SALE Golf Club overcame some dreadful weather to allow a full Manchester Alliance Mixed Pairs field to play for the Hancock Trophy.

Taking top honours in the BB Stableford were pro-am winners Andy Palmer, the assistant professional at Chorley Golf Club, and his partner Steph Patterson, who posted an excellent score of 42 points on a testing day to take back the Hancock Trophy to their club.

They saw off a strong challenge by Westhoughton’s Kieron Gaskell and Lynn Phillips who won a card play-off on 41 points from Ollie Whiteley and Michelle Pretty (Bramall Park).

The home pair of Mobi Rawthore and Fiona Flanagan also won a countback on 39 points to top the am-am section from Worsley’s Alan Hooper and Pat Jackson, with another top Chorley duo of Denis and Sam Durnian next in with 38.

The competition was sponsored by Alliance captain John Davies, of Urmston Service Station, a member at Sale Golf Club, who gave deserved thanks to all at Sale for providing a great course in difficult circumstances and a very friendly welcome to all of the players and Alliance officials.

Elsewhere, Ashton are launching their inaugural Turley Open on Sunday, November 19. For more details on how to enter the series book via the website www.ashtongolfclub.co.uk/brs.aspx.

It was tight at Ashton in a Sunday Stableford with four players locked on 33 points and the card play-off went in favour of Phil Fogarty from Daniel Riley, Antony Lambert and Robert Riley.

A Tuesday Stableford at Ashton was topped by Sean Gregg after winning a card play-off on 38 points from president John J Lewis, one more than Antony Lambert and Paul Cooper.

The Yellow Tee competition was led in by Geoffrey Whitehead after a card play-off on 36 points with Philip Pattison.