Birdie blitz for Brown but it's notquite enough

But despite finishing eight under par with a cracking 62 they finished in fifth place, four shots behind Laurence Allen and Joel Saunders from the Verulam Golf Club.

They posted a highly impressive 12 under par round of 58 to top the leaderboard and book their place in the £33,000 BMW supported Fourball Championship final at Whittlebury Park in August along with 10 other regional qualifiers.

Brown and Pike reached the turn at two under par and then enjoyed a birdie blitz on the back nine picking up shots at the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th.

BURGHLEY PARK

Teddy Crooke won the Burghley Park Junior Club Championship with a round of 87-15=72.

Tommy Johnson was second on 101-22=79 and George Holloway third with 109-30=79.

MARCH

It wasn’t just the weather that was scorching at March Golf Club at the weekend, the golf was pretty hot too.

Gary Brinn carded a blistering net 64 in the first round of the club championship to set himself up for victory. He finished with a 36-hole 138 total to become handicap champion.

Gary Neugebauer became club champion with a gross total of 155.

GREETHAM VALLEY

Greetham Valley’s Ellie Haughton won the Lincolnshire Girls Championship at Waltham Woods.

The 17 year-old five-handicapper scored an impressive gross 77 to win by seven shots from her nearest competitor, who was playing off seven.

It continued a very successful month for Ellie following wins in the adult and junior Open and ladies June Medal.

Golf results

PETERBOROUGH MILTON

Men

Midweek Medal: Division One - 1 Evan Bosman 80-11=69; 2 Tom Streeton 79-10=69; 3 Bob Wilkinson 81-10=71. Division Two - 1 Benjamin Baker 80-14=66; 2 Leo McCormick 90-16=74; 3 Malcolm Wakefield 90-16=74.

Peterborough Milton Golf Club

Paten Cup (bogey competition): 1 Paul Fredericks 7 up; 2 Hasnain Dhanji 4 up; 3 Joe Maddalo 3 up.

Seniors

St Neots 4.5, Milton 3.5 (Milton names only): Mike Williamson/Tony Wood halved; Peter Glover/Steve Moule won 2&1; Mike Goodall/Eddie Trevor halved; Brent Joyce/Peter Addison won 2&1; Don McFarlane/Sut Panchi lost 2&1; Graham Beer/Peter Parkin halved; George Garnish/Terry Locks lost 3&2; Phil Collins/Keith Benson lost 2 down.

Martin Bains Qualifier: 1 Steve Townsend 40pts; 2 Geoff Dyson 40pts; 3 Geoff Lovell 37pts; 4 Robert Lakin 37pts; 5 Eddie Trevor 37pts; 6 Doug Lyne 37pts; 7 Mick Stephens 37pts.

Ladies

Ladies Fourball Betterball: 1 Diahanne Gracy/Jean Cameron 46pts; 2 Kim Pateman /Janet Goodall 48pts.

Medal Cup: 1 Linda Gill 75; 2 Karen Trevor 78; 3 Christine Laxton 80.

Weekday Medal/Coltman Salver: 1 Thalia Martin 75; 2 Karen Trevor 75; 3 Elaine Mankelow 78.

Weekend Medal /Coltman Salver: 1 Jade Roberts 71; 2 Thalia Martin 73; 3 Carol Dunn 73.

Ladies Invitation Day: 1 Sue Hennigan/Millie Thorold 46pts; 2 Janet Seconde/Shirley Caruth 45pts; 3 Ann Lowrey/Carla Myhill 43pts.

THORNEY LAKES

Men

Midweek Stableford: Division One - 1 Rob Cottingham 37pts; 2 Rob Edwards 37pts; 3 Lee Watts 35pts. Division Two - 1 Andrew Locke 41pts; 2 Mark Weston 36pts ; 3 Pete Lambert 35pts.

Pairs Betterball Stableford: 1 Lee Watts/Bruce Anthony 46pts; 2 Darren Heriot /Andre Pringle 45pts; 3 Ady Bingham/G Luparia 44pts; 4 Colin Burton/Mark Weston 42pts; 5 Chris Waller/ Ray Dowland 42pts.

ELTON FURZE

Seniors

Dot Chalmers Stableford: 1 John Dewis 39pts; 2 David Tansley 38pts.

Men

Midweek Medal: 1 Dom Thomson 74-10=64; 2 Allan With 84-18=66.

Charity Day (Texas Scramble): 1 J. Barnes/D. Phillimore net 59.4; 2 A. Scott/D. Hendry net 60.6

Elton Furze 4.5, Ramsey 1.5 (Elton Furze names first): John Harris/David Smith halved with Mark Thurmott/Andy Hulatt; Mark Kohter/James Middleton beat Mike Robinson/Paul Glonek 4&2; Tony Kane/Les Randall beat Mark Jarmain/Paul Mason 3&2; Graeme Starkey/Simon Hedges halved with Terry Cripps/Dave Humphreys; Richard Hall/Paddy Kelly halved with James Else/Steve Bradley; Brian Draper/David Clark beat Cris Craven/Bob Suswain 6&5.

GREETHAM VALLEY

Men

Southwell Salver: 1 Mark Hibbitt net 63; 2 Steve Burgon net 63; 3 Alex Barnett net 63.

Ladies

Landrover Trophy: 1 Peggy Smith 38pts; 2 Dee Ginnity 37pts; 3 Lesley Young 37pts.

Seniors

Open/Invitation Day: Open winners - D. Smith (Elton Furze)/J. Dougal (Nene Park) 44pts. Invitation winners - John Morfee (Greetham)/Peter Fisher (Trefloyn) 48pts.

MARCH

Men

Club Championship: 1 Gary Neugebauer 155; 2 Ivan Roberts; 3 Stan Dunn 3rd.

Club Handicap Championship: 1 Gary Brinn 64+74=138; 2 Ray Pescud; 3 Brian Newstead.

Ladies

Truman Cup: 1 Sandra Russell net 72; 2 Penny Gilbert net 75; 3 Emma Norman net 75.

June Medal: 1 Fiona Wood net 76; 2 Pam Hawes net 78; 3 Jo Rowlett net 79.

Long Handicap Cup: 1 Pearl Moss net 77; 2 Pam Hawes net 82.

NENE PARK

Men

Peterborough Golf Repairs Trophy: 1 Ray Tempest 30pts; 2 Ben Ferguson 37pts; 3 Paul Szymanski 37pts.

Thope Wood Hereward Trophies Trophy: 1 Roxton Chapman 43pts; 2 Mark Tyler 39pts; 3 David French 38pts.

Orton Meadows P’Boro Mini Golf Summer League Rd 3: 1 Ben Ferguson 39pts, 2 Chris Hewitt 38pts ; 3 Michael Marot 38pts.

Seniors

Nene Park 3, Kettering 5 (Nene Park names only): Ray Palmer/Terry Leverton lost 4&3; Sandy Lesley/Bob Morris lost 5&4; Jeff Core/Peter Cudbertson lost 1 down; Paul Hackney/Arthur Critchley lost 5&4; Mike Wilson/David Flynn lost 3&2; David Asher/Kevin Hawkins won 7&6; Roger Harris/Dudley van Kerro won 4&3; John Brown/Alan Locke lost 3&2.

Nene Park 6, Middleton Hall 0 (Nene Park names only): Ray Palmer/Carson Steptoe won 6&4; David Asher/Terry Leverton won 4&3; Dudley van Kerro/Alan Locke won 1 up; Bob Morris/John Brown won 1 up; Roger Harris/Barry Orgill won 1 up; John Burborough/Colin Bagley won 1 up.

June Medal: 1 Will Penney net 68; 2 Mark Wright net 69; 3 David Smith net 69.

Ladies

Lombard Qualifier: 1 Anne Curwen net 70; 2 Mary Payne net 71; 3 Georgina Ivens net 74.

Suzanne Dickens Trophy: 1 Gunilla Nillson-Green 40pts; 2 Vanessa Morris 39pts; 3 Heather McCrae 37pts.