TIVERTON'S juniors lifted the East Devon League title for the first time after a nail-biting win against Fingle Glen in the final at Teign Valley on Sunday.

Tiverton lived up to their billing as the strongest junior team the club had ever fielded by breezing past Downes Crediton 4.5-1.5 in the semi-finals in the morning and then defeating Fingle Glen 3.5-2.5 in the afternoon.

Captain Harry Callahan sealed the title when he won one-up. The left-hander was all-square playing the 18th but his opponent four-putted for a six and Callahan won it with a five.

Victories for Rhys Cruse (2&1) and Harry Konig (3&2) put Tiverton 2-0 up, before Daniel Perry's defeat reduced the deficit.

Abbie Moyes halved her match after losing the 18th before Callahan sealed the result.

Ben Hearn was level heading up the 18th but went out of bounds and lost one down. Cruse (3&2), Moyes (3&2), Hearn (3&2) and Konig (3&1) were victorious against Crediton earlier in the day.

Because the win was sealed, Perry and his opponent shook hands on a half and walked in, while Callahan went down 2&1.

Tiverton now go on to play in the finals of the Henry Truscott Trophy against the three other regional winners in the county.

Tiverton's A team won the triangular MET Shield on home soil after a well-contested match against Enmore Park and Minehead on Saturday.

Tiverton finished 10 points clear with a total of 37. Club vice-captain Tony Allsopp was the only home player to remain unbeaten all day, halving his two foursomes matches with Mark Sangster in the morning and winning his two singles games in the afternoon.

Matt and Kelvin Woodgate won three and lost one, as did former captains Mike Jewell, Peter Boax and Andy Brice.

The B team came third in a closely-fought contest at Minehead, while the juniors shared the shield with hosts Enmore after a 32-32 draw.

Tiverton's men went down 3.5-2.5 in their friendly against East Devon on Sunday.

Dominic Bristow shot a bogey score of +4 to lift the men's Jack Strong Cup.

The five-handicapper beat Keith Williams on a countback in Division One, with Andy Brown, Kelvin Woodgate, Alan Snow and Chem Austin all on +3.

Mike Cottrell also scored +3 to claim the Division Two prize, pipping Ian Gunn on a countback.

The competition was the final qualifier for the order of merit and Jim Bray clinched the title for the third time with a total of 146 points.

Kevin Harper was the only player who could have overtaken him, but he didn't record the top-15 finish he needed and stayed on 132 points. Harper eventually came third as Brown's high finish pushed him up to 141 points.

Results, Division One: 1 Dominic Bristow +4, 2 Keith Williams +4, 3 Andy Brown +3, 4 Kelvin Woodgate +3, 5 Alan Snow +3, 6 Chem Austin +3. Division Two: 1 Mike Cottrell +3, 2 Ian Gunn +3, 3 Neil Forward +2, 4 Dave Horn +2, 5 Nigel Horobin +2, 6 Steve Cox +1

Order of Merit final standings: 1 Jim Bray 146, 2 Andy Brown 141, 3 Kevin Harper 132, 4 James Lambden 114, 5 Lloyd Sampson 113

James Lambden is in contention to win two of the men's summer knockout competitions after reaching two finals.

He edged out Ian Brierley on the third play-off hole in the semi-finals of the Tommy Tucker Scratch Cup and will now meet Jim Bray, who beat Simon Waddington 3&2.

Lambden and his partner Richard Wallace are in the final of the Summer Foursomes after beating Chem Austin and Mike Collins. They will face Lee Davey and Ian Gunn, who eased past John Webber-Rookes and Ced Gibbons.

In the Captain's Prize, Matt Woodgate will take on Ken Kidd in the semi-finals, while Brierley is up against Neil Forward.

The Brock-Mills-Perkins event for higher-handicappers will see Derek Garnsworthy and junior Tom Hanson do battle in the final. Garnsworthy beat Richard Hill in the last four, while Hanson took out Mark Randell.

The club's pros put their reputations on the line at their eagerly-awaited Professional's Day. Club pro Barry Austin, his assistant James Martin and golf administrator Robin Goodey faced off against 29 teams in a Texas scramble.

After a thrilling finish, the pros' reputations remained intact as two eagles in the last seven holes ensured they scored 61 points, just 0.4 ahead of the top amateur team of Neil Ford, Simon Cartlidge and Peter Denford.

Goodey and Austin then tied for third place in the Devon Open at Honiton. Former Crediton assistant Chris Gill won the title for the third year in a row. Joe Liversage won the seniors' Grandad's Trophy after scoring 38 points in Division One.

Results, Seniors' Grandad's Trophy, Division One: 1 J Liversage 38, 2 P Ollis 36, 3 M Charnock 69. Division Two: 1 G Hampson 39, 2 V Palmer 37, 3 D De'Beaujeu 36

Ladies' Medal, Silver Division: 1 S Moffat, 2 J Coe. Bronze Division One: 1 S Leach, 2 S Marklew. Bronze Division Two: 1 A Jones, 2 L Parry

Professionals' Day, pros: B Austin, J Martin & R Goodey 61.0. Amateurs: 1 N Ford, S Cartlidge & P Denford 61.4, 2 D Greenslade, D Slee & T Cockayne 62.6, 3 S Lay, S Gresham & B Pym 62.9

Mike Thomas returned to form to win the Judges Day event. He returned a stableford score of 42 points to pip clubhouse leader Phil Strawford, who had posted 41 points.

Thomas had the luxury of bogeys on the 17th and 18th holes after a birdie on the par five sixth started a consistent spell around the turn.

Strawford's undoing was a weak end to his round with seven shots being dropped to par in the closing six holes.

Results, Judges Day: 1 M Thomas 42pts, 2 P Strawford 41, 3 M Cherry 38, 4 M Want 37, 5 R Cavill 36, 6 C Senik 36, 7 N Woodman 36, 8 D Hepburn 35.

Padbrook Park rounded off their East Devon League campaign with a 3-2 victory over Exminster at Honiton. All the wins came in tight contests, with Padbrook coming out on top on the final green.

Terry Martin and Phil Moore won, as did Andy Rooker and Dave Payne while captain Ton Evans led by example as he partnered Duncan Hepburn. The victory adds to that earlier in the season over Woodbury Park and sees Padbrook lie fourth with all of their rivals having one match left to play.

Sidmouth will regain the title if they avoid defeat in their final match against Exminster.

If they slip up Fingle Glen will take the title if they can beat bottom club Axe Cliff on the final day.

Results: Sidmouth 5 Axe Cliff 0, Woodbury 0.5 Fingle Glen 4.5, Padbrook 3 Exminster 2.

Steve Held produced an excellent round to win the Pro Shop Stableford with a 42 point score. He fired back-to-back birdies on the third and fourth holes and finished in style with a birdie three on the 18th to finish four points clear of nearest challenger Duncan Hepburn.

Results, Pro shop stableford: 1 S Held 42pts, 2 D Hepburn 38, 3 R Hazeldine 37, 4 R Price 36, 5 M Want 34, 6 K Curtis 34, 7 J Locke 33, 8 T Martin 33.

Phil Reed timed his run to the line perfectly as he won the season-long John Emerton Trophy after coming second in the final qualifying Midweek Stableford event.

Reed needed to finish three places above Martin Cherry to overhaul the long-time leader. And his 17-point haul was enough for second place as he was pipped on countback by Chris Manley.

Midweek Stableford: 1 C Manley 17pts, 2 P Reed 17, 3 R Cavill 17, 4 T Sampson 17, 5 D Hepburn 16, 6 P Jones 16

John Emerton Cup final standings: 1 P Reed 25pts, 2 M Cherry 22 3 R Cavill18, 4 D Stamp 15, 5> M Partridge, A Rooker 14, 7> P Jones, D Hepburn, C Manley 13

Mike Partridge came perilously close to pulling off a major shock before he lost to Will Blundell in the Golden Eagle Scratch Cup at the fifth extra hole.

Blundell, who has previously won the trophy, holed eight-foot putts on the 18th, 19th, 21st and 22nd holes to keep the match alive before winning at the 23rd.

Defending champion Cary Rawlings was also pushed hard.

Golden Eagle Scratch Cup second round results: P Jones lost to C Rawlings, T Evans bt G Campbell, C Fisher bt D Hepburn, M Partridge lost to W Blundell, C Bundy bt M Thomas, H Chau bt A Rooker, D Payne bt M Want, H Marshall bt T Chan. Quarter-final draw: C Rawlings v T Evans, C Fisher v W Blundell, C Bundy v H Chau, D Payne v H Marshall

The midweek Stableford played on the September 1 saw some impressive scores over the nine holes.

Alan Cundy posted a winning score to secure 24 points, while Peter Mortimer was the runner-up with 21 stableford points.