The Seniors’ section of Fosseway Golf Club began the new year with the qualifying section of the Guerwyn Thomas Trophy.

The Greensomes Strokeplay event saw the top eight pairings go through to the quarter-finals.

Paul Davies and Captain, Gerry Rowell, led the way with a nett 57, followed closely by debutant, Harold Ledbitter and John Smart. Cyril Blacker and Brian Woodruff both carded a nett 58. Other qualifiers were Terry Button and Howard Nowell (59), Brian Phelps and Mike Ricketts (60), Allen Cheney and Bert Austin (61), Pat Cray and Graham Edgell (62) and Phil Moody and Alan Jones (62).

Two Quarter-Finals have been sorted for the Winter League and have produced some intriguing ties, with Davies playing Smart and Blacker playing Rowell. Cheney and Austin are also through to the last eight, but await their opponents.

M. Tucker