SHROPSHIRE and Herefordshire finished in a creditable third place when the prestigious Four Counties Junior Tournament came to the county for the first time.

The event was inaugurated in 1973 and this year’s hosts, Herefordshire Golf Club, were delighted to have been selected as the venue.

“It is a great honour for our club to be chosen to host this event in the Shropshire and Herefordshire centenary year,” said Herefordshire GC club captain Ken Baker.

Teams from Cheshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and, Shropshire and Herefordshire played a round-robin matchplay competition over two days.

The hosts made an excellent start with a 4-3 win over Lancashire and also beat Nottinghamshire 4-3 before being defeated by a strong Cheshire side 5½-1½.

Lancashire were the eventual winners with Cheshire runners-up and Nottinghamshire in fourth place.

“I was delighted with our team performance,” said Shropshire and Herefordshire’s charirman of junior golf Charles Sievewright.

Ladies’ section, Gavin Nicol Cup: 1 Sue Mawby 35 pts, 2 Pat Smith 34, 3 Gemma Allen 33, 4 Karen Darby 32.

Seniors’ section, Spring Trophy, overall winner: George Foeld 68 nett; lower handicap division: 1 Jeff Burkin 71, 2 Graham Davies 71 (on c/b), 3 John Hodgetts 72; higher handicap division: 1 Nigel Yarwood 70 nett, 2 Robert Archer 71, 3 Jim Sloan 74.

q Burghill Valley GC, ladies’ section, April club foursomes: 1 Ann Allen and Wendy Jones 32 pts, 2 Maureen Wilde and Judi Clark 30, 3 Pat Cleves and Jane Swan 28 (on c/b).

q Grove GC, ladies’ section stableford, Bronze ‘A’: 1 Bridget Halpern 32 pts, 2 Pauline Foster 30, 3 Brenda Bowen 29; Bronze ‘B’: 1 Sarah Wilson 33 pts, 2 Clare Hadley 30, 3 Gina Whyke 29.

Badger nine-hole competition: 1 Dorothy Harris 19 pts, 2 Olwen Helme 18.

Seniors’ section Stableford: 1 Ron Gwilliam 20 pts, 2 Harry Perry 20 (on c/b), 3 Charles Green 19; nearest the pin: Mike Potter; birdie two: Tom Helme.

q Belmont GC, men’s section captain’s putter competition: 1 Shaun Reynolds 40 pts, 2 Richard Smith 40, 3 John Mann 40, 4 James Tutty 38.

Seniors’ section monthly medal, Division One: 1 Roger Smith 78 nett, 2 Alex Quinn 79, 3 Pete Rouse 81; Division Two: 1 and overall winner Neil Walters 73 nett, 2 John Driscoll 75, 3 Bill Clark 75.

q Leominster GC, men’s section Tom Bishop Cup: 1 Vince Fish 36 pts (on c/b), 2 Mike Green 36, 3 Gareth Davies 35.

q Kington GC, seniors’ section, April medal, Division One: 1 Geoff Brown 73 nett, 2 Sam Hinton 74, 3 Gordon Glover 75; Division Two: 1 Colin Blick 73, 2 Paul Finch 75, 3 Dave Mains 76.

q Ross GC, men’s section, Burns Trophy and Len Weston qualifier: 1 Danny Gear 42 pts, 2 Andrew Moore 42 (on c/b), =3 Simon Buck, Andrew Baldwin 41, 5 Roger Beaman 40, 6 Tim Rigden 39, =7 Craig Newman, Colin Bennion 38.