Well what a week for Mendip Ladies and Ladies Captain Aimee Sawyer. Mendip hosted the Somerset Ladies Championship. Aimee led after the first round with an excellent 2 under par 73.

Round two saw a strong challenge from Harriet Lockley from Burnham & Berrow, playing off a Plus 5 handicap, but with a 77 Aimee held on to win by 1 shot and became Somerset Ladies Champion for 2023. With all that Aimee has had to cope with in the past three years, what an achievement; Mendip is very proud of you. However there was more to celebrate with 17-year-old Ellen Reakes finishing third and 13-year-old Ffion Richardson finishing 6th. In addition 15-year-old Connie Cox with an amazing 12 under par score won the Net Trophy by 12 shots! And finally Mendip won the Holt Shield for the team with the best 3 net scores.

The Men’s Mid Week Stableford saw a win for Simon Grant with a fine 40 points, Adam Deverll was second with 38 and James Baughan was third with 37. The Avalon C Team visited Wells and came away with a halved match. Winners for Mendip were David Graham/Wayne Srawley, and Gary Quin/John Ellis with Dean Lewer/Clive Copp gaining the all important half point.

Nearest the Pin went to Tony Logan with Tom Howe second and Richard Evans third.

The weather tried its best to spoil the Ladies Qualifier and resulted in a small but brave field. Division One was won by Penny Oliver with 33 points with Chris Down second with 32 after countback from Jenny Merrett. Division Two went to Debbie Godwin with 31 with Maggie Brain second with 30. The Alliance A Team with several regulars unavailable, visited Lansdown who proved too strong winning 5-2. Anita Butcher gained a fine win and there were halves for Jan Fukuyama and Edwina Willis.

The Seniors Avalon League Team kicked off their season with a good 3½-1½ win against Wells. Wins came from Steve Davis/Dave Golledge who sealed the match winning point on the 18th, Simon Brand/Tony Taylor and Bryan Lewis/John Stembridge with Gary Quin/John Ellis gaining a half.

The Seniors Bill Smith Cup event saw an entry of 113 players who had to contend with a strong wind which increased as the day progressed and a Course that is playing very long following all the wet weather that it has had to contend with over these past two months. Therefore good scores were at a Premiun. There was a triple tie for first place with 38 points but after count back the trophy went to Phil Brocks. Division One was won by Bryan Lewis with 38 just beating in form Paul Merrett by a point. Division Two went to Ian Whittamore with 37 after count back from Kevin Carmody and Division Three was won by Phil Bendall with 38 with John Broxup second with 37 after count back from John Toull, Henry Banks and Martin Osborne. Tony Williams