MORE than 100 men played in the weekend Stableford at Mendip Golf Club which saw some fine scoring.

Div 1 saw a win for George Morgan playing off a handicap of 1, with 39 points after count back from Craig Adams playing off +1 with Nick Cox 3rd with 37. Div 2 went to Paul Merrett with 40, Chris Butland was 2nd with 38 after count back from Martin Thatcher and Div 3 was won by Clive Down with the best score of the day, 43 with William Burns 2nd with 39 and Dave Golledge 3rd with 38.

Seventy-two played in the Mid Week Stableford which saw a win in Div 1 from one of Mendip’s promising juniors Tate Sinfield-Day with a fine 40 points. Rob Beattie was 2nd with 36 and Richard Jeffery was 3rd with 35 after count back. Div 2 was won by Craig Robertson with 40, Martin Thatcher was 2nd with 39 and Phil Butcher was 3rd with 38 after count back. Div 3 saw a win for John Hartley with 43, Grant Jeffery was 2nd with 38 and Alan Edwards was 3rd with 37.

Mendip’s Scratch team in the new Somerset Scratch League opened their account with a fine 4-0 win over Mendip Spring, with wins for Lee Swain/Matt Rawlings, Kevin Keene/Nick White, Benedict Toomey/Team Captain Dave Goldie and Jack Hayes/Wayne Black. The Avalon C team visited Minehead but went down 1½ - 3½, a win coming from Team Captain Malcolm Srawley/Craig Robertson and a half from Jon Cox/Charlie Holmes.

The Ladies Bowmaker saw a win for Jenny Merrett/Edwina Willis/Jo Espley/Lynne Vowles with 88 points. In 2nd place came Gina Howard/Jane Ball/Bridget Rylance/Jennifer Howarth with 86 and in 3rd place came a 3 person Team, Anne Collins/Sally Humphries/Louise Scott with an excellent 83 points. The Ladies Mid Week Stableford was won by Helen Roberts with 39 points and the Weekend Ladies Stableford went to Victoria Ham with a fine 43 points with Hayley Bullock 2nd with 40.

The Ladies Alliance A team enjoyed another very convincing win 12-2 against Wedmore with victories for Aimee Sawyer, Libbie Dezis, Jinhee Page, Lynne Vowles, Lena Warren and Marian Speed. Mendip’s junior girls had fine results in the Somerset Girls Spring Meeting at Tall Pines with Libbie Dezis winning the Gross with a 4 over 75 and her sister Maisie winning the Net event with a Net 67. Also young Tilde Rocker Cook won her Division of the Stableford event with 40 points.

The Seniors Avalon Team had a fine 4½- ½ win in the reverse fixture with Minehead, wins from Gary Quin/Andy Humphries, Simon Brand/Nigel Brokenshire, Simon Atkinson/Paul Godwin and Simon Wynn/Kevin Carmody and with a half from David Braithwaite/Tony Scott.

The Seniors Friendly team did not fare so well with a 2-4 defeat against Cumberwell. Wins came from Steve Davis/Steve Cox and Tony Scott/Martin Sutherland. There was a further narrow defeat against Clevedon 2½-3½, wins from Steve Davis/Ian Whittamore and David Braithwaite/Tony George and with a half from Paul Wood/Ken Langridge.

The Ladies Captain Elect is Alison Kay who moved to the area from Buckinghamshire and joined Mendip in 2021, together with husband Alan.