A stunning hole-in-one meant no-one stood a chance of bettering Bill Sharpe in the nearest-the-pin competition during the seniors’ Summer Medal at the Essex Golf and Country Club.

Sharpe aced his tee shot on the par three fifth hole to win that contest, but overall triumph fell to Lawrence Lord, who saw his handicap cut from 23 to 20 after his winning round of nett 67.

Michael Manning (26) took second on countback from John Phillipson (18) after they both had nett 70s.