ELTHAM Warren Golf Club has qualified for a national nine-hole competition in Jersey later this year.

They booked their place in the September finals by winning the regional heat at Manston GC in Broadstairs last month with a score of 117 points, finishing seven points clear of Whitstable & Seasalter B.

At the halfway stage it seemed like it was going to be a very close fight for the first UK mainland regional event of 2010.

Six teams were all within seven points of each other but the back nine scores of David Mabbott (17 points), Lawrence Mason (21 points) and Dean Lisbon (22) meant it was Eltham Warren that stormed through to the Jersey final.