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The Captain’s Drive In at Disley featured a shotgun BB Stableford and top of the shop were B Garrity and C Hurst 51, two clear of C Waldron and D Goodwin, P Holland and S Blades and C Sills and D Stanway.
Disley ladies played a 14-hole Stableford and Brenda Toner won a cpo on 31 from Gaynor Calvert.
Also in the frame were Sally Gorrie29 and Eleanor Cantello, Judith Potter and Nicola Spibey, all 28.
A Winter Stableford at Gatley was won by Peter Stiles 30 from Phil Rodman and Anthony Stevens, both 28 and Michael Coffey and Matthew Milnes, both 27.
The latest aggregate scores after six competitions are Matthew Milnes 113, Wesley Scott Jeffries 108, Graham Fletcher and David Smith both 107 and Roger Burns and Michael Brennan junior both 106.
A Team Stableford at Romiley had I Wallworth, T Ormerod, P Ankers and S Slate first past the post with 93 from R Jones, R Hutton, R Hitchen and C Leigh91 and G Roberts, D Ogden, G Williams and C Stones and D Loughman, M James, M Worsley and N Clapham, both 90.
The Top Dog 12 at Romiley needed a cpo on 43 to take S Heginbotham and P Himsworth into top spot from R Hutton and R Jones with S Iretonad W Cocks leading in five pairs on 41.
Romiley ladies played a 14-hole Yellow Ball Stableford and unstoppable were F Walburn, J Harman and J Mellor with 58.
It left them a massive 11 points clear of D Booth, N Waterhouse and R Byle.
There was some good scoring in the midweek Stableford at Avro led by Peter Hale40 from Colin Quinn 39, Philip Normanton
37 and Chris Robinson 36.
Team events are always a popular feature of the Alliance winter programme and there was another full field at Bury GC enjoying the experience of a challenging course on a cold day.
The pin positions on the greens presented tricky problems but Bury pro Chris Bibby solved the problems by holing six putts from over 25 feet (he did miss some from two feet as well!).
Chris Joined Sean Blinkhorn (Leigh) and Tim Maxwell (Knutsford) on 34 points in the individual pro section in joint third spot.
Ahead of them were Grant Hamerton (Pike Fold) with an excellent haul of 38 and the consistent Alistair Waddell (Chorlton) 35.
Dukinfield Golf Club pro Dave Green has been in top form in the second half of the Alliance winter programme and he helped a very positive team of Paul Crisp and Gary Hampstead (Ashtonon-Mersey) and Steve McClure (Dukinfield) to an excellent winning score of 86 points.
Next in on 83 were the Chorlton fab four of Alistair Waddell, Steve Whitfield, Ed Cooper and James Uren.
Winning a cpo on 80 to take third spot were the Andy Lomas team from Ashton-under-Lyne GCEddie Sidebottom, Darren Wilson and Steve McGee.
The nearest the pin winner was host club’s Doug Hiles. Bury Golf Club gave great support to the Alliance both on and off the course to add to the smooth organisation of the day and players are advised to book well in advance as places on the upcoming events are filling rapidly.