GOLF: Tiverton juniors edged out in semi-finals (From Mid Devon Star)

GOLF: Tiverton juniors edged out in semi-finals

9:50am Saturday 8th September 2012 in Sport

Tiverton lost in the semi-finals of the East Devon Junior League at Honiton.

Tiverton had halved their match 3-3 with East Devon, who edged through on the second extra hole.

Harry Konig (6 and 5), Ben Hearn (2 and 1) and Alex Gibson (5 and 4) won in normal time while Nixie Acfield (2 and 1), Tom Trowbridge (3 and 1) and Daniel Perry (1 down) were beaten.

Perry agonisingly missed a five-footer on the 18th to halve his match having been four down with five to play.

Fingle Glen beat East Devon 5½-½ in the final.

Tiverton's ladies completed a friendly double over Woodbury Park with a 4-3 away victory.

Charlotte Snow and Jan Cruse (3 and 2), Annette Cardwell and Caroline Anderson (1 up), Christine Norton and Julie Hasell (8 and 7) and Dori Bracken and Gina Churchill (5 and 4) were Tiverton's winners.

Oki Northwood and Chris Coombes (3 and 2), Bracken and Ann Fielding (4 and 3), Norton and Shirley Paxton (5 and 4) and Anne Franklin and Jackie Slocombe (5 and 4) were victorious in the 4-0 win at home.

Marcus Scott carded 40 points to win the veterans' September Stableford on Tuesday, pipping David Jack on a countback.

Results: 1 Marcus Scott (40); 2 David Jack (40); 3 Kelvin Short (36); 4 Paul Sellers (35); 5 John Woods (34); 6 Ian Wilson (34).