DAVID Higgins and Carol Yates won Evesham's Frank Vincent Trophy.

Eighteen mixed pairs competed in a matchplay knockout starting in May and finishing with the final in October.

The final saw Ian Hughes and Ruth Masters beaten on the 18th hole by Higgins and Yates.

Evesham held the Autumn Triads in their penultimate mixed in-house event of the year.

Drawn teams of three played in the best two scores to count event with Brian Osborne, Malcolm Carnall and Yvonne Kriese winning on 78 followed by Ian Tyrrell, Marlene Billings and Pat Saville.

Birdies were achieved on the ninth by Joan Hunt, 13th by Osborne and 16th by Tyrrell.