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County Squad
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| Thursday 6th April 2017 | |||||
| Foursomes | |||||
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1
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Mark Talbot & Steve Hambling |
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Won 4 & 3 |
Curtis Knipes Chelmsford Golf Club & Jay Beisser The Rayleigh Club | |
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2
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Roger Gray & Luke Fraser |
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Won 2 & 1 |
Callum Pipe Braintree & William Percival Orsett Golf Club | |
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3
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Reece Phillips & Jack Winner |
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Won 2 Holes |
Andrew May Boyce Hill Golf & Country Club & Jamie Richards Abridge Golf & Country Club | |
| Foursomes Total | 0 | 3 | |||
| Singles | |||||
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4
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Scott Hudson | Won 5 & 3 |
Jay Beisser The Rayleigh Club | ||
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5
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Jack Nicholls | Halved |
Curtis Knipes Chelmsford Golf Club | ||
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6
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Matt Southgate | Won 4 & 3 |
Andrew May Boyce Hill Golf & Country Club | ||
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7
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Rhys Piper | Halved |
Jamie Richards Abridge Golf & Country Club | ||
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8
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Reece Phillips | Halved |
Callum Pipe Braintree | ||
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9
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Jack Winner | Won 1 Hole |
William Percival Orsett Golf Club | ||
| Singles Total | 4½ | 1½ | |||
| Thursday Total | 4½ | 4½ | |||
Match Report
The day started early with clear blue skies and a surprising absence of the usual strong breeze associated with this annual fixture.
Frinton golf club looked immaculate in the spring sunshine as the cream of Essex golfers both Pro and Amateur prepared to do battle.
The Professionals fielded a very strong team in an effort to reverse previous year’s fortunes, demonstrated by the inclusion of European Tour player Matthew Southgate.
The Amateur line up was a mix of youth and experience with 5 players from the County side and 5 from the under 18’s
The morning foursomes produced some superb golf aided by greens that wouldn’t have been out of place in any tour event, hard, fast and true with puts rolling in from everywhere. The amateurs edging the morning with a 3 to 2 advantage. Special praise to the young pairing of Joshua Read and Cai James taking Matt Southgate and Rhys Piper to the 17th in a ding dong battle.
With amateur expectations high the afternoons singles again produced some spectacular scoring with a glut birdies and eagles highlighted in the Southgate/May match with Matt being 4 up after 9 and 4 under par.
The Pro’s were not for lying down and ran out winners of the singles by 7 points to 3, however credit to the Amateurs for taking 6 of these matches to the 18th.
The Pro’s winning back the trophy with an overall match score of 9 to 6
A super day on a course in top condition. Thanks given by county captain Jay Beisser to both Frinton for their hospitality and to the Professionals for giving up their time to teach the Am’s a thing or two. Roll on next year !
Thanks to Frinton Club Captain David Joshua for presenting the trophy to winning Pro Captain Mark Talbott
Phil Hulse
County Team Manager
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