The Winter Singles competition reached its conclusion on Saturday as Chris Shawyer beat Ray Jones 3&2 in the final. In a closely fought match Jones pulled back a two hole deficit to be all square at the 13th, but Shawyer responded to win the next three holes and secure victory on the 16th green.

In the weekend single stableford competitions, Derek Way (37 points) continued his current fine form to record another victory on Friday, beating the consistent Neil Arends (36) into second place and David Watson (34) into third.

Andrew Nash (38) made up for recent near-misses to take Sunday's event, comfortablywinning from runner-up Tony Hayes (36) and thrid placed Hugh Brown (34)

Belfairs members contested their first gold leaf competitions at the weekend with both events producing very close finishes. In the 36 hole strokeplay Southgate-Brown Cleek, countback was needed as 4 players all carded 134, but it was Neil Arends who emerged the eventual winner from Joan Smith, Andrew Nash and Bharat Patel.

In the Winter Pairs final, the unfortunate Nash was runner-up again as he and Kevin Gough lost on the 18th green to the in-form partnership of Jon Howley and Ray Jones.

The Mid-Week medal was no less competitive as Derek Way posted a commendable nett 65 to take the honours from Robin Fagg  (66) and Tony Hayes (68). 

The March medals were contested at the weekend with the changeable weather conditions influencing the scoring.

On Friday, Neil Arends (95-67) just pipped runner-up Harry Smith (84-68) with Dave Watson (94-72) in third.

Jon Howley’s steady return to form continued on Saturday as he took full advantage of the benign conditions to a card an impressive nett 64 (75-11), beating off the strong challenge of Nigel Warder (78-65) and Harry Smith (81-65).

Sunday’s event was a different story as the very wet and blustery conditions contributed to high scoring, but consistent Ray Beadell (91-75) persevered to take first place and finish ahead of Baz Patel (89-77) and third placed Steve Bucke (94-77).

Finalists for the winter competitions were also decided at the weekend. In the pairs, Ray Jones & Jon Howley will meet Andrew Nash and Kevin Gough; and in the singles Ray Jones will play Chris Shawyer.

Led by captain Christine Berry, the Mary Forster team travelled to Trent Park for the all-important third match last week.  The ladies overcame the inclement weather to win and they can now look forward to playing in the final at Cherwell Edge, Oxfordshire, in April.