CAMERON Wallace has set his sights on adding the Durham County Men’s title to his nice collection after becoming the boys champion last weekend.

Wallace, the Seaton Carew golfer, claimed the crown by shooting consecutive 71s at Darlington to finish ahead of Chester-le-Street’s Alex Carr by one shot on two over.

His victory followed his previous successes in the Under-14s and Under-16s Durham events and is another indication of the progress he has made under the guidance of Simon Robinson and Cliff Jackson.

“I am over the moon, it was a great weekend and I would love to go on and add the men’s title to that at some stage,” said the 16-year-old, who only narrowly missed out on winning the men's title last month. “My rounds were good, I played well and my short game was particularly good. I was knocking putts in from all over.”

Carr’s 143 total was two better than Tyneside’s James Wilson, while Heworth’s Will Marshall was a shot back.

The Under-16s Boys title was won by the impressive Will Skipp. The Eaglescliffe teenager, who has already won the North of England Schools’ this year, finished eight shots ahead of Houghton-le-Spring’s Kieran Thomas Wall after shooting 70. George Washington’s Duran Gun was a shot further back.

Wall was the winner of the nett competition after the ten handicapper posted a 68, which was a shot better off than Darlington’s Oliver Millichap, Skipp and Houghton’s Daniel Ellison.

LAST week saw two of the region’s hottest prospects progress to the knock-out stages of the British Amateur Championship at Royal Porthcawl.

Neither of Masham’s Daniel Brown or Wynyard’s Andrew Wilson could reach the third round. Brown lost to Swiss Marco Iten 2&1 after Wilson, from Darlington, had been defeated by Spaniard Alejandro del Rey 3&2.

THERE will be a strong North-East contingent at the national final of England Golf’s Gold Medal tournament when they look to become the male handicap golfer of the year.

They qualified at a regional final at Ilkley Golf Club in Yorkshire and will play off for the title on Friday, August 12 at Frilford Heath Golf Club.

Philip Hills (Whickham), Nicholas Bowman (Hexham), Matthew Ryder (Skipton), Clive Swiers (Ripon City), Peter Williams (Bridlington Links), Eric Welburn (Ganton), Jonathan Teasdale (Oakleaf), John Goodacre (Harrogate), Jonny Dunning (Malton & Norton), Mick Fisher (Romanby) and Neil Atkinson (Romanby) will all be involved.

All the regional finalists had won a club medal during 2015. The successful 16 will meet qualifiers from three other regional finals.