THE annual Husband and Wife Greensomes Competition for the Jack King Trophy was played at Oake Manor Golf Club on Sunday.

The winners were Ian and Jill Loader, scoring 38 points, past captains Richard and Jane Clist were second, with 37, and Steve and Julie Cross, celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary, were third also with 37.

Nearest the pin in two shots on the 18th hole were Steve and Julie Cross.

In the men’s Thursday Stableford Competition Stephen Hope won with 38, Howard Spear (37) came second, Graham Wiskin (36) third and Peter Brighton (36) fourth.

Competition Secretary Andy Gent won the Friday Stableford Competition with an excellent score of 39.

Simon Greaves was a close second with 38, Keith Stanton was third with 37 and Greg Scribbins fourth with 35.

Ian Williams won Division 1 of the Sunday Stableford Competition with a brilliant score of 40, the next three all tied on 38 but on countback Matt Bright was second, Bob Wright third and Mark Tyding fourth.

In Division 2, the top three players all had 37 but on countback Martin Thorne came first, Brian Davis second and Mike Andrews third.

Darren Blows won the Tuesday Stableford with 37, Darren Couch came second with 36, Thomas Robbins third with 33 and George Hayes fourth also 33.

Pam Akers and Karen MacKenzie won the Ladies’ Coronation Foursomes competition on Tuesday with 33.

Janet Howe and Ladies’ captain Ros Shepherd were second (33), Jane Clist and Nancy Marshall (31) were third and Sheila Grant and Jeanette Jones (31) fourth.

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NEIL Grout, with a nett 65, was the winner in the top division and the overall winner of the Drayton Cup Medal competition that took place at Taunton & Pickeridge Golf Club on Saturday.

Alfie Jubb was second with 69, one ahead of third-placed Robin Herbert who returned with 70.

Three players returned with 68 at the top of the second division, but after countback it was Mike Bird who was the winner, Pete Snell was second and Phil Barrett was third.

Patrick Simpson, with 67, headed Division 3, one ahead of second-placed Cliff Phur, who enjoyed the same advantage over third-placed Paddy Farrell (nett 69).

Earlier this week T&P created a new competition in an effort to try to expand the choice of courses available to its members.

The “new” green course should appeal to shorter hitters in particular on those holes that have forced carries.

Eventually, it is hoped to offer a wide variety of multi-gender tees, and this is an experiment to show what may be achievable.

T&P has received very positive feedback on matters such as pace of play, players’ scores and how much fun was had.

In addition, there were also entries from members who had previously given up playing in competitions.

The Ladies’ Section played in a Betterball Stableford on Tuesday, at the end of which it was Jane Ledsham and Mary-Jo Shepherd who were the winners with 39 points, one ahead of second-placed Theresa Dowsett and Alicia Symes with 38.

Three pairing returned with 37 points, but after countback it was Jackie Lynn and Anna Rees who were third, Vicky Davies and Pat Follett were fourth and Sheila Beresford and Senga Westwater came fifth.

There were no twos so the Ladies’ captain’s charity – Parkinsons South West – benefitted by £18.

The nine-hole Stableford was won by Jackie Denton-Cox with 16 points, on countback from Maureen Hailes.