GOLF: Five Lakes Golf Club held the annual 36-hole men's doubles open for the Eddie Curtis Memorial Trophy, which John Redden and Tom Rothery retained. The competition was open to all male golfers with active handicaps.
The morning greensomes saw some very competitive scores, Billy Millar (7) and Stuart Hempstead (11), and Alistair Hall (14) and Tony Jordan (14), returning 36 points to be just outside the main prizes.
Second place saw home team Mike Godwin (14) and Stuart Sturdy (24) also on 36 points, while first overall in the morning were John Curtis, son of Eddie, (28) and N Anderson (4) with 40 points.
In the afternoon's betterball event, the breeze strengthened to test the competitors even further. Four pairings scored 37 points.
Dave Hyams (10) and Gary Borthwick (10) were just outside the prizes, while second place went to Chris Hamblion (3) and Billy Coe (7).
First were Dave Morris (16) and Richard Ledworth (10), also with 37 points.
Overall, the main prizes were contested by M McCarthy (20) and R Calvert (24), who scored 73 points to take third place.