A SUCCESSFUL fundraising initiative at Ross Golf Club's Annual Seniors Singles Open in July saw Seniors Captain Richard Escolme able to make a £356 donation to the Ross Juniors Academy.

Ross Juniors Captain Niall Powell was pleased to accept the monies on behalf of the Academy.

Escolme was also able to make a £200 donation to greens committee chairman Arthur Reid which will bring about a refurbishment of the golf-ball washers on the course.

Herefordshire GC, ladies' competitions: Dorothy Johnson Trophy: 1 Karen Darby 78 gross, 2 Sue Mawby 83.

Etheridge Salver: 1 Charlotte Cooke 71 nett, 2 Marie Parry 78.

Hook Norton Trophy: 1 June McHugh 74 nett, 2 Gill Broadhead 75.

Seniors' section annual pairs open, home player division: 1 Greg Hanley and Ken Watkins 47 pts, 2 Barry Norton and Percy Bristow 46 (on cb), 3 Martin Shaxsted and Ron Jones 46; visiting player division: 1 Terry Lawson (Hollywood GC) and Tony Hill (Coxmoor Woods GC) 43 pts, 2 Robin Perks and Steve Reeve (Bridgnorth GC) 41 (on cb), 3 Mike Wilkes and Ian Johnston (Wharton Park GC) 41.

Kington GC, ladies section: September medal div 1: 1 Teresa Godbert 93-19=74, 2 Angela Wilkes 95-18=77; Div 2: 1 Philippa Morrell 96-27=69, 2 Kate Block 93-21=72; Div 3: 1 Sue Patterson 100-29=71, 2 Jo Burton 107-31=76.

All Winners Salver: 1 Philippa Morrell 95-26=69, 2 Pip Frost 84-13=71, 3 Pauline Betteridge 96-23=73.

Seniors' section, Summer League, Division One: 1 Peter Kent 36 pts, 2 Colin Mansell 36, 3 David Smith 36; Division Two: 1 Dave Nolan 40 pts, 2 Dick Lee 39, 3 Bill Didcock 38.

Men's section, Ancients Cup (Over 55): 1 Phil Gould 46 pts, 2 Richard Williams 39, 3 Richard Lee 38, 4 Mike Lloyd 38, 5 Dennis Whyke 38, 6 Sam Hinton 38.

RAF Trophy: 1 Ryan Hotchkiss 72–5=67; Div 1: 1 James Herdman 76–8=68, 2 Matt Weaver 74–3=71, 3 Alan Williams 74–2=72; Div 2: 1 Jeremy Ashford 85-14=71, 2 Mike Dyer 85-10=75, 3 Steve Knight 91–14=77; Div 3: 1 Mike Waygood 84–17=67, 2 Ray Kellard 89–16=73, 3 Lewis Morgan 100–26=74.

September Medal:1 Gareth Jones 79-12=67; Div 1: 1 Wyndham Evans 76–8=68, 2 Brian Redfern 78–9=69; Div 2: 1 Sam Hinton 80–13=67, 2 Chris Croose 83–15=68; Div 3: 1 Geoff Smith 90–21= 69, 2 Alan Thomas 89–19=70.

Grove GC, Senior Stableford: 1 Clive Whitear 23 pts, 2 Des Price 20 (on cb), 3 Les Harber 20; Nearest the Pin: Tony Langford.

Leominster GC, RBL Cup: 1 Jamie Mee 74-8-66, 2 Lyndon Caldicott 72-5-67, 3 Danny White 81-13-68.

Newlands Trophy: 1 Mark Houchin 88-25-63, 2 Paul Emberton 87-20-67, 3 Lee Chapman 88-20-68.

Club Night, Division 1: 1 Craig Brimmell (6) 20 pts (on cb), 2 Roger Richards (5) 20, 3 Barry Vickery (11) 19; Division 2: 1 Jack Castle (18) 21 pts (on cb), 2 Tom Taylor (16) 21, 3 Pete Morris (15) 20; Division 3: 1 Matt Powell (28) 23 pts, 2 Mike Marguerie (28) 22 (on cb), 3 Tony Dallow (25) 22.

Senior September Medal, Division 1: 1 Ian Fraser 82-12=70, 2 Richard Cattermole 77-6=71, 3 Jimmy Lindsay 78-6=72; Division 2: 1 Dave Jones 85-16=69, 2 Pete Sandall 93-18=75, 3 Bill Harris 92-16=76; Division 3: 1 Basil Lewis 94-25=69, 2 Dennis Price 99-28=71, 3 John Southwell 99-26=73.

Burghill Valley GC, Seniors’ section, Bulmers Cup: 1 Steve Flack and Mike Buffy 43 pts, 2 Ron Price and Geoff Roberts 40, 3 Bill Adamson and Norman Weale 39.

Senior Medal, Best Gross: Nigel Howard 84; Division 1: 1 Ian Elrick 68, 2 Clive Shepherd 69, 3 Gordon Perkins 69; Division 2: 1 Paul Baker 73, 2 Len Lewis 73, 2 Keith Shaw 74.

Mathias Putting Competition: Len Lewis 27 putts.

Texas Scramble: 1 Don Barrington, Bill Lockhart and Derek Craddock, 2 Steve Morgan, Ed Powell and John Rees, 3 David Brown & Gerry Sanders

Senior Ladies Open three-ball alliance: 1 Chris Urry, Lisa Diggins, June Jones (Worcestershire GC) 73 pts, 2 Margaret Leake, Pam Bird, Pam McBride (Upper Sapey GC) 70, 3 Sally Thomas, Tilly Hare (BV GC) and Letty Molloy (Knutsford GC) 70 (on cb), 4 Chris Thurgood, Jacky Price, Tina Lifely (BV GC) 69.

Nearest the pin: Carole Allsop (Burlish Park) 3rd, Margaret Davies (Ross GC) 12th.

Best Front 9: Janet Plunket, Jennie Dorrel, Marg Hughes (Cleobury Mortimer GC) 38 pts.

Best Back 9: Ann Allen, June Walker, Wendy Jones (BVGC) 37 pts.

Best Visiting Team: Jill Exell, Pat Rose, Jen Bishop (Worcestershire GC) 68 pts (on cb).

Summer Singles winner: Chris Thurgood; Summer Pairs: Pam Layton and Jane Swan; Daily Mail Foursomes: Pam Layton and Julie Saych.

Hereford pair Paul Jones and Shaun Bufron placed 18th in the Audi quattro UK Cup Final at the Bowood Golf & Country Club near Calne, Wiltshire.

Jones, aged 50, and Bufron (47) contested the one-day, 18-hole Stableford competition event along with 34 other amateur golfers, scoring 29 points compared with the winning pairing of Seb Carmichael-Brown (Herts) and Dave Turff (Essex) who finished on 42.