GREGG Morgan successfully defended his Burghill Valley men's title against 61 rivals with two excellent rounds of 70 and 71 for a gross total of 141, one under par.

Result: 1 Gregg Morgan 70+71=141, 2 Kris Jones 71+74=145, 3 Carl Rose 73+75=148.

Russell Pritchard won the nett prize with superb rounds of 66 and 67.

Junior Rory James had his first ever hole one on the 14th on the way to finishing third.

Result: 1 Russell Pritchard 66+67=133 nett, 2 Dominic Handscomb 68+66=134, 3 Rory James 70+65=135.

Rabbits Cup: 1 R Bullock 89-21=68, 2 Phillip Handscomb 94-25=69, 3 Tony Doyle 96-24=72, 4 Brian Lewis 93-21=72.

Grove GC lady captain Gina Whyke had her away day at Builth Wells GC.

Nine-hole: 1 Irene Gallagher, June Bromage and Julie Adams 26 pts.

Eighteen-hole: 1 Janet Jones, Janet Mussell and Lesley Furlong 72 pts, 2 Chris Anning, Averil Magee and Pauline Foster 69, 3 Gina Whyke, Caroline Lewis and Clare Hadley 68.

The nine-hole Badger Ladies' organizer Margaret Garland had her away day at Sapey GC: 1 Sue Utley and Margaret Garland 47, 2 Gwen Webley and Jacque McArthur 42, 3 Jane Lewis and Christine Anning 42.

Carol Jackson Plate: 1 Jacque MacArthur 35 pts, 2 Irene Gallagher 33 (on cb), 3 Christine Anning 33.

Badger nine-hole competition: 1 Olwen Helme 14 pts, 2 Dorothy Harris 12.

Grove Juniors halved with Grove Ladies in a challenge match: Gina Whyke and Bridget Halpern beat Matthew Pennington and Alex Payne, Pauline Foster and Irene Gallagher lost to Jack Helme and Matthew Sennett, Averil Magee and Julia Higgs lost to Charlotte Helme and Emma Payne, Christine Anning and Margaret Garland beat Hanna Millhouse and Beth Powell.

Senior section Texas scramble: =1 Phil Price, M Potter, Clive Whitear, Bill Tuten 26.75, Tony Langford, Duncan Forsyth, Dennis Clark, Harry Perry 26.75, Robin East, Steve Hadley, Richard Sparey, Bill Nichols 26.75.

Herefordshire GC, Seniors section stableford, lower handicap division: 1 Reg Dudman 39, 2 Tim Townsend 38 (on cb), 3 Ray Jardine 38; higher handicap division: 1 Ces Morgan 40 (on cb), 2 Derek Swan 40, 3 Mike Stirling 37.

Medal competition, lower handicap division: 1 Phil Manns 81-12-69 (on cb), 2 Cliff Mawby 78-9-69, 3 Terry Garratt 81-11-70; higher handicap division: 1 Colin King 93-27-66, 2 John Hill 86-19-67, 3 Frank Scott 88-19-69.

Leominster GC: Richard Jordan Cup: 1 Shane Jones and Matt Powell 62, 2 Mark Houchin and Kevin Green 63, 3 Malcolm Davies and Jamie Griffiths 64 (on cb).

Club Night, Division 1: 1 Mike Privett (12) 19 pts (on cb), 2 Stewart Thomson (12) 19, 3 Ken Watson (8) 18; Division 2: 1 Jack Castle (18) 21pts (on cb), 2 Martin Pugh (13) 21, 3 Paul Chapman (13) 20; Division 3: 1 Matt Powell (28) 23 pts, 2 Norman Greener (23) 20, 3 Tony Dallow (25) 19.

The Sean Bradford Memorial Day, which has been organised and run by sons Simon and Kieron Bradford since 2000, this year raised £1,153 for St Michael’s Hospice.

The Charity Shield winner was Jackson Merrick with 41 pts, while his Dad, Andy Merrick, had the best gross with 74.

Division 1: 1 Alan Burke 40 pts, 2 Alan Shock 38; Division 2: 1 Chris Chadd 40 pts, 2 John Small 39.

Seniors’ Captain Alan Hooper's Yellow ball competition raised £115 to take the total contributions to the local charity, Echo, to more than £1,000: 1 Bill Harris, Tony Leney, Kevin Rivers and Alan Hooper 151 pts, 2 Pete Sandall, Ray Powell, Mike Williams and John Southwell 157.

The organisers of the Alzheimer’s Society Golf Day, Wayne Barton, Paul Bannister and Chris Cole thanked staff and members at Leominster for permitting them to stage the largest golf tournament in Herefordshire and to thank them all for their wonderful efforts in making the two days such a great success.

"Thanks to all our sponsors, volunteers and LGC for their efforts in helping to raise a magnificent sum, which will be in excess of £16 000, for this much underfunded local charity," said the trio.

Result: 1 Minster Films 'A' (Gary Fletcher, Paul Cooke, Simon Morgan, Mike Graves), 2 WPD-Hereford Swingers (Jon Marks, Leon Thomas, Glenn Segust, Mark Basnett), 3 The El Bastardos (Nigel Morris, Steve Olive, Simon Wilton, Gary Stinton).

Kington GC, seniors' section September medal: Division One : 1 Mike Richards 72, 2 Andrew Edey 73, 3 Mike Lloyd 81; Division Two: 1 Colin Blick 69, 2 George Farr 75, 3 Joe James 75.