LEOMINSTER golfer Roger Richards has carried off the Herefordshire county seniors title.

Richards fired a round of 78 to take the title by four strokes from Herefordshire GC's John Lucas whose club-mates Ken Mallender and Keith Williams were a stroke behind.

Mallender took third place on the back nine.

Lucas (82), Mallender (83) and Williams (83) combined for a total of 2487 which earned them the team prize.

Sapey's Mark Heason, 83-13-70, took the net prize from Burghill Valley's Brian Capp, 91-20 -71, with two more Sapey golfers, Joe Davis, 86-15-71, and Roger Walker, 93-21-72, in third and fourth places respectively.

Other results: Age 55-64 Net, 1 Dave Caton (Herefordshire GC) 74 on cb, 2 Phil Andrews (Halo) 74, 3 Steve Flack (Burghill Valley) 77; Age 65 plus Net: 1John Lewthwaite (Herefordshire GC) 74 on cb, 2 Jeremy Hall (Sapey) 74, 3 Roger Stanley (Herefordshire) 76 on cb.

Team.

Herefordshire GC, men's team invitation competition: 1 Jay Burton, Jack Cannan, Don Sutton, Tim Preece 83 pts, 2 David Hemming, Alan Price, Cedric Smith, Victor Fisk 82, 3 James Millin, Connor Millin, Des Davies, Tam Graham 81, 4 John Lucas, David Foot, Alan Smith, Reg Cox 81.

Ladies Results, Harland Bowl Par Competition: 1 Sue Powell -1 (back 9 ), 2 Gill Broadhead -1.

Three Ball Alliance: 1 Val Samuel, Brenda Blackmore, Sain Gwillian (Alice Springs) 72 pts, 2 Janet Whittall, Gill Broadhead, Sue Gwynn (Herefordshire and Sapey) 66, 3 Viv Griffiths, Anne Wheatstone, Jo Hawes 65pts; Visitors' Team Prize: Lorraine Cormack, Pauline Pearson, Marilyn Smith (Alice Springs) 63 pts.

Seniors' section, Yellow Ball Competition, 42 players in 14 teams of three: 1 Colin Dixon, Tony Guest and Don Roberts 71 pts, 2 Ken Wright, Geof Gobey and Dave Hankins 69; Highest individual scores, lower handicap division: Roger Wardle 36 pts; higher handicap division: Dick Tubman 35 pts.

Burghill Valley GC, ladies' section, Div 1: 1 Pay Layton 0, 2 Tilly Hare -1 (on cb), 3 Marilyn Howard -1; Div 2: 1 Sophie Weaver +5, 2 Gill Brimacombe +1, 3 Mo Wilde -3; Div 3: 1 Di Shepherd -6 (on cb), 2 Ann Saunders -6, 3 Pat Rhodes -7.

Ross GC, ladies' section 4BBB Open: 1 Dawn Irving and Tanya Nichols (Monmouthshire GC) 40 pts (on cb), Lorraine Cormack and Pauline Perason (Alice Springs) 40, 3 Nesta Hirst (Ross GC) and Angela Jakes (Herefordshire GC).

In the Daily Mail Team Classic, Ross ladies, captained by Pat Watkins, beat Painswick GC 4-1 and will now travel to take on Burghill Valley GC in the sixth round. The quintet have progressed further in the competition than any previous Ross team.

Kington GC, seniors' section summer league: Division One: 1 David Baxendale 45 pts, 2 Allan Hamilton 40, 3 Andrew Edey 39; Division Two: 1 Ivor Morgan 40 pts, 2 Chris Scott 40, 3 Joe James 39.

Ladies' section, Joan and Sheila Morris Trophy: 1 Kay Taylor 41 pts, 2 Carolyn Jones 38, 3 Anne Hitchcox 34.

Grove GC, Seniors section Texas Scramble: 1 Clive Whitear, Mike Potter, Bill Tuten, Alfryn Hughes, 2 Bill Nicholls, Peter Lloyd, Richard Sparey, Robin East, 3 Harry Perry, Dennis Clark, Tony Langford, Duncan Forsyth.

Leominster GC: Club Championships, Club champion: Kevin Gibbons 142 gross, 2 Roger Richards 147, 3 Andy Merrick 153.

Ravenhill Cup (2 day): 1Mike Graves 132 nett, 2 Jamie Griffiths 135, 3 Mike Privett 141.

Country Members Cup: 1 Shaun Hill 67 nett (on cb), 2 Ian Taylor 67 (on cb), 3 Stewart Thomson 67.

Ford Bridge Cup: 1 Julian Morris 39 pts, 2 Danny White 38 (on cb), 3 Jackson Merrick 38.