Age no barrier for Anne

Date published: 09 June 2010


GOLF: ANNE Lees rolled backed the years with a stunning victory in Oldham’s Centenary Trophy.

At the age of 79, Anne is the oldest playing female member at Oldham, having been a keen golfer for over 40 years.

And she recorded rounds of 92-31-61 and 97-28-69 to land her latest prize.

The first-day prize was won by Linda Bailey (96-31-65) and second-day honours went to Bev Scholes (75-8-67).

First-sweep winner was June Boyle (135), the second sweep prize went to Liz Johnson (136) and the subsiduary winner was Edith Howarth.

Oldham defeated Manchester 4-3 with wins by Mary Buckley, Joyce Beech, Karen Phanco and Ann Rotchell.

Other results —

SADDLEWORTH

EGWA medals

1, Pam Taylor 100-20-80; 2, S Fletcher.

1, Jane Wild 84-20-64; 2, Pam Taylor.

Nine-hole Stableford

1, Hazel Rogerson 20pts; 2, Deborah Mooney 17pts.

EGWA medal

1, Jane Wild 84-20-64; 2, Pam Taylor 82-22-66.

EGWA Stableford (nine holes)

1, Eileen Milne 19pts; 2, C Eastwood 16pts.

EGWA medal

1, Pam Taylor 100-20-80; 2, S Fletcher 100-19-81.

BROOKDALE

Anne Chesworth Trophy and Frances Smith qualifier

1, Vicky Akin 88-18-70; 2, Julie Pickering 97-25-72.

WERNETH

EWGA and Mrs Bottoms Cup

1, Lisa Hall 93-23-70 (Back-nine CPO against Pauline Day).

First division first sweep

1, Fiona Dooley 76-4-72.

First division second sweep

1, Brenda Jarvis 96-23-73 and Jane Clark 86-13-73.

Second division first sweep

1, Pauline Day 104-34-70.

Second division second sweep

1, Gail Rowbotham 106-33-73 and Kathleen Lomas 105-32-73.

CROMPTON and ROYTON

Shield match at North Manchester .

C & R 4 (Jackie Banham 2 & 1, Chris Rimmer 5 & 4, Val Hall 3 & 2, Jennifer Kenworthy 2 & 1), Manchester 3 .

Marks Cup second round

1, Andrea Lowe 99-30-69.

Overall

1, Andrea Lowe 71 + 69 = 140; 2, Julie Hambley 75 + 71 = 146.

Bronze team match at Bolton Old

C & R (Joan Booth 3 & 2, Brenda Keaney 2 & 1) 2, Bolton 3.

Scratch team match at home to Silverdale

C & R 5 (Bernice Fitton 5 & 4, Lynn Truelove 1 up, Pauline Givvons 5 & 4, Sarah Penney 3 & 2, Shirley Brown 3 & 2), Silverdale 0.

Bronze team match at home to Rochdale

C & R 4 (Noreen Nicholson 1up, Andrea Lowe 2up, Jennifer Sykes 5 & 4, Julie Hambley 6 & 5), Rochdale 1.

Shield match at Brookdale

Brookdale 2, C and R (Brenda Bellis 7 & 6, Jackie Banham 3 & 1, Val Hall 5 & 4, Madge Millett 3 & 2, Chris Rimmer half, Shirley Brown half) 5.

BLACKLEY

Lady-Captain’s Round 1

1, Cynthia Mayoh 68pts; 2, Yuk Lin Yiu 70pts CPO; 3, Sheila Salmon.