Golf round up: Karen Allsopp continues her good form at Tiverton

TIVERTON Ladies' captain Karen Allsopp continued her fruitful year by winning one cup and coming second in another. She lifted Pertwee Cup for shooting the lowest nett score across the spring and autumn meetings. She added a 73 to her earlier round of 71 for a four-under total of 144. It gave her a comfortable victory over Julie Hasell, who had two rounds of 76. Allsopp was the runner-up in the scratch challenge bowl, for the best gross score. Her rounds of 94 and 92 gave her a total of 186, but she was pipped on a countback by Val Walker (97 and 89). Hasell claimed the bronze scratch cup as her gross rounds of 104 and 102 left her on 206 overall, which was good enough for a countback win over Jackie Slocombe (102 and 104). The Kyle Trophy, for the best nett score by a lady aged 60 or over, went to Alison Hilton with 154. She was two shots ahead of Anne Franklin (75 and 81). The autumn meeting itself, which doubled up as the September medal, was won by Jan Carroll with a nett 72. Carroll pipped Jane Moulding on a countback in the silver division. Results, autumn meeting, silver division: 1 Jan Carroll 72, 2 Jane Moulding 72, 3 Karen Allsopp 73. Bronze division 1: 1 Ivy Radford 73, 2 Julie Hasell 76, 3 Jackie Slocombe 77. Bronze division 2: 1 Diana Hollis 79, 2 Ann Pearcey 79, 3 Carol Clarke 82 Angela Short had a hole-in-one on the fourth on her way to second place in the ladies' September Stableford. Short was runner-up in bronze division one with 40 points – three behind overall winner Anne Franklin. Jan Carroll topped the silver division, with 37, while Sandra Blackmore led the way in bronze division two with 35. Results, silver division: 1 Jan Carroll 37, 2 Oki Northwood 35, 3 Teresa Birchmore 31. Bronze division 1: 1 Anne Franklin 43, 2 Angela Short 40, 3 Shirley Ward 38. Bronze division 2: 1 Sandra Blackmore 35, 2 Kath White 33, 3 Janice Haynes 32 Tony Lavery and Heath Ellis shot a nett 63 to win the Britton fourball after a five-way tie at the top on Saturday. Lavery and Ellis won on a countback from runners-up Craig Aitchison and Ben Turner. Also on 63 and in the prizes were Andy Parkin and Stuart Moore, Cameron Bundy and Mark Want plus Steve Garland and Nick Walker. Les Hartley plundered 44 points to win the veterans' September Stableford. Hartley finished one ahead of Les Christiansen in second. Results: 1 Les Hartley 44, 2 Les Christiansen 43, 3 George Harvie 40, 4 Roger Norton 40, 5 Marcus Scott 39, 6 Alan Probetts 38 Young Tiverton stars Harry Konig and Tom Trowbridge played for Devon's first team in their Channel League match against Cornwall at Saunton. Trowbridge won his foursomes match 5&4 alongside home player Jake Burnage. Konig was the only Devon player to taste victory in the singles as Cornwall won 12-3 overall. EAST DEVON Helen Chivers claimed two titles in the summer knockout. In the silver division she beat Hilary Greenaway in the final to claim the Bennett scratch cup and Carole Brailey to win the Pursey handicap cup. Margaret Powell was victorious in the bronze division singles knockout, defeating Shirley Pressey in the final. Linda Knapton and Doreen Cummins were victorious in the Aplin foursomes knockout, beating Lisa Tinsley and Linda Holdway in the final. Barbara Mellor won the Whitehead Cup as her 39 points in the Stableford competition was the best in division two. Diana Britton was second, with 36, ahead of Sarah Jones on 35. Division one saw junior Evie Stone (41) take top spot. Hilary Shiels (40) claimed second place on countback. Mellor also won the Autumn Cup by three shots with an eight-under-par round of 66. Claire Dowling recorded the best gross score of the day, claiming the Pheasant Trophy with 77. Mellor also topped division two from new member Jane Robertson (69). Pat Jarvis was third on countback from Lisa Humphries as both recorded 71s. Hilary Shiels came out top in division one with 70, beating Marilyn Hobbs on countback. Margaret Powell was third with 71, beating Jenny Dobel on countback. Sally Underwood won the Peggy Anstey Salver with 175. Deirdre Mackness won the Mathieson Cup for best nett aggregate scores with a total of 143. Ali Miller and Sue Owen-Pawson won Thursday's foursomes Stableford competition with 41. They finished one clear of Eilidh Cameron and Nina Hawkins. Sally Underwood and Sue Burley were third on 39. Judy Nelson and Sandra Sydenham were fourth with 37. PADBROOK PARK Padbrook Park's seniors reached the final of the Emerton Court Trophy for the first time. They secured a meeting with Staddon Heights thanks to a 6-4 aggregate victory over Yelverton. Padbrook had a 4-1 advantage from the home leg and John Locke and Duncan Hepburn registered the point which took their side to the brink of victory with a 3&2 win. Gordon Campbell and John Bowden lost on the 18th and Stuart Penfold and Jim Kennard were unable to recover from being five down after nine and lost. However, victory was secured in the fourth match as Ray Cavill and Ray Wiliams won 2&1. Paul Knight triumphed from a three-way tie to take the September Stableford. Knight (36) won on countback from Gareth Parker, in second, and Chris Senik in third. Results, September Stableford: 1 P Knight 36, 2 G Parker 36, 3 C Senik 36, 4 S Vile 35, 5 C Edwards 34, 6 H Chau 34 Doubles partners Cary Rawlings and Hamish Marshall go head-to-head in the final of the scratch cup. Rawlings beat Curtis Edwards 4&3 while Marshall saw of the challenge of Tom Evans in his semi-final. The pair meet after securing a top-10 finish in the Devon foursomes event at Dawlish Warren. OKEHAMPTON Marcia Collett won the ladies' annual club championship with a score of 162. The 36-hole event, which was played over two days, saw Collett finish just ahead of Penny Deakin on countback. The handicap salver was won by Lynda Walker, who scored a nett 66 on both days. Marcia Jones won the Vick Rose Bowl in the 18-hole Stableford competition. Deakin made up for missing out on the club championship by winning a four-ball better ball mixed open on Sunday. She teamed up with Allen Deakin, Lyn Hazleton and Alan Lawrence to score 78 points. That put them two clear of the second placed group of Colin Wayman, Jane Wayman, Paul Hill and June Nightingale. Bob Collett, Richard Goodger and Jerry Lock scored 76 points to finish as runners up in the seniors' open. They were three shots behind the winning trio from Launceston. Rod Milsom-Smith hit a round of nett 63 to win division one of Saturday's individual medal competition. He beat Mark Wonnacott on a countback. Third-place went to Paul Rattenbury on 67. Division two was won by Terry Steer with nett 61. Second, on a countback, was Aaron West. Third place went to David Way, with nett 67. Division three was won by David Stanbury with an impressive nett 61. Second with nett 65 was John Latham and in third was Ian Butt with nett 68. FINGLE GLEN The ladies' run in the Sheelah Creasy competition came to an end this week as they suffered a 5-2 loss to Okehampton. It was a close game with two matches going to a play-off hole and one to the 18th. In the Warren Crocus finals at Dawlish Warren, Bernadette Maynard and Tara Welland came a very creditable second with 45 points. They were beaten on countback by a team from Woodbury. Ann Hazelwood, Chris Hazelwood, Joe Winsor and Stuart Willis won the Kerry Jewell Memorial with a score of 94 points. In second place were Tara Welland, Mark Welland, Dave Roncetti and Nigel Hoskins with 93. Third place went to Keith Lovelock, Terry Webster, Rich Hayman and Charles Wray with 92. Martin Green produced a three-under-par round of 67 to win the Al Harris monthly medal. Pete Jarman was second, Brian Ridgeway third and Mike Phillips fourth. All of them finished on 70. Les Drew, Steve Ebdon, Tony Stratton and Harry Coleman scored 54.9 to win Tuesday's Texas scramble. In second place were Brian Ridgeway, Andy Bridgeman, Josh Bache and Sam Finnimore. Ellen Norton won the ladies section medal 10. She hit a round of nett 65 to finish five shots ahead of second-placed Anne Woodger. TEIGNMOUTH Teignmouth snatched the South Devon League championship on the final day with victory over Stover. The Teigns went into the final round half a point behind the leaders Dainton, who were away at Churston. Teignmouth won their match 4.5-2.5, with wins for Paul Speed and Jimmy Garside (1-up), Darren Shrubb and Dave Musgrove (3&2), Alastair Smith and Chris Evans and Sam Dunn and TJ Ridings. That result, coupled with Churston's 5-2 to victory against Dainton, gave Teignmouth the title for the 13th time. DOWNES CREDITON The EWGA Medal 18 silver division was won by Stephanie Moffat with a nett 74. Bronze one was won by Betty Willey with 74. Bronze two was won by Ying Wong with 68. The ladies held their final open of the year, a greensomes Stableford, on Saturday. The winners with 43 points were Joyce Gilg and Allison Hilton. In second with a score of 39 were Di Botterill and Lyn Parry. Alan and Betty Willey won the Cynthia King Robinson Bowl with 38. Second were Chet Greenslade and June Mitchell, ahead of Fran Shrubsole and Tony Sykes. THE WARREN Mike Cockram, Edgar Forth and Martyn Beckett were the clear winners of the veterans Texas scramble with a score of 58.7. Second, on 61.4, were Dave Williams, Patrick Moran and Colin Ofield. Third were Mike Watson, John Moroney and Harry Morris with 62.3. Roger Bloomfield and Stuart Piper secured half a point to stop the vets from suffering a whitewash in their match away at Stover. A slightly better result was achieved at Torquay where two matches were won by Roger Bloomfield, with Mike Cockram, and Stuart Piper with Geoff Edis. EXETER G&CC Richard Brookman, Paul Hendriksen and Richard O'Hanlon shared first place in the charity pro-am tournament at Exeter Golf & Country Club. Sidmouth's Kevin Harper shared fourth place, one shot behind the leaders. June Nightingale won the ladies medal eight with a score of 64. Carol Rovira was second (68), with Marina Quantick (68) third. Results, Division 1: 1 June Nightingale 64, 2 Linda Ellis 70, 3 Kym Kortland 71. Division 2: 1 Carol Rovira 68, 2 Corinna Knowles 69, 3 Debbie Bent 70. Division 3: 1 Marina Quantick 68, 2 Sharon Thorpe 71, Teresa Ratcliffe 72 On Wednesday the senior ladies held their annual golf and give Stableford. Ann Harris Deans won with 40 points. In second place was Jan Brown-King on a countback, with Carolyn Beattie (39) third.