THE Horwich partnership of professional Brian Sharrock and six-handicap amateur Brian Hill have won their way to the Portuguese final of the Lombard Trophy - Europe's biggest pro-am competition.

They fired a splendid 65 at the par-72 Dunham Forest course in to win the North of England final by a single shot from Sitwell Park, Leigh and Glossop.

Now they will join 15 other regional winners throughout Britain and Ireland for a five-day trip to the acclaimed San Lorenzo course on the Algarve from September 6-10.

While PGA Northern Region champion Sharrock was contributing three birdies and nine other regulation pars in the four-ball better-ball format, Hill conjured up three birdies of his own and a net

birdie.

But it was the pro's birdie three at the 382-yard final hole that clinched the trip abroad.

Leading scores:

65 Horwich (B Sharrock, B Hill 6)

66 Sitwell Park (N Taylor, J Walker 8), Leigh (A Baguley, A Hart 9),

Glossop

(D Marsh, E Shaw 12)

67 Hart Common (G Benson, D Cartwright 6)

69 Brookdale (T Cuppello, L Marland 12), Mottram Hall (T Rastall, S

Jackson 11),

Stockport (M Peel, M Taylor 12), Saddleworth (R Johnson, K Haigh

14).