Dave Turner, Looe Vets new captain, held his form when playing with Irvine Edmondson on Monday in a 4 B.B.B. which they won with 45 points. Gerald Bassett/Arthur Northfield came second on count back from Harold Ferris/Cecil Bourchier with 43. Other scores Arthur Hallam/John Richards 42, Ray Petipher/Jack Hawkins 41, John Jones/John Hicks, Frank Carpenter/Harry Foster 40, P Turner/Brian Taylor 39, Mike Row/Allen Reed 38, Jeff Buckland/Alan Hockridge 34, Jack Baxendale/Doug Hibberd, Bob Kinch/Frank Parkes 33, Rob Ingold/Albert Quinlan 38, Ray Taylor/Mike Phillips 33.

The first of the winter eclectic was played on Thursday when a good turn out of 34 took part. John Richards set the the tempo for the season with a score of 43, second place went to Brian Taylor on count back from Norman Hill-Male with 39. Irvine Edmondson came fourth with 38, fifth Peter Tyler on count back from Mike Phillips 37.

Richard Fletcher, John Jones 36, Roy Duffett, Jeff Buckland, Arthur Northfield, Brian Duck, Alan Reed 35, Ray Petipher 34, Ray Taylor, Norman Allen, Harold Ferris 33, Jack Baxendale 32, Jack Hawken, Jim Cook 31, Gerald Bassett 30, Rob Ingold, William Aust 29, Albie Smith 28, Doug Hibberd, Fred Joyce 27, John Hicks 25, Mike Row 23, Dave Turner 22, Max Higson 21, Harry Foster 20.

Once again Whitsand Bay met Tage Hald and his team from Scandinavia for the annual match. The day was overcast but very little rain. This year the scoring was arranged by the visitors and it would appear that only they understood it. The result - Scandinavia 4, England 3.

A strong blustery S.E. wind made golf extremely difficult and favoured the better and more experienced golfers for Maxfli SW Open Winter Foursomes 1999/2000 part two of first round at Yelverton on Sunday. As a result only five of the 32 matches went to the 18th green and no matches required extra holes to obtain a result.

Surprise results included Mike Lavers the holder of the Amateur Course Record at Yelverton playing with the Devon County Captain Dave Roberts despite being three up after six holes being beaten by Ian Northey and his 15 year old son Mark by a margin of 2 and 1. China Fleet Professional Bobby Moore playing with China Fleet's General Manager David O'Sullivan was beaten 4 and 3 by Richard Keith and Edward Shapland of Looe. Keith and Shapland with handicaps of 12 and 14 respectively dropped only 5 shots to par over the 15 holes they required to dispose of Moore and O'Sullivan

Notable results included - brothers Martin and Jerry Butcher of Torquay Golf Club had the easiest of wins on the day overcoming Yelverton's Kevin Norris and Paul Woods by 8 and 6. Thurlestone Professional Peter Laugher playing with three handicap amateur Daryl Day won by a "Dog's Licence" (7 and 6) over Yelverton's Derek Silk and Chris Snow. Dainton Park Professional Martin Tyson and Mart Broughton went from 2 down after 6 to 2 up after 12 with birdies at the 7th, 10th, 11th and 12th holes before completing a comfortable win by 3 and 2 over John Chapman and his son Chris.

Another pair who had four birdies were ex-Yelverton Professional Iain Parker, now based at Femdown in Dorset, and Jon Davey (Yelverton) against another former Yelverton Professional Graham Goidring and Bernie Pennington of Tavistock winning by 3 and 2. Former winners in 1995/96 Darren Desmond (Assistant Professional at Tavistock) and Pymouth University student Pete Southcott were two under par in beating Elfordleigh's David Jones and Roger Webb by 6 and 5. Another previous winners of the tournament, Tony Clarke (Staddon Heights) and Eddie Anning (Wrangaton) nearly pulled off a shock result losmg by one hole to one of the leading all amateur pairings of Dave Eva (Thurlestone) and Nick Lane (Wrangaton) having been 5 down after 9 holes.

After the first round 17 of the 23 Professionals who teed up in this year's event are left in and looking to collect the £1,000 prize for the leading Professional.

Second round matches to be played on Sunday October 31.

St Mellion International Ladies Section the Founder Cup was played for on Saturday, with Kirsty Gray being the winner with a score of 86-18=68 with Norma Boath the runner up with 91-22-69.

Results of October Medal as follows - Silver - Jackie Norman 86-16=70, Lyn Ruberry 84-13=71, Carole Male 84-13=71.

Bronze Division One - Meg Norris 94-23=71, Hilda McKinley 101-25=76, Sue Poole 100-24=76.

Bronze Division Two - Julie Booty 101-35=66, Diane Gray 101-31=70, Muriel Wadhams 111-36=75.