Young Kington star Will Cooper takes two counties’ title (From Hereford Times)

Kington’s Will Cooper receives the Shropshire and Herefordshire County Junior Handicap trophy

8:00am Tuesday 20th September 2011 in Golf

Kington'S Will Cooper carried off the top prize when 98 junior golfers took part in the Shropshre and Herefordshire County Juniors Handicap Championships at Patshull Park.

Cooper, playing off 18, won with a nett 64 and received his prize from SHUGC president Roger Elston.

Ò Leominster GC: Men’s results: September Medal: Division 1: 1 Richard Maloney Jnr 72-6-66, 2 R Arrowsmith 79-12-67, 3 Mike Wood 75-8-67; Division 2: 1 Anthony Smith 81-17-64, 2 Sam Morris 79- 14-65, 3 Jason Stacey 84-18-66; Division 3: 1 Ashley Moran 93-26- 67, 2 Dean Gordon 93-25-68, 3 Peter Staite 89-21-68.

Seniors’ medal: Division 1: 1 Paul Merriman 74-9-65, 2 Barry Vickery 77-11-66, 3 Richard Cattermole 75- 8-67; Division 2: 1 Mike Williams 88-20-68, 2 Tony Wathen 86-16-70, 3 Dilwyn James 89-18-71; Division 3: 1 John Leddington-Hill 96-26-70, 2 Dennis Price 99-28-71, 3 John Southwell 100-27-73.

Ò Burghill Valley GC: Men’s results: Seniors’ September Medal: Division 1: 1 Chris Jones 80-17-63, 2 Terry Bottomley 87-21-66, 3 Brian Vaughan 84-14-70; lowest gross: Charlie McInnes 84; Division 2: 1 Paul Everall 94-24-70, 2 Len Lewis 95-22-73, 3 Doug Harvey 98-25-73; Dave Mathias Putting competition: 1 John Cowell 29 putts, 2 Barry Watkins 30, Terry Bottomly 31.

Ladies’ results: Stableford and Ruby Bowl competition: Division 1: 1 Mandy Haines 36 points, 2 Angela Thomas 36 points, 3 Rosie Cole 36 points; Division 2: 1 Carol Freeman 38 points, 2 Christine Barnard 38 points, 3 Rosemary Snowzell 36 points; Division 3: 1 Jean Smith 38 points, 2 Doreen Brown 35 points, 3 Jill Evans 34 points.

Wednesday Stableford: Division 1: 1 Pauline Smith 32 points, 2 Rosie Cole 27 points, 3 Tilly Hare 25 points; Division 2: 1 Sandra Cowell 33 points, 2 Jean Brookes 33 points, 3 Tina Lifely 32 points; Division 3: 1 Jean Smith 32 points, 2 Sandra Fletcher 30 points, 3 Jean Taylor 30 points.

Senior Ladies Three-Ball Alliance: 1 Joan Dukes, Rosie Cole, Mary Crockett (Burghill Valley) 75 pts; 2 Joan Curtis, Sheila Glinos, Carol Freeman (Burghill Valley) 74; 3 Mary Starkey, Janet Roberts, Chloe Ballard (Sapey) 72; 4 Helen Green, Marilyn Howard, Heather Burley (Burghill Valley) 71 ocb. Nearest the pin: 8th, Judy Colliver (The Worcestershire); 12th, Jane Tromans (The Worcestershire).

Ò Kington GC: Men’s results: 18- hole open, gross: 1 Matt Weaver 74, 2 Graham Priday 75, G Fox 75; nett: 1 Ross Moore 64, 2 Kevin Barnes 66, 3 Alf Roberts 66.

Wednesday stableford: 1 Harry Horlock 34 points; Division 1: 1 Wyndham Evans 30 points, 2 Kelvin Alexander 29 points; Division 2: 1 Kevin Barnes 32 points, 2 Tracy Sanford 31 points; Division 3: 1 Mike Powell 32 points, 2 Cedric Egby 29 points.

Ladies’ results: Chris Hughes shot a 171 gross over 36 hokes to become the 2011 Kington Ladies’ champion. Wendy Paget achieved the best net score of 149 to win the Iris Paget Trophy.

Ò Belmont GC: Men’s results: Club Championship, 1 Matt Tweddell (145), 2 Ryan Jones (146).

Acorn Trophy (best nett): 1 Steve Powell (138), 2 Ben Stringer (142).

Terry Cox Memorial: 1 Harvey Hancock, 39 points.

Denco medal: 1 Justin Hughes (nett 65).

Peter O'Brien Memorial Trophy: 1 Nick Hemming (42 points).

Texas scramble: 1 Ian Caves, Brian White and Tony Body nett 63.1, 2 John Alexander, Bill McGrath and Andrew Sutton 64.5.

September 1 Stableford: 1 Brian Turner 37 points, 2 Sam Loxton 36 points, 3 Jim Meadows.

Seniors Monthly Medal: 1 John Alexander 84-10-74, 2 Geoff Foster 88-12-76, 3 Roger Smith 87-11-76.

Seniors Club Championship: Winner, best nett, Brian White (80); best gross, Geoff Foster (83).

Ò Ross-on-Wye GC: Annual Layton Cup: =1 Gordon Brigg and David Whitehead 120 points, 2 John Hebdon 119 points, 3 Brian Clouder 118 points.

Ernest Pell Trophy: 1 Mike Harris 41 points, 2 Nigel Gibbs 41 points, 3 John Tecke 41 points.

Ò Brecon & Radnor County Golf Union Seniors’ Championships at Brecon GC: 1 Rob Jones (Knighton) 40 points; Best gross: Peterr Beetham (Brecon) 39 points; 55-64 year olds: 1 Tony Payne (Cradoc) 38 points, 2 Martin Nash (Brecon); 65 years and over: 1 Edd Price (Brecon) 36 points, 2 Lynton Phillips (Cradoc).

Ò Shropshire and Herefordshire Union of Golf Clubs’ County Seniors suffered a 10-8 defeat to Lincolnshire in an inter-county clash at Holme Hall.

Ò Cradoc GC: Men’s results: Beacons Cup: 1 Phil Carey 75-9-66, 2 LH Jones 88-18-70, 3 Richard Wimme 80-9-71; Crug Stableford: 1 Alistair Park and Alex Morgan 45 points, 2 Gareth Powell and Dan Brown 43 points, 3 Clive and Lindsey Price 43 points.

Michael Powell hit a hole-in-one on the 12th.

Ò Herefordshire GC, Ladies amam: 1 Ann Wheatstone, Jo Hawes, Iris Corfield, Karen Darby (Herefordshire GC) 91 pts; 2 Pat Owen, Carol Gardner, Bet Hinchcliffe, Wendy Lane (Leominster) 90; 3 Clare Harding (Herefordshire), Ann Allen, June Walker, Fran Horobin (Burghill Valley) 90; 4 Jane Tubman, Sylvia O'Connor, Jane Hinton, Sylvia Topley (Herefordshire) 88. Nearest the pin: 7th, Pauline Laight; 13th, Jo Hawes.

Past captain Anna Irwin presented a cheque for £2,111.62 from her year in office to Hereford and District Parkinson's Society treasurer Rose Martin.