THE in-form Catherine Chick headed the field in Colchester Golf Club’s 100 Club Stableford.

Scoring 38 points from her 21 handicap, she scraped ahead by one point from a modest field of 77 golfers.

The mixed qualifying competition was open to members of the club’s internal fundraising group.

In second spot after a countback was Ian Thompson (17) and ruing the three holes where he didn’t score was Mel Barker (16), in third.

Iain Cruickshank headed five players returning 36 points.

The other competitors on the same score were Janet Tebbutt (25), Hayley Joel (26), Stuart Bark (17) and Ralph Charles (16).

The ladies' stableford competition held earlier in the week was a triumph for Gill Minns, whose 38 points from her 17 handicap underlined her strong showings of late.

In a card recording just three doubles, Minns was able to keep one point ahead of the ever-improving Hayley Joel, whose handicap has come down two shots in the last month.

In a strong field of over 60 ladies, Beverley Parker (20) and Philippa Davies (35) both returned 36 points to fill the minor places.

Ian Parry, from his seven handicap, rattled in 40 points during Sunday's walk-on-stableford.

Recording one over par on the first nine, he returned two over on the back nine which saw him clear the pack to record the victory.

Junior Oliver Baker, playing off 23, carded 39 points to take second from fellow junior Arian Masud (9), who returned 37 along with Jess Woodall (8) in fourth.

The club’s senior team bowed out of the Essex Seniors’ Championship at the semi-final stage.

Playing at the neutral course of Theydon Bois, they lost to a strong team from Thorndon Park.

Thorndon played good sensible golf to take the semi easily by 8½ to 2½ and go on to play Theydon-Bois in the final.

It was not all gloom in the vets' camp, though, as they claimed a victory by five matches to three in their latest friendly against Braintree, getting some satisfaction for their away defeat earlier in the year.

Colchester juniors progressed through the fourth round of the national British Legion Junior Golf Challenge by beating a team from Peterborough Milton Golf Club at home by six holes.

Colchester were the inaugural winners of this competition.