A STRONG field of eight professionals and assistant pros' will contest the York Union of Golf Clubs' Open Championship at Forest Park Golf Club on Sunday.

The remaining field of club players of five handicap, or better, will be aiming to prise away the trophy from the possession of Boothferry Park GC assistant Robert Bundy, who has held it for the last two years.

Leading contenders for the top prize include Martin Brown of Pike Hills, Fulford's Ian Simpson, who is the reigning York amateur champion, and The York's David Holder.

The YUGC ladies fourball championship will be held at Fulford GC on Thursday, August 16.

YUGC Open Championship

(at Forest Park GC) on Sunday

8.00 (12.30) W Pendall (5) (FP), D Meek (4) (PH), G Stericker (5) (F).

8.10 (12.40) M Metcalfe (5) (Y), S Harlington (5) (BF), R Hamilton (4) (PH).

8.20 (12.50) S Nickols (5) (FP), R Cass (4) (F), P Harlington (5) (BF).

8.30 (13.00) M Lord (6) (H), S Simpson (4) (PH), W Strutt (5) (FP).

8.40 (13.10) D McCarthy (5) (FP), C Brownlee (5) (Y), M Dowdall (4) (PH).

8.50 (13.20) D Rix (4) (MN), R Chilton (3) (PH), P Bradley (Scr) (FOG).

9.00 (13.30) A Lount (3) (PH), J L Plaxton (3) (F), J Barrett (5) (FP).

9.10 (13.40) A Bell (5) (Y), S Ramsdale (4) (S), A Thompson (5), (BF).

9.20 (13.50) J Batt (4) (H), G D Wilson (4) (BF), C Woolsey (4) (Y).

9.30 (14.00) K J Miller (2) (F), N Tailby (3) (PH, J Drinkall (3) (MN).

9.40 (14.10) P Collier (2) (F), M Gastall (4) (FP), S Appleton (Scr) (MN).

9.50 (14.20) A Crawford (4) (KM), M Kelly (2) (F), I Tailby (Scr) (PH).

10.00 (14.30) S Bundy (4) (BF), H Jackson (3) (Y), A Grindlay (Scr) (MN).

10.10 (14.40) J Duckett (1) (BF), S Dunn (2) (F), M Brown (Scr) (PH).

10.20 (14.50) R Bundy (Scr) (BF), D Holder (1) (Y), I Simpson (2) (F).

10.30 (15.00) C Tyson (Scr) (Km), N Bundy (Scr) (BF), S Robinson (Scr) (MN).

YUGC Ladies Fourball stableford

(at Fulford GC) on Thursday August 16

9.00 P Clancey 21, G Allison 22 (F), A Clothier 22, D Kenrick 24 (Y); 9.09 S Holmes 22, A Thompson 26 (H), P Fletcher (26), S Sykes (24); 9.18 P Clark 19, S Hayman 29 (Y), J Huntley 16, P Crossley 29 (FP); 9.27 K Wallace 22, M Wright 26 (F), K Stubbs 25, J Hawkins 26 (F); 9.36 J Irwin 15, D Bailey 21 (Y), W Allan 17, N Charman 18 (MN); 9.45 A Shedden, C Allison (E), M Walker 16, J Hinder 13; 9.54 V Savory 22, M Holmes 23 (H), E Blogg 16, G Enos 11 (E).

10.03 S Anderson 19, P Robinson 20 (MN), M Slater 22, J Howarth 23 (Y); 10.12 J Ashton 12, D Burn 20 (FP), L Hogg 23, P Topping 27 (KM); 10.21 R Skaife 22, N Summersgill 21 (E), G Dixon 10, C Pratt 20 (Y); 10.30 A Robinson 12, J Hutt 16 (F), A Farndale 11, H Fletcher 11 (KM); 10.39 E Berridge 25, J Turnbull 28 (H), G Nairn 20, D Petch 17 (F); 10.48 S Bellion 29, J Blythe 26 (MN), J Waugh 20, J Jackson 29 (E); 10.57 K Neviss 25, S Entwistle 29 (BF), I Hockley 15, S Osguthorpe 24 (FP).

11.06 J Hunter 5, C Kirk 6 (Y), D Clark 12, P Myers 18 (E); 11.15 M Walker 19, J Gordon 6 (PH), P Hague 12, C Glendinning 15 (MN); 11.24 H Palfryman 12, C Dyson 18 (KM), E Duffy 5, C Simpson 8 (H); 11.33 M Burton 19, A Maguire 18 (F), E Tosdevin 17, A Haswell 16 (Y); 11.42 O Barley 11, J M Clark 15 (E), R Nellis 18, M Birkett 30 (BF); 11.51 S Smalley 29, C Cameron 27 (S), P Raine 21, M White 25 (PH).

12.00 J Halliwell 20, G Lounsborough 21 (MN), J Foster 23, M Bennett 23 (F); 12.09 P Yearsley 23, J Richardson 28 (H), D Yorke 29, R Moncaster 23 (FP); 12.18 P Wells 12, J Eastwood 16 (Y), P Duggleby 19, C Oldfield 20 (MN); 12.27 M Dawson 26, O Willis 32 (E), V Sinclair 13, M Hornby 15 (KM); 12.36 D Huddlestone 24, H Thompson 14 (O), S Allen 24, J Davis 28 (E); 12.45 J Jones 17, J Nield 17 (E), J Duggleby 28, E Robinson 24 (H); 12.54 J Butler 11, N Verow 20 (MN), P Beal 14, V Crossley 20 (Y).

13.03 J Cole 23, M Downs 25 (FP), S McHaffie 24, L Henderson 24 (F); 13.12 J Mackenzie 10, P Garside 20 (MN), S Stevenson 30, S Haworth 25 (O); 13.21 J Mackenzie 10, P Garside 20 (MN), S Stevenson 30, S Haworth 25 (O); 13.21 J Broad 23, H Knowlson 24 (E), M Kellett 28, M Borrowdale 27 (S); 13.30 S Noonan 16, S Nutt 19 (O), M Spink 24, S Symmonds 24 (E); 13.39 D Clegg 19, M Fairclough 15 (Y), J Fountain 27, K Anderson 28 (MN); 13.48 A Tooms 24, C Knowles 26 (E), S Rooks 28, K Firth 22 (S); 13.57 B Harding 20, E Godfrey 13 (F), P Wright 26, D Frances 26 (FP).

14.06 J Maloney 19, L Bower 16 (MN), S Hogg 14, V Waters 10 (Y); 14.15 P Boden 19, K Aldous 30 (H), J Marshall 15, J Thompson 21 (S); 14.24 D Hourston 22, A Parker 26 (F), H Gott 27, V Barrass 20 (Y).

Key: F: Fulford; Y: The York; H: Heworth; MN: Malton & Norton; FP: Forest Park; O: The Oaks; E: Easingwold; KM: Kirkbymoorside; BF Boothferry; PH: Pike Hills; S: Scarthingwell; FOG: Forest of Galtres.

Updated: 12:08 Thursday, August 09, 2001