Last weekend saw the Looe Golf Club April Medal which was the qualifier for the Lombard Trophy - where the winner represents the club with Pro Alistair Macdonald.
Bill Earnshaw, after many years in the wilderness, confirmed that he is back on form to win the medal with an excellent net 65. Trevor Frasle was one shot behind in division two, but had the consolation of winning the Lombard qualifier. Terry Taroni and Roger Slattery finished in third and fourth places in the division with 67s. Vice Captain Wayne Voden was the leading man in the first division, just edging out Mike Morris and Steve Hobbs, all on 69s, on a best back nine. Dave Carroll recorded an excellent score of 66 to win division three with Paul Libby in second place.
April Medal results - Division One - W Voden 81-12 = 69 9 (best back 9); M Morris 80-11 = 69 (best back 9); S Hobbs 80-11 = 69; A Goodaire 76-5 = 71 (best back 9); R Keith 83-12 = 71; E Goodaire 79-7 = 72 (best back 9); P Higham 84-12 = 72 (best back 9); B Norman 83-11 = 72; D Lewis 84-10 = 74; J W Stein 86-12 = 74; I Hawke 82-7 = 75; N Davis 87-11 = 76; C Channon 83-7 = 76; T Jackman 86=8 = 78; M Hollingdale 86-6 = 78; D Edwards 89-11 = 78; M MacDonald 89-11 = 78.
Division Two - W Earnshaw 83-18 = 65; T Frasle 83-17 = 66; T S Taroni 82-15 = 67 (best back 9); R Slattery 86-19 = 67; E Shapland 82-14 = 68 (best back 2); C Nicholls 85-17 = 68 (best back 6); J Kinver 86-18 = 68 (best back 9); J Hudson 87-19 = 68; D Allen 83-14 = 69; L Sweet 87-18 = 69; R Newman 88-19 = 69; M Neale 84-14 = 70; M Turner 90-20= 70; D Adams 84-14 = 70; D Elliott 83-13 = 70; M Tilbrook 83-13 = 70; P Newman 85-41 = 71; S Linin 85-14 = 71; J Hignett 86-15 = 71; G Rich 89-18 = 71; I Lindsay 89-18 = 71; A J Lynch 90=19 = 71; S Giles 84-13 = 71; A Doney 87-16 = 71; T L Gibson 89-17 = 72; R Edwards 89-17 = 72; A Davis 87-15 = 72; D Turner 89-16 = 73; S Horton 93-19 = 74; D Last 89-15 = 74; T Pratt 94-20 = 74; P Pond 92-17 = 75; C Ford 92-17 = 75; G Garland 89-14 = 75; T Hunn 88-13 = 75; P Kinver 88-13 = 75; M Mann 92-16 = 76; B Horton 92-13 = 79; M Mountford 96-17 = 79; S Hamon 99-20 = 79; F Harding 94-15 = 79; L Clark 94-14 = 80; A Winterson 98-18 = 80; P Giles 97-15 = 82; T Talbot 101-19 = 82; J Sargent 101-18 = 83; R Fletcher 99-16 = 83.
Division Three - D Carrol 92-26 = 66; P Libby 91-22 = 69; C Watts 95-25 = 70; B Skelton 94-23 = 71 (best back 9); M Jackman 93-22 = 71; W J Langston 96-23 = 73; D Nicholls 100-26 = 74; C McAuliffe 96-22 = 74; D P Worrall 98-22 = 76; G Perryman 100-24 = 76; B Deacon 100-23 = 77; D Merry 103-25 = 78; A Day 101-23 = 78; K Page 107-28 = 79; J Edwards 101-21 = 80; D Bloye 119-28 = 91; M Sutton 122-26 = 96.
ST MELLION Seniors played as guests at Churston with their seniors on Monday March 27. Despite a bitterly cold wind and a defeat St Mellion enjoyed the warm and friendly atmosphere.
Results - J Lock and D Tall halved their match; H Bassett and R Halliwell won 2-up; P Howard and B Truscott lost 2&1; J Cundy and J Richards lost 3&2; J Griffiths and A Sturt lost 5&4; R Gard and M Edwards lost 6&4; D Smith and P Boath lost on the last hole; B Bennetts and J Best lost 6&5.
ON Tuesday April 22 Whitsand Bay Veterans played a 4 BBB stableford. Winners were - R Bennett and J Maddever, 46 pts; H Pryn and J Weddfield, 44; D Foster and L Wilton, 41.
On Friday a mixed match versus Carlyon Bay GC were played and won 7-1. Results - G Barrell and N Jenkins beat G Simpson and S Chapman by 2-1; P West and C West beat J Jones and G Jones by 2-1; R Jenkins and T Rawlings beat G Waugh and M Topping by 5-4; D Foster and D Barrell beat L Cornish and J Fitzhvan by 4-3; F Glanville and A Foster beat T Coorer and S Waggor by 6-4; D Rawlings and B Maddever beat L Pickering by 7-5; J Maddever and K Blake lost to C and A Roose by 5-4; C Hancock and F Powell beat T and J Gillingham by 4-3.
MARCH has been an active month at LOSTWITHIEL. The new ladies captain and vice-captain held a friendly team competition which was won by the vice-captain team 3-2. A friendly match gainst Trethorne was won by Lostwithiel. The away mixed friendly with China Fleet resulted in a win for the home team. Two Merlin matches were played, with an away loss to Culdrose and a home win against Killiow.