Around the North Devon greens

Royal North Devon

Pro’s Day: Father and son team Phil and Matt Jackson were winners with an incredible 54 points, three points clear of husband and wife team David and Angela Harman. Third on 50 points were J Laird and R Diwell.

July Stableford: Div 1 - 1, I Baker 38pts; 2,P Ellicott 37; 3, K Tanton 37. Div 2 - 1, L Carter 40pts; 2, T Harley 38; 3, M McDermott 38.

June Stableford: Div 1 - R Butcher 38pts; 2, B White 37; 3, M Dark 36; 4, G Carder 36. Div 2 - 1, C Weir 42pts; 2, T Beal 39; 3, A Deakes 39.

Ladies Stableford: Div 1 - 1, Sally Ford 37pts; 2, Sue Vicary 36; 3, Angela Harman 34. Div 2 - 1, Betsey Blainey 41pts; 2, Jo Trapnell 32; 3, Sheila Bone 32.

Veterans three man team: Thirty-nine members played in the three man team event, with two scores to count. Alan Sutton, Derek Fogarty and Richard Tuckett won with 75 points from Brian Spieglehalter, Wesley Floyd and Joe Need with 72. Spieglehalter had the only two on the day on the fifth hole. Ernie Lewis, David Fairclough and Alan Nicholls were third with 69.

Great Torrington

Ladies 36-hole club championship: Gross - 1 Liz McKay (13) 81. Net - 1 Sue Reid (20) 67: Stableford - 1 Carole Isaac (26) 64; 2 Sahara Barton (19) 63; 3 Margaret Donaghy (24) 63; 4 Sue Membery (21) 63.

Barbara Lunt had a hole-in-one at the par three fifth hole.

Barbara Payne knock-out trophy: Sahara Barton and Joan Smalldon beat Val Bowen and Jeanette Cudmore in the final.

Medal A: Div 1 - 1 Paul Boundy (10) 55 (Ford Trophy Winner); 2 Dan Copp (11) 55; 3 Les Trengove (11) 59. Div 2 - 1 Steven Fox (25) 57; 2 Ken Harris (24) 58; 3 Jim Manning (22) 59.

Stableford B: Div 1- 1 Colin White (16) 36; 2 Ian Baker (11) 35; 3 Paul Boden (9) 34. Div 2 - 1 Steve Evans-Loude (22) 40; 2 Jon Wigley (18) 39; 3 Jim Manning (20) 38.

Commons Conservators Open: 1, Richard Wheatley (13) 43; 2, Tim Williams (16) 43; 3, Frank Stone (25) 43. Best visitor - James Toogood (40).

Junior club championship: Patrick Sanders (79) beat Dan Copp (80) by a to win the championship. Reece Andronik (23) 38pts won the Stableford and Greg Page (54) 28pts won the nine-hole.

4BBB Knockout Trophy: Paul Wheeler and Steve Easterbrook beat Richard Wheatley and Tim Williams in the final.

Veterans Championship: John Hocking is club champion with a gross score of 67+69=136 followed by John McKenzie with 71+75=146. Mackenzie also won the best net score category with 57+61=118. Best Stableford score was Paddy O’Connor with 39+42=81 pts.

A hole-in-one by Frank Foster on the fifth did not produce a podium finish. But Frank has won the knockout championship, which began in March, beating some of the leading golfers in the section.

Ilfracombe

ROTARY: The newly formed Rotary Club of Ilfracombe Compass held their first annual golf day at the Ilfracombe Golf Club, attracting teams from all over North Devon.

It was won by the Rotary Club of Barnstaple Link team of Lew Baglow, Keith Wade and Steve Vine, who took the prize with a team score of 88.

Canada Cup Open 4BBB: First round winners – Dave Lee and Michael Spear 60net. Second round winners – Dominic Whalley and Mark Kiff 60net. Overall – 1, Dominic Whalley and Mark Kiff 126net; 2, Simon Calvert and Simon Kino 126; 3, Don Sutherland and Adam Braund 128.

Best gross –Dominic Whalley and Mark Kiff 135.

Thursday medal: 1, Ken Geraghty 60net; 2, Dominic Whalley 62; 3, Keith Grey 64.

Ladies Express and Echo County Qualifier: 1, Steph Long and Jean Pell 36 pts; 2,Jan Pollard and Evelyn Jones 35.

Mortehoe and Woolacombe

June Stableford: Div 1 – 1, Roy Richardson (18) 40pts; 2, Gary Smith (9) 39; 3, Chris Dyer (11) 33. Div 2 – 1, Lee Woodbridge (20) 40; 2, Kevin Dyer (24) 37; 3, Dave Evans (26) 33.

EGU Medal: 1, Kevin Dyer (24) net 63; 2, David Cockram (24) 65; 3, Eric Hanley (21) 66.

Seniors June Medal: Div 1 – 1, Tony Noughton (18) net 66; 2, Chris Dyer (12) 69; 3, Ray Dyer (17) 69. Div 2 – 1, Vic Squires (20) net 58; 2, eric Hanley (21) 66; 3, Tony Goymer (19) 67. Div 3 – 1, John Newsome (28) net 58; 2, John Gigg (25) 62; 3, Malcolm Bealing (28) 65.

Seniors June Stableford: Div 1 – 1, Roy Richardson (18) 41pts; 2, Ray Dyer (17) 38; 3, Tony Noughton (18) 36. Div 2 – 1, Tony Goymer (20) 40; 2, Patrick Power (19) 37; 3, John Drury (20) 37. Div 3 – 1, Jim Prince (24) 39; 2, Tom Giles (28) 32; 3, Richard Eggins (24) 32.

Oldies Cup: 1, John Storey (23) 66net; 2, Ray Dyer (17) 69; 3, Dave Hodges (20) 69.

North Devon Veterans

Veterans League: Willingcott Valley are champions of North Devon Veterans League A with one round to go, after their second place finish at Libbaton. Scores - 1 Libbaton 158; 2 Willingcott Valley 137; 3 RND 135; 4 Mortehoe 131. League Standings - 1 Willingcott Valley 22; 2 Libbaton 14 (489); 3 RND 14 (471) 4 Mortehoe 10. In Division B everything depends on the final game at Ilfracombe, with Great Torrington holding a two points advantage over Holsworthy, who won the last round on their own course. Scores - 1 Holsworthy 182; 2 Great Torrington 171; 3 Ilfracombe 168; 4 Portmore 166. League standings - 1 Great Torrington 20 (501); 2 Holsworthy 18 (507); 3 Portmore 14 (485); 4 Ilfracombe 8 (452).

Portmore

Palareit trophy: Portmore have progressed to the next round with a 31/2-11/2 victory over Padbrook Park in East Devon

Seniors Open: Overall winner was Pete Wooldridge with 38pts. Portmore winners - 1, Don Churchill; 2, Ray Joesbury; 3, Eric Horton. Visitors – 1, C.Dyer (Morthoe); 2, L.Voysey (Holsworthy); 3, Mike Bray (Chumleigh). Best gross score - Don Churchill. Over 70 years - Tim Ayles

June medal: Scratch winner - Mitchell Wood (1) gross 73 . Div 1 – 1, Chay Hughes (4) 72; 2, Ed Jenkins (4) 72; 3, Shaun Field (11 ) 74. Div 2 – 1, Dave Blanche (14) 69;

2, John Sims (15) 70; 3, A. Davidson (18) 71. Div 3 – 1, Mike Peters (22) 69; 2, Harold Crocombe (26) 73; 3, Pete Wooldridge (25) 74. Ladies – 1, Marise Mackie (32) 71; Janice Sweetman (27) 80; Julie Quilter (30) 80. Juniors – 1, Mark Peters (10) 67; 2, Richard Wigley (6) 71; 3, James Poole (10) 76.

Tuesday Stableford: Div 1 – 1, Dale Wilson (8) 44pts; 2, Alan huxtable (9) 41; 3, Stephen West (9) 41. Div 2 – 1, Peter Freeman(22) 35; 2, S.Webb (20) 33; 3, Steve Heath (19) 27pts. Ladies – 1, Amanda webber (19) 34; 2, Janice Sweetman (27) 25; 3, Jacky Carlton (26) 25.

Willingcott valley

Ladies Championship: 1, Pauline Sparkes 77 (lowest net); 2, Millie Painting 81 (lowest gross); 3, Tricia Payne 83.

June Stableford: Div 1 - 1, Pauline Sparkes 35pts; 2, Irene Gover 29; 3, Shirley Hearn 25. Div 2 – 1, Jill Healing 34; 2, Anne Taylor 26; 3, Carolyn Read 22.

June Medal: 1, Shirley Hearn 81; 2, Pauline Sparkes 82; 3, Jill Healing 84.

Eclectic Jan-June: Div 1 – 1, Pauline Sparkes 49; 2, Irene Gover 57; 3, Shirley Hearn 60: Div 2 – 1, Anne Taylor 57; 2, Jill Healing 57; 3, Carolyn Read 62

White Stableford: 1, M Phipps (23) 39pts;2, Ged Mclaughlan (14) 39; 3, Jamie Petrie (25) 37.

Sunrise Cup: 1, Jamie Petrie (25) 42pts; 2, Pete Lawley (17) 42; 3, Tony Barter (19) 41. First lady - Angie Buller. Best competition score - Linda Petrie