EARLY SET BACK FOR ESSEX BOYS

Essex U18 & U16 Boys Vs Herts U18 Boys. Cheshunt Salver.

Played at Redbourn GC Herts Monday 31^st March

 

Essex under 18 team                                            Essex under 16 team

Joe Galbraith  (capt) Rochford Hundred           Steve Jones, Canons Brook

Chris Foreman, Rochford Hundred                   Ben Herbert, Clacton GC

Andy Milne, Rochford Hundred                           Lewis Adair, Orsett GC

Rob Tredgett, Channels GC                                Joe Sullivan, Stockbrook Manor

James Webber, Channels GC                            Jack English, Colchester GC

Harry Eden, West Essex.                                      Lee Wilson, Rivenhall Oaks

 

The Redbourn course played well considering the amount of rain preceding the match. The greens proved receptive but difficult and the Essex boys could not match the Hertfordshire boys around the greens.

The morning 18 holes of foursomes were won by Herts 4 to 2 with only one Essex pair Lewis Adair and Joe Sullivan managing a win. The afternoon singles thus started with Essex needing at least seven wins from the twelve matches. At the turn Essex held a lead in eight matches, but this was not to last long and most of the matches went to the 18^th green, where the Herts players familiarity with the subtle borrows proved the difference between the teams. The afternoon singles finished level at six wins each, to give an overall 10 - 8 win to Hertfordshire and Joe Galbraith the Essex Captain presented the Cheshunt Salver to the Herts captain Sam Claridge.

 

Essex players worthy of note are Rob Tredgett and James Webber both of Channels, Harry Eden of West Essex, Joe Sullivan of Stockbrook Manor, Lewis Adair of Orsett and 14 year old Lee Wilson of Rivenhall Oaks, all winning their singles matches. Jack English of Colchester making his debut for the county was desperately unlucky to lose the final match to the more experienced George Hewitt (of Chadwell Springs GC) on the 18^th green, where a win would have retained the trophy for Essex.

BACK TO WINNING WAYS

Boys Under 18s & 16s match  versus Suffolk

 

Steve Morrison, Under 16s team manager reports:

On an overcast but dry day at Nazeing Golf Club a combined U18 & U16 team played their second boys match of the season against Suffolk hoping for a more favourable result than against Hertfordshire earlier in the week. A much better performance in the morning foursomes left Essex in a strong position leading 4½ - 1½ with our biggest wins coming from Jack Heasman (West Essex) & Matt Capps (Ballards Gore) 4&3 & Tom Owen (Rochford) & Chris Moore (Crowlands Heath) 3&2.

 

 We then moved into the afternoon singles and some very interesting pairing on paper proved just that.  Our U18 captain Joe Galbraith (Rochford) had to finish with 3 birdies to obtain a half with Suffolk’s Welsh international Rhodri Hartson and this was quickly followed by an outstanding 4&3 win for Rob Tredgett (Channels) against Hugo Dobson.  Again finishing with birdies on the final two holes Jay Beisser (Rochford) defeated England international Liam Brace and James Webber obtained a hard fought half with Patrick Spraggs.  Unfortunately the remaining U18 players could not sustain this and the next two matches were won by Suffolk.  But the U16 boys then took over with wins for the ever reliable Jack Heasman, Ben Herbert (Clacton) Matt Capps, & Chris Moore followed by a return to winning ways for Steven Jones (Canons Brook) giving us 5 wins from 6 singles matches to complete a comprehensive 12½ to 4½ win. Thanks must go to Nazeing Golf Club for hosting this fixture and to Suffolk for undertaking the long journey down to Nazeing.

Steve Morrison (U16 team manager)