IT WAS Dartmouth ladies’ least favourite competition this week - round two of the Glendevon Trophy.

The bogey format makes it unpopular as a lot of effort can bring nothing positive from an unforgiving course.

Chris Mayer had won the first round with minus two and it would be fair to say that her first nine holes this week of minus five didn’t give the impression that she would be challenging for the trophy.

It’s often felt that one’s game can change after the walk through the car park to the tenth and, for Chris, that was a fortunate change and she brought her score back to minus two. Even more fortunately, Chris’ first nine in the spring had been her best, so the two scores combined gave her plus six and a trophy.

Jan Cousins and Shelley Durrans had the best scores on the day with minus two and Jan finished second overall with plus four. Chris Mushens had a complete nightmare with minus nine but somehow managed to improve overall and was third with plus two.

A number of the Dartmouth course ladies are making a gradual return to golf after illness and injury, so it was an inclusive fun competition for all.

The order of the day was to pick up when necessary, to take a drop when a lie was too awkward and to just enjoy being out on the course and playing golf.

The grey skies on Saturday didn’t bode well, but the forecast had promised no rain until mid-afternoon - it broke its promise! The final round of the Gold Grand Prix was first out and players were lucky to get a good way round before the rain started and the wind increased.

Despite the conditions, Edd Mitchell showed that there was a decent score to be had - his 34 points included a birdie on the 11th and an eagle on the 16th, albeit wind-assisted.

Roger Mawson also eagled the 16th but rued blobs on the ninth and 11th, which left him one point behind Edd.

Jeremy Kenyon and Liam Wadeson had the best front nine scores but faltered on the back to finish with 31 points, Jeremy beating Liam on countback.

The day was far from a disappointment for Roger as the overall results for the Gold Grand Prix showed that he was taking the honours - his 32 points beating Edd and Jeremy, both on 28. It’s a tough competition from the gold tees so congratulations to all who took part.

Following this was the mixed stableford and the later starters took the full brunt of the rain and wind.

In Division One, Malcolm Barrett continued his return to form with a 20-point front nine and then a further 16 on the back was good enough for the top spot.

Despite a blob on the fourth, Adrian Rendle managed 19 points on the front but another blob on fifteen relegated him to second place with 33.

It was a similar story in Division Two. Andy Dykes had a nightmare on the fourth and fifth but still recovered to score 19 points on the front and a couple of good pars on the back led to a winning total of 36.

Shelley Durrans was just behind at the turn, thanks to a birdie on the second but blobs on twelve and seventeen took their toll and she finished second with 30 points.