KENT'S golfers clinched the English Seniors County Championship by beating Lancashire 5½-3½ on the final day at Rotherham.

Having finished runners-up for the past two years, Kent were on a mission in south Yorkshire but there was nothing lucky about their victory which was secured after 7-2 successes in the first two days.

Cptain Nick Allen, who was also at the helm in the other two contests, was delighted.

He said: “I couldn’t be happier. fter the disappointment of the previous two years this was what we wanted.

"It is third time lucky but we didn’t come here thinking it would be easy.

"We knew Lancashire, having put out defending champions Cheshire, would be strong opposition and that how it turned out.”