KEVIN Davies and Tristan Dodd proved two hot to handle when they carded no less than eight birdies in winning the Belmont Winter League final, beating Barry Norton and Chris Tulatz four and three.

Norton and Tulatz never gave up but could not match the birdie barrage served up by their in-form opponents.

The Mail on Sunday team advanced into the second round of the national knockout with a 2-1 win at Cadmore Lodge.

Steve Hughes and Andy Smith won their games and Ben Lloyd notched the important half to secure victory.

March medal, division 1: 1 Adrian Marshall 78-5-73, 2 Russell Macdonald 82-9-73, 3 Geoff Foster 83-9-74; division 2: 1 Robert Marshall 86-18-68, 2 Craig James 84-15-69, 3 Richard Lindsay 91-20-71.

Senior team stableford (two scores to count): 1 Alan May, Eric Mayers and Angus Maclean 81 points, 2 Ian Caves, Tony Body and Jim Meadows 80.

n Kington ladies' captain Joan Morgan topped the list with 27 stableford points in the last round of their 12-hole Winter Accumulator series.

Results, silver: Chris Hughes 24 pts, 2 Jenny Kelly 24, 3 Hazel Davies 21; bronze: 1 Joan Morgan 27, 2 Jill Wictome 26, 3 Chris Thomas 24.

The Mail on Sunday team advanced to the third round with a fine 3- win at Llandrindod Wells.

Arthur Thompson carded the top score of 40 stableford points in the senior competition that preceded the section's annual meeting.

Results, division 1: 1 Joe James 38 pts, 2 Ron Davies-Jones, 3 Dave Haley 36; division 2: 1 Arthur Thompson 40, 2 Wilf Hughes 37, 3 Joe West 35.

John Williams, John Allen and Dave Lacey left the rest of the field trailing as they posted a superb total of 119 stableford points to win the team scramble. Craig Mayo, George Farr and Wilf Hughes took second spot with 95, one more than third placed Bill Button, Steve Howard and Joe James.

n Nigel Morris and Tony Leney pipped Brendan O'Brien and Adam Davies on a card countback to win Leominster's March better-ball stableford when both pairs posted 72 points, one more than Mark Lane and Richard Maloney in third place.

Leominster ladies also made it into the third round of the Mail on Sunday national knockout with an excellent 3-1 win at Arscott.

Ladies' Spring Scramble (9-holes): 1 Geraldene Kelly, Karen Gillard and Janet Mussell 34.6, 2 Wendy Lane, P Stevenson and D Llewellyn 35.3.

Wendy Hill Memorial Trophy: 1 Wendy Lane 38 pts, 2 Jean Morris 34.

The two competitions raised a combined £210.50 for Cancer Research.

n Phil Green was confirmed as the Hereford Municipal captain at their annual meeting, with Colin Morgan as his vice-captain.

Alan Leake, Tony Leak, Andrew Vivian and Dean Samuel battled against gale-force winds to qualify for the Shropshire and Herefordshire Chronicle Cup.

Results: 1 Alan Leake 90-19-71, 2 Tony Leak 95-22-73, 3 Andrew Vivian 98-24-74, 4 Dean Samuel 96-20-76.

n Marilyn Howard and Wendy Jones took the best gross and nett prizes in Burghill Valley's March medal.

Results, silver: 1 Marilyn Howard 91-18-73, 2 Jackie Peck 93-16-77, 3 Liz Williams 95-17-78; bronze A: 1 Ann Allen 99-24-75, 2 Sheila Glinos 100-23-77, 3 Betty Thomas 104-26-78; bronze B: 1 Wendy Jones 102-30-72, 2 Gwen Lawrence-Brown 107-33-74, 3 Jane Salter 104-29-75.

n Dave Shuttleworth and Sarah Lawrence were the respective winners of Herefordshire GC Plate competitions, awarded to the best four aggregate scores in the Winter Mixed series, with 174 and 172 stableford points respectively, after the last round of the series.

Results, (0-19): 1 Tina and Neil Bell 43 pts, 2 Jo and John Hawes 42, 3 Karen and Roger Darby 41; (20+): 1 Doreen Heslop and Ian Foster 40, =2 Joy and Jim Phillips, Jo and Harry Ellam 39.

Plates, men: 1 Dave Shuttleworth 174, 2 Roger Darby 161; ladies: 1 Sarah Lawrence 172, 2 Karen Darby 161.

The ladies' team beat local rivals Burghill Valley 2-1 to progress into the third round of the Mail on Sunday competition.

Senior stableford, (0-17): 1 Cecil Morgan 41 pts, 2 Cecil Wheatstone 39, 3 Roy Allen 39; (18-28): 1 Jim Sloan 40, 2 Roy Withers 39, 3 Murray Gill 38.

The seniors' team beat Wernddu 4-3 in a friendly match.

n Peter Farrington completed a remarkable treble when he won his third consecutive tournament at Ross-on-Wye.

He joined colleagues Brian Webb and Bill Castle to win senior team stableford with 76 points, a point clear of runners-up David Whitehead, Tim Bayley and Cliff Price.