HEREFORDSHIRE Golf Club's A team booked their place in the semi-finals of the Shropshire and Herefordshire Har-grove Plate after an exciting tussle with Wrekin.

Having lost the away leg 2-1 and five holes down, they reversed the result in the return leg and finished 10 holes up to go through on a countback.

The unpredictability of foursomes matchplay was clearly illustrated with John McQuillan and Jonathan Devereux losing five down at Wrekin but gaining revenge with a massive 10 up win at Wormsley.

Similarly, Andrew Barr and Robin Eckley kept Hereford in the tie with a fine eight up victory in the first leg but went down by three at home.

Team captain Neil Greening and Elliot Shaw lost eight down at Wrekin, but Greening, partnered by Ben Synnock in the return leg, clinched the tie by winning three up.

They will meet Shropshire A in the semi-finals with the first leg taking place at Muxton on Sunday, February 16, and the return at Wormsley on Sunday, February 23.

Temporary greens did not stop Rob Morgan and Nigel Yarwood from posting impressive nett 61s to win their respective divisions in the February medal.

Results, division 1 (0-14): 1 Rob Morgan 73-12-61, 2 Graham Slade 72-7-65, 3 Tony Dalley 75-10-65; division 2 (15-28): 1 Nigel Yarwood 83-22-61, 2 John Price 82-19-63, 3 Mike Carroll 78-15-63.

Former club captain Peter Timms and his wife, Carol, will not have to worry about buying any 'ammunition' this season. Although they did not win the February mixed foursomes, they carded the only two and that was worth 39 balls!

February mixed foursomes stableford, division 1 (0-19): 1 Doug and Marie Parry 35 pts, =2 David Hemming and Ann Wheatstone, George Warley and Glynne Hall 34, =4 John and Janet Hill, Neil and Tina Bell 32; division 2 (20+): 1 Ray and Di Morris 37, =2 Graham Davies and Doreen Pomroy, Peter and Carol Timms 36, 4 Ray and Wendy Jones 35.

n Last year's Leominster captain Tim Suff and the winner of his Captain's Day prize Mike Craddock were among the 12 lucky pairs to come out of the hat in a nationwide competition and enjoyed an all-expenses paid trip for the final in Marrakech, Morocco. They scored a creditable 34 stableford points on the championship course to take fourth place.

Mike Green and Brian Faulkner will represent the club in this year's Daily Mail national knockout after holding off the challenge of Kevin Gibbons and Rob Arrowsmith, and Ian Smith and Bill Mackay, with all three pairs shooting excellent nett 66s.

n Junior member Daniel Morris partnered Dave Hamer to win the February Winter Pairs better-ball stableford at Kington. The 13-year-old more than held his own as the partnership carded 47 points, one more than runners-up Alan Williams and Mike Waygood.

Chill blasts greeted the ladies for the second leg of their Easter Accumula-tor, with captain Chris Hughes and Ruth Lias topping the list of hardy souls who completed the 12 holes with 14 stableford points to win the silver and bronze A sections respectively. Margaret Parker won bronze B.

n In complete contrast, benign, sunny weather enabled Mike Bradburn to post the top score of 45 points to win the January stableford at Ross-on-Wye.

Results, division 1 (0-14): 1 Bruce Marshall 43 pts, 2 Adam Gillespie 43, 3 John Palmer 42, 4 Alan Carver 42, 5 Mike Rothwell 41; division 2 (15-28): 1 Mike Bradburn 45, 2 Bill Meek 43, 3 Ray Jones 42, 4 Peter Metcalf 41, 5 Gerry Wheeler 41.

n Paul Bufton finished two points clear of the field to win Belmont's February stableford with 40 points. Steve Massey was runner-up with 38, followed by Chris Cole, 37, who pushed Michael Williams into fourth place on a countback.

n Sharon and Kieron Helps completed a family double at Hereford Municipal when they won their respective sections in the one-club-and-a-putter competition.

Results, overall: Kieron Helps 93-14-79; men: Martin Hughes 95-15-80; ladies: Sharon Helps 108-22-86; juniors: Jack Andrew Larkin 109-28-81.

Dave Wooles and Duncan T Smith beat Dave East and Andy Bowen four and two to reach the final of the Winter Pairs Trophy. Ian McLaren and Brian Thompson will be their opponents after overcoming the challenge of Phil Green and Colin Morgan three and two.

n Dexter Murgatroyd carded an impressive top score of 43 points to win the January stableford at Burghill Valley.

Results, division 1: 1 Dexter Murgatroyd 43, 2 Steve Bennett 40, 3 Guy Evans 40; division 2: 1 Adrian Taylor 42, 2 Matthew Shaw 41, 3 Bernie Green 40; division 3: 1 Stuart Clarke 40, 2 Michael Wilde 39, 3 William Greig 38.

Ladies' January medal, silver: 1 Joan Dukes 83-12-71, 2 Julie Saych 85-13-72, 3 Lorena Blower 94-20-74; bronze A: 1 Elizabeth Thomas 101-26-75, 2 Lynda Vaughan 97-21-76, 3 Sheila Glinos 103-26-77; bronze B: 1 Annette Park 101-33-68, 2 Ann Dixon 102-31-71, 3 Karen Watkins 104-32-72.

nHerefordshire's Europ-ean Tour professional David Park made the cut for the fourth successive tournament of 2003 and went on to finish in a share of 39th place with a four-under-par total of 284 (75, 68, 70, 71) in the Heineken Classic at Melbourne, Australia.

South Africa's Ernie Els fired a 15-under 273 to win his third major title of the year.