SOUTHERNDOWN

MATTHEW Ellis shot an eagle on the 13th hole to set up a victory last week in a Midweek Yellow Box Stableford at Southerndown.

It gave him 41 points with birdies on holes eight and 15 and nine pars also lending a helping hand.

Four points back came Andy Farquarson whose card contained 11 pars, six bogeys and one doublebogey.

Third-placed Glenn Hughes got a two on the 10th green and birdie on six in a par haul while Grahame Harcombe signed for 35 points.

A birdie on hole two was on the 32-point card of J H Jones, and the other players to exceed 30 points were 31-point men R L Williams, Matthew Thomas (two on the 10th hole) and Michael Phillips (two on five along with birdies on eight and 13).

Division Two of the competition was taken by Kenneth Vaughan on a countback 33 points from Phil Rees with Michael Pelegrotti scoring 32 points and Dave Evans 31.

Southerndown Ladies staged a Sunday Medal and Club Championship qualifier that Amy Watkins won with 83-8-75.

Birdies on holes 13 and 18 did the trick, as did seven pars, with runner-up and low gross scorer Amy Rees signing for 78-2-76 (birdie on 16th hole and 11 pars).

Third-placed Janet Booth came in with 10831-77 and was followed on the scoreboard by Glamorgan County champion Helen Calvert with 84-678 and Alaitz Zubikarai on 86-4-82 (two on hole 14 and birdie on nine).

In a Stableford event, Shirley Lewis won the day on the strength of 34 points (birdies on holes two, 16 and home), finishing two points in front of Sally Bryant, who sunk a putt for two on the 14th green.

In midweek, former Bridgend No 8 Colin Standing took the latest Harold Gould tournament with 34 Stableford points.

Alan Davies was runner-up on a countback 32 points from Russell Aston while Dr Brian Dawson and Stephen Owen Thomas were a further point back.