THE Forrester Park veterans played for the first major trophy of the year, the Patrick Smith Trophy, in conjunction with the March medal.

The trophy was won by Phil Prior, who also won the medal gold division with nett 73.

The group winners of the medal competition were gold winner, Phil Prior, from Peter Waknell, nett 74, and Frank Porter.

The silver winner was Ian Taylor, with Bas Patel runner-up.

The bronze winner was Keith Whipp, nett 73, from Dave Curtis and Ron Adlington, both with nett 77.

The ladies had cold, wet weather for the eighth and final winter league round.

With the overall result of the winter league still in doubt a few of the ladies set off in the pouring rain.

The competition on the day was won by Mel Kuhl with 21 points and this clinched her victory in the overall result with a total of 100 points.

Lorraine Wilson was second with 94 points and Dawn Marriott third with 91.

The men’s May medal was played on Sunday with Jeff Atkinson winning the gold division with nett 70, from Kevin Royan second with nett 72.

Paul Messenger won the silver division, with nett 71, from Roy Sayer, who scored nett 73, and Bas Patel scored nett 71 to win the bronze division, from Mike Manning who scored nett 75.