palairet memorial trophy

EXETER Golf & Country Club are through to the Palairet Trophy finals day after a convincing 4-1 win over Ilfracombe last Sunday.

Exeter will face Newton Abbot-based Stover in their semi-final at Yelverton Golf Club on August 15. The other semi will be between Libbaton and Staddon Heights.

The Exeter team played Ilfracombe at Tavistock and, with the captain changing some of the pairs around, they dominated the match.

The first three games were all won outright, so the last two were conceded as halves.

Stover reached the prestigious finals day with a 3.5-1.5 win over Okehampton at Tiverton.

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Barry Lias led the way in the seniors' roll up competition with 42 points, ensuring he was a one-shot winner over David Warren.

Robin Bailey and Bob Skuse were a further shot behind.

In the Shiphams Trophy, Chris Porter won with 42 points ahead of Richard Belcher (41) and David Telling and Vic Palmer (both 40).

The Ladies' Captain's Day was played in shotgun format, with Jane Jewitt winning the nine-hole event just ahead of Margaret Mapledoram.

The 18-hole competition and Les Pope Cup was won by Sharon Leach with 37 points. Angela Battershall was second with 35.

David Slee also held his Captain's Day, raising about £900 for cancer charity FORCE.

The team of morning winners Barry Tucker, Trevor Ofield and Steve Gresham edged out afternoon winners Devon Greenslade, Sandy Urquhart and Craig Skinner on countback after both had scored 82 points.

The morning runners-up were Paul and Scott Singletonand Gerry Luke, with Martin Garnsey, Alan Hatherley and Glen Mugford second in the afternoon.

The club's mixed team travelled to Sidmouth last Sunday and came away with an excellent win, highlighted by a remarkable comeback by Brian Mears and Fran Shrubsole.

The pair halved their match having been six down with just seven holes to play.

The juniors also had a good win against a much lower handicapped East Devon team to stay in with a chance of reaching the play-offs.

Results, Seniors Roll Up: 1 B Lias 42, 2 D Warren 41, 3 R Bailey 40, 4 B Skuse 40

Shiphams Trophy: 1 C Porter 42, 2 R Belcher 41, 3 D Telling 40, 4 V Palmer 40

Ladies' Captain's Day: 1 S Leach 37, 2 A Battershall 35. 9 holes: 1 J Jewitt, 2 M Mapledoram

Captain's Day, morning: 1 B Tucker, S Gresham, T Ofield 82, 2 P Singleton, S Singleton, G Luke 77, 3 I Burridge, P Williams, J Ponsford 76. Afternoon: 1 D Greenslade, C Skinner, S Urquhart 82, 2 M Garnsey, A Hatherley, G Mugford 78, 3 S Trowbridge, T Trowbridge, B Mapledoram 74

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Luci Lacey took the top women's prize at the National Macmillan Silverspoon competition — an event she organised.

She scored a net 67 to win the 18-hole medal. Frank Sugden (61) was the men's winner and took home the Silverspoon.

The day raised £639 for the charity.

Results, Ladies: 1 Tina Bindon net 71, 2 Margaret Powell 76, 3 Luci Lacey 78. Men: 1 Stuart Jasper 64, 2 Kevin McFarlane 65, 3 Michael Cavanagh 69

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Results, July 14 Wednesday Stableford, Division 1: 1 Andre Hogan 33pts, 2 J Bissell 32. Division 2: 1 Mike Mardon 31, 2 Peter Dobing 30. Winner: Ian Wallis 36

July 21 Wednesday Stableford, Division 1: 1 Richard Wilson 38pts, 2 Andre Hogan 37. Division 2: 1 Walter Spence 41, 2 Leon Frost 37. Winner: Ian Eustace 43

padbrook park

A run of four wins in five holes saw Mike Partridge and Steve Heath come from behind to win their match as Padbrook halved their East Devon League clash with Honiton at Axe Cliff.

Partridge and Heath were two down at the turn, but won the next three holes and the short 14th to set up a 2&1 win.

Club captain Tom Evans and Rod Hutchings also pulled away in the second half of their round for a 4&3 victory.

With the overall match score at 2-2, Ray Cavill and Terry Martin fought back from one down after 14 holes to secure a half, which ensured honours were even overall.

Padbrook have one win and a draw in their four EDL matches so far.

Padbrook 2.5 Honiton 2.5: M Johns & H Marshall lost to M Gilland & R Willey 3&2, S Heath & M Partridge bt B Dunn & S Selway 2&1, T Evans & R Hutchings bt J Peace & R Reece 4&3, R Cavill & T Martin halved with P Dimond & J Tierney, D Payne & B Colbourne lost to S Martin & J Aitken 6&4

Defending champions Ray Cavill and Martin Johns secured a semi-final place in the Summer Foursomes with victory over Phil Moore and Duncan Stamp.

The win extended the duo's impressive run in foursomes — they have won the last three summer and winter events.

In the final they will meet Cary Rawlings and Hamish Marshall, who came from behind to beat Mark Want and Mike Thomas by two holes.

Summer Foursomes quarter-final results: D Hepburn & R Williams bt S Heath & D Payne, B Blundell & P Knight lost to R Hazeldine & R Price, H Marshall & C Rawlings bt M Want & M Thomas, R Cavill & M Johns bt P Moore & D Stamp

Semi-final draw: D Hepburn & R Williams v R Hazeldine & R Price, H Marshall & C Rawlings v R Cavill & M Johns

Duncan Stamp kept alive his hopes of winning the season-long John Emerton Cup with victory in the latest Midweek Stableford.

His 20-point tally was one better than second-placed Terry Martin. Martin Cherry has an eight-point lead over Stamp in the overall standings with four events left.

Results, Midweek Stableford: 1 D Stamp 20pts, 2 T Martin 19, 3 M Brealy 17, 4 P Moore 17, 5 C Senik 16, 6 R Hutchings 16

Seniors' Stableford: 1 P Gooding 44pts, 2 D Alford 39, 3 T Payne 37, 4 V Pengelly 37, 5 L Edwards 36, 6 D Dixon 36, 7 J Bowden 36, 8 R Hall 36, 9 K Sykes 36, 10 M Smith 36

Anyone who wants to start playing golf is to get a special helping hand at Padbrook Park.

A free coaching session for beginners held by PGA advanced professional Stuart Disney will take place on Saturday, August 7 (1pm-2pm).

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Father and son team Arnie and Will Searle won the Barnes Cup after scoring 45 stableford points.

In second were Paul Skidmore and Richard Reid on 44, third were Chris Hurley and Dave Harwood (43) and fourth Gareth Holt and Harold Penna (42).

The second division winners were Graham Mitchell and Bob Reddington (44), ahead of Ray Grey and Bob Collett (42), Alan Dunn and Ian Drayner (41) and Pete Grimley and Paul Rattenbury (41).

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Fingle Glen's ladies progressed to round eight of the Mail on Sunday Classic with a resounding 4.5-0.5 win over Cape Cornwall.

Wins from Ann Hazelwood, Michelle Underwood, Ellen Norton and Anne Woodger and a hard-earned half from Sandra Townsley saw Fingle Glen progress.

They will face either Knighton Heath, of Bournemouth, or the Bristol-based Long Ashton.

The ladies' County Stableford Six was won by Anne Woodger with 33 points, with Sue Cocks (27) and Bernadette Maynard (25) also in the prizes.

Brian Ridgeway won the seniors' July Stableford with 40 points on countback from Bernard Maunder, with Ken Farmer third on 36.

Ted Butt won Division Two with 39, followed by Ken Broad (35) and Tony Skarratt (33).

Tolchards Cup, Division One: 1 Chris Hazelwood net 67, 2 Dan Collier 68, 3 Chris Baxendale 69, 4 Oliver Cowl 72. Division Two: 1 Martin Read 70 (bb9), 2 Rob Holland 70, 3 Steve Christopher 71, 4 Andy Shabytah 72

Weekend Stableford, Division One: 1 David Woodstock 42pts, 2 James Urquhart 39, 3 Steve Ebdon 37. Division Two: 1 Simon Cordery 38 (bb9), 2 Shaun Hegarty 28, 3 Mike Follett 37. Division Three: 1 George Wetherden 37 (bb9), 2 Nigel Hoskins 37 (bb9), 3 Kevin Vinnicombe 37

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Ali Scoble's 39 points were enough for her to win the annual Men's Captain's Prize for Ladies competition.

She took the Silver Division title by beating Jackie Follet (37). Combined Bronze was won by Janet Copp with 37, ahead of Janet Milford on 35.

An Exeter team won the annual Bowmaker open competition, which attracted 162 ladies. Barbara Nute, Anne Norman and Carol Raymond topped the charts with 72 points.

A men's open four-man stableford competition was won by Exeter's Martin Newbury, Paul Champion and Stuart and Martin Luxton on 88 points.

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Andy Harrison captained Honiton's B team to a 5-2 win over Axe Cliff in their annual match.

New boy Dean Bonetta impressed alongside Chris Earle as Honiton recorded four wins, two halves and just one defeat — for club captain John Stabb, who filled in at short notice.

Former lady captain Sue Selway is the Devon County Vets Scratch Champion. She played at Saunton in difficult weather conditions on July 15 and carded an excellent gross 88.

Results, Ladies' EWGA Medal for Breakthrough Brooch, Silver Division: 1 Jane Watts net 73, 2 Chris Pearce 74. Bronze One: 1 Joan Smith 72, 2 Chris Luttman 73. Bronze Two: 1 Majson Stroud 76 (bb9), 2 Stella Ford 76, 3 Susan Hyde 77. Brooch winner: Joan Smith

Seniors' Longhurst Cup: 1 A Falconer, R E Jones & R Milton 45pts (bb9), 2 G Filtness, C Hughes & P Holdsworth 45 (bb9), 3 E Backhouse, J Chew & R Underwood 45, 4 D Morgan, M Keeley & R Bird 44

devon veterans

The annual match between Devon's men's veterans and their Kent counterparts took place at Wildernesse GC this year.

Hosts Kent recorded a 6.5-1.5 victory, so regained the trophy that Devon won last year.

In the DMVGA Western Morning News Trophy, a team from Honiton claimed fourth place. Jim Wallis, Dave Maggs and Mick Stroud scored 99 points on the day.

Libbaton II were the winners, ahead of RND and Libbaton III.

tiverton

Brian Young plundered an exceptional 47 stableford points to cruise to victory in the Veterans' Cup at Tiverton, finishing six clear of runner-up Graham Dyson.

Results: 1 Brian Young 47, 2 Graham Dyson 41, 3 T Summerville 40, 4 Geoff Hellings 39, 5 John Anderson 39, 6 Richard Mortimore 38

Men's Team Event (Saturday): 1 T Allsopp, S Waddington, R Willis & N Ford 85 (bb9), 2 S Kelland, N Kelland, S Mosely & R Furlonger 85, 3 A Brice, P Boax, J Sampson & L Sampson 83, 4 J Leary, S Harvey, A Snow & N Baggot 82 (bb9)

east devon league

Sidmouth increased their lead at the top of the East Devon League table when they beat defending champions Fingle Glen 3.5-1.5 at Axe Cliff.

They are now four points clear as they bid to win the Express & Echo shield.

Exminster have also played themselves into contention following their 3-2 win against Woodbury Park.

In the final match of the round, Honiton and Padbrook Park shared a 2.5-2.5 draw.

The next outing is tomorrow, when the hosts will be Sidmouth.