BURGHILL Valley became the first team to retain the Shropshire and Herefordshire Shropshire Star Trophy - and the first team to win this long-standing team trophy three times - when club captain John Carter led his team to a dramatic victory at Ludlow.

With three scores to count on each hole, the team of Matt Harrison, Paul Mallender, Darren Spragg and Carter bagged an incredible 11 stableford points on their final hole to total 113, two more than runners-up Lilleshall Hall.

Gerry Dace posted 18 points in the modified stableford format to win the Cedric Clinkett Trophy when Carter held his Captain's day. Bill Toman made it a day to remember when his tee shot found the cup on the par-three 14th hole to give his first-ever ace.

The handicap league team have put themselves in a strong position in their zone by following up a 3-2 away win at Sapey with a comprehensive 5- victory over visiting Kington.

n Leominster's handicap league team gave themselves a good chance of going through to the next stage of the Shropshire and Herefordshire inter-club competition when they became the first team to beat Cadmore Lodge on their own course in the twin counties' event.

Cadmore has always presented visitors with a real challenge and Leominster's 3-2 away win has left the zone, which also includes Ludlow, nicely balanced.

Having previously beaten Cadmore and drawn with Ludlow at home, Leominster's final match at Ludlow will decide who goes through to the quarter-finals.

Wilf Arrowsmith and Adam Phillips won the top match to set Leominster on their way, and further wins from Nigel Morris and youngster James Duggan, and Alan Burke and Rod Davies, and a half from Andy Merrick and Malcolm Davies sealed victory.

n Five-handicapper Paul Broadrick led the way with 39 points to win category 1 in Sapey's mid-week stableford, a score matched by category 2 winner David Parry.

Results, category 1: 1 Paul Broadrick 39 pts, 2 Sean Sewell 37, 3 Simon Hobbs 36; category 2: 1 David Parry 39, 2 David Yarrington 37, 3 Richard Redwood 33.

n Ross-on-Wye golfers took advantage of ideal conditions for their May medal with Bob Hughes taking the honours with a fine nett 67.

Results: 1 Bob Hughes 84-17-67, 2 Paul Warwick 78-10-68, 3 Neil Lancett 77-7-70, 4 Don Bristow 85-15-70, 5 Brian Macnamara 78-6-72.

Having led the field for most of the day with a splendid 41 stableford points, some five clear of the next best score, senior captain Colin Burchell was pipped for his section's Layton Cup by late starter Gerald Turner who continued his fine recent form with a winning 42 points.

The seniors team drew their friendly home match against Broadway 3-3 with wins from Burchell and David Every and John Hebdon and Peter Spacey, and halves from Terry Savage and Nigel Vandyck, and Barry Lacey and Michael Ludlow.

Previously, they gave hosts Stinchcombe Hill a good run for their money before going down 4-3, with wins from Dave Emery and Peter Spacey, Gerald Turner and John Palmer and Des Gibbs and Michael Ludlow, with David Rees and Brian Webb gaining a half.

n The Herefordshire GC senior captain Bob Bemand showed his mettle on the course when he carded a nett 68 to win the Peter Wright Putter, beating Richard Tubman on a card countback.

Peter Wright Putter: 1 Bob Bemand 81-13-68, 2 Richard Tubman 81-13-68, 3 Ian McIntosh 79-10-69.

The senior team found their Worcestershire counterparts too hot to handle when they went down 4-2 at Malvern. Ian McIntosh and Colin King, and Brian Matthews and Roy Allen were the Herefordshire winners.

n Kington members and their guests enjoyed beautiful weather and course in superb condition for the annual Invitation Day.

Ray Kellard and his guest Malcolm Taylor, from the North Worcestershire club, took full advantage of the better-ball format to post an impressive winning score of 47 stableford points, holding off the challenge of a trio of pairs on 46.

Club captain Peter Burgoyne almost crowned a fine day with an ace on the par-four 18th hole, but his tee shot hit the pin and spun out.

Results: 1 Ray Kellard and Malcolm Taylor 47 pnts, 2 Rob Meredith and William Main 46, 3 Jeremy Ashford and Donald Booth 46, 4 Dan and Tony Jarman 46, 5 Ed Deasey and Roger Malvern 45, 6 Dave Bradley and Doug Harvey 45, 7 Darren Richards and Gareth Davies 45, 8 Brian Morgan and Wally Harding 45.

Nearest the pins: Wally Harding, William Main, Rob Pugh, Dave Spooner, Mike Lloyd and Peter Burgoyne.

Longest drives, under-50s: Darren Richards; over-50s Gerald Smith.

Frank Goodwin posted a fine nett 64 to win division 1 of the senior May medal, with Dave Lacey leading the way in division 2 with a 66.

Results, division 1: 1 Frank Goodwin 82-18-64, 2 Ron Davies-Jones 77-12-65, 3 Stan Arnold 88-19-69; division 2: 1 Dave Lacey 86-20-66, 2 John Allen 89-20-69, 3 Arthur Thompson 92-21-71.

The senior team extended their unbeaten run to six matches when they beat Ludlow 6-2, making it five wins and a draw in six starts.

n Junior member Josh Powell left the rest of the field trailing when he amassed a staggering 49 stableford points at Summerhill to win the Robinson Shield, the first major competition of the season.

Alan Hodges set a new course record of 71 in the Robert Williams Trophy but had to concede the trophy to Robert Sneddon, another promising junior.

Robinson Shield, overall winner: Josh Powell 49 pts; category 1: Will Barker 43; category 2: Steven Lloyd 41.

Robert Williams Trophy, overall winner: Robert Sneddon, nett 60; category 1: Alan Hodges, nett 64; category 2: Alan Davies, nett 67.

n There was a close finish in the Brockington May medal with Brian Jones, 87-17-70, taking the top prize on a card countback from Jim Stocker, 89-19-70. Ian Power was third with 92-19-73.

n Peter Jones and Luke Morris won the Famous Grouse foursomes competition at Belmont with a fine nett 65, a shot clear of runners-up Ryan Jones and Alex Phillips, with Simon Welsh and Tristan Dodd third with 68.

n Tony Rouse enjoyed a double success when Luctonians Society played their May fixture at Leominster, winning the competition with 39 stableford points and also claiming the nearest-the-pin prize.

Martin Mason was second with 37, beating Brian Watkins into third sport on a card countback.

Dave Radbourne won the front-nine prize, Chris Hartley the back-nine prize, and Robin East claimed the longest drive.