BRADLEY PARK pairing Jack Pearcey and Dave Mitcheson were celebrating victory over the biggest field of the season when the Halifax, Huddersfield Alliance held their latest meeting at Bradley Hall.

Pearcey and Mitcheson carded a splendid 47 points to come out on top of the 60 pairings who defied some wintry weather at the Holywell Green course, to edge out Mick Dempsey and Pete Newey, who came in with a late 46 points to pip host duo Mick Appleyard and Steve Hopkinson on a back nine countback.

Pearcey, playing off five, was down for three (nett two) at the 409-yard seventh to garner four points for his team, as he and Mitcheson (14) strung together nine gross pars and a birdie.

Meanwhile, Dempsey and Newey (frequent prizewinners on the Alliance circuit) had equal halves of 23 points to clinch second prize.

Bradley Park also enjoyed victory in the Pro-Am section, where Tom Wild (scr) and Joe Hill (4) took first place with 43 points from Longley Park’s John Ambler (scr) and Brian Stacey (11) (41).

Leading scores were:

AM-AM

47 – Bradley Park 2 (J Pearcey 5, D Mitcheson 14).

46 – Ind Fixby (M Dempsey 9, P Newey 15); Bradley Hall 2 (M Appleyard 5, S Hopkinson 7).

45 – Bradley Park 6 (B Workman 15, B Martin 20).

42 – Bradley Park 5 (G Ward 8, A Davison 7); West End 1 (M Sheldrake 10, C Wilby 20); West End 2 (D Stafford 2, M Ashton 14); Ind Fixby 2 (Z Sydor 13, M Mitchell 20); Meltham 2 (C Holmes 6, R Johnson 14).

41 – Bradley Park 3 (P Coughlin 10, B Emmitt 9); Bradley Hall 4 (A Morrison 9, D Bailey 17); Todmorden 1 (S Hughes 8, I Tootal 19); Castlefields 2 (M Spink 3, J Sykes 9); Halifax 1 (J Smith 5, S Smith 5).

40 – Crow Nest Park 2 (N Day 8, B Adamson 2); Outlane 4 (B Mason 20, B Kaye 19); Halifax 2 (T Pollard 5, N Bennett 11); Crosland Heath (J Vickerman 7, S Burns 11); Meltham 6 (I Saxton 8, S Whiteley 15)

39 – Willow Valley (R Hemingway 5, A Khan 6); Crow Nest Park 4 (M Campbell 6, D Hawksworth 20); Hebden Bridge 3 (A Cryer 10, D Senior 11); Ryburn 1 (J Washington 7, R Attiwell 12); West End 4 (M Holmes 9, S Stansfield 19).

PRO-AM

43 – Bradley Park 7 (T Wild scr, J Hill 4).

41 – Longley Park 1 (J Ambler scr, B Stacy 11).

39 – Dewsbury 1 (N Hirst scr, C Derbyshire 3); Ind W/H/Crosland Heath (C Hanson scr, T Garrett 2)l.

38 – West End 6 (D Arber scr, B Hardcastle 5).

32 – West End 3 (D Rishworth scr, G Thornton 20).