DAILY MAIL FOURSOMES

FORMER England hockey star Sue Holwell has won the delayed 2020 Daily Mail Foursomes women’s title for Lingdale with partner Barbara Suffolk. The Leicestershire duo were one of more than 3,000 pairs in contention for one of amateur golf’s biggest prizes and, after a 12-month Covid suspension and the postponement of the finals last October due to heavy rain, Holwell and Suffolk have their hands on the trophy after winning at Slaley Hall. Holwell, 59, who represented England at the 1986 World Cup in Holland, said: ‘We’re just thrilled. It means everything.’

CARA SLOMAN

WOMEN’S SEMI-FINALS: SHERBORNE – Claire Woolley (17), Carol-Anne Raisbeck (16) bt WEYBROOK PARK Sue Gale (8), Janet Swift (20) 2&1. LINGDALE – Sue Holwell (5), Barbara Suffolk (8) bt WHITECRAIGS – Nichola Hamilton (13), Irene Hamilton (28) 6&5. MEN’S SEMIFINALS: UPTON by CHESTER – Richard Stedman (4), James Dewhurst (4) bt EDZELL – Will Bremner (+3), Mark Haggerty (9) 1up. HELLIDON LAKES – Gavin Aris (6), Darren Welsh (7) bt BIRCH GROVE – Adam Trigg (3), Jordan Rollafson (5) 2up. WOMEN’S FINAL: LINGDALE bt SHERBORNE 2up. MEN’S FINAL: HELLIDON LAKES bt UPTON by CHESTER 3&2.