Silver lining for Thea

THE ladies’ Silver and Bronze Open at Tiverton was cancelled, so home players contested their own competition on Wednesday.
At the open meeting there is a trophy for the home player in each division with the best score, and these cups were on offer.
Thea Bayly hit a one-under nett 73 to win the Silver Open Trophy and get her handicap cut from 15 to 14.
She won on a countback from Helen Scriven, who also had a 73, while Annette Cardwell was third on 79.
Joan Reed was the winner of the Bronze Open Trophy after scoring 33 stableford points.
The 23-handicapper was the top player in Bronze Division One ahead of Carol Scott and Alison Kelland, who both had 32.
In Bronze Division Two, Jane Kerr won with 27 points, beating Amanda Moyes on a countback, while Annie Straiton was third on 26. 

The ladies’ President’s Trophy II side halved their home match 3½-3½ against Yelverton.
The Tiverton winners were Sheila Marwood (4 and 3), Julie Sampson (2 up) and Jill Ford (4 and 3), while Alison Kelland picked up the half.
Unable to overcome their opponents were Bridget Holland (3 and 2), Liz Hall (1 down) and Ivy Radford (5 and 4).
The team played well but Yelverton are a strong side, with their first lady out playing off five, and in general had much lower handicaps than Tiverton.

 The juniors’ Futures Trophy on Sunday was abandoned due to the weather, as the first couple of groups had to be called in when heavy rain set in.

 Weather-permitting, the men return to competition action with the Kennard Cup on Saturday while Tiverton’s three chosen pairs will go for a top-four finish in the Palairet Plate qualifier at Holsworthy on Sunday, which would see them reach the finals day at the end of July.
Monday is due to bring two matches for the ladies, with the President’s Trophy II team at home to Stover and the Still Cup side away at East Devon.
The veterans travel to Oake Manor for a friendly on Tuesday and to Minehead on Wednesday, when the ladies have a medal competition.
Next Friday sees the men take on Heathcoats in a friendly, while the ladies’ President’s Trophy I side entertain Holsworthy.

Vets hope for turnaround

COMEBACK kings Tiverton will have to overturn a losing position once again if they are to knock out Torquay in the quarter-finals and keep alive their hopes in this year’s Emerton-Court Trophy.
Tiverton’s veterans lost 3-2 in the first leg in South Devon on Tuesday, when heavy thunderstorms delayed the match for more than an hour.
The clubs meet again on Monday when nothing but a victory will do for Tiverton.
The Mid Devon side fought back from 3-2 down to win 4-1 at home to see off Saunton in the second round, before recovering from a 3½-1½ deficit at Sidmouth to breeze through with a 5-0 whitewash on their own patch.
“It is all to play for on Monday,” said team captain Mike Hurley.
The first pair of Ian Brierley (6) and Hurley (10), making their debut as the first pair due to a decrease in Hurley's handicap, were 3 up after nine.
Torquay fought back but Tiverton were 2 up with two to play and Hurley’s par on the penultimate hole secured the win.
Gerry Franklin (7) and John Phripp (10) had a tough game with six birdies against them and eventually lost 3 and 2.
Derrick Barrett (9) and Rod Wiltshire (9) were 1 up with two to play and looked like they would win the match on the 17^th.
But the opposition sank a huge putt to send them down the 18^th, where Barrett holed a four-footer for a half to win the game.
Roger Tucker (11) and Bob Keating (13) found their opponents too hot to handle and lost 6 and 4.
The final pair of David Holland (14) and Alan Probetts (16) battled well. Two down with two holes left, they won the 17^th to take the match up the last but could not get the birdie they needed to force a half. 

Gavin and Carol Scott will have the chance to play for a trip to Portugal after winning Tiverton’s Bader Cup qualifier on Sunday.
They collected 41 stableford points in the mixed greensomes format to beat James Lambden and Jane Walton on a countback.
Ahead of his two-competition ban for missing his tee time in the festival week, Derek Reed joined his wife Joan to take third place with 40.
The Scotts now go forward to the regional final at Stover on August 23, and the winners there will qualify for the grand final in Portugal in the autumn. 

Pat Higgins carded a level-par nett 74 off her 21 handicap to win the ladies’ June LGU Medal by two shots on Wednesday, and therefore qualify for the Hamilton Cup.
In-form June Dymond came fourth in the Silver Division with a 77, helped by a birdie three at the 12^th.
Results: Silver Division – 1 Bridget Holland (95-19=76); 2 Sue Norris (92-16=76); 3 Rosemary Perry (95-19=76). Bronze Division One – 1 Pat Higgins (95-21=74); 2 Gina Churchill (102-26=76); 3 Ann Pearcey (104-28=76). Bronze Division Two – 1 Annie Straiton (109-33=76); 2 Sue Probetts (111-31=80); 3 Christine Norton (109-29=80).

 Irene Byng (22) and Rosemary Venner (25) linked up for a nett 74 off ¾ handicap to win Tiverton’s qualifying round for the Ping Ladies' Fourball Better-ball competition.
They narrowly beat Chris Bacon (20) and Charlotte Snow (13), who had a 75, and will now take part in the regional final at Marriott Meon Valley Golf Club in Hampshire on August 28.

 The ladies’ Presidents Trophy II team were unable to repeat their success at home against Saunton as they lost 6-1 away.
The Tiverton winner was Chris Bacon (2 up) while Bridget Holland (5 and 3), Sheila Ball (4 and 3), Rosemary Perry (4 and 3), Sheila Marwood (5 and 4), Pat Higgins (2 and 1) and Alison Kelland (4 and 3) lost their matches.

 Club captain Colin Hart has named his six-man team for the Palairet Plate qualifying round at Holsworthy on Sunday, July 1.
Jim Bray (4) links up with Richard Jessop (4) off first, Jason Frost (6) and Jack Ridge (6), the only pair to win in Tiverton’s 4-1 Palairet Trophy second-round defeat to Yelverton at Teignmouth, go off second and Kelvin (6) and Matthew Woodgate (7) complete the line-up off third.
The Plate is contested by all the first and second-round losers in the Trophy. The three pairs’ stableford scores are added together and the top four clubs will go forward to the finals day on July 29.

Hannah on a high

IN-FORM Tiverton golfer Hannah Grant is hoping to lead by example once again when she steps out for Somerset in the county divisional final in Wales on Wednesday (June 27).
Hannah, who is ranked 17^th in England for amateur ladies and has her sights on turning professional, was the star performer when Somerset won the South West Inter-county Match Week for the second successive year at Perranporth last month.
The Tiverton Golf Club member won all six of her matches to help her side beat Cornwall (7-2), Dorset (5-4) and Devon (6-3).
Somerset now meet Glamorgan in a divisional showdown at Newport on Wednesday and the winners there will go to the English county championship finals at Brokenhurst Manor, Hampshire, in September.
“I am really looking forward to the tie against Glamorgan,” said Hannah, a two-handicapper. “It's going to be a very tough match as they are a strong side.
“The Somerset team played really well at the South West Match Week and we hope to be able to continue that form as it would be amazing to reach the national finals.
“I have played Newport once before in the British Girls’ Championship and remember it as a really good, challenging course.”
Hannah has enjoyed a spectacular start to the season, which included a strong showing in the English Ladies’ Close Amateur Championship at Littlestone, Kent.
On the first day of qualifying she struck a one-under-par 71 – thanks to a stunning eagle, par, birdie finish – to lie one shot behind leaders and England internationals Melissa Reid and Florentyna Parker.
A second-round 78 qualified her for the knock-out stages in 11^th place on the same score as Kerry Smith, another international.
The 19-year-old won her first match against Victoria Inglis, of Woodbridge, Suffolk, before going out in the last 16 after a great game with Anna Scott, of Consett and District, County Durham.
Hannah, who is also a member at Enmore Park near Bridgwater, came eighth in a scratch event at Tenby, South Wales, and picked up silverware at the Somerset Ladies’ Championship at Weston-super-Mare.
She qualified for the knock-out stages at Weston in third place and picked up the Gliddon Vase, for the best 36-hole gross score by a player under 25 years old.
She went on to reach the semi-finals only to lose to eventual champion Bev New, a former professional and Curtis Cup player from Lansdown.
The excellent run of form saw Hannah move up to 17^th in the English Ladies’ Golf Association Order of Merit.
Ten days ago she earned more ranking points and got her handicap cut to 1.9 in the Harper Salver at Bath, one of her favourite courses, where she added a one-under-par 73 to her first-round 78 to finish sixth.
At the weekend Hannah competed in the Pleasington Putter at Pleasington, near Blackburn, in another 36-hole scratch event ahead of linking up with her Somerset team-mates in South Wales.
Hannah’s long-term goal is to become a professional golfer and earn a spot on the Ladies’ European Tour.
“I have had a consistent start to my season and have felt very pleased with how it has gone so far after returning from last year's injury to my ankle,” said Hannah, who lives in Comeytrowe, Taunton.
“I am practising a lot to achieve my goal of becoming a scratch golfer within the year.”
Hannah works part-time for Tone Leisure at Vivary Park Golf Club in Taunton, where her employers are happy to fit in her shifts around her playing commitments.

Dymonds are forever

TIVERTON’S June Dymond proved that age was no barrier to success when she completed a memorable hat-trick in the Devon Lady Captains’ Golf Society Spring Meeting around her home course.
While two of Tiverton’s younger ladies, Jess Bradley and Hannah Grant, have been hitting the headlines with glory at home and away this year, it was octogenarian June’s turn to prove she could still be a champion.
The 15-handicapper amassed 37 stableford points to head the 135-strong field and win the overall Society Cup by two shots.
The tally also won her the Silver Cup, for the best score in the Silver Division, and the Marjorie Metherell Trophy, for the lowest total for players over 70 years of age.
June, who celebrates her 81^st birthday on Monday, is one of Tiverton’s longest serving players ever.
She has been a member for more than six decades and was the ladies’ captain in the World Cup-winning year of 1966.
June, who lives near the club in Post Hill, was the Devon ladies’ champion in 1971 and was part of Tiverton’s Still Cup hat-trick winning team of 1982, 1983 and 1984.
She was the first Tiverton player to be the Captain of Captains in 1980/1 – a title given to the captain of the Devon Lady Captains’ Golf Society.
The second Tiverton Captain of Captains is Lesley Crossley this year, and that was why the club hosted the Spring Meeting and annual dinner afterwards.

Chem’s a festival gem

CHEM Austin brought Tiverton’s successful Festival of Golf week to a close by winning the special two-day Braid’s Original competition held on Friday and Saturday.
Austin, playing off 13, hit a five-under nett 66 to win Saturday’s rain-hit competition and the overall trophy by one from Andy Brown and two from Dominic Bristow.
Greg Birchmore had led with a 67 on Friday after his three-shot success over Joe Knowles and third-placed Alan Broom.
There is no stopping Jess Bradley and the youngster won the ladies’ event after a 73, beating Rosemary Perry by one and Kay Beaumont by three.
Bristow walked away with the overall scratch prize thanks to a fine 73.
The Braid’s Original is held every year, normally just on one day, when men and ladies take on the course as it was originally laid out by famous designer James Braid on its opening in 1932.

Saturday evening saw the presentation of all the trophies for the festival, which was arranged to mark the club’s 75^th anniversary.
It was launched with an opening ceremony and jazz night the previous Saturday, with the official duties carried out by Sir Ian Amory and Mayor of Tiverton Kevin Wilson.
The week-long series of competitions got under way on the Sunday with some great scores in the juniors’ stableford competition, not least by David Robshaw with his stunning total of 54 points.
Also that day, Bob Cumes and Richard Mortimore won the men’s greensomes event while Ian and Rachel Bray took the mixed version.
Richard Archer, Gary Pilling and Tom Pilling were the victors in the men’s progressive stableford team event last Monday and Rachel Bray was in the winners’ circle again alongside Jan Simpson and Gail Stuckey in the ladies’ tournament.
The veterans’ better-ball stableford on Tuesday went to Derek Reed and Adrian Beaumont while their wives Joan Reed and Kay Beaumont did the damage on Wednesday by winning the ladies’ shotgun-start better-ball stableford.
The men’s medal on Thursday was crowned by a terrific round from 87-year-old Noel Thomas, who shot 10 less than his age for a nett 65 and a countback victory.

Festival prize-winners in full: Sunday: Men’s Greensomes (stableford) – 1 Bob Cumes and Richard Mortimore (46); 2 John Hanson and Shaun White (42); 3 Jason Frost and Nick Conabeare (41).

Mixed Greensomes (stableford) – 1 Ian Bray and Rachel Bray (39); 2 Richard Jessop and Marian Stevens (37); 3 Bob Clayden and Val Walker (37). Junior Stableford – 1 David Robshaw (54); 2 Darren Noble (50); 3 Nicola Chilcott (45).

Monday: Men’s Progressive Stableford – 1 Richard Archer, Gary Pilling and Tom Pilling (81); 2 Kelvin Woodgate, Matthew Woodgate and Bob Tye (76); 3 John Hanson, Steve Garland and Shaun White (75). Ladies’ Progressive Stableford – 1 Jan Simpson, Rachel Bray and Gail Stuckey (70); 2 Sheila Marwood, Charlotte Snow and Hannah Grant (68); 3 Tracy Banbury, Jane Walton and Kay Beaumont (64).

Tuesday: Veterans’ Better-ball Stableford – 1 Derek Reed and Adrian Beaumont (46); 2 David Neilson and Peter Stuckey (45); 3 Rick Thorne and Bill Sage (45).

Wednesday: Ladies’ Better-ball Stableford – 1 Kay Beaumont and Joan Reed (42); 2 Charlotte Snow and Hannah Grant (41); 3 Sue Persey and Carolyn Maynard (40).

Thursday: Men’s Medal – 1 Noel Thomas (77-12=65); 2 Bill Tobin (78-13=65); 3 Roy Watson (90-24=66).

Friday: Braid’s Original – 1 Greg Birchmore (79-12=67); 2 Joe Knowles (78-8=70); 3 Alan Broom (88-18=70).

Saturday: Braid’s Original – 1 Chem Austin (79-13=66); 2 Andy Brown (79-12=67); 3 Dominic Bristow (73-5=68).

Braid’s Original: Overall – 1 Chem Austin (79-13=66).

Braid’s Original: Ladies – 1 Jess Bradley (78-5=73); 2 Rosemary Perry (93-19=74); 3 Kay Beaumont (89-13=76).

Braid’s Original: Scratch – 1 Dominic Bristow (73).

Juniors in festival frenzy

TIVERTON’S Festival of Golf week to mark the club’s 75^th anniversary kicked off with some sensational scores by the juniors in their stableford competition on Sunday.
There was an excellent field of 21 players, with eight scoring 40 points or more.
David Robshaw was the winner with a remarkable 18-under total of 54, beating Darren Noble by four.
Nicola Chilcott was third on 45 ahead of Lewis Watts (44), Harry Callahan (43), Eddie Sangster (42) and Alex Dudley (41).
Five-handicapper Jess Bradley maintained her hot streak with 40 to win the Division One prize in front of Rhys Cruse (37).

Ian and Rachel Bray notched 39 stableford points to take the mixed greensomes competition on Sunday.
Richard Jessop and Marian Stevens (37) were second ahead of Bob Clayden and Val Walker (37) and last year’s captains Mark Sangster and Irene Byng (36). 

Bob Cumes and Richard Mortimore posted 46 stableford points to win the men’s greensomes event, also on Sunday.
Behind them were John Hanson and Shaun White (42), Jason Frost and Nick Conabeare (41), Daniel Furlonger and Nick Kelland (40) and Mike Hawkins and Gary Pilling (38).

Kay cruises through

KAY Beaumont carded a three-under nett 71 to land the ladies' LGU Medal at Tiverton on Wednesday.
The victory qualifies her for the Hamilton Cup in the autumn and she also faces a handicap reduction that has yet to be decided as her home club these days is Burnham and Berrow.
Results: Silver Division – 1 Kay Beaumont (85-14=71); 2 Val Walker (90-13=77). Bronze Division One – 1 Ivy Radford (94-21=73); 2 Ann Pearcey (104-28=76). Bronze Division Two – 1 Jean Granger (112-34=78); 2 Maureen Williams (111-29=82).

The ladies' President's Trophy I team were on the end of a narrow 4-3 defeat to Exeter.
Abbie Moyes (3 and 2), playing in her first match for the ladies, and Carolyn Maynard (2 and 1) won while Rachel Bray and Sheila Stark halved.
Sue Norris (3 and 2), Annette Cardwell (5 and 4) and Judy Phripp (3 and 2) lost but ladies' captain Chris Williams said: "It was not a bad result against a strong Exeter team."

 The ladies were beaten 4½-2½ in their Sheelah Creasy Bowl clash at Torquay on Monday.
Joan Reed (4 and 3) and Gina Churchill (5 and 4) won and Trish Bending halved but there were defeats for Gail Stuckey (1 hole), Irene Byng (3 and 2), Rosemary Venner (7 and 5) and Jackie Fuller (6 and 4).

Tiverton's ladies drew 3-3 at home against Saunton in the Devon League on Monday, but the visitors gained extra for away points and therefore won 9-6 overall.
Linda Knowles (4 and 2), Jan Simpson (7 and 6) and Antonina Hajduk (7 and 6) were the home winners while Shirley Ward (3 and 1), Evelyn Riley (5 and 4) and Annie Straiton (3 and 1) were less successful.

Jess storms to Devon title

 YOUNG Tiverton golfer Jess Bradley showed that even atrocious weather conditions could not put a dampener on her sensational season so far as she claimed the Devon Girls' Championship at Honiton.
The 14-year-old became the first Tiverton Golf Club member ever to land the prestigious title - despite having to contend with a 45-minute suspension of play due to torrential rain and gusty winds.
The storm very nearly forced the tournament to be abandoned but play resumed after greenkeepers frantically mopped up the sodden greens.
"She was in the third group out and play was suspended just after Jess had teed off on the 8th," said her father, Steve.
"Playing the 7th it was so dark it looked like you needed lights on the front of your trolley to see up the fairway."
Jess, a five-handicapper, composed herself during the delay before returning to the course to post a birdie-less but steady gross 79 which gave her a one-shot victory over runner-up Nikki Kedge, of Stover.
"It didn't seem to bother her putting back on wet waterproofs," said Steve. "She just went out, found her ball marker and carried on playing as she had been."
Jess, who lives at Bishop's Nympton, near South Molton, said: "I was pleased with the way I managed to hold the round together, especially seeing that play was suspended for 45 minutes.
"It's the first time I've experienced having to stop and start in a big competition."
Jess had used the Honiton Junior Open two days earlier as a practice round and sandwiched her visits to East Devon with a win in the ladies' May Par at Tiverton, when her score of +4 brought her handicap down from six to five for the first time.
The two victories in two days continued a remarkable run of form for the South Molton Community College pupil, which has seen her drafted into the Devon ladies first team.
Jess won the scratch section in the South West and South Wales qualifier of the Faldo Series after a four-over 79 at Royal Porthcawl, a top professional and amateur venue near Bridgend.
She also picked up the under-16 girls' scratch prize in the Devon Junior Spring Meeting at Saunton and came third in the nett competition at the Devon Ladies' Championship at East Devon.
Jess was then called up by Devon and turned out three times in the four-counties matchplay event at Perranporth.
She will be in the Devon second team and the junior girls' side for their inter-county events later in the year and, when available, will represent Tiverton's ladies in the Still Cup.
Jess was coached by professional Darren Everett while she was a junior at Portmore, near Barnstaple, before she switched to the greater test of Tiverton along with her dad two years ago.
She has just been accepted as a junior member at Royal North Devon but will keep Tiverton as her home club.
The teenager is now looking forward to the South West Girls' Championship in July, followed by the South West Ladies' Championship.
She is also entering the British Girls' Championship, which will boast an international field when it is held in Wales in August.
Another promising youngster at Tiverton is Abbie Moyes, who also competed in the Devon Girls' Championship and finished runner-up to Teign Valley's Hannah Masterson in the under-15 scratch competition.
Abbie, who has been undergoing county coaching, made her ladies' debut for the President's Trophy I team against Exeter and was Tiverton's biggest winner with a 3 and 2 success.

Hart-broken after defeat

 TIVERTON’S meticulous preparations for the Palairet Trophy went up in smoke when they crashed out of the competition with a disappointing 4-1 defeat to Yelverton at Teignmouth on Sunday.
The six practice matches and three other warm-ups arranged by club captain Colin Hart did not pay off in the way he had hoped as Tivvy were dumped out on their first outing.
“I was proud our team battled so hard against very good opponents but disappointed to lose after all our hard work in practice,” said Hart after the second-round exit.
Simon Waddington, whose caddie Nathan Whitehouse reached the 6^th hole before realising the trolley he was pushing was actually electric, and Richard Jessop, who proved his fitness on the morning of the match after being run over in the Tiverton club car park on Friday, were all square after eight but then lost the next four holes to go four down.
With Jessop’s luck not in on the greens as at least four putts missed by millimetres, Yelverton’s strong first pair closed out the match 4 and 3.
Jim Bray and Ollie Taylor were down early on after finding some lesser visited areas of the course and could not recover, eventually going down 6 and 4.
Jason Frost and Jack Ridge were strong in the practice matches and delivered on the day as their 5 and 3 victory gave Tivvy a glimmer of hope.
Up and downs on the 7^th and 8^th, when Ridge gave Frost good putting opportunities, turned the match in their favour.
With Tiverton 2-1 down but Kelvin and Matt Woodgate three up in the last match, it looked like a turnaround victory for Bob Tye and Tony Allsopp off fourth would put them through.
Tye and Allsopp’s two-hole lead after the 3^rd was quickly reversed by three birdies from the Yelverton pair, who went on to go three up by the 10^th.
Near-misses for birdies on 14 and 15 prevented a Tiverton comeback and a downhill six-footer on the par-3 16^th was enough to confirm Yelverton’s passage into the third round.
As it happened, the Woodgates, having overturned an early two-hole deficit to be three up with five to play, lost the next four to go one down.
And their former Wales hockey player opponent sank a putt from off the green on the tough par-3 18^th to confirm a one-hole victory and rub salt into the Tiverton wounds.
“It was good to see such strong support out for our team and I am confident our hard work on practice this year will be continued through to next year to turn out an increasingly strong squad,” said Hart, whose side now have the Palairet Plate to play for.
“We appreciated the good work of our caddies, four of whom were past captains, and are grateful to Bob Pulsford, a past Palairet player, for stepping in at the very last moment to caddy in the final game.”
Results (Tiverton names first): 1 Simon Waddington (4) and Richard Jessop (4) lost to A Bridgewater (+1) and A Place (3), 4 and 3; 2 Jim Bray (4) and Ollie Taylor (6) lost to Gary Hawking (1) and Colin Nolan (3), 6 and 4; 3 Jason Frost (5) and Jack Ridge (6) beat J Holt (4) and Leon Fricker (5), 5 and 3; 4 Bob Tye (6) and Tony Allsopp (6) lost to S Barnes (6) and M Taylor (6), 3 and 2; 5 Kelvin Woodgate (6) and Matt Woodgate (7) lost to C O’Sullivan (5) and C Gunn (11), 1 down.

Ed Whall, John Lyon and Tom Pilling struck 46 stableford points to win Mike Hawton’s Professional’s Day competition on Saturday.
In the one score from three to count format, late starters Carl Skinner, Daniel Furlonger and greenkeeper Mark Brewer were second on 45.
The Moyes family – father and mother Richard and Amanda and daughter Abbie – came third, also with 45, while Jim Walton, Mike Walton and young Matt Stoneman finished fourth on 44.
The ladies’ prize was won by Joan Reed, Alison Kelland and Kay Beaumont, who scored 40.

Five-star vets surge through

TIVERTON’S veterans reached the quarter-finals of the Emerton-Court Trophy thanks to a 5-0 win over Sidmouth in the second leg at home on Tuesday.
Tiverton, 3½-1½ down from the away leg, put on a fine display of determined golf to claim a clean sweep over a team whose players were keen to do well and, for the most part, kept fighting until the end in several tight games.
After winning through two rounds, Tiverton now move forward to meet Torquay, with both legs due to be played before the end of June.
It has been a difficult season for Tiverton’s team organisers, with injuries, illness and absentees making selection difficult.
However, the 10-man team that beat Sidmouth played steady, consistent golf and reaped the rewards.
The high spot for Tiverton's Ian Brierley (6) came on the 9^th when he hit a hole-in-one – the second of his career – from which success his team-mates and visitors were only too pleased to benefit and celebrate during the after-match dinner.
Brierley and partner Mike Hurley (10), the team's playing captain, had the largest victory of the day. They took the lead and gradually pushed ahead to end the match on the 14^th.
The first pair out, Gerry Franklin (6) and John Phripp (10), were involved in one of several close matches. Although eventually winning 3 and 2, it wasn't until the back nine that they went ahead.
David Grieve (10), available to play in the competition for the first time this season, and Rod Wiltshire (9) had a very tight match before gaining victory on the 17^th.
Peter Stuckey (11) and Terry Barwell (13) produced a similar 2 and 1 win. They were struggling at two down at the turn after the Sidmouth captain sank three long putts on seven, eight and nine.
This put the home pair on the back foot until wins at 11 and 12 brought them level, before they went ahead at 14 and clinched the match on 17.
Final pair Roger Tucker (11) and David Holland (14) were two up after two and maintained their lead before eventually winning 3 and 2 to complete an excellent performance.