RALPH Barnett lifted the Captain's Cup at Leominster with the day's best nett score of 61.

Over 150 players turned out on a day which saw the sixth hole in competitive operation for the first time. There was close competition in all three divisions, with the highlight being a new official course record score of 71 for Adam Davies.

Results, Division 1 (0-11): 1 Keith Bullock 42 pts, 2 Simon Morgan 42, Adam Davies 42; Division 2 (12-18): 1 Ralph Barnett 45, 2 Terry Green 43, 3 Jeremy Lawrence 41; Division 3 (19-28): 1 Adrian Bennett 44, John O'Leary 44, Mike Morris 43;

Fred Dobson Trophy for ladies and seniors: 1 Carol Gardner and Peter Sandall 50 pts, 2 Maisie Legge and Geoff Harrison 43.

n Leominster Rankin Club Society this year chose Blackpool as a base for their annual tour and played four courses in the area - Fleetwood, Blackpool North Shore, Fairhaven and Lytham Green Drive.

Eighteen members played stableford competitions each day and the overall winner was Jeremy Finney with a total of 147 points to collect the John Elms Touring Trophy.

He went into the last day at Green Drive leading Wilf Arrowsmith by four points and Dereck Jones was a further four adrift in third. Finney increased his lead over Arrowsmith to 10 but Kevin Gibbons won the day's competition to finish third overall, three points behind runner-up Arrowsmith.

Results, Fleetwood: 1 Viv Thomas 38 pts, 2 Wilf Arrowsmith 35, 3 Dennis Mills 35; Blackpool North Shore: 1 Dereck Jones 35, 2 Viv Thomas 35, 3 Ashley Morgan 34; Fairhaven: 1 Jeremy Finney 41, 2 Wilf Arrowsmith 36, 3 Dave Stephens 33; Lytham Green Drive: 1 Kevin Gibbons 41, 2 Terry Davies 39, 3 Martin Dowe 39.

Top 10: 1 Jeremy Finney 147 pts, 2 Wilf Arrowsmith 137, 3 Kevin Gibbons 134, 4 Dave Stephens 132, 5 Martin Dowe 129, 6 Dereck Jones 129, 7 Brian Faulkner 127, 8 Viv Thomas 125, 9 Dennis Mills 125, 10 Ashley Morgan 123.

n I Duggan shot a nett 61 to win Sapey's September midweek medal by five strokes.

Results, September medal: 1 I Duggan 75-14-61, 2 N Finch 89-23-66, 3 R Briggs 79-12-67; Bailey Cup yellow ball stableford: 1 W Harper, K Morton, R Southal, R Hodgkins 93 pts, 2 G Priddy, V Duggan, I Duggan, M Watson 91, 3 M Mann, C Jardine, L Delorenzo, P Clarke 89, 4 M Alebon, R Rankin, P Hodgson, M Wright 88, 5 M Gwynn, K Jones, P Newell, R Jones 86, I Morrison, R Gwilliam, G Glover, B Lander 85.

n Trevor and Lee Wilson 67 won the Daily Mail Foursomes at Belmont by the narrow margin of half a stroke from Andy Gray and Paul Evans, with Mark Fenton and Matt Shaw, 69, in third place.

September medal, 0-11: 1 Paul Atherton 77-9-68, 2 Graham Smith 80-11-69, 3 Sean Pockett 78-8-70; 12-18: Richard Vale 83-16-67, W Gwynne 81-12-69, 3 Phil Skyrme 85-13-72; 19-28: P M Smith 90-21-69, B Parkin 90-20-70, 3 Don Filer 93-22-71.

n The Ross-on-Wye Millennium Mixed Open Team event, postponed from June due to a lightning storm, was held this month with 40 teams competing. It was a stableford with the best three scores to count on each hole.

Results: 1 Kath and Derek Gwatkin and Terry and Barbara Roden (Llanwarne) 112 pts, 2 Stan and Elaine Hicken (Redditch) and Mike and Rita Harkinson (Gay Hill) 111, 3 Paul and Audrey Nottage and George and Irene Cason (Ross) 111, 4 Terry and Val Watts and Tony and Joan Malim (Ross) 111, 5 Janet Duffield, Ellie Peake, Ron Monk and Richard Kirk (Ross) 110.

Nearest the pin, men: Alan Sykes; ladies: Pat Green.

n Chris Urry, 84 strokes, and Carol Freeman, 65, recorded the best gross and nett scores respectively at Burghill Valley ladies' September medal and LUG pendant competition.

Results, silver: 1 Sally Davies 90-18-72, 2 Chris Urry 84-10-74, 3 Marilyn Howard 94-19-75; bronze A: 1 Anne Town 95-26-69, 2 Trish Clews 97-27-70, 3 Anne Herbert 99-28-71; bronze B: 1 Carol Freeman 99-34-65, 2 Sylvia Kenny 104-37-67, 3 Olwen Helme 106-38-68; Star Cup: Corrie Smissen 132-45-87.

n Kington lady captain's day prize was won by Carolyn Jones with 36 points from the 7/8th handicap stableford competition.

Silver division: 1 Janet Taylor 34, 2 Ros Eaton 29, 3 Jill Lloyd 28; bronze: 1 Ann Rogers 35, 2 Sue Powell 34, 3 Diana Kemp 34; nearest pin: Janet Pennell; longest drive: Kate Block.

September medal, silver: Angela Wilkes 88-15-73; bronze: Wendy Priday 99-37-62.

n Contrary to our report in the September 7 edition, Isa Lloyd is the men's captain at Rhosgoch Golf & Leisure Club and was competing in the National Nines men's pairs competition. He and partner Fred Griffiths have reached the final in Jersey this weekend.