Nick Sargent won the Liverpool Alliance at Ormksirk

Mar 19 2009 by Our Correspondent, Ormskirk Advertiser

NICK SARGENT from Eastham Lodge won the Liverpool Alliance at Ormskirk where the early arrivals found the course covered in a thin layer of snow and a long delayed start.

Sargent returned 38 points, one ahead of Barry Taylor from Houghwood who handed in a card that included two birdies and an eagle on his second nine. James Westwood from Eaton and Royal Liverpool’s Jason Dransfield shared third place with 36.

The pro-am produced a three-way tie, Sargent, with Ian Orme from Upton-by-Chester, Alex Evans and Tom Woods from Bromborough and Robin and Peter Carroll, also from Bromborough.

All three partnerships returned 44.

Scoring was also tight in the pro-am but Peter Guy of Childwall and Neil Gravener of West Derby finally claimed first place with 40 points, followed by five pairs on 39.

The snow caused a delay of two hours and wrecked the planned tee times. But starter Barry Critchley set the players off from two tees and more than 100 completed their rounds in daylight.