ANDREW Wheatstone and his partner Colin Dixon emerged successfully from the round robin involving the winners of six groups to claim Herefordshire GCs Winter League Trophy.

After winning the first three games of the five-match series, they struggled to cross the winning line, eventually getting a half in their last match to total seven points, one ahead of runners-up Peter Evans and Dave Boswell.

Boswell atoned for missing out in the pairs when he won the Winter Bowl singles knockout by beating Des Keohane three and one in the final.

Robert Smith was a clear winner of the men's April stableford with a fine 46 points. Results: (0-14) 1 Robert Smith 46 points, 2 Roger Wild 42, 3 John McQuillan 42; (15-28) 1 Ivan Hogan 40, 2 Mike Carroll 40, 3 Roy Palfrey 39.

The men became the first winners of the Millennium Cup, jointly presented by the club captains Noel Warde and Laurie Fowler, for an annual better-ball stableford between the men and ladies. With the best 10 scores counting for each section, the men totalled 355 points, 15 more than the ladies.

Ladies' April medal: silver, 1 Pat Creighton 88-14-74, 2 Amy Warley 90-16-74; bronze A, 1 Pauline Dean 95-23-72, 2 Gertie Hayward 98-25-73; bronze B, 1 Vivienne Griffiths 103-34-69, 2 Bridget Wood 102-29-73.

n Promising newcomer Pam Layton left the rest of the field trailing when she carded an amazing 51 stableford points to win Kington ladies' opening competition, a performance which saw her handicap reduced by 10 shots.

Results: silver, 1 Angela Wilkes 36 points, 2 Janet Pennell 32, 3 Hazel Davies 29; bronze A, 1 Sylvia Lloyd 36, 2 Claire Burton 36, 3 Gill Lloyd 34; bronze B, 1 Pam Layton 51, 2 Winifred Jones 33, 3 Audrey Wintour 32.

Hazel Davies and Janet Taylor moved into the third round of the Daily Mail National Foursomes Knockout with a four and three home victory over Pat Creighton and Ann Wallace of Hereford.

Twin counties junior captain Darren Richard won Kington's Hudson Trophy with a one-under-par gross 69 which earned him the cup on a countback from new member Graham Wood.

Results: overall winner, Darren Richard 69-3-66; Div 1 (0-9), 1 Stewart Franks 72-4-68, 2 David Gittoesd 73-4-69; Div 2 (10-15), 1 Mike Clegg 82-14-68, 2 Bob Metcalfe jnr 83-13-70; Div 3 (16-28): 1 Graham Wood 84-18-66, 2 Andrew Lloyd 95-28-67.

n Gary Vaughan carded 43 stableford points to win Burghill Valley club professional Nigel Clarke's Junior Stable-ford Cup. Results: category 1, 1 Gary Vaughan 43 points, 2 Alistair Paton 38, 3 Adrian Marshall 37; category 2, James Davies 39.

The handicap league team recorded a 4-2 home win over neighbours Hereford.

n Belmont ladies' captain Viv Jury teamed up with Evesham's Iris Ashman to win the Worcestershire Lady Captains' Society Spring Cup, carding 39 points in a greensome foursome stableford. Joan Skyrme won the Val Beaumont Novice Cup.

April stableford: (0-11), 1 Steve Hughes 35 points, 2 Simon Welsh 33, 3 Andy Smith 33; (12-18), 1 Rod Helps 36, 2 Martin Powell 34, 3 David Palmer 33; (19-28), 1 Ralph Keme 31, 2 Des Meredith 29, 3 Nigel Evans 28.