Bateman shows champion form at Brean (From This is The West Country)

Bateman shows champion form at Brean

1:31pm Saturday 17th May 2008

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BREAN's club champion Steve Bateman took the honours in Division One of the Monthly Stableford on May 10.

His score of 41 points pushed Murray Parsons back into second place. In Division Two, Tony Roper was victorious with 42 points, which earned him a handicap reduction to 16.

Three players scored more than 40 points in Division Three, led by Simon Copp (43). The others were Tony Burrow and Kevin Boyer on 42 and 41 respectively. Jenny Dodd won the ladies' event from Tina Bateman.

In glorious weather on May 11, the annual Pros' Day had a new format. It proved to be the downfall of one team as they didn't read the rules correctly!

The Pros' team, comprising Jordan Jones, Mike Porter, senior professional Andrew March and director of golf David Haines returned the best score of the day, a gross 63.

This meant that the Cleveland XLS drivers on offer to any one who beat them went unclaimed. The best members' score was by Tony Higgins, Craig Higgins, Kev Phelan and Rich Coulson.

In addition to the midweek stableford, Brean have now introduced a Friday event after requests from members. Wednesday's, on May 7, was won by that man Tony Roper, with 35 points, and Friday's by Tony Higgins on a superb 44 points.

Congratulationsgo to Brean Ladies' B team who won the Pro-Celebrity-Am last Tuesday. Lady captain Debbie Windmill, Jenny Dodd and Irene Trumper, along with their "celebrity" Chris Payne, scored 127 to beat four other teams on countback.

Trumper's chip and putt on the last for a par proved decisive as they relegated The Holiday Resort Unity into second place.

Leading scores at Brean: Midweek Stableford (May 7) - Tony Roper 35 pts (ocb), Steve Mason 35, Tony Higgins 34. Friday Stableford (May 9) - Tony Higgins 44 pts, Chris Norris 37, Steve Mason 37.

Monthly Stableford (May 10) - Div One: Steve Bateman 41 pts, Murray Parsons 40, Barry Tucker 37. Div Two: Tony Roper 42, Alan Marshall 40, Jim McLauchlan 40. Div Three: Simon Copp 43, Tony Burrow 42, Kevin Boyer 41. Ladies: Jenny Dodd 34, Tina Bateman 33, Val Price 32. 32pts Pros' Day (May 11) - Pros: D Haines, A March, J Jones, M Porter gross 63. Members: T Higgins, K Phelan, R Coulson, C Higgins nett 63.4; P Barton, K Smith, G Wheelaghan, D Trumper 63.5; R Phillips, B Tucker, I Adams, T Groves 63.9.

Pro-Cel-Am (May 13) - 1 Brean Ladies B (D Windmill, C Payne, I Trumper, J Dodd) 127; 2 Holiday Resort Unity C Edwards, R Edwards, T Piper, P Culkin) 127; 3 Scottish & Newcastle (P Trego, A Horsborough, M Short, D Willis) 127; 4 Team Jay Vee (A March, J Vearncombe, R Shaw, P Plume) 127; 5 Burnham Golf Range (D Haines, J Jones, M Preddy, G Exton) 127; 6 The Riders B (J McCarthy, S Curran, M Ley) 128); 7 Brean GC Seniors (M Allen, T Tissington, C Hastie, R Phillips) 130. Twos: Ryan Edwards, Dave Willis, Roger Phillips, Alysia Rees. Nearest The Pin: Fourth Peter Trego, 10th Dave Willis, 18th Mark Short.

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