MORE than 150 men competed in the annual running of the Burnell Cup at Mendip Golf Club, the only Board Competition run as a Stableford.

Twenty-nine players equalled or bettered par with a triple tie on 40 points, the best score recorded. Div 1 went to Tom Chapman with 39  with Tom Webb 2nd on 38 after count back. Div 2 was won by young Ben Roberts with 40 after count back from Men’s Captain Mark Necker. Div 3 went to Jon Cox with 39 with Danny Rugg 2nd with 38.

However, the overall cup winner was Terry Carter, playing off a course handicap of 16, with the best of the 40 points. Well done Terry.

Ladies Past Captain Aimee Sawyer put up a spirited defence of her County Ladies Champion title, recording a fine one over par 36 hole score at Mendip Spring. However this left her as runner up to new youngster Abigail Moore from Wedmore who recorded a fine 2 under par for the 36 holes.

Mendip’s Libbie Dezis finished 4th overall but won the cup for 2nd Best Net, being level par net and Aimee, Libbie and Junior Captain Connie Cox won the Holt Shield Team event for the best 3 net scores, 8 ahead of second placed Saltford. Very well done Ladies.

Seniors Captain Tony Scott held a well supported Seniors Charity Day which raised over £2,000 for his Charity, Alzheimers Research UK. There was some excellent scoring from the 4 man Texas Scramble Teams and a very close finish.

The winning team with a net 55 after  receiving their handicap allowance of 17 shots were Steven Chivers/Raymond Eves/Roland Greenway and Alan Williams. Runners up, after count back, were Seniors Captain Tony Scott’s own Team of himself, David Jukes, Kevin Carmody and Veteran Tony Williams (and it should be mentioned that their score consisted of no dropped shots with 12 gross pars and 6 gross birdies), with Ian Hall/Stephen Hodson/Duncan Soper/Bill Waddington 3rd with 56 after count back.

Mendip were delighted to hold the West of England U 14s Championship played over 36 holes. The full field of 45 saw the winner come from Kendleshire who shot 145, just 3 over Par. Seven of Mendip’s juniors played with Maisie Dezis gaining the best result with a first round net 69 being the best net on Day 1.

The Mendip Junior Open attracted 34 youngsters, the best entry for some time. Mendip Juniors gave a good account of themselves with Alexander Leonard 2nd in Div 1 with 38 points, one ahead of Lewis Wickham. Alec Roberts with 39 was 3rd in Div 2 and the overall Winner with 41 points was another Mendip player Tate Sinfield-Day. Very well done Tate.

Tony Williams