Prize Winners

It was Harold Foreman week at Belfairs as the men and ladies contested their seperate versions of the Trophy.

In a close finish at the weekend, a nett 69 from Andy Nash was just enough to secure the win from runner-up Ray Beadell (70) and third placed Ian Douglas (70).

In the ladies competition, it was Terri Hirons (78) who emerged the winner, beating Hazel Webber (79) into second with Joan Smith (79) in third.

On Thursday, the Ping 4BBB Stableford resulted in a comfortable win for Andrea Clarke and Sue Meddle (38) from second placed Joan Howroyd and Linda Wellham (33) with Tish Askins and Gloria Goldring (31) in third.

Despite the glorious sunshine, a strong breeze and thick rough made scoring very difficult in the Strokeplay Championship on Sunday and it was Russell Johnson who prevailed in the conditions to take the honours. Leading the field after the morning round with an 81, Johnson improved in the afternoon to card a 78 (159) and win comfortably from runner-up Baz Patel (171) and third-placed Steve Mann (171).

Playing at home on Saturday, Patel and partner Lawrence Schooley recorded their fourth consecutive win in the Daily Mail Foursomes, this time beating Crondon Park 2 up. The tournament is now regarded as the greatest amateur golfing event in the world with more than 190,000 players competing in their club qualifying rounds and the Belfairs pair now go into the 5th round draw as one of the remaining 128 clubs.