Pair of aces trump rivals in pro-am

DOUBLE ACT: Martin Beaty (left) and Jack Bottomley-Clift show off their trophy.

GOLF:

MARTIN Beaty and Jack Bottomley-Clift, of Crompton and Royton, teamed up to win the latest Manchester Alliance pro-am event of the winter season.

Club professional Beaty and 17-year-old Bottomley-Clift bagged the Glenmuir Trophy at Leyland.

They returned 44 points in the better-ball Stableford format to emerge victorious.

In only his second outing of the Alliance campaign which runs from October through to April, Beaty (31) also claimed the runner-up prize in the individual competition.

He carded a five-under-par 65, finishing two shots adrift of ex-European Tour player Phil Archer (Birchwood GC).

The duo were today hoping to follow up in a four-man team event at Bolton Old Links. They were playing alongside Jordan Flint and Steve Moores.

Meanwhile, Bottomley-Clift, one of a clutch of talented young golfers in Oldham, will represent Lancashire in 2012 after being selected for the county’s under-17s team.