The Seniors section of Fosseway Golf Club began their social matches with a 4.5–1.5 defeat at home to Folke.

Pat Cray and Mike Ricketts were the only Fosseway players to come out on top with a 3&1 victory, while Vice-Captain Martyn Cuer and Nick Foxwell finished all square. Captain Gerry Rowell and Cyril Blacker and Allen Cheney and Frank Reeves were beaten 3&2, Mike Weeks and Alan Jones lost 2&1, while John Bendle and Terry Button were defeated 7&5.

There was a consolation for Bendle in the Clem Byrne Trophy when he joined up with Howard Nowell and John Waters to win the Irish Bowmaker event with a Stableford total of 75 points. Ricketts, Foxwell and Geoff Hallett were second with 72 points, with Button, Jones and Cheney third, with 69.

Malcolm Tucker