Mendip’s mid week Stableford saw a win in Division One for Scott Butland with thirty nine points with James Baughan second with thirty six and David Jukes third with thirty five points.

Division Two was won by Ken Webster with thirty five, Freddie Lenihan was second with thirty four and Paul Merrett was third with thirty three. Division Three saw an amazing forty five points from T J Butland, which is sure to bring about a good handicap reduction, with Terry Carter second with thirty eight and Andy Humphries was third with thirty five points.

The ladies Nine-hole Stableford was won by Mary Ainsworth with sixteen points after countback from Joan Clark. The 18 hole event will be concluded next week when the scores on the Tuesday event are combined with the weekend ladies scores. Two Ladies Cups were played for this week. These competitions are normally held on Lady Captain’s Day but due to the extreme heat that day, the golf was reduced to a 9 hole event. The Cooper Goblet for handicaps up to 20.4 was won by in form Jenny Merrett with thirty eight points and the Gladys Shepherd Trophy for handicaps 20.5 upwards went to Pippa Brown with thirty points.

Nearest the Pin went to Scott Butland with Tom Black second and Paul Ashman third.

The Club’s Mixed Foursomes Cup saw a win for the husband and wife pairing of Paul and Jenny Merrett with a fine net seventy one. In second place were David and Lynn Cox with seventy three and in third place were Dean Lewer and the Lady Captain Elect Aimee Sawyer, after countback, with seventy six.

Further excellent news to report on the Junior front with Mendips’ Juniors winning the final of Somerset Junior KO tournament. Congratulations to all the juniors who have played for the Club in the various rounds and special mention for Alec Roberts and Ffion Richardson who won their matches in the Final. The junior’s were also involved in the final of the Somerset Junior Golf League held at Burnham and Berrow. After a fine effort, the team of Thomas and Ffion Richardson, Connie Cox, Sam Hughes and Alec Roberts just lost out on countback. The success of the juniors this year is great to see and the Pro Team, especially Golf Professional Alex Todd, are seeing the rewards of their extensive coaching programme now bearing fruit.

Tony Williams