Durham County Junior Society Matchplay Championship - The re-arranged championship was comfortably won by Martin Lee who beat Wayne Hewitt of Bishop Auckland 7 & 6 at Castle Eden Golf Club.

The semi-finals had been played at Castle Eden on Saturday, June 9, when Martin Lee beat Glen Lowry of Chester-le-Street also by 7 & 6 and Wayne Hewitt beat Hartlepool's Rod O'Donovan 4 & 2.

The final, originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon was abandoned due to an almighty hail/rain storm that made the course unplayable in a matter of minutes. The match was all square at the fifth when the heavens opened. It was a closely fought contest and had the makings of a titanic struggle to determine this years Champion. Unfortunately the re-arranged match failed to live up to expectations. Lee played well, only dropping one shot but Hewitt was unable to raise his game to produce a serious challenge.

l Durham County Junior Golfing Society is indebted to Roseberry Grange Golf Club for hosting the Matchplay Qualifier, to George Washington Golf & Country Club for hosting the first and second rounds and to Castle Eden Golf Club for staging the semi-finals and Final.

Strokeplay Championship

David Turner who is also the Captain of the Society. David is a member of South Moor Golf Club.

Not to be outdone, Laura Bee from Boldon, the Girls' Captain, won the Girls Championship. The Championships were held courtesy of Hobson Golf Club on Saturday, June 2nd.

Results - Championship: 1st David Turner South Moor 73 + 74 = 147; 2nd Wayne Hewitt Bishop Auckland 76 + 75 = 151; 3rd David O'Brien Whickham 75 + 76 = 151; 4th Graham Foster Durham City 74 + 77 = 151.

Girls Championship: 1st Laura Bee Boldon 84 + 74 = 158; 2nd Frances Rohan Durham City 87 + 84 = 171; 3rd Stacey Morton Hobson 85 + 88 = 171.

North West League

P W H L T Pts Pts

Crook 6 18 4 8 8 40

Durham City 6 19 0 11 10 38

Ryton 6 17 2 11 8 36

Garesfield 6 16 3 11 10 35

Hobson 6 17 1 12 8 35

Whickham 6 16 3 11 6 35

Beamish Park 6 15 3 12 6 33

South Moor 6 13 1 16 4 27

Tyneside 6 11 2 17 4 24

Mount Oswald 6 10 4 16 4 24

Brancepeth 6 9 3 18 4 21

Consett 6 5 2 23 0 12

Week six results, Wednesday, June 6: Durham City 2, Garesfield 3.

Thursday, June 7: Beamish Park 5, Tyneside 0; Consett 1, Brancepeth Castle 4; Hobson 2, Crook 3; Mount Oswald 1, Whickham 3; South Moor 1, Ryton 3.

Teesside

Ladies Centenary Singles Stableford

Winner: Rita Lord 39pts

Runner-up: Marion Ellison 35pts

Centenary Three Person Team: 1st Richard Bakewell-Matthew Hall-Dermot Speight 93pts; 2nd Mick J Waine-John Hannah-Marion Ellison 90pts; 3rd Eric Beevers-Ralph Ferri-Alan Robbins 90pts.

Gents Centenary, two from four: 1st Mick Peckitt-Colin Hill-Roly Gill-Mick J Waine 83pts; 2nd Craig Povey-Peter Mallett-Wally Latheron-Mick Harland 83pts; 3rd Steve Walker-John Duffus-John Appleyard-Willie Crellin 83pts.

Juniors Centenary Singles, First Division: 1st Matthew Hall 84-11-73; 2nd Richard Mann 82-9-73; 3rd Chris Murphy 84-10-74.

Second Division: 1st Jonathan Stephenson 102-32-70; 2nd David Pearce 86-16-70; 3rd David Winn 112-36-76.