BURNHAM Golf Club's ladies held their autumn Guest Day.

Four lady captains were among the guests who enjoyed the course on a beautiful, sunny and thankfully breezy day, playing four ball better ball stableford off 90 per cent handicap.

The conditions made for some excellent scoring.

The winners were lady captain Jane Hull and The Warren counterpart Anjie Jones, with 44 points.

In second were lady vice-captain Mel Lewis and Rochford's Tricia Collins, with 43, and in third were Claire Brown and Carol Penny, on countback, with 42.

The front nine winners were Mary Graham and Bev Munt, with 23 points, and the back nine winners were Liz Clark and Lesley Sperring, on countback with 21.

The nearest the pin member on the 11th was Shirley Guy.

Meanwhile, 32 Burnham seniors took part in the September stableford.

The winner, with an excellent score, was David Gregson, with 42 points.

In second was Trevor Roberts, with 35, on countback from Don Evans.

Seamus McGee was fourth.

Burnham's seniors played a friendly at Three Rivers but lost 5-3.

Twenty-five men played in the midweek medal and, with the dry conditions, there were some good scores, with five players beating the course.

Eugene Quinlan was first, with 65 nett.

David Main (66 nett) was second, Michael Pratt (67 nett) third, Barry Fitch (68 nett) fourth and Simon Hallett (69 nett) fifth.

Twenty-two men played in the Windsor Trophy and Scott Cashman was the runaway winner on 42 points.

Martyn Scott was second, with 36.

Sunday saw the men’s tankard being played, with 56 players out on the course enjoying the sun and slight breeze.

In division one, Nick Hockings was first with 66 nett, Keith Wilsenham second with 67 nett and Chris Roberts third with 68 nett, on countback from Tony Swanborough.

In division two, first place went to Tim Hull (67 nett), second to Mark Langley (68 nett) and third to Stephen Bray (69 nett).

Meanwhile, Burnham's Dean Bewers won The Essex Matchplay Championship for the Alan Lockwood Trophy, held at the Bentley Golf Club.

The course was in stunning condition.

Bewers was first out in the morning, playing in the first semi-final and having to give away 10 shots against a 19-handicap golfer from Basildon Golf Club, Ken Dennison.

Bewers had to play his very best golf to win the match 4&2.

After lunch he was up against a six-handicap golfer, Tony Childs, from Mardyke Valley.

The match was very close through the front nine, with the Burnham man taking a slender one-up lead at the turn.

He held his nerve through the next seven holes, holing some fantastic puts which proved the difference in the end, and he won on the 16th, 4&2.

His invaluable caddy was incoming vice-captain Gordon Howat.