Mum's old woods do job for Di

DI STENNER (pictured) made a spectacular entry into competition golf at the Ladies' Section of the Royal Guernsey. Playing off a 24 handicap, Stenner won the Yorkshire Guernsey sponsored Cancer Relief Trophy with a Stableford score of 41, three points better than runner-up Sarah Cumming, who, in turn, was four points clear of the rest of the field.

It was her first competition since joining the club - and, in her role as a PR consultant, she helped to organise the event.

'It's a bit embarrassing really,' she said. 'I've only just picked up my clubs again since I joined the Royal in the new year.'

Stenner, who took up golf as a teenager and is the sister of Royal Guernsey first-teamer John Le Lievre, used to play irregularly in the UK and spent a couple of years at La Grande Mare on her return to the island a few years ago.

Since then her clubs have been in hibernation. 'I never played on a regular basis, or particularly seriously,' she said. 'But it has always been in the family - they are really keen golfers.

'I'm still playing with my mum's old woods. Everyone laughs at me for having such archaic clubs, but they obviously worked on the day.'

Maybe she can now start collecting a new bag in increments. Stenner also collected a new driver as the prize for the longest drive of the day.

Stenner's round ended in torrential rain, but she still lost two shots off her handicap as a consequence of her score.

'It will be a bit of a challenge to maintain it,' she said. 'I don't even remember the last time I played off 24.'

JUNIORS continue to make hay in the early season competitions on the links at L'Ancresse.

The latest to make his mark is Rob Wakeham who topped the leader board in the Royal Guernsey's Senior and Junior Cup medal on Thursday.

As it happens, the competition title refers to handicap categories as opposed to age and while Wakeham's net 67 was the best of the day it was only enough to win him the junior prize on offer.

The major prizes went to two long-in-the-tooth members, Trevor Ash and Rainer Schimek.

Ash took the Junior Cup for his 68 and Schimek the Senior Cup for a 69.

The day's best gross score came from Nigel Vaudin with a two-over 72.