Oak Park eye trophy double
IAN HAWKER and Ken Meister will today look to lift their second trophy in three days after reaching the semifinals of the Daily Mail Foursomes at Marriott St Pierre. Ian, 54, and Ken, 56, were part of the seven-man Oak Park team which won the Hampshire county sevens on Sunday. Yesterday they beat Prestbury’s Matthew Sorrigan and Garry Titchen 3&1 to reach this morning’s semifinals, where they face Glamorganshire’s Martin Price and Brian Rigby.
MEN last 16: Oak Park (Crondall) (Ian Hawker & Ken Meister, combined handicap 22) bt Worsley (Mike Howell & Jonny May, 11) 3&2, Falkland (George Smith & David Sinclair, 22) lost to Prestbury (Matthew Sorrigan & Garry Titchen, 13) 2&1, Airdrie (Alastair Robertson & William Stevenson, 21) bt Ghyll (Sean & Craig Lemon, 11) 4&2, The Glamorganshire (Martin Price & Brian Rigby, 6) bt Caird Park (Martin & Callum Boag, 18) 7&5, Weymouth (Luke Bartlett & Andy Robson, 6) lost to Pyecombe (Matt Harper & Andy Barnes, 9) w/o, Castle Eden (Mark Pope & Michael Cook, 13) lost to Temple (Alex Whitaker & Michael Doherty, 10) 5&4, Market Drayton (Tim Dovey & Mark Reilly, 23) bt Warkworth (Melvyn Patterson & Gary Scott, 20) 3&2, Manor of Groves (Philip Fitch & Gary Chapman, 30) bt Rothley Park (Rob & Tom Morgan, 27) 2up.
Quarter-finals: Oak Park (Crondall) bt Prestbury 3&1, Airdrie lost to The Glamorganshire 6&4, Pyecombe bt Temple 3&1, Market Drayton lost to Manor of Groves 2&1.
WOMEN last 16: Ashby Decoy (Penny Cairns & Margaret Jacobs, combined handicap 35) lost to West Kilbride (Catherine Garrett & Helen Cattanach, 37) 3&2, Kendal (Sue Howell & Rosie Waller, 18) bt Walmer & Kingsdown (Linda McLoughlin & Denise Bayliss, 32) 2up, Thornhill (Rona Harkness & Rosemary Haddow, 46) lost to Grangemouth (Janice Bridgeman & Fiona Lawless, 27) 3&1, Milnathort (Fiona Smith & Jennifer Simpson, 41) lost to Ashburnham (Cath & Mari Jones, 30) 5&3, Walmersley (Susan Appleby & Alison Gedge, 39) lost to Wilton (Janet Payne & Pearl Crossen, 31) 5&4, Welwyn Garden City (Judith Moore & Carol Pomroy, 40) bt Tadmarton Heath (Mavis Pountney & Evelyn Henry-Pierre, 28) 3&2, Bromborough (Janet McGowan & Deirdre Watson, 39) bt Perranporth (Jan Sargeant & Nikki Hodge, 10) 2up, Cranleigh (Jenny Kerley & Sandy Porter, 34) lost to Crane Valley (Heather Burrage & Susan Anderton, 32) 2&1.
Quarter-finals: West Kilbride bt Kendal 6&5, Grangemouth bt Ashburnham 5&3, Wilton bt Welwyn Garden City 1up, Bromborough bt Crane Valley 1up.