Devon Sport
GOLF: Joy for Hagley and Pickard at Tiverton
8:00am Monday 30th January 2012
ROB Hagley and Peter Pickard were the only winners of a qualifying competition to make it through the first round of the men's Winter Foursomes at Tiverton on Saturday.
Hagley and Pickard, who won the fourth and final qualifier earlier this month, beat Dave Milton and Paul Steele in the last 32.
Duncan Floyde and Ray Pratt, winners of the first qualifier in November, were defeated by last year's captain Tony Allsopp and James Lambden.
Ian Buckingham and David Grieve, who led the way in the second qualifier, were knocked out by Kim Garnsworthy and Pete Guest.
David Wright and 91-year-old Noel Thomas, who won the third qualifier having already progressed in an earlier event, have yet to play their match against Mark Dakin and Chem Austin.
Results: Top half - Rob Hagley and Peter Pickard beat Dave Milton and Paul Steele; Mark Woodman and Tim Durrant beat Kevin Ruscoe and Neil Greening; David Wright and Noel Thomas v Mark Dakin and Chem Austin; Tony Allsopp and James Lambden beat Duncan Floyde and Ray Pratt; Peter Anthony and Gary Snowdon beat Peter Garnsworthy and Duncan Davis; Kim Garnsworthy and Pete Guest beat Ian Buckingham and David Grieve; Gary Tucker and Mark Randell beat Andy Hill and Paul Mitchell. Bottom half - Rhys Cruse and Ricky Cruse beat Heath Ellis and Tom Hanson; Ian Gunn and Adrian Tyrrell beat Richard Moyes and Mark Sangster; Andy Bolt and Derek Cruwys beat Lawrence Blake and Tony Playford; Darren Lowman and Stephen Jack v Peter Boax and Dean Farmer; Martin Selby and Neil Carthew v Eric Cole and Steve Hosford; Dominic Bristow and Neil Megarry beat Roy Ireland and John Webber-Rookes; Martin Taggart and Mike Chorley beat Jim Leary and Steve Harvey; Stephen Paul and Bill Tobin v Andy Brice and Richard Colman.