GREAT Lever and Farnworth junior team continued their excellent season by winning the Sunday Telegraph North West Championships at Mere.

They qualified as BGA title winners and pipped Shaw Hill for the title by one shot with Bury a distant third.

The team comprised Ian Marks, Sarah Woods, Gareth Foulkes, John Ralphs, Leon Mawson and Ben Killey. The four best nett scores and one best gross counted as Great Lever totalled 360.

Great Lever are now through to the England final on October 21 at Brockett Hall, Hertfordshire. Winners from the 10 teams will represent England in the home counties final at La Manga, Spain.