A RAVENMEADOW and Perdiswell Park quartet combined to win the Martin Neath Memorial at the Worcester club.

Ade Day, John Griffiths, Mark Purser and Jamie Newton secured 97 points to see off Darren Cook, Jamie Cook, Neil Trigg and Kevin Smith on 95.

Ben Parsons, Richard Palfrey, Julian Bateman and Malcolm Dainty were third on 88.

The team stableford and social day raised more than £950 for Worcester charity St Richard's Hospice.

There were nearest the pin prizes for Parsons on the fifth and Ben Watts on the 14th with Mark Keeling taking it in two on the ninth.

Keeling also hit the longest drive on the 11th.

Phil Lane (16 handicap) won a medal at the club on 69 nett with the next four places separated on countback.

Dennis Morse (14) was second, Steve Duggan (21) third, Andy Wood (23) fourth and Barry Sandel fifth with all finishing on 70.

An unusually small field of just 17 players competed with Lane the only one to manage nett par on the day.

He carded six pars in his round but they were hampered by two double bogies and a triple.

Ravenmeadow and Perdiswell Park lost 7½-½ at Bewdley Pines in the West Midlands Scratch League.

Day halved but there were defeats for Richard Ryder 7&5, Steve Williams 5&4, Purser 7&6, Barrie Hope 6&5, Tom Jenkins 5&3, Griffiths 3&2 and Parsons 5&4. 

The club also lost 186-166 at home to Bransford in the Worcestershire 12-24 Handicap League.

Bill Kelly and Mick Huggins scored 42 points, Mark Tyrrell and Bob Wood 44, Malcolm Dainty and Tony Solomon 42 and Dave Bradley and Rob Griffiths 38. 

A seniors' team went down 4½-3½ at Sherdons in Tewkesbury in the Sherdwell Mixed Pairs Greensomes Matchplay Trophy first round.

There were wins for Jane and Phil Rowland 2&1, Sue Clissett and Ed Nicklin 6&5 and Jane Wood and Jim Staunton one-up.

Sue Cowen and Geoff Jones halved while Sue Price and stand-in captain Huggins lost 2&1, Sonia Wigley and Malcolm Shepherd 7&6, Virginia Blythe and Ron Gilbert 8&7 and Gerry McClean and Malcolm Stanley one-down.