Kington professional Andy Gealy led his team of club members Bert Priday, Steve Knight and Nick Layton to a splendid win in the latest Shropshire and Herefordshire Winter Alliance meeting at Worfield.

With the best two scores counting on each hole, they posted a superb aggregate of 94 stableford points, with Layton taking the top amateur prize with 44 points.

Highlight of the success was an eagle two by Priday on the stroke index two, par-four hole, where he holed his seven-iron second shot for a useful five points.

Gill Lloyd bagged her first ace in Kington ladies' winter pairs stableford but she and her partner, Lynn Herman, had to be content with third place.

Results (double scores): 1 Vera Howell and Pamela Layton 110 pts, 2 Jenny Kelly and Wendy Priday 110, 3 Gill Lloyd and Lynn Herman.

Winter accumulator, silver: 1 Carolyn Jones 42 pts, 2 Janet Pennell 38; bronze: 1 Marion Weaver 38, 2 Sue Purslow 33.

Seniors' winter league, division one: 1 Ron Davies-Jones 43 pts, 2 John Williams 42, 3 Dave Haley 42; division 2: 1 John Weaver 45, 2 Tony Humphries 42, 3 Steve Howard 41.

n Burghill Valley ladies raised an impressive £1,542 for Children in Need.

Joan Dukes won the nine-hole competition with 22 stableford points and with it a wooden model cart, complete with golf clubs, made by the Keith Shaw.

Organised by the lady captain Mary Crockett, the day was packed with activities.

November medal, silver: 1 Rose Cole 81-15-66, 2 Mary Crockett 83-16-67, 3 Kath Watkins 85-18-67; bronze A: 1 Margaret Welsh 90-26-64, 2 Sandra Fletcher 92-28-64, 3 Doreen Pomroy 85-25-66; bronze B: 1 Anne Town 90-29-61, 2 Maybury Jones 99-35-64, 3 Audrey Wintour 96-32-64.

Seniors' pairs stableford: 1 Brian Matthews and Charlie Morris 83 pts, 2 Ron Goodall and Bill Lewis 83, 3 Bob Dixon and Peter Louis 82.

n Alan Tasker posted an impressive nett 62 to win Sapey's November medal.

Results, division one: 1 Alan Tasker 74-12-62, 2 Ray Briggs 79-12-67, 3 Graham Dodge 74-7-67; division two: 1 Neil Holbrow 85-21-64, 2 Ryan Smith 87-20-67, 3 J Oldfield 84-17-67.

n The league stage of the Hereford Municipal winter pairs competition is approaching a conclusion with qualifiers from the four groups dependent on the result of the last round of matches.

In group one David Davies and Andrew Vivian lead the way with four points, one ahead of Pam Williams and Tony Williams who have played one game fewer.

Steve Horton and Edward Webb lead group two with Lesley Turbutt and Andy Bowen and the pairs, who have six points apiece, meet in the last game to decide the winners of the section.

Trophy holders Phil Green and Colin Morgan face an anxious wait to see if they will be eliminated at the first hurdle. They will be out if Harry and Averil Magee win their next match to join Shaun Vivian and Jack Larkin in the latter stages.

Martin Hughes and Dean Gosling have already won group four with seven points, but there will be a close battle to decide which pair joins them in the quarter-finals.

n It took a card countback to decide the winners of the Belmont winter team stableford in which the best two scores counted on the first six holes, three on the next six, and all four on the last six holes.

Stewart Thomson, Gary Tutty, Sean Pockett and Kevin Pockett were the victors, edging out Andy Smith, Pete Edwards, Lennie Andrews and Elwyn Hamer after both teams had posted 111 points.

Seniors' team stableford, two scores to count: 1 Ken Shurmer, Ron Fell and Sandy Sanders 87 pts, 2 Denis Pritchard, Reg Hughes and John Driscoll 83.