This competition began in 1994 when the County obtained the trophy a
‘wedge club’ used by the great man who does so much for junior golf in this
country.
It is a team
competition played off a full handicap for Stableford points. A club
team consists of 3 boys or girls under the age of 18 at the beginning of the
year. They play 18 holes of golf and all scores count.
The Bentley Golf Club course was in perfect condition and the weather was warm and sunny for the 144 competitors who played in the competition.
Home advantage paid
off for the Bentley B team of Harry Noakes(38 points), Oliver Davies (40
points) and Ryan Murphy (44 points) who won the trophy for the first time in
the clubs history.
In second place was
the Colchester team of Lewis Barber (36 points), John Logan (36 points) and
Dominic Petch (37 points). In third place came the Thorpe Hall team of
Freddie Laurance, Jamie Sergeant and Henry Gibbons and forth place went to
the Clacton on Sea B team of Michael Hewit, Jasper Parker and Liam Clarke.
The best individual
score came from Rayn Murphy from Bentley Golf Club on 44 points. There
were 7 girls playing in the event and Millie Martin of Upminster Golf Club
won the girl’s individual prize with a score of 39 points.
