Hambrook's Giuseppe Licata moved to the top of the Gloucester and Somerset PGA order of merit after claiming victory at Shirehampton.

He was the only player to match the par of 67, on a day of sunshine and showers, despite a quadruple bogey eight when he hit two tee-shots out of bounds on the fifth hole.

He opened with a birdie three and eventually repaired the damage with birdies at the 8th, 10th, 12th and 15th holes, making only one more bogey.

This brought a one-shot success over his Hambrook colleague Trevor Jones, and Filton's Daryl Kelley.

Jones, who lost the order of merit lead, dropped shots at the tough third hole after a wayward drive, as well as the 11th and 16th. He picked up shots at the 10th and 12th holes.

Kelley's round was a mixed bag to match the weather. He started with a triple bogey seven, but then reeled off four successive birdies from the fourth. He dropped three shots in his last seven holes for a 68, although he collected the birdie sweep money for his haul of six.

David Haines (Brean) and Mark Sanders (Knowle) shared fourth place with rounds of 69

● Gloucestershire Seniors finished runners-up to Hertfordshire in the EGU Southern Counties foursomes final at Orchardleigh.

After beating Suffolk 4-1, Gloucestershire lost 3-2 to Hertfordshire.

The vital match stood at 2-2 and the final Gloucestershire pair of captain Tony Gough (Lansdown) and Dennis Rudman (Filton) went one up at the 12th hole. But their opponents hit back strongly with a string of birdies to close them out.

● Filton won the Gloucestershire Seniors Scratch foursomes knockout at Minchinhampton's Cherington course.

They beat Brickhampton Court 2-1 in the semi-final, while Henbury overcame Shirehampton Park by the same margin.

Filton's George Green and Dennis Rudman beat Derek Howell and Andy Penney 7 and 5 in the opening match, but David Windebank and Steve Sheppard brought Henbury level with a 2 and 1 win over John Lucas and Mike Clark.

Reg Cox and Bernie Powell defeated Alan Vaughan and Steve Garrany 4 and 3 in the deciding match. It saw Filton win the trophy for the first time in their Centenary Year.

Shirehampton beat Brickhampton Court 2-1 for third place.

● Bristol assitant Nick Korynevky's attempt to retain the West Region PGA Assistants Championship has been put on hold after mist at Teignmouth forced an abandonment.