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JESS Bradley linked up with her father Steve and Nick and Harry Konig to win Mike Hawton's Professional's Day team event at Tiverton on Saturday, July 17.
They posted an exceptional 18-under score of 72 stableford points to finish three clear of runners-up Mike Holder, Allan Probetts, Alex McFerren and Gerry Franklin.
Phil Moulding, Ricky Cruse, Neal Gibson and Jim Bray came third, also on 69.
Bob Tye, Lee Davey, Mark Butt and Lee Scott were fourth on 68 while Simon Kelland, Nick Kelland, Dean Reed and Simon Mosley took fifth place with 66.
Bray finished nearest the pin on the 4th, Davey was closest on the 9th and Pete Guest claimed the prize on the 14th.
One score counted on the front nine while two counted on the back nine.

Brian Young plundered an exceptional 47 stableford points to cruise to victory in the Veterans' Cup on Monday, July 19, 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).

Captain's cheer for Bridget

BRIDGET Holland scored 40 points to win the Lady Captain's Day stableford competition on Wednesday, July 14, beating Carolyn Maynard on a countback.
Holland's handicap was cut from 22 to 20 while Maynard's came down from 17 to 16.
Results: Silver Division – 1 Carolyn Maynard (40); 2 Alison Kelland (37); 3 Carol Scott (36). Bronze Division One – 1 Bridget Holland (40); 2 Chris Bacon (39); 3 Anto Hajduk (37). Bronze Division Two – 1 Enid Harding (39); 2 Oki Northwood (38); 3 Sally Fetherston (38).

Annette Cardwell and Sue Norris came through a scrappy match to win 2 up away against a pair from Exminster Golf Centre in the fifth round of the national Daily Mail Foursomes tournament.

John Lyon posted a nett 66 to win the veterans' Ambrose Congdon Cup on Tuesday, July 13.
Lyon's handicap was reduced from 21 to 20 after he finished two ahead of Mike Eastmond.
Results: 1 John Lyon (87-21=66); 2 Mike Eastmond (78-10=68); 3 Dave York (84-15=69); 4 Marcus Scott (84-15=69); 5 Jim Walton (89-20=69); 6 Lewis Woodgate (89-19=70).

Connie Hughes amassed 45 stableford points to win the juniors' Futures Trophy on Sunday, July 11.
Ben Hearn shot a level-par gross 71 in coming second with 44 points and saw his handicap cut from eight to 6.5.
Rhys Cruse hit a gross 70 for 41 points and was cut from four to three for the first time.
Results: 1 Connie Hughes (45); 2 Ben Hearn (44); 3 Rhys Cruse (41); 4 Joe Taylor (41); 5 James Bradley (39); 6 Stacey Ford (37).

PAUL Hutcheon had his handicap slashed from 16 to 11 following his spectacular victory in the men's Flowers Cup at Tiverton on Saturday, July 10.
Hutcheon posted an 11-under nett 60 in breezy conditions to win Division Two by seven shots from John Hooper and Tony Wood-Wright.
His handicap was cut from 16 to 13 on the computer and then to 11 by the competitions committee on general play.
Kevin Harper had a 68 to win Division One on a countback from Andy Pryce.
Results: Division One – 1 Kevin Harper (73-5=68); 2 Andy Pryce (79-11=68); 3 Graham Dyson (81-12=69); 4 Matt Woodgate (75-6=69); 5 Daniel Perry (80-11=69); 6 Ben Hearn (77-8=69).
Division Two – 1 Paul Hutcheon (76-16=60); 2 John Hooper (85-18=67); 3 Tony Wood-Wright (85-18=67); 4 Steve Garland (83-15=68); 5 Rob Carlyle (86-18=68); 6 Ken Kidd (85-17=68).

Sue Persey had her handicap cut from 13 to 11 after shooting an eight-under nett 66 to win the ladies' July Medal on Wednesday, July 7.
On a day of low scoring, Persey had an eagle on the 6th and a birdie on the 15th on her way to topping the Silver Division by five from Jane Walton.
Kay Leach took the Bronze Division One prize with a 67 while Janet Derrett had the same score to head Bronze Division Two.
Results: Silver Division – 1 Sue Persey (79-13=66); 2 Jane Walton (89-18=71); 3 Teresa Birchmore (85-12=73).
Bronze Division One – 1 Kay Leach (94-27=67); 2 Kathryn Hall (92-23=69); 3 Anne Franklin (97-28=69).
Bronze Division Two – 1 Janet Derrett (103-36=67); 2 Sue Buchanan (104-33=71); 3 Sally Fetherston (105-33=72).

TIVERTON suffered more Palairet Trophy heartache after they were dumped out of this year's tournament in the third round by Saunton Artisans at a wet and windy Royal North Devon on Sunday, July 4.
Tiverton, who were giving between five and nine shots in every game, missed out on a place in the quarter-finals after once again coming out on the wrong end of a 3-2 scoreline against higher handicappers.
Although the conditions may have favoured Saunton, who are based just across the estuary, this was another poor result for a side who have yet to lift Devon's premier club trophy and haven't challenged for it for a decade.
Vice-captain Tony Allsopp made three changes to the team that eased past Budleigh Town at Teign Valley in the previous round.
Two-handicapper Chris Audin missed out because he qualified for the final day of a big event in Nottinghamshire on Sunday while Peter Boax (9) was on holiday on Majorca.
Audin's place was taken by junior organiser Mark Sangster (7), who partnered one of his protegees, Rhys Cruse (4), in the second pair.
Boax had won 7 and 5 with junior Ben Hearn (8) in the last round but Allsopp (7) gave the inexperienced 13-year-old a rest and played himself, a regular at RND, with the in-form Mike Jewell (8) in the final game.
With the scores level at 2-2, the result came down to their match against Dave Jarvis (16) and Paul Lake (17).
After battling back from two down to be all-square at the turn, Allsopp and Jewell then lost the 10th, 12th and 13th to go three behind.
Lake missed an 18-inch putt on the 15th for a bogey and a 4 and 3 victory before the portly Jarvis dumped his tee shot into the reeds on the par-3 16th, enabling the Tiverton duo to take the hole with a four and get back to dormie two down.
With the artisans looking shaky, Lake's 30-yard fifth shot on the 17th was heading for the bunker at the back of the green but the ball somehow stopped on the down slope 15 feet past the pin.
Allsopp and Jewell found trouble down the left and after they made a bogey six, Jarvis putted up to the hole side to ensure a seven, nett six and a 2 and 1 win.
Tiverton's two points came from the same two pairs who won in last year's 3-2 defeat against Hele Park at Sidmouth.
Birdies on the 1st and 9th meant first pair Jim Bray (3) and Simon Waddington (3) were level par and five up at the turn against Ade Ley (6) and Mark Pedler (11).
They consolidated their lead and took the match 6 and 4 after Pedler thinned his tee shot into the reeds on the par-3 14th.
Fourth pair Bob Tye (6) and Martin Selby (6) also looked set for a convincing win but a late wobble almost let Mark Davis (12) and Paul Standen (14) back in.
Tye and Selby were one under par after nine and three up before winning the 10th and 11th to go five ahead.
The artisans won four of the next six holes to take the game up the 18th, but Tye and Selby halved it in pars to edge home 1 up.
The other two matches ended in comfortable wins for Saunton.
Cruse and Sangster were seven down after nine against Rob Scattergood (7) and Paul Hill (13) before winning the 10th, 12th and 13th to reduce the deficit to four.
Three missed short putts for wins cost them on the day, including on the 11th, while Hill's expertise on the greens helped Saunton ease to a 4 and 3 win.
Ollie Taylor (5) and Matt Woodgate (6) lost the first two holes to Steve Flood (6) and Martin Fernell (15), who were five ahead after nine and then dormie five up.
Taylor and Woodgate won the 14th but Fernell hit a three-wood to 10 feet on the 15th to seal a 5 and 3 victory.
Tiverton's defeat brought back memories of their 3-2 loss to Ilfracombe at RND a few years ago, when their opponents' ball rolled over a bridge rather than into the ditch on the 18th and they made a par to clinch the deciding game.

GARY Taylor and his guest Steve Heath claimed the George Crews Salver after winning the Men's Invitation at Tiverton on Saturday, July 3.
Taylor and Heath, who plays at Padbrook Park, shot a 10-under nett 61 to finish two clear of Jon Cockbain and P Sluggett (Holsworthy).
Graham Clarke and P Gillard (The Park) had a 64 to come third on a countback from Nick Conabeare and J Frost (Aldershot) and Paul Bowler and G Ticehurst (Dawlish Warren).
John Ford (Taunton and Pickeridge) was nearest the pin in the 9th while Mark Sangster (Tiverton) claimed the prize on the 18th.

A birdie on the 13th helped Kathy White compile an amazing score of +6 to win the ladies' June Par on Wednesday, June 30.
White qualified for the Kirkman Dish after beating off strong competition from Amanda Moyes, Christine Young and Clare Fayers, who all scored +5.
A total of 63 players took part and the standard scratch was 73.
Results: Silver Division – 1 Jane Walton (+1); 2 Jess Bradley (+1); 3 Carol Scott (+1). Bronze Division One – 1 Amanda Moyes (+5); 2 Elaine Cullen (+4); 3 Anto Hajduk (+3).
Bronze Division Two – 1 Kathy White (+6); 2 Christine Young (+5); 3 Clare Fayers (+5).

Tiverton's ladies have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Sheelah Creasy Bowl, to be played at Dawlish Warren on August 6.
In their last two matches, Tiverton beat Great Torrington 5-2 at home on Monday, June 28 and lost 4-3 away at Tavistock on Friday, July 2 to seal their passage.

Duncan Ferrier scored an amazing 43 stableford points to win the veterans' four-club competition on Tuesday, June 29.
Results: 1 Duncan Ferrier (43); 2 Roger Norton (38); 3 Tony Evans (38); 4 Trevor Parker (37); 5 Terry Barwell (37); 6 Bill Tobin (37).