HARWICH and Dovercourt Golf Club’s Evans Bowl handicap bogey competition was won by Nick Rate.
He carded a two-under-par score to post +8.
In second was Lewis Cooke, with +6, and in third was Geoff Brown, with +5.
Rate is in a rich vein of form, having been the best player not in the top four when competing on the 1906 Tour.
Other men’s results: Medal: Division one: 1 Tom Neale 36 points OCB, 2 D Passfield, 3 M Tyrrell. Division two: 1 W Brown 32 points OCB, 2 G Horne, 3 G Bennett 29.
Fourteen-year-old Abbie Henshall (22 handicap) competed in the Essex Ladies’ Spring Meeting, at Chelmsford.
She had a successful day and was nearest the pin on the 18th.
On the fifth hole, she holed her second shot for an eagle, winning nearest the pin in two.
Other ladies’ results: Dumbarton Quaich: 1 Georgina Grout OCB, 2 J Hurst, 3 V Dale. June Saunders Medal: 1 Jane Hurst OCB, 2 S Keen, 3 R Stapleton.
Harwich hosted Clacton and lost by one match, in the Barton Smith Shield.
Vets’ results: Basil Warner: 1 S O’Hara 35 points, 2 P Cole 33, 3 C Day 32. Badge of shame: Jem Mather 28 points.
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