LONGLEY Park made home course advantage pay in Sunday's Halifax, Huddersfield and District Union Second Division Scratch Team Championship event.
Matthew Colcolmbe's 71 helped their four-man line-up to a total to 292 for a three shot win over Lightcliffe.
Todmorden (308) and Queensbury (311) were next and the top four teams go forward to the First Division event for the Founders Trophy at M
eltham on Sunday, July 26.
Bradley Park and Marsden did not turn up and will not be allowed to play in this competition in 2010 while Clive McFadzean failed to sign his card playing for Castlefields, meaning only nine teams returned scores.
Union officials have finally run out of patience with players who fail to attend the prize presentation.
Second placed team Lightcliffe and Crow Nest Park's Nathan Scott, who had the best gross, were not there and the prize vouchers go into the junior coaching and development fund.
SCORES - 1, Longley Park 292: Matthew Colcombe 71, Ian Senior 73, Charles Ryan-Hicks 73, John Doherty 75. 2, Lightcliffe 295: Robert Charnock 72, James Parkinson 73, Tom Williams 75, Frazer Scholefield 75. 3, Todmorden 308: Dave Stafford 73, Colin Fowler 76, Michael Murray 76, David Arrowsmith 83.
4, Queensbury 311: Sam Town 75, Andy Speak 75, Ross Heslop 79, Gareth Jones 82. 5, Crow Nest Park 312: Nathan Scott 71, David May 74, Daniel Lax 83, Ben Adamson 84. 6, Halifax 313: Clive Crawshaw 73, Steve Smith 77, Simon Wilson 78, Tim Cowie 85.
7, Willow Valley 325: Lewis Howell 72, John reddy 78, Mark Butters 85, Tom Calvert 90. 8, Ryburn 328: Chris Rudd 77, Philip Jackson 80, Robert Emmett 83, Craig Hair 88. 9, Elland 329: Nigel King 77, Chris Walton 79, Reece Wilby 83, Chris Lawler 90. 10, Castlefields disq: Ryan Joyce 73, Nick Kelly 81, James Lord 86, Clive McFadzean disq.
Best nett: 1, N.Scott (Crow Nest, 4) 67; 2, M.Colcombe (Longley Park, 2) 68: 3, C.Crawshaw (Halifax, 2) 71; 4, Dave Stafford (Todmorden, 1) 71; 5, A.Speak (Queensbury, 5).
