In the 9 hole competition for beginners Charlie Churms (St Neots) ran out the winner with an excellent score of 11 points, just one ahead of Ruby Davis (Links) who scored 10 points.

(Photo shows Libbi Pikett with her trophy and 2^nd photo shows left to right - Anna Guest, Libbi Pikett, Charlie Churms and Ruby Davis)

In the final event of the season Whitney, who was playing the March course for the first time, needed countback to see off the challenge of Menzies Rosemary Rennie after both players scored 37 points.  Third place went to Vivien Ward of Abbotsley with 34 points.

In the semi-final Ely faced a strong Royston team, who won the top two matches.  However Ely fought back and edged ahead by winning the next three matches.  Royston levelled the score at three all by winning the sixth match but Ely clinched a place in the final by winning the last match for a 4 – 3 victory.

In the second semi-final St Ives faced seasoned campaigners Bourn.  St Ives won the first and third matches whilst Bourn responded with wins in the second and fourth matches.  St Ives eventually sealed victory with wins in the sixth and seventh matches.  The fifth match was halved giving a match result of 4½-2½.

The final was played in blustery but mild conditions.  St Ives took an early lead when Kathy Cooper halved the 18^th hole to finish one up against Greta Barclay.  Ely then gradually took the initiative when Jane Webster levelled the scores with a 3 & 2 win over Geraldine Fleming. They edged ahead as Anne Mitchell won a close match against Trish Whittermore by 2 & 1 and Anne Anslow increased the lead when she ran out a 5 & 4 winner against Rachel Badcock.  It was left to Ely’s Sue Didlick to clinch the match with a 5 & 4 win against Avis Drew.

St Ives’ Marjorie Rawlinson reduced the arrears with a 5 & 4 victory over Ros Grey.  The final match was conceded with Ely’s Angie Lawrence 3 up to give Ely City victory by 5 – 2.

(Photo shows the triumphant Ely City team left to right, Ros Grey, Jane Webster, Anne Anslow, Julie Aspinall (Captain), Angie Lawrence, Anne Mitchell, Sue Didlick and Greta Barclay).

At Menzies Golf Club they took on the new pairing of Sue Hill and Jacqui Storey (Girton).  The rain started as the players made their way to the first tee, but quickly cleared to provide near perfect conditions.  Hill and Storey found trouble off the 1st tee and had to drop out of a ditch.  With Greenall and Tuttle well placed down the centre of the fairway they won the first hole. 

Hill and Storey recovered their composure to half the second hole but the greater County experience of Greenall and Tuttle proved decisive and with solid play from tee to green and excellent putting they put together a run of seven consecutive pars to reach the turn 7 up.    They closed out the match 8 and 7, when Hill and Storey could only halve the 11^th hole.

(Photo shows Marcella Tuttle and Sarah Greenall)

The home pair was languishing in 14^th place after a morning round of 29 points but produced a stunning afternoon round of 42 points for a total of 71, to claim top spot.

A countback was required to determine second place with Rosemary Farrow (St Neots) and Tina Broadley (Ely City) with scores of 34 and 35, just ahead of half-way leaders Jane McGlashen and Julie Miller (Brampton Park), whose 35 and 34 points left them both on 69.

The best morning round went to Bourn’s Yvonne Prevett and Joyce Grimes who scored 32 points, while the best afternoon round came from Binnie Bridgeman and Barbara Woods (Ely City) with 36 points.

(Photo shows Ros Grey and Terry Robinson)

In ideal conditions the team of Lesley Ince (75), Megan Taylor (66) and Karen Cox (74) won the 18 hole stroke play team event with a magnificent score of 215.  They were four ahead of Cromwell whose team of Yve Bishop (75), Josie Pilsworth (74) and Beth McCarthy (70) took second place with a team score of 219.

The best individual nett scores of the day were the 66 of Megan Taylor who reduced her handicap to 5.5 and the 67 scored by St Neots Rosemary Farrow.

(Photo shows Megan Taylor, Karen Cox, Captain June Cowper and Lesley Ince).

Katie started well by winning the first hole but Chloe drew level when she won the second.  Chloe continued to play steady golf and gradually moved into the lead.  With Chloe 4 up with 4 to play Katie suddenly found her form and won the 15^th with a par and then birdied the 16^th to reduce the arrears to 2 down.  On the short 17^th hole Katie had to take three off the tee when her original ball was deemed lost.  Chloe drove to the side of the green, chipped on and won the hole with a four to take the match 3 & 1.

The first round losers of the Alison Cunningham Trophy go into the 2^nd flight to compete for the Mansfield Salver.  In the final Megan Taylor (Brampton Park) played Jessica Gibbons (Bourn) who was making her first appearance in the final.  With the difference in handicap Megan gave Jessica 19 shots, which resulted in a very evenly contested match.  However Megan has been in fine form this season and she used her greater experience to gradually pull ahead and she eventually won 4 & 3.

(Photo shows l-r Jessica Gibbons, Megan Taylor, Chloe Ashman and Katie Nicoll).

After a wet start the weather improved to provide ideal conditions for the 26 teams of four competing for the honours.  The Ely City team of Maureen Hagen, Pat Nixon, Cherry Eales and Binnie Bridgeman made sure that local knowledge helped then to claim top spot with 90 points, two points ahead of second placed Bourn quartet of Julie Gray, Linda Clemmow, Christine Begley and Elaine Randall.

The St Neots team of Rosemary Farrow, Maria Marsh, Di Jenkins and Anne Chandler took third place with 84 points with Ely City’s Julie Aspinall, Liz Smith, Ros Grey and Beverley Filby in 4^th place with 83 points.

The special prize for the best team score on the 7^th and 14^th holes went to Anne Anslow, Christine Ratcliffe, Linda Steele and Anne Mitchell (Ely City) with 19 points.

The prize for the longest drive was won by Marilize Snyman-Harvey (Bourn).  The nearest the pin prizes went to Stella James (Menzies) (2^nd hole), Ann Martin (Menzies) (6^th hole), Jan Stockham (Gogs) (12^th hole) and Julie Aspinall (ely City (15^th hole)  Brenda Cockman (Old Nene) took the prize for the longest putt sunk on the 18^th hole.

(Photo shows l-r: Pat Nixon, Maureen Hagen, County President Greta Barclay, Binnie Bridgeman and Cherry Eales).

The President’s Salver for the best nett score was won by Menzies Edie Robinson with a magnificent nett score of 69.  In the process Edie reduced her handicap to 16.

In the Silver Division Bourn’s Joyce Grimes took first place with nett 72, with Glenna Cooper (St Neots) in 2^nd place with nett 73, on countback from third placed Margaret Beckley (Links).  Girton’s Tina Barker was fourth with a nett 74 with Jean Curtis (Girton) taking 5^th place with nett 75 on countback from Girton’s Lady Captain Joan Grayer.

Bronze Division A was won by Cecilia Gatton (Girton) with a score of 72 on countback from second-placed Rosemary Blake (Abbotsley) with Brampton Park’s Jean Temple third with 73.

Pauline Naisbett (Girton) was first in Bronze Division B with 71.  Ely City’s Binnie Bridgeman took second place with 72, with Abbotsley’s Helen Johnson third with 73.

(Photo shows Rosemary Farrow, Glynis Anderson and Edie Robinson)