ANDY Mutlow has won the championship at Cirencester Golf Club for the second year running.

In this year's event, held on June 1, he played two exceptional rounds of golf to win comfortably.

His morning round of 70 was followed in the afternoon by a sub-par score of 69, giving a total score of 139 shots.

Head greenkeeper David Bougen and his team had prepared the course in magnificent condition with the greens proving smooth and very fast.

And taking a well deserved runners-up spot was Gareth Bennett who, although six shots back, returned consistent scores of 72 and 73 for a total of 145.

Although he was disappointed with a 79 in the morning, Ian Penfold had an outstanding round of 70 after lunch for a total of 149 and third position.

Chasing him all the way was Sam Tanner (73+76) 149 who had to settle for fourth while Darren Robinson was fifth with (76+74) 150.

Best nett score on the day was Adam Collins with a score of 136.

Their first home match of the season, played on May 31, brought an overwhelming win for Cirencester A as they crushed Cotswold Edge 6-0.

Results (Cirencester names first): Pete Stone/Hamish Mason won 3 & 2, Adam Collins/Darren Robinson won 2 & 1, Andy Mutlow/Tony Henshaw on 5 & 3, Mark Priest/Richard Louisson won 4 & 2, Tom Stone/Ian Mercer won 5 & 4, Alex Hobson/Duncan Barnes won 4 & 3.

In was excellent start to the NGFL season for the A Team, following their point away at Painswick, to beat Cotswold Edge a team relegated from the first division last year.

If the team can bring something from the next two matches - away at Cleeve Cloud and Tewkesbury Park respectively- then another promotion season is a distinct possibility.

On a warm breezy day on June 2, 38 pairs from 15 different clubs played in Cirencester ladies' popular Open Foursomes Eclectic.

There were 12 holes in the morning and then an opportunity to improve on scores at each hole in the afternoon.

The course and greens were in impeccable condition and the event was won for the second successive year by Ann Williams (Cirencester) and Sue Sutton (Ogbourne).

In the morning, Ann and Sue were three shots behind the best gross but, in the afternoon, they improved by six shots.

They eventually won by one shot, leaving only three of the 24 holes unparred. Results as follows:

Best overall gross: Ann Wil-liams (Cirencester)/Sue Sutton (Ogbourne) 57, 2 Angela Canty (Cirencester)/Beryl Newnham (Ross-on-Wye).

Best Overall nett: Muriel Telling/Janet Biles (both Cirencester) 38.5, 2 Sue Scott/ Caren Spindler (both Gloucester) 40. Best Gross am: Margaret Daley/Frances Lindley (Minch-inhampton new) 61.

Best nett am: Eve Clements/ Pam Gay (Minchinhampton old) 47. Most improved score: April March/Barbara Lister (Weston-birt) 15 shots.

Longest drive on 12th: Sue Sutton (Ogbourne).

There was a low entry and disappointing scores in the Ladies' Scratch Cup Championship (36 holes) held on June 1.

In the end, a closely fought contest brought a success for Sheila Westmacott.

Playing together in the morning, Sheila and Barbara Pellow both scored gross 83.

In the afternoon, Sheila was one shot better than Barbara, 85 to 86 and so was winner with 168. Barbara was runner up with 169.

An A Team alliance match against Tewkesbury (A) resulted in a eight to ten points loss.

The Seniors' Section of Cirencester Golf Club held their annual Open Day on Tuesday, June 3.

This event attracted 99 visitors from many other clubs throughout the area along with 45 Cirencester members, competed for a variety of prizes within the main Stableford competition.

Overall winner of the Eric Cole Bowl was A C Brown from the East Berkshire Club with 40 points.

W Mackay (Leominster) won the Ted Davis Cup for the O70s Cup with 39pts on a countback.

Division One was decided a countback with B Khee of Chippenham taking first place from Cirencester's Robert Tweedale. Both had 37 points. Third was Ted Smith of Cirencester on 36.

In Division 2 went to D Lloyd (39pts) of The Worcestershire, also on countback, from John Landau of Cirencester E Horlick of Bath with 38.

The Over 70s second place was taken by D Richards of Chipping Sodbury with 39pts on countback from John Smart of Cirencester.

A few days earlier, the Cirencester Seniors' team visited Minchinhampton where the home side were the victors by five games to two.