Neville Ovens earns a second term as captain of Ross Golf Club (From Hereford Times)

Neville Ovens earns a second term as captain of Ross Golf Club

10:00am Wednesday 4th April 2012 in Golf

NEVILLE Ovens has been appointed as club captain at Ross GC for a second term.

Ovens, who last served as captain in 2004, will be supported by his wife Jean.

The club annual meeting saw Phil Wilson elected as vice-captain, with Di Honey, Mike Cooper and Steve Price continuing as president, chairman and treasurer respectively.

Ovens’ drive-in event, a Florida Scramble medal competition which featured a hole-in-one by Geoff Thomas, was supported by 120 members and raised £480 for his charities, St Michael’s Hospice and the RNLI.

Result: 1 Terry Jarrett, Clive Whitson, Danny Gear and Dave Hart 59.7 nett, 2 Norman Lodge, Brian Cartwright, Stephen Gregory and Andrew Hobbs 60.6.

l BELMONT GC duo Jennifer Gladwyn and Gemma Allen have progressed to the second round of the Daily Mail Foursomes.

They overcame a Leominster pair, whom they beat at Leominster on the 19th hole.

Ladies’ section: Winter League: 1 Julia Kury 104, 2 Gemma Allen 105.

Men’s section, Texas Scramble: 1 B Preedy, B Stringer, Catchpole 55.2 nett; 2 Andrews, Edwards, Harfoot and Norwood 57, 3 Lloyd, Bright, Walker, Stevens 57.3.

Seniors section, Greensome Foursomes: 1 Wref Digings and Barry Haydon 67 nett, 2 Don Filer and Keith Taylor 67, 3 John Alexander and Eric Mayers 67.5.

Seniors’ away day at Dewstow GC for the Brian Matthews Memorial Trophy: 1 Ian Caves 34 pts.

l Leominster GC’s coffee morning for the Marth Trust raised £486.

Competition result: 1 Janet Jones (Brockington) 20 pts, 2 Jackie Wilding (Cradoc) 17 on count-back, 3 Wendy Lane (Leominster) 17; longest drive, Jackie Wilding; nearest the pin, Maureen Brodie (Brockington).

EWGA Medal number two: 1 Jess Filbrandt 92-18-74, 2 Jane Powles 96-18-78, 3 Carol Rudd 102-21-81. Cason Trophy: 1 Josephine Jull 33 pts on cb, 2 Di Gibson 33, 3 Bat Hinchliffe 32.

Men’s Section, Professional’s Cup (0-18) and Bossom Bowl (19-28), Division One: 1 Shaun Hill 6 up, 2 John Ford 5 up, 3 Joss Ingram 4 up. Division Two: 1 Taylor Merrick 5 up, 2 Nathan Fryer-Jones 4 up, 3 Mark Mears 3 up on c/b.

l Kingstone Academy Golf Trust: March Medal: 1 Callum Shearer 42-18-24, 2 Connor Brookes 53-27-26, 3 Adam Evans 42-15-27, 4 Neil Price 42-8-34, 5= Rory James 46-11-35, Andy Ing 45-10-35, Kierna Barnes 53-18-35.

l Burghill Valley GC: Mixed section, three-club challenge: 1 Lou and Mandy Haines 39 pts on cb, 2 Clive and Diane Shephard 39, 3 Graham and Chris Thurgood 36 on cb, 4 John and Caroll Freeman.

Seniors section, five-club strokeplay, Division 1: 1 Brian Donaldson 69 nett on cb, 2 John Griffiths 69, 3 Maurice Pomroy 70. Division Two: Mike Buffey 71 nett, 2 Chris Furber, 3 Barry Watkins 73; Winter pairs: Don Barrington and Charlie McInnes beat Roger Cleves 2 and 1.

Men’s section, March Medal, Division One: Lowest gross C Kerfoot 74; 1 J Gowen 66 nett, 2 D Tedstone 68, 3 B Fisher 70. Division Two: lowest gross C Sparkes 87; 1 W Harris 69 nett, 2 D Ward 72, 3 M Dunn 72.

March Stableford, Division One: 1 N Brant 44 pts, 2 P Harrison 40, D Murgatroyd 40.

Division Two: 1 R Green 42, 2 A Watkins 41, 3 I Jay 38. Division Three: 1 A Mackenzie 42 pts, 2 P Buck 41, 3 M Dunn 38.

l Herefordshire GC: Seniors’ section; Harry Parkes Cup pairs competition: 1 Brian Matthews and Roy Allen 46 pts, 2 David Knowles and Frank Greatorex 45 on c/b, 3 Roger Wardle and Donald Kilgour 45.

l Grove GC ladies’ section raised £300 for Ellis’ Happy Feet charity.

Bronze 1 winner (Deer Run): Averil Magee; Bronze 2 Winner (Deer Run): Jane Luffman; Overall winner (Badger): Dorothy Harris.

l Kington GC have bade farewell to Ken Canton who is moving back to Birmingham after 12 years at Kington where he served for several years on the seniors’ committee.

Seniors’ section, Texas Scramble: 1 Andy Edey, Mike Richards, Rich Thwaites 53 pts, 2 Allan Hamilton, Terry Weight, Dave Lacey 50, 3 Richard Hill, John Williams, Frank Goodwin 50. Winter accumulator: 1 Andy Edey 15 pts,