Bingley St Ives secretary Mary Welch has been elected Captain of the Association of Golf Club Secretaries for the Yorkshire Region.

Her duties will include captaining the Yorkshire region team in matches against the North West at Pleasington, East Midlands at Hessle, North Yorks and South Durham at Fulford, Northern at Tyneside and Midlands at Doncaster.

There will also be a spring meeting at Bingley St Ives and an autumn meeting at Ilkley, with a Christmas event at Shipley. Mary's vice captain is Ron Bramley, secretary at Fulford.

Mary has been secretary at St Ives for the last eight years, but plays her golf at East Bierley, where she has been a member for 43 years. She was lady captain there in 1962 when she was just 21 years old - probably the youngest ever lady captain in the country - and held the office again in 1975.

She now plays off 17 handicap, but was at one time off six. She founded the Bradford & District Lady Past Captains Association and is its captain this year, and served as president of the Bradford Ladies Evening league for 10 years.

A Branshaw team crossed the border into Lancashire on Sunday and won the Burnley Golf Club four-man team open event.

Jimmy Brown (18 handicap), Mike Narey (12), John Head (8) and Craig Spencer (9) scored an excellent 115pts to finish four points clear of the field of 50 teams in tough, windy conditions.

Jimmy says: "The course was very challenging and we didn't think we had scored well enough to win, so we were very pleased with the result."

Bingley St Ives pair John Chambers and Rod Robertson shot a 10 under par 59 to win the Bradford Alliance at Skipton last Wednesday, one shot ahead of Keighley professional Mike Bradley and clubmate John Fay. In third place on 61 were Skipton's S Thornton and T Scothern and fourth, on the same score, were Bingley pair J Toothill and I Smith.

Riddlesden members Brian Hudson and John Sharp won the Alliance at their own course the previous week with a 54. Second on 56 were fellow members M Scarborough and J Lee, and Keighley's Mike Bradley was second in the professional section with a 65.

Bracken Ghyll - March Medal, 1st Division: 1 Mick Tennant 82-14-68, 2 Robert Boyle 84-13-71, 3 John Stones 79-7-72, 4 Paul Binns 86-14-72; 2nd Division: 1 Ian Moore 98-23-75, 2 Andrew Sheldon 101-26-75, 3 Robert Mulloy 94-19-75, 4 Howard Phillipson 93-18-75. Mid-Week Stableford: 1 Dave Becket 39pts, 2 Tom Witherington 37pts, 3 Chris Hainsworth 32pts.

Branshaw - 4BBB Stableford: 1 David Anlezark and Alan Thornton 47pts, 2 Neil Pickles and Steve Cooper 46pts, 3 Alan Thornton and Phil Buxton 46pts, 4 Steve Busfield and Ben Lowe 46pts. April Medal and Lombard Qualifier, 1st Division: 1 Jerry Turner 68, 2 Colin Aitchinson 70; 2nd Division: 1 David Steel 62 (Lombard Qualifier); 2 Dave Clewer 67; 3rd Division: 1 Graham Webber 63, 2 Philip Kay 64.

Bingley St Ives - April Medal, 1st Division: 1 M Brown 75-7-68, 2 I Houldsworth 75-6-69, 3 R Emery 81-11-70; 2nd Division: 1 S Butterfield 81-17-64, 2 L Butterfield 81-13-68, 3 D Jackson 87-18-69; 3rd Division: 1 L Howard 88-21-67, 2 T Booth 96-28-68, 3 S Haste 89-20-69.

Ladies YLCGA Foursomes: 1 G Binns and E Peel 65, 2 S Fenn and W Dufton 69.

Silsden - April Medal, 1st Division: 1 Tom Starkie 71-10-61, 2 Jim Buttery 72-10-62, 3 Paul Egan 76-13-63; 2nd Division: 1 Howard Lund 72-15-57, 2 Malcolm Guy 75-16-59, 3 Trevor Grange 79-16-63; 3rd Division: 1 Willie Crowe 81-26-55, 2 Graham Potter 81-20-61, 3 Robert Tedder 81-20-61.

Skipton pair Kevin Allen and Phil Smith claimed first prize in this week's rain-hit Bradford Winter Alliance at Keighley - the last of the season. They tied on six under par 63 with the home club's John Fay and Peter Osborn, but won on a card count-back. Third on 64 were Silsden's Paul Davies and Bob Thomas, a shot ahead of Bingley St Ives players G Kunz and M Margerrison, and P Petherbridge and R Addiman of Skipton. Top professional was N Booth, from Bracken Ghyll.

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