Former Curtis Cup player Carol Gibbs showed she’s kept her winning ways when she topped the women’s leaderboards in the England Golf Senior Midlands tournament at Sherwood Forest Golf Club. Gibbs, from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, had the best scores in both the handicap and scratch competitions, returning 66 and 62 points respectively.

Gibbs played in the Curtis Cup team of 1974, was the English and British girls’ champion, an England international in the 70s – and still plays off two. “I’m definitely still keen to win, even if it doesn’t matter quite as much!” she said.

She had a net score of 33 points in both rounds and was one off the pace after the first 18. But in the second round she was sure she’d dropped away. “I only had one point on each of the last four holes and when I came in I thought I’d really blown it, but I still managed to win.”

Two points behind her in the handicap event were Sue Hatton (Beau Desert) who took the handicap prize when Gibbs topped both leaderboards; Mary MacLaren (Wellingborough) and Andrea Stockdale (Sherwood Forest); while Amanda Mayne (Saltford) was runner-up in the scratch.