Salver’s perfect partners

CROMPTON and Royton president Steve Mills (left) presents the salver to Audrey Whittaker and Gordon Lamb.

GOLF:

CROMPTON and Royton vice-captains Gordon Lamb and Audrey Whittaker proved an unstoppable combination in the High #Barn club’s President’s Salver.

The pair returned a score of 90-21.5-68.5 to win the competition from fellow C and R members Gary McHugh and Zoe Styles (78-8-70).

Ian Ashworth (Werneth) and Angela Jones (North Manchester) took third place with a net 71.5, on the card, from the host club’s Gary and Linda Melling.

C and R’s John and Lynn Truelove won the best gross prize on after a card play-off against club colleagues Philip and Amanda Delaney.

Other prizes:

Best Visitors: Peter and Sue Jones (Abergele) 88-16-72 .

Category 1: Gerry Delaney (Manchester) and Amanda Delaney (C and R) 87-11-76. Category 2: Gary and Linda Melling (C and R) 88–16.5–71.5. Category 3: Don and Irene Carr (C and R) 98–23.5–74.5.

Special Prizes:

White line down first: Mandy Holden (Halifax West End) 7 inches. Nearest pin, sixth hole: Gary McHugh, 7ft, 2in. Second shot, 13th hole: Ken Jackson (C and R) 18ft, 6in. Second shot, 18th hole: Pauline Givvons (C and R) 3.8m.

Other results:

CROMPTON and ROYTON

Medal

Division one: Les Bithel 77-13-64 CPO; 2, Dave Bacon 75-11-64; 3, Bradley Cannings 77-6-65 CPO; 4, Steve Davis 77-12-65. Division Two: Graham Dowd 81-16-65 CPO; 2, Mike Hambley 80-15-65; 3, Keith Banham 87-19-68 CPO; 33, Brian Davis 83-15-68.

Four-ball betterball medal: 1, Ian Smith and Ian Whittaker 60 (10-under-par); 2, Mark Sinfield, Richard Flynn 62.

OLDHAM

Saturday Stableford, division one: 1, Terry Garrett 42 pts; 2, Phil Dockerty 38; 3, Steve Mills 37. Division two: 1, Alan Chadwick 43 pts; 2, John Waterhouse 41; 3, Paul Donlan 40.

Sunday four-ball better-ball Stableford: 1, Martin Stenton and Paul Donlan 41pts; 2, Harold McGuinness, Roger Kenney 39; 3, Chris Bramhall, Terry Garrett 39.

SADDLEWORTH

Club medal

1, Graham Hall 73-7-66; 2, Mark Anderson-Wild 73-6-67; 3, CJ Bird 79-11-68.

WERNETH

July monthly medal

First division: 1, Jack Suttie (69-4-65) cpo; 2, David Whaley (76-11-65). Second division: 1, Andrew Hildrup (79-17-62); 2, Quentin Carteright, vice captain (77-14-63).

Midweek Texas Scramble: 1, Jack Suttie, Liam Dwayre, Jonathan Wilde (52.8); 2, Adam Rowbotham, Terry Walsh, Clint Shaw (54.3).