BREAN'S Somerset Bowl team progressed into the last eight of the prestigious county competition on Sunday afternoon.

It came courtesy of a 3-2 win against The Mendip at Weston-super-Mare and they now wait to see if they will face Entry Hill or Taunton and Pickeridge in the quarter finals.

Back at Brean, Craig Higgins produced the best score of the day in the May Stableford on his way to success in Division Two.

He scored 42 points to hold a three-point winning margin over Mats Mattsson and after his handicap reduction will move into the top flight for next month.

Lying in wait in Division One will be Tom Broom, who handed in 41 points for victory, four points clear of runner up Phil Hodgson.

Broom also achieved a goal as he saw his handicap reduced into single figures for the first time.

Division Three was claimed by Steve Martin with a 38-point score. Mel Brown was hot on his heels in second place just one point behind.

Late entrants Kevin Davies and Jason Kidley combined to perfection to win the fourth staging of President's Day on Saturday with an amazing 53 point total.

With the new handicap allowance for the betterball stableford event giving the duo a few extra shots they dovetailed perfectly to rack up an amazing 28 points on the back nine holes alone and win by a comfortable eight-point margin.

Second place was decided on a countback with Gordy Wheelaghan and Chris Fairchild edging out Stuart Wills and Pete Lismore over the homeward nine. In fourth place on 44 points was the pairing of Brian Read and Mel Brown.

In a busy week for the Seniors, Mike Drayton was the clear winner of the May Seniors Stableford as he was the only player to beat his handicap as he returned 38 points.

Despite the bright conditions good scoring was surprisingly rare and Drayton won by three from Barrie Tucker. Tucker won a countback for the runners up spot from fellow 35 point scorer Colin Roberts on the back nine holes.

The following day the Seniors team enjoyed both the sunshine and company as they took on the Minehead Warreners at home.

The hosts managed to win by 3.5 to 2.5 in the end but all games were close run affairs and played in a very good atmosphere. The two teams will lock horns again on the West Somerset coast later in the year.

Barrie Tucker completed the hectic week as he was declared the winner of the Wally Pape Bogey with an impressive +6 score in the format which the player plays matchplay against the course. Going one better than his result in the Stableford two days earlier he won by one from Mike Porter with Bob Toller taking third on +2.

Adam Cox was the comfortable winner of the 1st 18 hole midweek stableford of the season with a superb score of 45 points.

He held a seven-point winning margin over Ron Vine as he enjoyed the warm sunny weather to produce a round which saw his handicap reduced by one to 14. In the battle of the Lismore's for third place Scott just edged out Byron on countback after they both scored 37 points.