Golf: Fingle Glen progress after win on extra hole

FINGLE GLEN Fingle Glen had Sandy Urquhart to thank for coming up trumps on the 19th to help them beat Okehampton in their Mail on Sunday first round clash. Snow on the ground at the start of the month at Okehampton meant the match was moved to Fingle, whose team of Luke Burchell, Joe Baker, Andy Rogers, Jamie Hoskins and Urquhart drew 2.5-2.5 after 18 holes before the latter produced the goods. Bob Harris, Peter Hatch, Colin Vincent and Steve Medway won the seniors' yellow ball competition, with Dave Flint, Brian Ridgeway and Roger Annis in second. Roy Webber with Derek Govier, Allan Jones, Charles Wray and Gordon Bird came third. Guy Hoskins and Sam Holmes scored 60 points to win Tuesday's 6-6-6 competition. Keith Barzey and Pete Broadbelt scored 58 points for second spot, with Martin Green and Steve Ebdon third with 57. Saturday's yellow ball team Stableford was won by Chris Pope, Chris Pope Jr, Sam Holmes and Dan Brown with 137 points. Second place went to Colin Harrison, Martin Read, Rich Stevens and Steve Ebdon (131), while Joe Winsor, Nigel Hoskins, Jamie Hoskins and Guy Hoskins (130) finished third. SIDMOUTH Chair of greens Mark Thomas and his team of Moray Bosence and Jim Anderton emerged victorious in Sunday's Texas scramble. Their score of 56.5 was 9.5 better than par, with Bosence also winning the nearest the pin on the fifth hole. Club manager Jonathan Lee and his team of Bob Skelly and Steve Channing came second, scoring 56.9. In third place were Graham Rogers, Paul Shoobridge and Malcolm Smith with 57.6. Ron Gandy won nearest the pin on the 15th. Stuart Ruffle and Geoff Lory won the club's fourball better ball competition with 48 points. Playing on temporary greens due to the bad weather, a hole in one from Lory on the 15th helped them fend off the challenge of second-placed Moray Bosence and Jim Anderton, who also scored 48. David Burgess and Graham Davies also managed 48 points for third place.OKEHAMPTON Matt Mills and Steve Peake won Saturday's fourball better ball Stableford on a countback with a score of 44 points. Their better back-nine score meant they not only claimed division one, but also saw off second-placed Paul Rattenbury and Sam Woollacott. In third place with 43 points were Chris Hurley and Martyn Cox, who also needed a countback to force Reg Prescott and Kevin Perryman into fourth. Division two was won by David Grimes and Bryan Evans with 43 points, closely followed by Paul Rogers and Russell Bowden (42). Yet another countback was required for third place, which went to Dave and Sue Stanbury, with Graham Pengelly and John Latham in fourth after both teams had scored 40 points.EXETER G&CC Sharon Thorpe was the run-away winner of the ladies' monthly Stableford, scoring 51 points off a 36 handicap. That meant Thorpe also topped the bronze division by two shots. Lyn Friend claimed second with 49 points, one shot clear of Carol Rovira (48) who won bronze division one. The silver division was won by Sue Gannon with 45 points. June Nightingale, Jane Wayman and Gillian Whitehead won Tuesday's threeball Texas scramble with a nett 67.1. In second were Margaret Drew, Corinna Knowles and Christine Norton with 71.4, just pipping Tina Fairman, Anita Harris and Janet Russell (70.5).PADBROOK PARK Harry Evans fired three birdies in his score of 40 points as he won the pro shop Stableford. Richard Asson was second with 38 points, while Kirk Holway had to settle for third.Results, pro shop Stableford: 1 H Evans 40pts, 2 R Asson 38, 3 K Holway 35, 4 D Murgatroyd 34, 5 N Rogers 34, 6 I Simpson 33, 7 A Watts 33, 8 K Radbourne 32 Defending champions Dave Payne and Curtis Edwards were beaten in the second round of this year's fourball better ball event, having lost to Phil Strawford and Chris Senik.Results, fourball betterball, second round: H Evans & T Evans bt J Palmer & R Price, P Knight & G Stevenson bt C Fisher & J Locke, P Strawford & C Senik bt D Payne & C Edwards, S Palmer & S Vile lost to I Carvell & P WatersSemi-final draw: H Evans & T Evans v P Knight & G Stevenson, P Strawford & C Senik v I Carvell & P WatersDOWNES CREDITON Peter Evans, Jim Kenshole and Peter Carr won Saturday's 1-2-3 Stableford with 82 points. Elizabeth Mapson scored 35 points to be crowned overall winner of the ladies' first qualifying competition of the year – an individual Stableford. Mapson also took the Silver Division, with Lyn Hazelton scoring 34 points for second spot. Alan Willey and Gerry Hodder triumphed in the seniors' fourball better ball competition last Monday with a score of 44 points.