JUST weeks after winning the Club Championship at Weston-super-Mare GC Matt Shaw added the closely contested Brean Championship to his growing list of wins in 2017. 

Twelve players were within five shots of the lead at the halfway stage in what was shaping up to be the closest finish for some time. 

Shaw had other ideas, though, as he overcame a shaky start to add a solid second round 72 to his opening day 71. 

This ensured a six-stroke winning advantage over the chasing pack and claim his first Championship at Brean in the event that everyone wants to win in the golfing calendar. 

Previous winner Dan Broom was the runner-up after a closing birdie edged him ahead of Dan Williams on countback after both posted 149 totals. 

The 2015 Champion Stuart Wills was fourth on 151, while the Nett Champion was the fast-improving Dan Reason. 

Setting out with the aim of just making the cut, Reason produced a stunning nett 61 on the opening morning to achieve that goal. 

A nett 68 on day two kept him ahead of the consistent Pete Dunn, whose pair of 65s left him one shy of Reason’s total. 

John Cranley matched Reason’s 61 on Saturday and, with a 70 on Sunday, took third place overall.

The Ladies event had a new winner as well with Lyn Bird taking the top spot ahead of Debbie Windmill. 

Bird held the lead overnight and consolidated her victory by returning the lowest score of the day again in the final round. 

The Nett prize went to Windmill over the two days.

At Brean any Texas Scramble competition is usually a hotly contested affair, and the Seniors version in 2017 was no different. 

The leading two teams were separated by just 0.2 of a shot with the winning score of 57.3 coming from Neil Barker, Brian Read and Steve Bentley. 

Runners-up by that tiny margin were the trio of Mike Drayton, George Thomas and Eric Jones. 

Ian Raymond, Pete Douglas and Mike Allen rounded out the top three by taking third on 58.7.

BREAN continue to impress in the Avalon League.

The first team sit top of Division 3, two points clear of second-placed Oake Manor, though the current runners-up do have two games in hand.

Brean A are also going well and top Division 5, with a six-point cushion ahead of Wheathill A.