Four pars on the trot blow away the field and secure a win for Mervyn

A run of four consecutive pars for three points each helped to give Mervyn Hewitt (20) a winning score of 24 points in the Saturday competition at Lisburn.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Dec 2014, 08:00 BST
Colin Todd and John McMillan are wrapped up warm for the winter golf at Lisburn GC.Colin Todd and John McMillan are wrapped up warm for the winter golf at Lisburn GC.
Colin Todd and John McMillan are wrapped up warm for the winter golf at Lisburn GC.

Mervyn’s run started at the third and another par at the ninth gave him a two point advantage over five other competitors: Eric Wilkinson (24), Bill Murphy(19), George Heatherington (20), Stephen Wilkinson (18) and Mark Jamieson (14).

Bill finished with two pars for six points, which was sufficient to secure second place. Eric recovered from a poor start at the first two holes to shoot three pars in a row for eleven points. His steady play over the remaining holes earned him third place on count-back.

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Mervyn Mawhinney, Irwin Scott, Allen Sayers, Noel Robinson, Andrew Campbell and Chris Warwick finished on 21.

Mervyn Hewitt, who won the Saturday competition at Lisburn GC last weekend.Mervyn Hewitt, who won the Saturday competition at Lisburn GC last weekend.
Mervyn Hewitt, who won the Saturday competition at Lisburn GC last weekend.

Winter League Match Play

The quarter-finals of this match play competition were completed last Saturday. Brian Patterson was unwell and couldn’t partner Jim Bell against Colin Todd and John McMillan. Jim played well but couldn’t compete against two in-form players and lost three and two.

Gavin Hawkins and Stephen Stewart defeated John and Nigel Price in a close encounter. Colin Reid and Connor Watson got the better of Martin Lilly and Rodney Osborne. The Lisburn captain Peter Cairns and David McGrath caused a surprise in defeating Philip Sanaghan and Richard McDermott.

The semi-finals will be played tomorrow (Saturday).

Table tennis champion Michael Hutchinson.Table tennis champion Michael Hutchinson.
Table tennis champion Michael Hutchinson.

Sunday Winter League

1st John Green 23 pts, 2nd Peter Reid 22pts, 3rd Brian Rainey 22pts (on last six). Closest to flag at the fourth was John McMillan while closest to flag at sixth Glenn Walsh.

Membership

Membership at Lisburn is now available for coming season.

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