JOHN Cullinan was a late addition to the winning trio in the Saturday's Open Bowmaker as he filled a vacant space on Friday afternoon.

He joined the powerful duo of Steve Bateman and club captain Stuart Wills - and the team won by the narrowest of margins.

The scored 136 for the 18 holes in some testing breezy conditions but it was only declared the winning score after a countback decided over the closing six holes.

They relegated Ian Adams, Roger Philips and Barrie Tucker into the runners up prize position and Cullinan's birdie two into the wind at the par three, 17th proved crucial.

Third place went to Ron Vine, Tony Romeo and Steve Martin on 137 who also won a countback for that spot with visiting trio of Keith Cooper, John Delacherie and Chris Mogg from Taunton & Pickeridge who had to settle for the final prize on offer.

The following day, director of golf Andrew March hosted his annual pro's day introduced a new format for the event, a Las Vegas Scramble.

This involved teams of four and the rolling of a dice to decide which tee shot they would play.

March played alongside his assistant Dan Keitch, Dan's father Martin (the former Taunton Vale Pro) and former Brean pro David Haines, who made a return for the event.

The Pro's quartet, aided by some expert dice rolling by Dan, shot a gross 56, 14 under the card to just about beat all the other teams.

Club captain Stuart Wills, captain elect Andy Thomas, Steve and Alec Bateman ran them close though ending with a net 57.4 and took the Shield for the leading team excluding the professionals.

Behind them came Dave and Duncan Lockwood with John Mardon and Tony Groves on 58.5.

George Stratford was the inaugural winner of the John Heath Memorial as he carded 38 points last Tuesday morning.

His win by two points saw his handicap drop by a stroke to 21.

The runner up was decided on countback with David Benjafield edging out Dai Wood on 35 points on the back nine.

Brean played the home leg of their annual two legged friendly matches against Caerleon GC on Friday.

They enjoyed a comfortable 7.5 to 0.5 win over their friends from over the bridge but as always the game was enjoyable for all and played in a great spirit.

The return leg will be in September at the now Celtic Manor owned course near Newport.

Eric Jones won the first completed Midweek Stableford of the year with a 40 point card.

He beat Wayne Barrett by one point and headed third placed Pete Barton by two. Jones also had his handicap reduced by a shot to 19.