CLEVEDON assistant Ashley Mansell defied the wet and windy weather courtesy of Storm Jonas, to record his first Medal win of 2016.

With the stableford scoring system being deployed again due to the weather, he notched 36 points to beat Enmore Park's European Tour star David Dixon by one point.

With weather warnings and flood alerts in place for West Somerset the event at the far western outpost of the region was in some doubt in the days leading up to the event.

However the course at Minehead drains superbly and the okay was given on the morning of the event to get the 24 players underway.

Some morning rain, relented to showers and then stopped altogether with some watery sunshine even appearing towards the end of play.

One constant though was the stiff breeze which blew down the golf course making the Professionals think.

Mansell, making his last appearance for a couple of weeks as he jets off to the middle east for a short break, started, as many did, with a birdie at the downwind driveable opening hole.

He also took advantage of the two front nine par fives with a birdie at the fifth before his almost customary chip in at the seventh for an eagle.

Bogies at the fourth and sixth added to a double bogey at the ninth took him to the turn in a level par score of 18.

Coming home into the breeze in the main he produced a couple more birdies at the 11th and 14th before closing his round with a brace of bogies at 17 and 18 to match his outward points haul.

This was good enough for the win and also to collect the birdie sweep money, as well as moving himself into the top three on the Total Triumph Order of Merit.

Runner-up Dixon carded three birdies and four bogies on his way to second place.

He picked his shots at the first, 11th and 15th but gave them back at the fourth, eighth, 12th and 14th.

Cirencester head pro Ed Goodwin hasn’t been at his best in recent weeks, with his usual flow of birdies drying up.

He got back in the groove at Minehead though as he carded three gains during his round.

Five bogies however left him with a total of 34 points but it meant he had third place all to himself, making his long journey from the other end of the two counties more worthwhile.

George Ryall and Amateur Jack Palmer shared fourth on 33pts.

Next week the pro’s are in action on Thursday when they visit Saltford.

Hopefully this year the full round will be completed after the deluge of rain 12 months ago meant the event had to be abandoned.