Title defence continues apace as duo bag a home draw in the third round

Defending champions Steve Dixon and Rick Storey of Forest Pines have been favoured with a home draw in round three of the 2012 Telegraph Golf Challenge.

The pair, who won away at Grimsby in round two, face another Grimsby pairing in round three in Mark Williams and Andy Williamson.

Dixon is one of only two players in the men's challenge, which started with 159 pairs, who play off a plus handicap.

The other is Rob Mackey of Laceby Manor who plays off plus one. He and his partner George Mackey also have home advantage in round three against the Elsham pairing of Graham Fairbank and Vernon Kerins 22.

Third round winners in the men's section, which has to be played by August 12, will then be only one step away from a place in the Telegraph Golf Challenge grand finals to be staged at Forest Pines on Thursday, September 27.

The draw has also been made for round two of both ladies and senior sections, with the winners of each going straight through to the finals.

Three former winners are still going strong in the ladies section – and all three have home advantage.

Defending champions June Marshall and Kate Greenwood of Forest Pines won away in round one and are rewarded with home advantage this time against Carol Croft and Patsy Davies of Elsham.

2008 champions Liz Turner of Forest Pines and Ann Marie Coleman of Elsham have a home draw against the Forest Pines pairing of Jenny Swain and Jean Cook.

And twice former winners Cei Chaplin and Jean Walker, also of Forest Pines, entertain the Grimsby pairing of Jane Peacock and Debbie Davison.

Laceby Manor will be guaranteed a place in the first ever senior finals with two of their pairs clashing in round two.

Two other Laceby pairings also have home advantage.

The finalists in all three sections of the Telegraph Challenge will this year have the chance to win a brand new Hyundai i30 car, in a deal sponsored by Read Hyundai of Grimsby, for the first hole-in-one at the par three seventh on the Pines section of the course.

MEN's ROUND THREE: Stephen Thornton 10 and Shane Stead 6 (Elsham) v Steve Kelly 9 and Peter Stamp 16 (Ashby Decoy); Craig Heard 8 and David Heard 14 (Grimsby) v Wayne Reed 11.4 and Tom McGuire 6 (Forest Pines); Andrew Stanley 15 and Doug Tomlinson 17 (Grimsby) v Graham Hodge 13 and Colin Brand 15 (Tetney); Mark Drewery 11 and Anthony Clarke 6 (Ashby Decoy) v Nick Hawley 24 and Andy Rose 23 (Grimsby); Ben Waite 12 and Jim Altoft 15 (Waltham Windmill) v Mick Lewis 15 and Lee Burniston 21 (Immingham); Andrew Wilson 12 and Russ Briers 15 (Holme Hall) v James McNeil 16 and Mark Ingham 17 (Normanby Hall); Tony Brown 14 and Peter Fisher 11 (Ashby Decoy) v JS Appleyard 13 and JD Perrin 13 (Laceby Manor); Steve High 14 and Robin Taylor 13 (Elsham) v Mike Stringer 16 and Martin Mumby 14 (Grimsby) or David Hale 21 and Roger Smith 12 (Waltham Windmill); Andrew Waddingham 16 and S Woolnough 12 (Laceby Manor) v Graeme Godson 11 (Holme Hall) and Bo Kyrnyckyi 11 (Normanby Hall); Peter Wilson 18 and Philip Medley 18.4 (Normanby Hall) v Philip Dunderdale 9 and Neil Dunderdale 7 (Forest Pines); Mark Thomas 10 and Simon Smith 5 (Waltham Windmill) v David Keightley 6 and J Martin 17 (Holme Hall); Andrew Barker 12 and Nick Almey 11 (Holme Hall) v Steven Reilly 9 and Martin Davenport 6 (Laceby Manor); Gordon Lamming 14 and John Mager 5 (Elsham) v Jordan Campbell 7 and James Campbell 18 (Holme Hall); Malcolm Wood 16 (Elsham) and Craig Wood 20.5 (Immingham) v Mark Allonby 5 and Nigel Foster 8 (Laceby Manor); Mark Appleyard 12 and Nigel Leach 16 (Cleethorpes) v Craig Thomson 12 and Tim Howlett 12 (Laceby Manor); Peter Sellars 13 and M Codd 10 (Market Rasen) v Steve Walker 23 and Peter Nicholson 14 (Ashby Decoy); Jason Suddaby 13 and Steven Johnson 12 (Tetney) v Steve Bolan 15 and Andy Johnson 14 (Grange Park); David Oglesby 16 and Richard Oxton 17 (Cleethorpes) v Paul Stocks 16 (Louth) and Phil Bevan 13 (Waltham Windmill); Gary Ritchie 15 and Ian Ritchie 15 (Laceby Manor) v Mark Hornby 10 (Waltham) and Andy Allard 9 (Kenwick Park); Howard Wilson 16 and Jess Bray 13 (Waltham Windmill) v Jason Hull 9 and Andy Marriot 28 (Laceby Manor); Paul Coutts 4.6 (Grimsby) and John Jarrel 1.3 (Cleethorpes) v Steven Unwin 19 and Ian Penniston 22 (Market Rasen); Steve Dixon plus 2 and Rick Storey 3 (Forest Pines) v Mark Williams 17 and Andy Williamson 16 (Grimsby); Ian Smith 10 and Lee Tomlinson 14 (Grimsby) v Roger Davies 12 and Nick Larkman 9 (Forest Pines); Lee Fenty 12 and Neal Pearce 10 (Grimsby) v Gordon Jones 23 and Danny Edmondson 16 (Louth); Craig Brocklebank 5.9 and Jon Tyson 16 (Grimsby) v Alan Pashley 15.3 and Mel Lings 14.7 (Grange Park); Rob Mackey plus one and George Mackey 15 (Laceby Manor) v Graham Fairbank 12 and Vernon Kerins 22 (Elsham); Darren Hurley 12 and Sean McCarney 19 (Immingham) v Dave Logan 17 and Shaun Matthews 13 (Louth); Tony Lightfoot 16 and Mark Fleming 10 (Grimsby) v Ian Bonner 7 and Steve Fitzpatrick 13 (Ashby Decoy); Garry Snow 13 and J Stevens 20 (Forest Pines) v Andrew Knapton 9 and Rob Jubber 8 (Holme Hall); Tom Hornby 17 and Greg Hornby 11 (Waltham) v Richard Freudenberg 15 and Darren Birley 24 (Forest Pines); Roy Cressey 20 and Tony Chapman 21 (Grange Park) v Mike Beckett 17 and Billie MacCormack 18 (Grimsby); Sean Ritchie 11 and Scott Ritchie 8 (Laceby Manor) v Howard Goodwin 14 and Colin Davis 2 (Immingham). Matches to be played by August 12.

LADIES ROUND TWO: Helen Scruton 20 and Wyn Davis 21 (Forest Pines) v Sandie Braithwaite 17 and Josie Hallam 20 (Laceby Manor); Cei Chaplin 16 and Jean Walker 13 (Forest Pines) v Jane Peacock 19 and Debbie Davison 17 (Grimsby); Aileen Sellars 18 and Bridget Holmes 12 (Market Rasen) v Lynne Sutton 21 and Kay Clark 18 (Forest Pines); Janet Godfrey 14 and Sue Booth 13 (Elsham) v Tracy Wilkinson 18 and Lorraine Watts 13 (Grimsby); June Marshall 20 and Kate Greenwood 15 (Forest Pines) v Carol Croft 23 and Patsy Davies 20 (Elsham); Joanne Oxby 16 and Sheila Petchey 11 (Holme Hall) v Julie Allen 17 and Mary Keal 18 (Grimsby); Cathy Wheatley 11 and Sue Harvey 10 (Forest Pines) v Elaine Hoggarth 22 and Trish Goodwin 20 (Grimsby); Liz Turner 12 (Forest Pines) and Ann Marie Coleman v Jenny Swain 15 and Jean Cook 18 (Forest Pines).

SENIORS ROUND TWO: Mike Jex 22 and Phil Thompson 13 (Laceby Manor) v Ed Tippett 14 and Bob Parr 8 (Waltham Windmill); Ian Ribey 12 and Vic Blanchard 21 (Market Rasen) v Keith Mason 21 and Graham Blockley 13 (Holme Hall); John Ford 20 and George Clark 18 (Laceby Manor) v Jim Herbert 20 and Alan Brown 11 (Grange Park); Stuart Cranidge 17 and George McIntosh 8 (Holme Hall) v Nick Robey 26 (Market Rasen) and Ted Heath 26 (Immingham); John Bayliss 15 and Tony Dann 12 (Cleethorpes) v John Glencross 20 and John Robinson 18 (Ashby Decoy); Rod Gamble 8 and John Drust 15 (Holme Hall) v Ian Legg 12 and Brian Topham 17 (Grimsby); Anthony Hayes 10 (Elsham) and Brian Watkinson 13 (Market Rasen) v David Laing 26 and Archie Welsh 24 (Grimsby); Richard Smart 19 and Chris Mauirer 16 (Laceby Manor) v William P Hide 18 and Patrick Bell 17 (Laceby Manor).