Burghill Valley golfers Geordie Knox and Brian Donaldson each hit a hole-in-one

Geordie Knox bagged his ace in the Powell Cup, but his effort was only enough for second place in the Division One section.

Senior member Brian Donaldson aced the 127-yard par-three third in the Seniors’ May Medal and was rewarded with membership of the exclusive BOSS watches H1 Club.

“I was amazed, astounded and ecstatic,” said Donaldson. “In 30 years of playing, 22 of those as a member at Burghill Valley, this is my first hole-in-one.”

Results: Men’s section, Powell Cup stableford, Division One: Andy Brace 40 pts, 2 Geordie Knox 38, 3 Nick Palmer 34; Division Two: 1 Mike Harley 38 pts, 2 Stuart Pritchard 36, 3 Geoff Eyton 35; Division Three: 1 Brian Lewis 41 pts, 2 Bill Greig 40, 3 Cameron Probert 38.

Ladies’ section Macmillan Spoons stableford, Division One: Chris Higgins 35 pts, 2 Mandy Haines 34 (on c/b), 3 Pam Layton 34; Division Two: 1 Chris Thurgood 34 pts, 2 Maureen Wilde 32 (on c/b), 3 Glenda Sandford 32; Division Three: 1 Jayne Stain 32 pts, 2 Janet Vaughan 30, 3 Kay Davies 24.

Seniors’ section, May Medal, Division One: 1 Robin Stanley 80-14-66, 2 Dereck Craddock 85-14- 71, 3 Brian Hatfield 92-21-71; lowest gross: Bill Lockhart 81; Division Two: 1 Bill Toman 88-24-64, 2 Len Lewis 91-24-67, 3 Phil Handscomb 95-25-70.

Ò Grove GC, ladies’ section Blind 9 competition: 1 Gina Whyke 19 pts (on c/b), 2 Clare Hadley 19, 3 Pauline Foster 18.

Stableford, Bronze ‘A’ Division: 1 Clare Hadley 40 pts, 2 Pauline Foster 34, 3 Averil Magee 33; Bronze ‘B’ division: 1 Gina Whyke 34 pts, 2 Valerie Morgan 31 (on c/b), 3 Sarah Wilson 31.

Badger nine-hole competition: 1 June Bromage 19 pts (on c/b), 2 Margaret Garland 19.

Seniors’ section stableford: 1 Roy Thompson 21 pts, 2 Mike Potter 19 (on c/b), 3 Charles Green; nearest the pin: Harry Perry.

Ò Leominster GC, men’s section May medal, Division One: 1 Craig Brimmell 75-8-67, 2 David O’Dowd 81-23-69, 3 Richard Maloney jnr 75-5-70 (on c/b); Division Two: 1 Terry Davies 85-18-67, 2 Richard Francis 84-15-69, 3 Martin Pugh 85-13-72 (on c/b); Division Three: 1 John Callow 86-20-66, 2 Charlie Tune 96-26-70, 3 Keith Caldicott 92-20-72.

Ò Herefordshire GC, ladies’ section, Peugeot Coronation foursomes: 1 Pat Owen and Di Gibson 38 pts, 2 Karen Darby and Marie Parry 36.

EWGA Medal: 1 Gemma Allen 84-19-65, 2 Jennifer Gladwyn 96-19-77.

Britton Cup: 1 Tina Bell 93-18-75, 2 Marie Parry 99-20-79. Foster Cup: 1 Jenny Cooke 95-23-72, 2 Janine Allman 98-24-74.

Ladies’ May medal, silver division: 1 Tina Bell 93- 18-75, 2 Marie Parry 96-20-76; Bronze ‘A’ division: 1 Jenny Oakland 101-25-76, 2 Pat Smith 97-21-76; Bronze ‘B’ Division: 1 Pat Gibbons 102-29-73, 2 Bridget Wood 107-27-80.

Herefordshire GC’s men’s team defeated Leominster at home for the first time in three years but were beaten 4½-1½.

Ò Kington GC, men’s section, committee cup: 1 Rob Metcalfe ll 79-9-70, 2 Nigel Scott 79-8-71.

Hudson Cup: winner Brian Dyer 85-18-67. Dyer will now represent the club in the PGA Lombard Pro- Am at Little Aston GC, playing with new professional Sarah Walton; Division One: 1 Alan Williams 73-3- 70, 2 Ryan Hotchkiss 80-8-72, 3 Graham Priday 77- 5-72; Division Two: 1 Jeremy Ashford 82-14-68, 2 Harry Horlock 80-12-68, 3 Tim Davies 82-13-69; Division Three: 1 Ricky Dyer 93-26-67, 2 Marcel Veillet 85-16-69, 3 Adrian Taylor 86-16-70.

May Medal, winner: Adrian Taylor 878-16-71; Division One: 1 Alan Williams 75-3-72, 2 Graham Priday 78-5-73; Division Two: 1 Hayden Williams 86-11-75, 2 Gordon Glover 88-10-78; Division Three: 1 Nicky Preece 89-17-72, 2 Mark Freake 93- 17-76.

Bank Holiday stableford (men and women), winner: Kate Thomas 43 pts; Division One: 1 Dave Bradley 36 pts, 2 Lee Wilson 35; Division Two: 1 Moray Mackintosh 41 pts, 2 David Whyke 39; Division Three: 1 Andrew Thomas 41 pts, 2 Lorraine Bourne 38. Ladies’ section, Challenge Cup: 1 Joanne Danks 88-21-67, 2 Barbara Smith 104-34-70, 3 Lorraine Bourne 91-18-73.

Westfields’ annual golf day at Herefordshire GC attracted their biggest-ever entry with 27 fourball teams taking part.

The stableford event, with the best two scores to count on all holes and all scores to count on the par three, was won by The Tamworth Four who pipped Marshall’s Boys into second.

Former Westfields manager Bobby Wynn led his team from Builth Wells to third place.

Longest drive was won by Will Lloyd with Dave Rowlands taking the nearest-the-pin prize.

Best score on the par threes was won by Westcom.

Ò Ross GC, men’s section annual county medal and Gordon Blake Cup: 1 Alistair Poulton 82-14-68, 2 Kevin Smith 89-20-69, =3 Steve Price, Nick Swan, Gerald Ackerman 70 nett.

Ross Seniors beat Lilley Brook GC 7-1 in a friendly match with the Ross points coming from Peter Chisholm and David Thrower (5 and 3), Graham Baum and Bob Cooper (5 and 4), Peter Smith and Graham Russell (2 and 1), Mike Archer and David Rees (6 and 5), Brian Clouder and Terry Savage (4 and 3), Hugh Elliott and Gerald Turner (2 up) and David Dale and Keith Ray (1 up).

Cradoc GC, Wayleave Trophy (men and women): 1 Tek Gurung, Sher Gurung and Yubraj Limbu 108 pts, 2 Pat Jones, Jon Rix and Chris Connolly 101 pts, 3 Craig Samuel, John Morris and Allan Smith 101.

Sunday GUW Team qualifier: 1 Dhir Gurung 40 pts, 2 Brian Evans 36, 3 Guptaman Gurung 36, 4 John Morgan 35.

Midweek competition: 1 Anthony Payne 68 nett (on c/b), 2 Nicki Jones 68 (on c/b), 3 Brian Nelson 68.

Farmers’ Bowl: 1 Richard Wimmer 69 nett, 2 W John Jones 70, 3 Graham Isaac 70.

Seniors’ medal round: 1 Colin Rosser 71 nett, 2 John Ingham 73, 3 Peter Childs 75.

Cradoc Seniors beat Brecon Seniors 4½-3½ with the Cradoc points coming from Jack Massey and Graham Chamberlain (two up), John Ingham and Dave Matthews (4 and 2), Rick Jones and John Morris (2 and 1) while Dave Holton and Len Green securing the half.

In the South Wales Seniors Classic, Cradoc ‘A’ won 2-1 against Coed Y Mwstwr, Cradoc ‘B’ were beaten 2-1 by The Grove and Cradoc ‘C’ lost 2-1 to Machynys despite a winning performance from Colin Rosser and Rick Jones (2 and 1).

Cradoc Hallets secured a 2-2 draw with Rhondda with Aled Rogers and John Neal (5 and 4) and Mike Lynch and Martin Like (2 and 1) winning their games.