norris retains her status

■ Approach Golf club Sue Norris ensured that she retained her Division One status with a convincing win over Alasdair Campbell, leaving him languishing one point above the drop, having played all his fixtures with the bottom two with a game left to play. Campbell fought hard on the second nine, but the determined Norris went on to win with four holes remaining. Brian Lambern and Roger Randall engaged in a very close contest in Division Two, with Lambern halving the final hole for a last gap win, leaving the unlucky Randall pointless. Randall’s good start gave him an early two hole lead, but Lambern had struck back by the turn to steal it. On the second nine, Randall roared back to go two up with five to play, only for Lambern to play his best golf to edge ahead on the 17th and hold on for the win. Bob Mcgregor is now well poised to challenge for the championship and promotion after another convincing win over Craig Jones. Mcgregor was sharp from the off, winning the first four holes, with two birdies, to reach the turn six up, and raced to victory with five holes remaining. He then moved to the top after defeating current leader Graham Whatley. Mcgregor always had the edge to lead by two at the turn and although Whatley halved the deficit with a birdie on the tenth, Mcgregor won three holes in a row to win on the 15th. Danny Peel reached the semi finals of the League Cup with a comfortable win over Reg Morris, completing victory on the 16th. Malcolm French’s net par round helped him qualify for the quarter finals at the expense of Sue Norris, who had held French at bay until the 17th. Mike Fear went through to the semi finals of the KO Cup after beating Malcolm French who faded towards the end. After leading at the turn, French won the first two holes coming back to win on the 16th. Craig Jones turned a disappointing season into one of promise after a splendid victory over Danny Peel to reach the final, prevailing on the 14th. Reg Morris surprisingly gained a narrow Group C victory in the Secretary’s Cup over Nick Parker to head the group. ■ bath Golf club Bath Golf Club Ladies’ section held a twelve hole NQ stableford at the end of February in the glorious Spring weather with a total number of 44 entries In the First Division, Angie Frith was first with 25 points, followed by Angela Trenchard (lady captain) on 23 points. Angela was also the only player to score a 2 on the par 3 hole four. In Division Two, Louise Blake came first with 21 points, second was Linda Mchugh with 21 and third was Marie Robson again with 21 points. Heather Cottle also scored 21, so count back was essential for the results. Division Three had Jenny Catchpole as the winner with 23 points and Phillipa Bevan came second with 19 points. Bath Ladies also held a Texas scramble over 12 holes, and the winners were Lesley Roebuck, Lesley Matthews and Heather Cottle. In second place were Veronica Creed, Ann Tonge and Rosy Williams. In addition a 3-ball Bowmaker was also held over 12 holes, and the winners were Anita Bye, Mags Ashman Marr and Helen Schofield. In second place were Deborah Mcardle, Anne Hitchin and Katy Pool. In third position came Ann Tonge, Sue Morton Jenkins and Linda Mchugh. Last Saturday, Bath men’s section held a foursomes stableford competition. In fine but blustery conditions the winning score was an outstanding effort of 41 points by Steve Bailey and Michael Howard-kyan. Second on a fine 38 points were Chris Parkin and Will Warman, third on 35 points were Tim Edgell and Paul Edgell and fourth also with 35 points were Richard Longhurst and Tony Mccallum. ■ lansdown Golf club The competition season started last week with the traditional opener – the 4 Club Challenge. Despite the club restriction, the scoring is always excellent and this year was no exception as Chris Sparkes took the honours with 44 points, which put him three shots clear of the field. Division 1 went to Chuen Lau with 40, some four shots ahead of Amelia Matthews. Mike Banner took second spot in Division 2 behind Sparkes with 41. Dave Wherlock was the winner in Division 3, his 40 just three ahead of Pete Waller. The Tucker Trophy has resumed in the new year – there are weekly winners of this nine-hole competition and an overall winner for the best aggregate three scores over the 12 rounds. Recent weekly winners have been Dan Nicholas twice - both with 19 points - Malcolm Brown on 21 and sponsor Lee Tucker, also with 19. Currently, Brown leads the overall competition with 58 points, just two points clear of Bob White. There are still a further five rounds to go – so the trophy is still there to be won with a number of players just a few points back. The Harker Salver – an eclectic event over six rounds – is well under way with joint leaders Graham Belsten and Dave Price on nett 52, with Kevin Thatcher just two points adrift. Recently the past captains met to propose the election of the 2020 captain to the forthcoming AGM. Current captain John Butler won the stableford event with 39 points, some three shots clear of Eric Morgan with Ian Smith a further point adrift. The club, in conjunction with Get into Golf, is running an Open Day on Sunday, April 7 from 11am4pm with all abilities and ages are welcome. To book a place phone 01225 420242.