Michael Williams leads Hartlepool Golf Club Cup

Club Cup round 9 -

A brilliant 62 from Michael Williams put him five strokes clear at the top of round nine of the Club Cup.

Steady play and a birdie on the sixth hole gave him a great start which was bettered with a closing gross par on the inward nine.

A two over par gross score of 74, netted back to one of the best rounds of the year.

Leading scores - 1 M Williams 74-12- 62, 2 D Ross 84-17- 67, 3 W Davies 81-13- 68, 4 S Taylor 75-6-69, 5 J Burton 72-3- 69, 6 S Wilson 74-4- 70, 7 A Steele 93-22- 71, 8 N Bradwell 78-6- 72, 9 J Owens 77-5- 71, 10 L Bassam 73-1- 72.

Presidents Prize - Alan Carter saw a 1.5 fall in his stroke allowance after an excellent round netted the 20 handicapper a 66 for a one stroke win over Neal Thornley in the Presidents Prize competition.

With no major problems, the winner was almost stumped at the 17th, as once again this innocuous par five caught out another golfer on the home stretch and Michael could only make a seven, as happens to so many, so often. Well played all the same.

Leading scores - 1 A Carter 86-20- 66, 2 N Thornley 75-8- 67, 3 D Atkinson 80-12- 68, 4 J Harrison 83-15- 68, 5 B Boffy 87-18- 67, 6 D Brookbanks 74-5- 69, 7 I Musgrave 88-18- 70, 8 J Burton 73-3-70, 9 G Lister 80-9- 71, 10 L Bond 79-8- 71.

Summer Medal round 2

Qualifiers - 1 D Halliday, M Davies net 65, 2 G May & K Stephens 66, 3 N Bradwell; J Burton 67, 4 G Lister; A Watson 67, 5 I Musgrave, D Duncan 68, 6 G Harrison, K Harrison 68, 7 I Reeve; A Egglestone 68, 8 R Cuthbert, R Barker 68. 9 J Lyons, S Lyons 68, 10 S Cusso, J Krancioch 68.

Gardner Cup round 3

Qualifiers - 1 G McIlwrath 74-7- 67, 2 G Swales 81-13- 68, 3 G Fraser 84-15- 69, 4 R Flounders 82-12-70, 5 S Wilson 75-4- 71, 6 C Watts 76-4- 72, 7 W Wilkinson 76-4- 72, 8 I Flounders 80-8- 72.

Castle Eden Golf Club

Ladies Cowan Vases - In the latest Ladies competition the dynamic sister duo of Kathryn and

Rebecca Watkin put in another unbeatable performance to take the competition by three clear stokes.

The pair are already racking up a sizeable trophy haul this season, with more potential to realise

before the season’s out.

Final result - Winners Miss K Watkin & Miss R Watkin net 67, Runners-up Mrs D Ward & Ms M Hann 70.

Dr A P Gray Trophy

Leading scores - 1 L Watson 44 points, 2 R Bainbridge 39, 3 T Featonby 39, 4 E Ridley 39, 5 J

Brandt 39, 6 C Pattinson 38, 7 N Hunt 37, 8 J Monaghan 36, 9 S Allison 36, 10 L Hammond 36.

Captains Cup, The Telegraph Qualifier

Leading scores - 1 Miss C Preece 78-11- 67, 2 J Threlkeld 92-24- 68, 3 A Crawford 87-18- 69, 4 C Wallace 70-(1)- 71, 5 T Harbord 72-1- 71, 6 R Dixon 77-(1)- 78, 7 K Hall 104-25- 79.

Veterans Cup

Leading scores - 1 C Muwanga 81-13- 68, 2 D Olaman 78-7- 71, 3 F Atkinson 88-16- 72, 4 S Barker 87-15- 72, 5 J Cushlow 92-18- 74, 6 P Longworth 88-11- 77, 7 A Thompson 93-16- 77, 8 D Fisher 91-14-77, 9 A Coils 90-12- 78, 10 E Jefferson 97-19- 78.

Nimmo Qualifier 3

Leading scores - 1 R Dixon 64-(1)- 65, 2 T Harbord 69-1- 68, 3 G Hunter 75-4- 71, 4 C Sengelow 83-12-71, 5 C Burlinson 75-4- 71, 6 G Cook 82-11- 71, 7 N Hunt 82-11- 71, 8 S Wilkinson 87-15- 72, 9 D Dickie 82-10- 72, 10 G Ramshaw 83-11- 72.

Seaton Carew Golf Club

Singles Mixed Medal - Eight handicapper Colin Chappell headed the Mixed Medal qualifier at he weekend, with a fine 66 over the Old Course at Seaton Carew.

Despite a seven shot tally on the par five second hole, Colin complete his outward nine hole in just 38 strokes, after a sustained period of solid play.

A couple of birdies at the 13th and 16th holes gave him a good run home for a gross score of just 74 and a two stroke win over Martin Coates.

Leading scores - 1 C Chappell net 66, 2 M Coates 68, 3 T McBean 69, 4 T Larkin 69, 5 G Booth 70, 6 S Harrison 70, 7 M Goodwin 70, 8 K Rowntree 71, 9 S Higgins 71, 10 A Burton 71.

Seaton Ladies

Medal EG4 - Winner - Sue I’Anson net 74, Runner-up - Pat Hogg 78.

Stableford - Winner - Val Facchini 35 points, Runner-up - Sandra O’Connor 33.

Juniors

From the ranks of the up and coming juniors, it was the young son and daughter of the Seaton professional Cliff Jackson who make the headlines once again.

A great result for both kids in the recent competition at Woodham GC.

In Cliffy’s own words “Lucca finished in first place with a round of 38, +2 for nine holes. He played some unreal golf am so proud of him.

“Ella finished in second place with a round of 53 again, I am so proud and given that she has only played a handful of competitive golf events I’m so pleased with her progress. Well done kids! One proud Daddy/coach”.

TSU Inter-Club Leagues

After week eleven, division one sees Seaton Carew GC pulling themselves clear of the relegation zone.

Even after a defeat at Bishop Auckland by 19-5, Seaton are now 15 points clear of Caste Eden, Cleveland and Richmond, who are propping up the table on just 106 points.

Castle Eden are still languishing a little on just 112, having fallen at home to Eaglescliffe by 10-14,

buy there’s still time for a resurgence before the end of the season.

In division two Hartlepool continue their dominance of the division, even after a narrow defeat at the hands of Hunley.

With a consolidation of their current lead at the top, with 160 points and a margin of 26 over their nearest rivals Billingham the team’s confidence will be high.