SHELLEY Persent and Romany Foster won a ladies’ Greensomes event at Colchester Golf Club.

Greensomes is a competition where both players drive from the tee on each hole.

They then select their preferred ball and play alternate shots from there.

Handicaps are calculated by adding 40 per cent of the higher handicap to 60 per cent of the lower one of the two players.

Sharing their final score of 39 points with Annie Johnston and Pat Kettle, who were playing off a combined calculated handicap of 16, the Persent/Foster pairing turned on 20 points, from their handicap of 20, lagging two points behind.

A good finish giving a stronger back nine of 19 points saw the Persent/Foster duo claim the honours after the countback.

With the club now settling into its winter routine, it is only the ladies playing regular competitive competitions.

The men are now deeply into the seven qualifying matches of the Winter Leagues, with only the Turkey Trot likely to interrupt this routine prior to the leagues’ play-by date in late January.

Third spot in the ladies’ Greensomes was secured by new captain Maureen Devenish and her partner Judith Robertson.

The pair, with a calculated handicap of 16, scored a handicap-equalling 36 points.

Fourth place went to Nesta James and Gill Minns (18), on 35 points, with Vicky Frost and Trish Wilson (11) taking fifth place.

In total, 54 ladies took part in the competition.