GOLFERS from across the region battled it out at Grimsby Golf Club's annual Spring Ladies' Open.
There were 32 teams involved – three from the host club along with a selection from around Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
Conditions were chilly with a very strong wind, but there was no rain.
The winning team were the last quartet out – Sue Borthwick, Helen Grinham, Rebecca Ross and Sheila Mitchell, from Market Rasen.
They scored 79 points (40 on the back nine).
Second were Grimsby ladies Isobel Goulsbra, Fran Warner, Elaine Hoggarth and Ann Brierley with 79 (38 on the back nine).
Grace Morgan, Helen Paton, Nikki Hale and Pam Moxon, again with 79 (35 back nine), were third.
Cleethorpes players Carla Clyburn, Sheila Walsh and Kate Appleyard were joined by Elaine Craig, of Waltham, and they came in fourth with 76 points (43 on the back nine).
Another Grimsby team came fifth – Claire and Diane Coutts, Janice Beardsley and Lorraine Watts, again with 76 points (35 back nine).
Grimsby ladies played in a 36-hole competition. The morning format was a medal, while the afternoon format was a pairs alternate shots contest.
The morning winner, with an excellent net 70 and a handicap reduction of three, was Sue Burton, who also received the Spring Meeting trophy.
Results
First division: Lorraine Watts, net 77; Sue Pick, net 78; Pam Lee, net 78 (countback).
Second division: Elizabeth Baillie, net 73 (and a handicap reduction of two shots); lady vice captain Pauline Smith, net 78; Vanessa Drewery, net 79.
Third division: Margaret Moreton, net 79; Pauline Staples, net 80; Alison Doughty, net 84.
Winners of the Afternoon Greensome were Trudy Owen and Lorraine Watts with an excellent 40 points.
Second were Isabelle Goulsbra and Meryl Rowan with 39.
Debbie Davison and Jane Peacock were third with 38.
