FOR a golfer who has had a fine season, Terry Brushwood was surprisingly candid about his struggles after he and Andy Town earned Bingley St Ives their first ever Yorkshire Foursomes triumph with a win over Beverley & East Riding.

The pair emerged as 4&3 winners over 36 holes after a fine effort in tricky conditions at Moortown Golf Club on Sunday, with Brushwood claiming that his form had come together at the perfect time.

He secured his fourth Karl Curran Trophy in five years last month but still admitted: "I've struggled a bit this year. My swing hasn't quite been there but I've got good results.

"On Sunday it was finally where I wanted it to be and it just clicked. I only made the one real mistake all day, plugging my three wood into a bunker about halfway through the opening 18.

"That's it for me now this season, but at least I know what to work on over the winter.

"I'd love to be champion at the Bradford Open and the Bradford Strokeplay next year, as I've never won either, but I've had more seconds than I'd care to remember."

Their clash with Beverley golfers Neil Burnley and Richard Norton on Sunday was made more difficult by the atrocious weather conditions in the morning, which played a part in the Bingley pair's performance.

Brushwood admitted: "It was difficult to adapt to the conditions and we were worried that the game might be postponed after 18 holes.

"We knew it was important to be ahead at that stage so we didn't want to make mistakes. We were leading by two at halfway but the bad weather had gone by the 27th hole, by which point we were comfortably ahead anyway."

The Bingley pair were helped in their quest for the foursomes title by some familiar faces, and Brushwood said: "Our captain at Bingley, Tony Kaye, caddied for me, while Bradford Union captain Martin Gaffney did the same for Andy.

"They kept us protected from the bad weather and were probably worth at least two or three strokes for us."

That does not detract from the pair's own efforts though, and Brushwood enthused: "We were one under par for the match and to do that in those conditions, at Moortown, was great.

"Andy hardly missed a putt and he ripped his irons. He hit one wild iron and that was his only error all day."