SKIPTON Golf Club’s Men’s Open produced a home winner in the shape of up and coming junior member Ben Topper with a score of 38 points.

His victory was secured on a countback as fellow junior Danny Pethybridge also had the same score.

Another home member, Paul Kent, came home third two points further back.

The ladies section held their annual Victory Cup competition which produced some good scoring with the field being headed by Sarah Coy with a net 68.

This gave her a two-shot winning margin over Philippa Goodfellow in second and Barbara Thornton in third who both carded nett 70.

There were separate competitions at Settle this weekend. The players with handicaps below 18 took part in the Post Office scratch where the best gross score rather than the nett won the trophy.

Once again, it was the consistent Ken Ratcliffe, who went one better than his runners up spot in the previous week's competition, to take first place with a gross 88.

This gave him victory after countback over club captain Craig Dinsdale who will look back on his quadruple bogey on the notorious Huntworth hole as the major reason for his downfall.

There was keen competition among the remaining players who contested the Lawson Trophy. It finally came down to a close call between Bob Lyall and the ever-inproving Pete Dransfield. Lyall's superior consistency giving him a one-shot victory.

The winner of Ghyll's E Nicholson Memorial Trophy on Sunday was Bill Eccles with a nett 66.

Results – E. Nicholson Memorial Trophy: Bill Eccles 86-20=66.

Division One: Danny Blackmore 72-6=66.

Division Two: Ian Graham 78-10=68.

Division Three: Graham Reeder 86-19= 67.

The Monthly Saturday medal, which was a qualifier for the Old Mutual Golf Challenge, was won by Jack Farnhill with a 76-12=64.

BENTHAM LADIES

Bogey Cup: 1 Agnes Crohill 7 down, 2 Ruth Littlefield 9 down, 3 Gill Fell 12 down.

Monthly Medal: 1 Gill Fell 107-25=82.

Cancer Shield: 1 Margaret Hird 41pts, 2 Wendy Hull 36pts, 3 Mary Gooch 34pts.

President's Day: 1 Agnes Crohill 36pts, 2 Mary Gooch 36pts, 3 Wendy Hull 33pts.

Monthly Strokeplay: 1 Carole Capstick 92-24=68, 2 Pat Allsop 111-31=80, 3 Margaret Hird 115-33=82.

Jackson Cup: 1 Carole Capstick 97-22=75, 2 Agnes Crohill 101-19=82, 3 Wendy Hull 117-32=85.