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Herts Colts lost this fine match on a sunny but windy day at Brookmans Park 8-4. A withdrawal less than an hour before play did not help our cause although we managed to call in a very late replacement, Jack Woods ( Mid Herts ), who did us proud in the difficult circumstances after forfeiting his place in his club championship. Some re-jigged pairings and a slow start saw us whitewashed in the morning foursomes, which was disappointing as in one match we were 3 up with 6 to play and looked likely to get something on the scoreboard. The afternoon singles saw a spirited fight back by all the players and there were a number of close and excellent games as the honours and the points were shared. Alan Glithero ( South Herts ) beat the current Essex county champion and there were good wins for our captain Chris Barnes ( Mill Green ), Stewart Mitchell ( Brickendon Grange ) and Lewis Remington ( Knebworth ). However, we had left ourselves too much to do and the strong Essex team were worthy winners on the day.
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 At Royal Wimbledon G.C. on Wednesday 25th June 2008, the Senior 6 man team turned in a great performance to finish third behind Kent and Hampshire but so nearly won it! Playing a really tough Par 70 course in difficult conditions, the forecast was that any side who turned in 5 scores under 80 would win. We did but finished on 390 total and lost out by one stroke. Kent won by virtue of the better 6th man score but we would have won that too had we saved that one shot! A good performance all round highlighted by a 75 from Captain Gaius Potton (pictured), the second best of the day.
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On a windswept Dunstable Downs course on Sunday 22nd June 2008, Hertfordshire suffered their second 6.5 to 5.5 defeat of the season against Bedfordshire. Struggling to come to grips with the exceptionally high winds, the team went into lunch at 3/1 down. A spirited fight back in the afternoon round saw wins for Tom, Speyer, Laurence Allen, Andy Kay and Gordon Forster. A half from Greg Schmidt completed our scoring and left Herts just that one point adrift.
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 Having finished second in the Boys Championship and runner-up in the 2007 Colts Championship at Knebworth, Tom Speyer (West Herts) clinched the 2008 Colts Championship title with rounds of 70 and 70 at Harpenden G.C. on 21st June. Tom finished one shot ahead of Gareth Thomas (The Hertfordshire) who shot 71 - 70. Three players finished on 145 with Will Chambers (Mid Herts) takingthe third spot on countback with the best last 18 of 70. Sam Claridge (Harpenden Common) shot the best round of the day with a two under par 68 in the afternoon. Our photograph shows the three prizewinners with Gareth on the left, Tom in the centre and Will to the right.
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 At Knebworth Golf Club on Sunday 15th June, the final of the 2008 County Championship was battled out by home course Paul Amess (Knebworth) and the more experienced Chris Tingey (Mid Herts). Amess was never behind and finally ran out a 5/4 winner. Chris Tingey had been the the leading quailifier on Friday 13th June, scoring 68 -67 for a 7 under par total of 135. A course record equalling 66 by Ryan Newman (Brookmans Park) helped him to second place in the qualifying with a total of 137. Tingey maintained his good form in the knock-out matches and reached the final by beating James Jankowski (Potters Bar) in a great semi-final match. Paul Amess, having scored 72 and 73 in the qualifiers, was never behind in any of his knock-out matches and had outsatnding opposition in John Ambridge, Ryan Newman and finally Laurence Allen (Brookmans Park) who was the other losing semi-finalist. The standard of golf at the championships was oustanding and the event was brillinatly staged by Knebworth Golf Club in this their Centenary Year. For them to have their 'home town' winner was icing on the cake for them. Our photograph shows the winner, runner up, losing semi-finalists, 36 hole qualifying winner and runner-up with Terry Trude, President of the Hertfordshire Golf Union and Terry Rowney, Captain of Knebworth Golf Club.
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 We recently played the English Senior Championship at the Wildernesse/ Knowle Park. Hertfordshire were well represented and had Donald Longmuir, Norman Cameron, Gaius Potton, Martin McKenna, and Terry Croker all qualifying for the final day.
Norman Cameron (pictured) finishing a very creditable 7th shooting a gross 70 at the Knowle Park golf course the lowest score of the tournament.
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As announced at the Annual General Meeting, our current County Secretary, John Newton, has indicated his intention to retire effective on or before February 2009. We would like to invite applications from candidates who would wish to be considered for this remunerated position and who could offer the Union the required level of experience and expertise. Previous experience in golf administration would be be preferred and relevant I.T. skills are essential. Further information can be obtained through John Newton on 01438-244858, e-mail secretary@hertsgolfunion.com at 16 Ranworth Avenue, Stevenage, Herts. SG2 8SL. Applications to be considered, with C.V., to be addressed to The President, Hertfordshire Golf Union and sent to John at the above address. The closing date for applications will be 21st June 2008
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Herts 10.5 – Essex 4.5
Rochford Hundred was an excellent course for this hard fought match. Played in a most competitive, yet friendly spirit Hertfordshire took the honours because our players held their nerve in the final stages of most of the matches.
The morning nine hole foursomes displayed this tenacity and although 4 of the 5 matches went to the last hole, Hertfordshire had secured a 4½–½ lead by lunch. At this stage the Hertfordshire stars were Nick Ward and Sam Towler who won their match 5&3 and Elliot Leonard and Jac Hicks who came from 3 behind after four to win their match on the ninth hole against the Essex top pair. Early in the afternoon session it was dark clouds for Herts, as the Essex boys took a firm grip on the 10 singles over the opening holes and only Bradley Walters for Herts was ahead after 5 holes.
But again Herts boys dug in and began to turn their matches around. Again Nick (4&3) and Sam (3&2) were at the forefront of this fight back. The fighting spirit, however, ran through the whole team and with Jac Hicks 4/2), Bradley Henwood (1up), Bradley Walters (5&4) and Stuart Patrick (1 up) contributing fine victories an 6- 4 afternoon session result ensured a tremendous 10.5 – 4.5 victory over a very strong Essex team. It was a wonderful team performance played out in a great spirit of sportsmanship. Considering that this was the first representative match for 6 of the boys, the team played with great maturity and fully deserved their reward.
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