JOHN Griffiths enjoyed a double golf success at Worcester's Ravenmeadow and Perdiswell Park.

He topped the Sunday medal and was also on the winning team in the yellow-ball competition.

Strong, swirling winds and deceptively cool conditions toughened up the course for a small field of 19 players in the medal.

Just the four eventual podium sitters got round in nett par or better.

Nine-handicapper Griffiths coped best to finish with a hard-earned 65 nett.

Nine pars and birdies on the fourth, 15th and 18th holes helped take him into an unassailable position.

But following a great start with five pars and a birdie in a row he survived a triple bogey on the seventh.

Steve Williams (5 handicap) just came up short after another great round which brought him home with 67 to take second.

Thirteen pars and one birdie on the 18th helped Williams follow up his Saturday medal win but four bogies restricted him.

Barrie Hope (8) snatched third on countback after returning 69 with 10 pars and a birdie on the 13th helping settle am up-and-down round that saw too many dropped shots on the first nine.

Steve Kupfer (13) had to relinquish the place after just five pars and a single birdie on the second hole with two double bogies.

Griffiths was joined by Geoff Edge, Simon Hine and Norman Vernalls in the winning yellow-ball team on 151 points.

Kupfer, Richard Palfrey, Steve Griffiths and Tom Jenkins were second with 149 followed by Dave Bradley, Barry Warner, Neil Harrison and Bob Wood on 148.

George Postans, Williams, Steve Baylis and Mark Keeling were fourth on 137 ahead of Chris Williams, Martin Hucker, Roy Turner and Steve Wiggin on 128.

The individual stableford honour went to Kupfer (13) with 39 points from Julian Bateman (15) on 38, third-placed John Griffiths (9) on 37 and Baylis (8) in fourth on 37.

On a fine, spring morning 11 randomly-drawn teams took to the tees with just five returning the all-important ball to the organiser.

The winners had a mix of ages, handicaps and experience as they took their win by two points, scoring 14, 11 and nine respectively on the last three holes.

Handicap drops saw Kupfer down to 11 and Bateman fall to 14.

Baylis enjoyed success in the midweek medal but there were only a few takers as persistent rain and a gloomy outlook put off many.

One third of the players came back in nett par or better for the course.

Baylis and Hope, both off eight handicaps, came in tied with a respectable 67 nett.

First place was awarded to Baylis on his back-nine score of 30.

Eight pars and three birdies on the ninth, 14th and 18th holes helped him but two double bogies led to a close finish.

Hope carded six pars on the front nine but even another seven coming home still left him marginally short.

Phil Lane (16) ground out a tidy 68 to take third place and Geoff Jones (20) came in with 69 for fourth.