THE Bolton Golf Association gained an emphatic 9.5-1.5 victory over their local rivals Bury Golf Association at Walmersley.

Bolton's lead players, Tim Philbin (Hindley) and Andy Taylor (Dunscar) set the pace with 7&6 and 7&5 victories over Dave Thornton (Lowes Park) and Rob Main (Rossendale).

A series of wins followed with Paul Grundy (Great Lever) completing his round two up to D. Scott (Lowes Park) followed by 17-year-old Michael Hearn (Chorley), two up to Paul Hambleton (Rossendale) and Rob Taylor (Bolton) one up to Chris Doherty (Bury).

Harry Proos (Dunscar), aged 15, secured a one up win in a hard fought match against Bury team captain Alan Royds (Lowes Park).

The fightback of the match was a half secured by young Joe Morris (Chorley) who was five down after 10 holes.

Other Bolton winners included Chris Bainbridge (Old Links) and Steve Greenhough (Dunscar) with 6&5 and 6&4 wins respectively.

The final match of the BGA season is away to the Fylde Golf Association on Saturday, October 2, at Fairhaven.

Bury scores first: D Thornton (Lowes Pk) lost to Tim Philbin (Hindley Hall) (7 & 6), R Main (Rossendale) lost to Andy Taylor (Dunscar) (7 & 5), C Doherty (Bury) lost to Rob Taylor (Bolton) (1 up), D Scott (Lowes Park) lost to Paul Grundy (Gt Lever) (2 up), P Hambleton (Rossendale) lost to Michael Hearn (Chorley) (2 up), A Royds (Lowes Park) lost to Harry Proos (Dunscar) (1 up), C Boothman (Lowes Park) lost to Matthew Walsh (Dunscar) (4&3), J Wild (Walmersley) lost to Chris Bainbridge (Old Links) (6 & 5), V Norris (Walmersley) halved with Joe Morris (Chorley), T Heaton (Lowes Park) lost to Steve Greenhalgh (Dunscar) (6&4), A Jones (Breightmet) beat Nigel Lowe (Deane)(2 & 1).