Driving in with broken arm

Two weeks after suffering the injury when a ladder slipped as he was pruning an apple tree, the redoubtable Baggott defied pain and earned generous applause as he followed Mike Clegg's drive out of office with his first blow as captain.

The ladies also welcomed Sylvia Lloyd as their leader for 2002 when she took over from retiring captain Sue Powell.

The traditional ceremony was preceded by a medal competition, restricted to eight holes because the top of the course was still frozen.

Results, ladies (nett): 1 Winifred Jones 24, 2 Sue Powell 29, 3 Lynn Woodward 29; men (nett): 1 Murray Mackintosh 23, 2 Wyndham Evans 23, 3 Alan Handley 27; gross: Darren Richards 27.

Men's three club and putter competition: 1 J Hughes 32 pts, 2 D Price 32, 3 W Evans 31.

n Leominster's new captain Tim Suff launched the captain's drive-in stableford competition.

Results, division 1 (0-12): 1 Richard Perry 43 pts, 2 Sean Abberley 42, 3 Clive Malcolm 42; division 2 (13-18): 1 Bill Mc Grath 40, 2 Stewart Mee 40, 3 Alan Shock 38; division 3 (19-28): 1 Des Jones 42, 2 Mike Dolloway 40, 3 Mike Boutcher 40.

Carol Gardner and Mike Storr won the latest winter mixed greensome accumulator series with 41 points, one more than runners-up Pauline and Terry Webb.

n Herefordshire GC defied the weather to complete a busy holiday programme.

New Year's Day mixed stableford, division 1: 1 Marie and Doug Parry 44 pts, 2 Jean and Ian McIntosh 40, =3 Jerry Hall and John Hill, Jane Tubman and Geoff Gobey 39; division 2: 1 Jane and John Phillips 42, 2 Rita and Roger Rodick 42, =3 Joan and John Warley, Doreen Pomroy and Graham Davies 39.

Ladies' stableford (13 holes), silver: 1 Cathie Charlton 25 pts, 2 Jane Tubman 21; bronze: 1 Chris Crissall 24, 2 Dorothy Johnson 23, 3 Doreen Heslop 23, 4 Doreen Pomroy 23.

Men's medal, division 1 (0-14): 1 David Evans 75-12-63, 2 Frank Hart 79-14-65, 3 Ben Synnock 76-10-66; division 2 (15-28): 1 Robin Cox 85-22-63, 2 Richard Wilson 90-25-65, 3 Roger Powell 83-18-65.

The winners of the six winter leagues have been decided and the leading pairs will meet in a round robin better-ball series.

Winners, league A: Dennis Jones and Mike Pritchard; league B: Andy Cosgrove and Mike Harris; league C: A Ameghino and J Meggitt; league D: Tony Hehir and Henry Davies; league E: Graham Slade and Steve Harding; league F: Peter Hebbes and Fred Jones.

n Andy Gray and Paul Evans led the field in Belmont's Winter League stableford qualifier with 45 points.

Results: 1 Andy Gray and Paul Evans 45; 2 Ray Bull and Pete O'Brien 44; 3 Martin Dent and Steve Hughes 41; 4 Richard Smith and Colin Gladwin 39.

Christmas Spirit, teams of four: 1 Alan Evans, Mark Fenton, Pete O'Brien and Ray Bull 78; 2 Colin Tolley, Alan Grant, Bill Stevens and Paul Blevins, 77; 3 Steve Massey, Dave Palmer, Roger Smith, Ralph Keme, 76.

Seniors results - Turkey stableford: 1 Alan Grant 36 pts, 2 Lofty Wiseman 34, 3 Ian Caves 33, 4 Dennis Pritchard 32.

Texas Scramble pairs: 1 Phil Skyrme and Reg Harrison 69-6-63, 2 Alan May and Ron Fell 68-5-63, 3 Ken Shurmer and John Whitehouse 70-7-63.

Don Round Cup: 1 John Lewthwaite 39 pts, 2 Brian Turner 34, 3 Dennis Pritchard 34.

December medal, division 1 (0-16): 1 Eric Mayers 80-14-66, 2 Alan May 71-4-67; division 2 (17-28): 1 Gordon Bumfrey 89-22-67, 2 Graham Salt 87-18-69.

December stableford (17 holes): 1 Ken Shurmer 34 pts, 2 Gordon Bumfrey 34, 3 Tommy Boswell 34.

n Simon Dover took full advantage of the shortened winter course and frost holes to post a winning 50 stableford points in Burghill Valley's Greenkeeper's Cup.

Results, overall winner: Simon Dover 50 pts; men: Alan Hirons 47; ladies: Maz Todd 48; seniors: Charlie Morris 45; juniors: James Davies 45.

Because one temporary green was in use on the alternate day of the ladies' December medal, the two days had to be treated as separate competitions.

Results, alternate day winner: Carolyn Bunyan 92-17-73.

Main day, gross: Joan Dukes 77; nett: Pat Cox 82-24-58; silver: 1 Annette Mansie 83-19-64, 2 Joan Dukes 77-13-64, 3 Julie Saych 77-13-64; bronze A: 1 Pat Cox 82-24-58, 2 Anne West 87-28-59, 3 Glenda Sandford 88-28-63; bronze B: 1 Wendy Jones 94-34-60, 2 M Jones 101-37-64, 3 Nettie Park 97-33-64; Star Cup: Judy Kramer 113-41-72.

n Burghill Valley regained the Tourists' Trophy with a 7-2 victory over visiting Leominster Rankin Club Society.

The match is played annually between the clubs' two touring teams and took the form of a four-ball better-ball stableford.

The best-scoring pair were Rankin Club's Brian Faulkner and Wilf Arrowsmith with 44 points, while Burghill's Andy Cameron and Mark Herbert were runners-up with 43, beating Derrick Jones and Ed Jones (Rankin) on a countback.