A beautiful Spring morning greeted the players at Vila Sol for the 4th round of the Fermon Trophy. The Vila Sol team took full advantage of their local knowledge and scored a magnificent 203 points on the day - an average of over 40 per pairing - despite some challenging pin positions. Carvoeiro G&CC were second with 190 points with SDM finishing third with 183 three points ahead of Alto.

SDM did have some success with a new pairing of Gwynne Jones and Euan Pyper recording an excellent 44 points - equal top score on the day. Other scores from the SDM team were Peter & Marja Chapman - 39, Colin & Lynn Hynd - 34, Ray & Eileen Groves 34, Judi Murphy & Stuart Deans 32 and Stu & Maz McGill 32.

So with one round to go the team scores are:

1. Vila Sol - 765

2. Carvoeiro G&CC - 753

3. SDM - 733

4 Alto 729