THE ladies? section of Yelverton Golf Club had many of their golfing competitions cancelled in January and February, due to poor weather. March, in contrast, was an excellent golfing month.

Matches for the 2003 season start on April 14. Yelverton ladies will be taking part in the Devon County Ladies? Golf Association (DCLGA) Scratch Competition for the Still Cup, and the Shelagh Creasy Bowl Competition, as well as the Devon League.

The winners of the 2002 Devon County Medal and the Ladies? Golf Union competitions will be playing in their respective finals this spring. The County Medal winner of the silver division was Penny Hunter and the bronze division winner was Chris Longden. The LGU silver division winner was Shirley Trevena and the bronze division winner was Pat Gove.

The February stableford competition was played on the 20th of the month. The winner of the silver division was A Sweeney with 35 points, runner up was M Toy with 33 points and D Bolt was third, also with 33 points.

The bronze division was won by A Binchy with 34 points, P Taylor was runner up with 31 points and M Geen was third with 30 points.

The March medal and Astor Trophy qualifying competition were played on March 13. The silver division was won by B Perriton, net 82, runner-up was A Sweeney, net 82 and third was M.Watson also with net 82. The bronze division was won by L Strachan, net 89, runner up was P Taylor, net 93, and third was M Geen with net 94.

The March stableford and the Coronation foursome competition were both played on March 20, and players could choose between the events.

The silver division in the stableford competition was won by L Eastwood with 40 points, runner-up was P Hunter with 34 points and third was J Smalley with 34 points. The bronze division was won by P Taylor with 37 points, runner-up was A Binchy with 34 points and third was S Cook with 32 points.

The Coronation foursome competition was won by Marie Watson and Di Friend with a net 75.5.

This year Laura Eastwood is training with the English under 21 golf squad. She has recently been awarded the Plymouth Woman of Achievement Award for the sporting category.

Laura will enter a good number of appropriate golfing competitions this year. To help cover her expenses Yelverton Golf Club generously provided facilities for her to organise two fundraising events on March 27 (for ladies) and 29 (for men).

The ladies? competition was a three-ball better ball, with one stableford score to count. There was huge support with more than 90 ladies entering the event. The winning team were all Yelverton players, Maggie Flanagan, Dawn Bolt and Julie Percy who won with 42 points.

Two days later, the men held a four-ball better ball competition that attracted 150 entries. The competition was won by Ray Curran and Ron Smith with an outstanding score of 50 points.

Local firms and members contributed prizes and raffle prizes to assist in the fundraising, and more than £3,100 was raised, to be paid into her bursary held by the English Ladies? Golf Association.