A revitalised Rodney Howe scored 41 points in the Duffy Open to record his first win this year. The eight handicapper attributed his win to coaching from Liam McCool who has sorted his erratic driving which has plagued him in recent months. With a new found confidence, Howe notched up a credible 18 points on the front nine. The only blemish on his card was the second hole where he took a double bogey seven.

On the back nine Howe got into his stride and rolled off eight pars on the trot from the tenth hole before finishing with a superb birdie on the last. This proved crucial as it pushed clubhouse leader George Elliott into the runner up spot. Elliott, who also finished with 41 points was well on track for the win having scored 22 points around the hill. But unlike Howe he finished poorly dropping five shots in the last seven holes.

Four handicapper Chris Noble finished third with 40 points. Noble had 20 points on each nine. This included a double bogey on the short 14th hole. It was no surprise to see Steven Craig win the battle of the low men and take the gross prize.

Six handicapper Craig went out in 38 shots and came home in 36 shots for 33 gross points. Craig also won the longest drive and closest to the pin on the 11th where he almost holed his teeshot. He converted the teeshot and was one of only four men who had a two. The other three were Davy Truesdale, John Elliott and Ian Lyttle.

In the ladies section, the runaway winner was Mags McCaffrey with the best score of the day, 43 points. 14 handicapper Mags cruised round the course in seven over par, 79 shots - the best ladies score of the year. Her round included a brace of twos on the third and eleventh. In a distant second some 10 points behind Mags was Rosemary Wylie with 33 points. The only other lady to record a two was Jenny Scholes who birdied the 14th hole.

Lawson Cup John O'Neill's Lawson Cup team just missed out on back to back wins when they lost in the final to Newtownstewart Golf Club.

After the first leg at Newtownstewart three weeks ago, Enniskillen found themselves on the wrong side of a 12.5 to 3.5 points result. But with home advantage on the second leg and with a superb record on home turf, there was a quiet optimism that the result could be turned around. Most of the matches were nip and tuck around the front nine except John O'Neill and Ken Bownes who looked like getting an early bath. But with wins on seven, eight and nine they got back into it and stood on the tenth tee all square.

On the back nine it was much of a stalemate as the Enniskillen players failed to make inroads against a resilient Newtownstewart side. In the end Newtownstewart recorded a comfortable win against the finalists for the last three years. Well done Newtownstewart.