A TEAM from Stamford were victorious in a golf tournament in Portugal.
Adam Wells, Steve Finan, Chris Exton and guest professional Brad Smith were joint winners of the Lancashire Overseas Pro-Am which was held over three courses at Quinta Do Lago.
They amassed 87, 78 and 83 points for a total of 248 in the team Stableford to finish joint top of a field containing 32 teams, three of which were from Stamford and four from neighbouring Saddleworth.
Smith, who only stepped into the winning team at short notice after the original pro pulled out two days before departure through Covid-related issues, finished runner-up in the competition for professionals.
The event was organised by local golfer Steven Moores whose company Majestic Coffee and Holidays4Golfers were the organisers while Chris Hey from Stalybridge-based Total Rope Solutions was one of the main sponsors of the event.
For Chris Exton and Adam Wells, it was not their first pro-am success.
Back in October, they were part of the winning Stamford team in the Highlands Golf Links Pro-Am.
They were joined by Anthony Cavanagh and former European Tour player Matt Nixon for the event which was played over three courses, Castle Stuart, Royal Dornock and Nairn.
- Terry Merson is the new yellow jersey leader in Stamford Winter League, overturning a 15-point deficit into a five-point lead.
The last two winter league events have been cancelled through a waterlogged course.
Before that, week 10 saw Darren Simpson emerge the victor with 42 points from Scott Barker (39) who was second on the card from Graham Dowd. Fourth was Tony Smith (38) on the card from Rob Irving.
- The Denton Winter Leagues are also in full swing.
Leading the singles is Mark Riding with 93 points from Amir Nazir (83), Guy Hamer (82) and Mark Alexander (75).
Amir Nazir and David Sibanda (86) are top of the pairs’ standings from Gary Yates and Stephen Armstrong (80), Dave Garner and Dean Murray (62) who are second and third respectively.