Golf round-up
The teenager shot a nett 71 to finish two shots clear of his nearest rival. Steve Heath, who edged out Terry Martin for second place with a nett 73, will represent Padbrook in the South West qualifier at Oake Manor in August.
Hall of fame: 1 W Blundell 76 (5) 71, 2 S Heath 82 (9) 73, 3 T Martin 85 (12) 73, 4 T Evans 84 (8) 76, 5 A Rooker 87 (11) 76, 6 M Johns 81 (5) 76, 7 R Hutchings 85 (9) 76.
The draw for the opening rounds of the Summer Foursomes at Padbrook Park has thrown up rematches of both last year's summer and winter finals.
Defending summer champions Chris Senik and Phil Strawford will meet Mike Partridge and Cameron Bundy — the pair they beat to take the title in 2008.
And Hamish Marshall and Cary Rawlings have an early chance for revenge over the pair that beat them in the winter event, Martin Johns and Ray Cavill.
Summer Foursomes, first round draw: C Fisher & T Chan v M Jowitt & D Silversides, J Broomhead & A Pryke v A Rooker & D Payne, P Moore & D Stamp v R Hazeldine & R Price, C Rawlings & H Marshall v R Cavill & M Johns, B & A Pinder v P Gooding & C Thould, A Miller & P Woodd v W & B Blundell, P Waters & I Carvell v M Freemantle & J Palmer. Second round draw: C Manley & J Foat v I Thomas & C Durnan, R Hutchings & T Evans v R Williams & D Hepburn, P Strawford & C Senik v C Bundy & M Partridge, R Nixey & K Radbourne v A Jermy & M Proctor
Tiverton's ladies moved through to the fifth round of the national Mail on Sunday competition for the first time in several years after a 3-2 victory at home to Royal North Devon on Monday.
Jess Bradley won 1-up despite having to give 12 shots, while Judy Phripp (4&3) and Sue Persey (3&2) were also victorious.
Jo Lloyd-Davies and Sue Norris were beaten but it didn't matter for Tiverton, who thrashed Downes Crediton 4.5-0.5 at home in the third round.
Bradley, Persey, Lloyd-Davies and Phripp won on that occasion, while Norris claimed the half.
The ladies have enjoyed a number of other good results, including Jo Lloyd-Davies and Helen Scriven winning 4&3 against a pair from Stover in the Doris Willes-Little foursomes event.
Annette Cardwell and Liz Hall beat a pair from Saunton 4&3 at Okehampton in the lady veterans' fourball betterball competition.
The President's Trophy II team thrashed Honiton 6.5-0.5 at home.
Judy Phripp and Chris Young posted three-under nett 71s to finish joint-winners of the ladies' Jubilee Cup on Wednesday.
Both players had their handicaps cut, Phripp from 16 to 15 and Young from 33 to 32, while Margot Seamer went from 29 to 28 after a 72.
Results, Silver Division: 1 Judy Phripp (87-16>71); 2 Phyllida Dunn (89-14>75); 3 Charlotte Snow (90-15>75). Bronze Division One: 1 Shirley Ward (97-22>75); 2 Gail Stuckey (100-24>76); 3 Liz Hall (97-21>76). Bronze Division Two: 1 Chris Young (104-33>71); 2 Margot Seamer (101-29>72); 3 Jean Adshead (102-29>73)
Gary Taylor made it a father and son double by winning the men's Amory Cup on Saturday.
Two weeks after his son Joe claimed the Hutchinson Salver, 17-handicapper Taylor shot a nett 67 in breezy conditions to top Division One.
Andy Pryce double-bogeyed the last two to finish on 68, while Ed Tansey and Peter Yates both shot 69s. Dave Buxton had a 68 to finish five clear in Division Two, while Simon Waddington won the Amory Scratch Cup with a 75.
Results: 1 Gary Taylor (84-17> 67); 2 Dave Buxton (89-21>68); 3 Andy Pryce (81-13>68); 4 Ed Tansey (78-9>69); 5 Peter Yates (86-17>69); 6 Mike Hurley (80-10>70); 7 Les Hartley (83-13>70); 8 Tony Allsopp (76-6>70); 9 Ian Binding (88-17>71); 10 Peter Crews (81-10>71)
Tiverton drew 3-3 at home to Exeter in the East Devon Junior League on Sunday. Rhys Cruse and Joe Taylor were the Tiverton winners, while Abbie Moyes and Harry Callahan halved.
Results (Tiverton names first): Rhys Cruse (6) beat Ryan Pope (4), 1-up; Abbie Moyes (9) halved with Josh Money (7); Harry Callahan (12) halved with Ben Stevens (8); Harry Acfield (18) lost to Harry Flower (10), 1-down; Joe Taylor (18) beat Chris Snow (10), 3&2; Eddie Sangster (28) lost to Hannah Armstrong (15), 6&4
Colin Taylor and Hannah Grant shot a one-over gross 75 off the ladies' card to win the Kyle Trophy on Monday.
Taylor, off 11, and Grant, off scratch, scored 39 stableford points in the greensomes format to finish three clear of Roger Persey and Kay Leach.
Tiverton's mixed team followed up their 5.5-4.5 victory away at East Devon by winning the home match 7.5-2.5 on Sunday.
Mark Hurst is the new resident PGA professional at the club. He is now on hand to repair and custom fit clubs and offer golf lessons, as well as run the shop.
After arriving from his native South Africa in 1996, Hurst qualified as a PGA professional nine years ago. He worked at East Devon and Sidmouth before joining the Steve Gould organisation based at Clifton Hill golf range.
Fingle Glen beat arch-rivals Sidmouth in round one of the Devon County Palairet Memorial Trophy. With the match delicately poised at 2-2, captain Andy Rogers sunk a monster putt on the final green to secure victory and a second round clash with Staddon Heights.
Michelle Underwood won the EWGA Medal Three with nett 67 from Anwen Breading (72) and Laura Millar (80). The EWGA Medal Four went to Thea Durbin with nett 78 ahead of Bernadette Maynard (80) and Anne Woodger (81). The win earned Underwood the Oakley Cup.
Midweek Medal, Division One: 1 John Cordery nett 62, 2 Simon Watson 64, 3 Chris Church 66, 4 Simon Fielker 68. Division Two: 1 Steve Richardson 70, 2 Murray Skinner 71, 3 Peter Broadbelt 72, 4 Shona Ankers 73
Weekend Medal, Division One: 1 James Harris nett 63, 2 Ben Andrews 64, 3 David Lee 64. Division Two: 1 Chris Hazelwood 63, 2 Marcus Quick 64, 3 Steve Christopher 65. Division Three: 1 Terry Harrison 66, 2 Bob Dyment 68, 3 Cedric Chapple 68
The Vets played a fourball event on Tuesday and leading the way was club vice-captain Dave Cann and his partner Peter Angus, who beat Ron Bates and John Hayward on countback with 40 points.
Shot of the day though was from Peter Cupit, who holed-in-one on the fourth — unfortunately for him it was from his tee shot on the ninth.
Tony Ryan scored a superb 44 points in the Wednesday stableford to win Division Two by seven shots from Peter Connolly and Tim Lake. Simon Mitchell, in Division One, also had a day to remember as he took the win with 39 points.
Saturday saw the first round of the Martin Cup take place. This is a 36-hole eclectic event and the early leaders are Oliver Cowl, Mark Crocker, Chris Davey, Iain Reynolds and Marcus Dove, all of whom shot nett 66.
Sunday saw the final of the Fry Cup — the men's winter foursomes knockout. Father and son pairing Mike and Mike Penlington were edged out by veteran Tony Sluman and the long-hitting Carl Kinson. See the club's full results at www.dwgc.co.uk.
The veterans' Emerton Court team went down 4.5-0.5 to Torquay in the away leg of their second round match. The ladies played their first Creasy League match and fared a lot better, recording a comfortable win.
Ladies Invitation to Gents: 1 J Kerswill & D Green 45, 2 S Thomas & B Harding 44, 3 J Foster & J Foster 44
In the second medal event of the season, Phil Beer took Division One on a countback from both Mark Thomas and Terry Jones. Geoff Coleman won Division Two and Jay Thorne Division Three.
The round of the year so far was played by Matt Fripp in the Bank Holiday Monday Stableford. Only a blob at the fifth interrupted an opening run of three-pointers which lasted up to the ninth tee. In the end he totalled 27.
Sidmouth's B team lost 4-2 to away to Axe Cliff.
Results, Medal competition, Silver Division: 1 Barbara Holden 74, 2 Shirley Horsburgh 75, 3 Jean Benzie 76. Bronze A Division: 1 Marion Watts 72, 2 Sue Lawley 73, 3 Sandra Sydenham 75. Bronze B Division: 1 Lesley Woolley 68, 2 Angela Ward 77, 3 Marion Morgan 79
Thursday Foursomes Stableford: 1 Alison Corney & Sue Burley 39 (bb9), 2 Ann Vincent & Edna Devetta 39, 3 Hilary Greenaway & Elspeth Hunt 36, 4 Sally Shackleton & Annie Dent 34
Threeball better two stableford, Division One: 1 Pete Murphy, Keith Harkness & Jordan Lee 81pts, 2 Kevin Rice, Nick Heath & Ted Boswell 80, 3 Neil Penfold, John Flavin and Nick Redman 79. Division Two: 1 Paul Ayris, Kerry Skinner & Matt Cann 82, 2 Sid Sanders, Dave Shilston & Gerald Bird 79, 3 Terry Steer, Pete Grimley & Phil Hobbs 77
Miranda Hruby and Janet Schofield will be the club's representatives in the Peugeot Coronation Foursomes Competition after scoring 35 points.
They will also be in the Express & Echo competition with Annemarie Boyne and Yvonne Bladon, who scored 34 points.
Ladies invitation to men competition: 1 Pam Penfold & John Sutton 45pts, 2 Amanda Coleridge & Chris Crouch 41, 3 Lorraine Avery & Alan Munson 39
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