ADAM Cox won the D&C Open at his first attempt with a nett 66, which he compiled in some of the worst of the Saturday morning weather.

The weather forecasters got it wrong as the first three hours of play were interspersed by frequent heavy showers but that didn't stop Cox from claiming the win.

The 18 handicapper needed just 84 strokes to complete the course and this was one better than anyone else could manage.

Late starter Paul McLanaghan got close though but some late dropped shots meant he had to settle for second with his nett 67 whilst Ian Adams was third.

Adams had to win a countback on the back nine with Russell Shaw after the also scored a nett 68 following his best gross of the day 76.

Shaw raced to the turn in just 32 strokes but a trip on the bogey train lasted much of the back nine for him so he had to settle for the best gross prize.

Dan Broom was the only other player to break 80 as he posted an afternoon 78 to take the runners up prize in the gross section.

Yet again Tony Roper organised an excellent Fun Day for the Seniors and this year even got some superb weather for the day too.

Just over 40 players took part in a 10 hole Scramble over Tony's devilish Cross Country course.

Despite it only being 10 holes the distance it covered felt like many more had been played.

The winning trio was Ray Byatt, David Barthram and Bob Masterman, who made a welcome and winning return to the golf course after his recent car accident.

They score a nett 36.6 to win by 0.7 of a shot over Barrie Tucker, Ken Ponter and John Sherwood.

Third place went to Mike Haskins, Mike Porter and Andrew March on 37.7.

Following the golf the players all enjoyed a buffet lunch in the clubhouse before taking on Tony's short game challenges to win prizes.

About 25 prizes were spread across the practice putting green and players took turns to hit bunker shots and any prize that they hit they won. This proved to be more difficult that it sounded, with more shots expertly threaded between them rather than hitting the prizes.

Steve Bateman and Jenny Vaughan were the respective winners of the Men's and Ladies sections of the annual Past Captains gathering at Brean Golf Club. Bateman carded 39 points to beat Mike Blake on a countback whilst Vaughan had a more comfortable winning margin of eight points in the Ladies event ahead of Izzy Swift.

Graham Foy was the winner of Sunday's round of the Super Series with a 41 point score. Foy defied a recent back problem as he beat David Morris on a countback as Morris also scored 41 points in his round.

Third place went to Tony Higgins with 40.

Also on Sunday morning Matt Haskins won a closely fought Final in the Bill Martin Trophy for Division Two players.

This secured him the first of the Summer Knockout Trophies to be concluded this year as he beat John Cullinan by a score line of 2&1.