THE bad weather affected the weekend competitions at Oake Manor Golf Club. However, the Seniors Section played a Bowmaker Competition on the Monday - in teams of three, and the scores were very close.

The winning team with 74 points were Mike Shaw, Stephen Miller and Phil Marsh. In second place with a score 73 points were Glyn Pearce, Kevin Court and P Francis, while Michael Bright, Edward Winter and Graham Jones came in in third place place, also with a score of 73, on count back.

On Tuesday, the ladies at Oake Manor played a nine hole Stableford Competition with double scores on holes one, eight and nine to count. Kate Foster won the first division with 22 points, Alison Harman came in second with 21 points while Cathy Sheppard was third with 16 points.

Catherine Drysdale was the winner of the second division with an excellent score of 25 points, Sue Corlett was in second place with 24 points, while Ros Shepherd came in third with 21 points.

Meanwhile, the Minehead & West Somerset Golf Club Seniors played a Bowmaker competition at the end of which first place, with 76 points, went to Mark Watson, Andy Giles and Nigel Trevelyan. In second position with 75 points were Martin Hole, Edward Frewin and Graham Smith while Roger Green, Mark Ruttley and Tony Connolly came third with 69.

A Pine-amble competition was subsequently played in bitterly cold conditions. The winning pair with 63 points were Dave Oatridge and Nigel Trevelyan, second on count back with 64, went to Mike O’Keefe and Mark Ruttley with Chris Durman and Sandy Lyons taking third place.

Unfortunately, bad weather once again disrupted competitions for the latter part of the week for clubs in the local area.