 3 Neill Smith 72 (Ludlow); 4 Michael Wood 73 (Wharton Park); 5 James Toman 73 (Wharton Park); 6 BEN YEOMANS 74 (Wharton Park); 7 Lee Hackett 74 (Sandwell Park); 8 Cameron Hoggarth 75 (Wharton Park); 9 Norberth Salmon 75 (Wharton Park); 10 Shaun Roberts 76 (Vale); 11 Hadley Trenfield 76 (Wharton Park); 12 Simon Whitehall 77 (Vale); 13 Richard Howell 77 (Wharton Park); 14 Craig Thompson 77 (Menzies Cambridgeshire); 15 Mark Stanton 78 (Chipping Norton); 16 Lee Shimwell 78 (Enville – The Highgate); 17 N Pomeroy 78 (Tewkesbury Park); 18 Ben Robinson 78 (Vale); 19 Nicholas Duddin 79 (Wharton Park); 20 Luke Glover 79 (no club); 21 Glen Witherford 79 (Abbey Hotel); 22 Brian Morris 79 (Wharton Park); 23 Thomas Aston 80 (Bloxwich); 24 Stuart Allen 80 (Chipping Norton); 25 Steven J Harvey 81 (Wharton Park); 26 Lawrence Mitchell 81 (Monmouth); 27 Chris Lee 82 (Vale); 28 Christopher Willocks 82 (Shifnal); 29 David Heaven 82 (Wharton Park); 30 Julien Jordan 83 (Wharton Park) 31 Richard Rodgers 83 (Wharton Park); 32 Leigh Ricketts 83 (Vale); 33 Roderick Armstrong 84 (Wharton Park) 34 Mathew Ward 84 (Atherstone) 35 Jack Roberts 84 (Kings Norton) 36 Alistair Mclnnes 85 (Abbey Hotel); 37 Chris Duddin 85 (Wharton Park); 38 David Fish 85 (Ludlow); 39 Steve Evans 86 (Wharton Park); 40 Craig Goldsby 87 (Bromsgrove); 41 Michael Holmes 88 (Enville - The Highgate); 42 Bradley Styring 89 (Bromsgrove). No return: Mark Nelson (Wharton Park); Steve Owen (Wharton Park); Matt Willetts (Enville – The Highgate); Steven Watton (Enville – The Highgate); Alex Wiggins (Vale); Lee Booth; Lilley Brook. Seniors medal: 1 Peter Dobson 68; 2 Brian Wooding 72; 3 Richard Barton 74; 4 Bob Marriott 74; 5 Brian Poyton 75; 6 Bruce Pugh 75; 7 Brian Wellsbury 75; 8 Ken Wade 77; 9 John Nelson 77; 10 Alan Dixon 78; 11 Alan Turner 78; 12 Nigel Norris 78; 13 John Bailey 78; Clement Lynch 80; 15 Alan D Bishop 81; 16 Harry Ratcliffe 82; 17 Brian Toon 83; 18 Alan Hopkins 84; 19 Edwin Gardiner 84; 20 Alan Jones-Bratt 87; 21 Rory O'Connor 92; no return: John Enderbury; Terence Allsopp; Bob Atkinson. Midweek medal: 1 Sam Johnson 67; 2 Raymond Christie 68; 3 Luke Towler 70; 4 Simon Hartwell 71; 5 Scott Lane 71; 6 Peter Mauger 72; 7 Mark Johnson 77; 8 Brian Wooding 78; 9 Ergun Bagci 78; Michael Underhill 80; 11 Phil Taylor 85; No return: James Geddie; Steve Owen; Paul Wild; Joshua Perry; Martin Bedwell 68; Liam Baynham. Monthly medal, Division 1: 1 Ben Yeomans 65; Paul Hopkins 66; Brian Morris 69; John Burston 69; John Gilmore 69; Richard Howell 70; Matthew Dorrill 70; Cameron Hoggarth 73; Lloyd Johnson 73; Martin Bedwell 74; Michael Dyer 75; Nick Clee 77; Tad Marszalek 79; Andrew Gunn 79; Jack Bradbury 79; David Richards 80; No return: James West; Bastien Bonnet. Division 2: Sean Hill 65; Andrew John Watson 66; Harry Lane 66; Samuel Ozwell 66; Jozef Skura 69; Scott Whetton 70; Alan Walker 70; Stuart Dunn 71; Paul Williams 72; Simon Hartwell 72; Brian Stevenage 73; Stephen Roberts 73; Richard Knowles 73; Michael Kasperczyk 74; Martin Taylor 75; Micheal Adams 77; Andrew Harris 78; Daren Jones 78; Andrew Ozwell 81; David Mitcham 86; No return: Paul Wild; Graham Jones; Alan Barton; Michael Storey; Joseph Wier 74. Monthly stableford results, Division One: 1 Saul Bagg 43; Julien Jordan 42; Lloyd Johnson 39; Ben Yeomans 39; Mark Caldwell 38; Ergun Bagci 37; Luke Towler 37; Cameron Hoggarth 37; David Heaven 37; Ian Young 36; Shaun Parker 36; John Maiden 33; Stephen Thompson 33; Chris Duddin 32; Karl Bowyer 32; Roderick Armstrong 32; Brian Morris 32; Hadley Trenfield 32; Steve Owen 31; Trevor Davies 31; Nicholas Duddin 30; Nick Clee 30; David Smart 33. Division 2: John Parker 42; Robert Hill 39; Paul Wild 39; Martin Bedwell 39; John Gilmore 39; Martyn Topliss 39; David Richards 39; Gavin Smith 38; Samuel Ozwell 38; Stephen Roberts 37; David Slade 37; Chris Phillips 36; Neil Morley 36; David Cooper 36; Ralph Punsheon 36; Peter Hodgetts 36; Harry Lane 35; David Stubley 35; James Geddie 35; Kevin Zamur 34; Chris Hughes 34; Richard Knowles 33; Alan D Bishop 33; Jozef Skura 32; Ian Quinton 32; David Skidmore 32; Bill Kay 32; John Howard 32; Martin Wilkinson 31; Jason Thompson 31; Rod Thompson 31; Michael Maiden 31; Alan Barton 31; John Sidaway 31; Scott Whetton 31; Derek Bishop 31; Iain Love 30; Joseph Wier 30; Alan Sugden 29; Peter Hill 29; Andrew Ozwell 29; Mark Holbrook 29; Alan Walker 29; Lloyd Wager 29; John E M Collins 28; Simon Hartwell 26; David Punsheon 25; Brian Dean 23; John Thorp 14; Michael Gordon 6; Martin Taylor 31.

Wharton Park held its third fun Easter event for juniors on Easter Monday.

The theme for the day was 'celebration and the young designers tipped their hats to the Royal couple in magnificent style. Winners were Ellie Balmer, Emma Voysey and Daniel Voysey.

Novice (6 holes) and handicap (9 holes) competitions followed with close scoring in both events and 3 birdies on holes 4, 5, and 6 by our handicap players Charlotte Metcalfe, Charlotte Voysey and Daniel Voysey. Winners, novice girl: Georgina Tracey; novice boy: Lewis Tracey; handicap girl: Charlotte Voysey; handicap boy: Daniel Voysey.