ST. MELLION Golf and Country Club played host to the Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament on July 31st.

The event, which attracted many famous celebrities including veteran comic Sir Norman Wisdom, Kevin Whatley of Inspector Morse fame, and Duncan Preston, star of BBC series 'Dinner Ladies', was played on the Nicklaus Course, with proceeds from the event going towards the 'Child Victims of Crime' charity.

A round of golf concluded with a Gala Dinner, with light entertainment being provided by the celebrities themselves, including the occasional cabaret spectacular.

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THE winner of the LOOE'S August Medal played in ideal conditions on Sunday, August 5, again came from the First Division - this time it was I Braund who came good with an excellent 63 (on one of his very few visits to the club this year!). He was closely followed in division 1 by G Rich who also had a 63 but he was pipped on the back 9.

M Waterworth won Division Two with yet another 63 (again pipped by Ivan on the back nine for overall winner).

P Sullivan was runner up in Division Two with a 64 and D Nicholls was again in the prizes in Division 3- winning with a 71.

Results - AUGUST MEDAL Division One - I Braund 73-10=63, G Rich 75-12=63; M MacDonald 75-9=66; D Lewis 77-10=67; W Voden 77-10=67, M Tilbrook 77-10=67, E Goodaire 73-5=68, M Hollingdale 75-7=68, M Edwards 74-5=69, S Hobbs 80-11=60, J Scott 75-5=70, J Todd 78-8=70, C Fredrick 82-11=71, A Goodaire 76-5=71, J Carr 86-9=77, B Norman 87-10=77, E M Collis 87-8=79, A Lindsay n/r-12=n/r, I Puckey n/r-12=n/r, M Morris n/r-11=n/r.

Division Two - M Waterworth 77-14=62, P Sullivan 82-18=64, D Last 83-15=68, I Lindsay 86-18=68; P Kinver 84-14=70, J Hudson 86-16=70, N Beswetherick 86-16=70, C Jay 85-14=71, A Winterson 89-18=71, A Woodall 87-16=71, I Clark 87-16=71, T Frasle 86-14-72, C Scott 88-16=72, S Linin 86-13=73, A Doney 89-16=73, R Edwards 90-16-74, C Nicholls 89-15=74, M Mann 90-15=75, L Peterson 94-19=75, J Kinver 92-17=75, D Allen 89-14=75, D Barton 91-16=75, B Horton 89-14=75, S Hamon 91-16=75, J Mudd 90-14=76, T Pratt 91-14=77, T L Gibson 106-16=90, D Waterworth n/r-20=n/r, R Slattery n/r-18=n/r, A Soady n/r 17 n/r, A davis n/r-16=n/r, D R Adams n/r-14=n/r.

Division Three - D Nicholls 96-25=71, A Adamson 92-21=71, A Day 96-23=73, D Merry 96-23=73; S Horton 96-21=75, S Fisher 104-28=76, P Faulkner 99-21=78, J Edwards100-21=79, C Stevens n/r-28=n/r, C McAuliffe n/r-22=n/r.

QUALIFICATION Round for LLC trophy - Winners- E & A Goodacre (46pts), 2nd- A Woodall & C Jay (46), 3rd- M Tate & B Hodge (45). Other scores- 43 pts- P Pond & E Bray, M Mann & M Morris, C Payne & L Clark, I Bady & M Puckey. 42 - J Carr & P Pascoe, C Nicholls & C Hough, M & T Edwards. 41- M Tilbrook & M Hollingdale, R Edwards & C Hewling, J Scott & M MacDonald. 40- T Day & A Winterson, J Todd & S Hamon, B Force & T Rogers, A Lindsay, D Adams, I Hawke & J Nicholls. 39- S Hobbs & J Kinver, J Mudd & I Lindsay. 38- A Soady & G Toms, P Higman & B Horton. 36- A Davis & I Puckey. 35- M Croft & J Stevens.

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THE LOSTWITHIEL Ladies Championship played over two days produced some super golf. Lynn Saget was the winner with gross scores of 87 and 85, the best net winning the Salver was Charlayne Platt with 81 and 68.

The July medaL was won by Lydia Stevens with a net of 65. Two Home Merlin matches were played against Rosearrow and Lanhydrock with home wins for the team. A friendly match was played with Carlyon Bay.

The annual 'Battle of the Sexes' ended with the men winning that battle, but the war is not over yet.

Lostwithiel were represented at the county Bronze meeting held at St. Austell on the wettest day of the month.

A new Ladies gross score course record was set by Lynn Saget of 78, well done, as she won the Rex Stevens Rose Bowl, Di Sobey was second and Jan Legard was third.

The ladies look forward to welcoming all those entering the Ladies Open on September 9th.

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ST MELLION International's Donna Weeks was the winner of the Proprietors Cup (Nicklaus Course) and Fiona Northcott was runner up with 36 and 35 points respectively. Winners of the Ladies Golf Section at St. Mellion Golf Course are as follows;

Lady Captain's Day - Captain's Rose Bowl: Lyn Greaves (93-29-64)

Scratch Score: Donna Weeks (Gross 75)

Best Nett Score: Helen Edwards (93-35-Nett-58)

July Medal - Division 1. Katy Milne 87-19-68; Norma Boath 89-20-69; Carole Male 83-12-71.

Division Two. Julie Edwards 89-21-68; Pam Hughes 92-24-68; Clare Byles 97-27-70.

Division Three. Sonia Stewart 102-30-72; Hazel Beadle 103-30-73; Helen Edwards 102-29-73.

July Stableford - Division One. Elaine Marshall 40 points; Sheila Marquand 35 points; Veronica Bennett 34 points.

Division Two. Linda Greaves 42 points; Joy Bishop 42 points; Tracy Sutcliffe 39 points.

Division Three. Glennis Wootton 38 points; Hilary Wratten 37 points; Linda Mills 35 points.

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Whitsand Bay Veterans' had good weather for their open day on Friday 27th July. Eighty-nine players took part in the event, and in David Foster they had a home winner. Well done.

Results - First - D Foster 41 pts (Whitsand Bay); G Turner 39 pts (Whitsand Bay); P West 38 pts (Whitsand Bay). Over 70's- C Hancock 38 pts (Whitsand Bay).

On Tuesday a two from three stableford was played. Winners were R Jenkins, R Cook, K Pomeroy 85pts; B Slee, J Fisher, D Parker 85pts; F Glanville, P West, D Rawlings 85pts.

On Friday Whitsand were away to Bowood GC and lost 6-2. Result - P West & H Pryn lost to D Eagle & P Roose (3&2), F Glanville & G Turner beat B Trewin & J Chilton (2up), J Maddever & S Pearce beat P Vickery and R Boundy (3&1), R Jenkins & D Foster lost to B Hodgson & D Reed (3&2), G Barrell & R Bore lost to J Hunt & D Flanders (4&3), T Darts & J Woodfield lost to D Prices and N Orme (6&5), D Rawlings & P Moore lost to J Harbinson & B Maldney (1down), T Doyle & B Major lost to B Hislop & A Luckin (6&4).