SIXTEEN captains were present for Leominster Captains' Vase and the course was in fine condition on a perfect day.

Brendan O'Brien won the Vase with a return of 36 stableford points, closely followed by Dennis Mills, 34, and Ken Watson, 33.

Dave Pugh presided over the following dinner and it was joked that it was unsure who had the longest drive - Ray Cooke, who came from the Isle of Wight, or John Morris, who travelled from Cornwall.

Leominster Seniors' July medal, (0-18): 1 Peter Sandall 82-15-67, 2 Dave Botwood 83-13-70; (19-28): 1 Sam Appelbee 91-24-67, 2 John Haynes 93-21-72.

n Each section winner returned 41 points at Ross-on-Wye Captain's Day but it was Harold Beach whose 41 won the day on countback.

There was a good turnout to support captain Mike Cooper's efforts.

Results, captain's prize: 1 Harold Beach 41 pts; (0-14): 1 Nigel Montague 41, 2 Duncan Syace 39; (15-28): 1 Geoff Thomas 41, 2 Peter Landau 40; over-65s: Peter Spacey 41; best junior: Jamie Hay; best gross: Jeff Davis 74; nearest the pin: Bill Day, Audrey Nottage.

n A countback was needed to decide the low-handicap section of Sapey's July midweek stableford.

Results, division one: 1 Ian Hunt (13) 37 pts, 2 Sean Sewell (14) 37, 3 Jason Gale (9) 35; division two: 1 Albie Weaver (17) 42, 2 Roger Boucher (16) 37, 3 Graham Perry (17) 37.

n Gary Bradbury retained the Rabbits Cup at Burghill Valley when he finished 24 shots clear of runners-up Josh Mallen-der, aged 12, who pipped Ian Stevenson on countback.

Results, morning: 1 Gary Bradbury 82-25-57, 2 Steve Brown 88-19-69, 3 Ian Stevenson 94-25-69; afternoon: 1 Gary Bradbury 85-25-60, 2 Josh Mallender 89-28-61, 3 Mark Lewis 86-19-67; overall: 1 Gary Bradbury 57+60-117, 2 Josh Mallender 80+61-141, 3 Ian Stevenson 69+72-141.

Paul Moses won the gross prize in the July medal. Results, (0-14): 1 Barry Park, 2 Paul Mallender, 3 John Walker; gross: Paul Moses; (15-28): 1 Darren Godsall, 2 Ian Jordan, 3 Mick Dunn; best gross: Alan Strain.

Seniors' July medal, division one: 1 Lionel Ricketts 82-19-63, 2 Austin Albrow 89-23-66, 3 Ray Brown 88-21-67; division two: 1 John Griffiths 93-24-69, 2 Ken Cotterell 99-27-72, 3 Charlie Morris 99-27-72; best gross: Lionel Ricketts 82.

n The host club dominated the lower-handicap section of Herefordshire GC Seniors' annual Open when countbacks were needed to decide the results.

Results, (0-14): 1 G Slade 39 pts, 2 B Matthews 39, 3 J Nicolson 38, 4 P Timms 38; (15-24): 1 B Donaldson (Worcester) 38, 2 M Fletcher (Worcester) 38, 3 J Sloan (Herefordshire) 38, 4 C James (Herefordshire) 38; longest drive: L Mullen (Worcester); nearest the pins: R Jones (Hereford-shire), D Blundell (Herefordshire); over-70s: M Morgan (Hereford-shire), G Davies (Here-fordshire).

The Herefordshire Invitation was staged last Sunday. Results, gross: 1 Tim Jones and Matt Harrison 64 pts, 2 Steve Jones and Mat Burgoyne 68, 3 Wyn Owen and Chris Kite 70, 4 Ken Jones and Phil Harrison 70, 5 Karl Harris and Sean Goodwin 71, 6 Andy James and Phil Green 71; best nett: 1 Tony Dalley and Mike Good 59, 2 Lenny Silcox and Lee Harris 60, 3 Kevin Davies and John Cotterell 60, 4 Tommy Hughes and Andy Harris 62, 5 Barry Stevenson and Doug Harvey 63, 6 Des Mussell and A Silcox 63; nearest the pins: Graham Richards, Dave Shuttle-worth, Roy Cale, Chris Kyte.

n Camberwell Park golfer J Aberhard was the overall winner of Belmont Seniors' Open with 41 stableford points, while D Sparey had the bess gross score of 79 strokes.

Results, (0-13): 1 B Simpson (Brailes) 37, 2 D Donaway (St Giles) 37, 3 C Rogers (Henbury) 37, 4 K Holder (Brailes) 36; (14-20): 1 A MacLean (Belmont) 36, 2 T Layton (Briales) 36, 3 J Wiseman (Belmont) 34, 3 S Catley (Belmont) 34; (21-18): 1 J Aberhard (Camberwell Park) 41, 2 A Meagher (Forest Hills) 38, 3 P Gimlick (Belmont) 36, 4 J Driscoll (Belmont) 35; over-70s: 1 E Mayers (Belmont) 34, 2 C Jephcott (Brailes) 34, 3 J Morgan (St Giles) 33, 4 B Streetfield (Cotswold Edge) 32; best gross: D Sparey 79.

A countback was needed to decide a three-way tie in the Seniors' Colwall Cup.

Results: 1 John Driscoll 91-19-72, 2 Bob Ing 87-15-72, 3 Jim Meadows 91-19-72.

The seniors team gained three friendly wins, beating Bransford 7-0 and Raglan Park 6-1 at home and Forest of Dean 4-3 away.

n Visiting Worcestershire Businessmen's Society invited Kington captain Ken Lewis to take part in their annual competition at Bradnor Hill and he nearly scooped the major prize with 38 points but had to concede to Ray Gerkin on countback.

Lewis then led his team to a narrow win over Pearl Lake by 367 points to 362.

Alan Williams produced another fine performance in the low-handicap section of the Lewis Cup, which was won by Owen Morgan on countback with 81-18-63.

William Frost won the Waugh Cup for 20-28 handicappers with a splendid nett 61.

Results, division one: 1 Alan Williams 66-3-63, 2 Lee Wilson 72-7-65; division two: 1 Ray Evans 79-15-64, 2 Nick Crum 76-11-65; division three: 1 William Frost 81-20-61, 2 Jamie Hughes 83-22-61.

Seniors' greensome foursomes stableford: 1 John A Williams and Mike Evans 38 pts, 2 Craig Mayo and Derek Brookes 36, 3 Bill Eaton and Bill Button 33.

The seniors team won 4 -2 at Brecon GC.

n Eight boys from Kingstone High School Society raised £770 for the Macmillan Cancer Relief charity by taking part at Brampton in the nationwide Longest Day challenge.

The boys had to complete 36 holes in a day and most of them went on to 54 holes. Those taking part were Richard Manning, James Johnson, Matt Jones, James King, John Fleming, James Guyatt, Luke Williams and Jack Williams.