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| Challenge Team | Middlesex | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Essex Challenge team v Middlesex | |||||
| Sunday 29th June 2025 | |||||
| Foursomes | |||||
|
1
|
Edward Mason Colchester & Oliver Baker Colchester |
Won 5 & 4 | Billy Temple & Joe Eastwood | ||
|
2
|
Mason Barningham Colchester & Theo Baker Colchester |
Won 2 & 1 | Kane Stone & Joe Smith | ||
|
3
|
Frederick Warn The Warren Golf & Country Club (Essex) Golf Club & William Wright Chelmsford Golf Club |
Won 4 & 3 | Joe Smith Jr & Rymer Smith | ||
|
4
|
Marley Read Benton Hall Golf & Country Club & Zac Taylor Colchester |
Won 3 & 1 | Sonny Ridgley & Jimmy Eastwood | ||
| Foursomes Total | 4 | 0 | |||
| Singles | |||||
|
5
|
Mason Barningham Colchester |
Won 6 & 5 | Sonny Ridgley | ||
|
6
|
Edward Mason Colchester |
Won 3 & 2 | Jimmy Eastwood | ||
|
7
|
Frederick Warn The Warren Golf & Country Club (Essex) Golf Club |
Won 10 & 8 | Joe Smith Jr | ||
|
8
|
Oliver Baker Colchester |
Won 1 Hole | Kane Stone | ||
|
9
|
Theo Baker Colchester |
Halved | Joe Smith | ||
|
10
|
Zac Taylor Colchester |
Won 6 & 5 | Rymer Smith | ||
|
11
|
Marley Read Benton Hall Golf & Country Club |
Won 6 & 4 | Billy Temple | ||
|
12
|
William Wright Chelmsford Golf Club |
Won 3 & 1 | Joe Eastwood | ||
| Singles Total | 7½ | ½ | |||
| Sunday Total | 11½ | ½ | |||
The sun was certainly shining on Colchester Golf Club as we arrived early morning for our home fixture against Middlesex. To my knowledge this was the first time Colchester had given their course for a county fixture, and they were excellent hosts. Having selected five players from Colchester Golf Club we were confident local knowledge would increase our chances of winning. In total five of the team were on scholarships in the United States so it would be interesting to see their improvement having had a year in college. With Timmy Moncur (the current captain) winning the regional Open Qualifier and subsequently playing Final Qualifier the following Tuesday at Royal Cinque Ports Will Wright was drafted into the team.
Essex Team as follows: Ollie Baker, Theo Baker, Mason Barningham, Ed Mason, Marley Read, Zac Taylor, Freddie Warn, Will Wright.
It’s always a pleasure to play Middlesex led from the front by Joe Smith who both captains the team and plays. The morning session was relatively close, but Essex proved too strong in the latter stages winning the session 4-0. Essex dominated the afternoon session winning 7½ points to a 1/2. There were many notable performances, and the standard of golf was excellent. Freddie Warn won 10/8 having had seven birdies and three pars. Mason Barningham was six under at the conclusion of his match on the fourteenth. Zac Taylor and Marley Read both won their games comfortably 6/5 and 6/4. There were also wins for Ed Mason 3/2, Will Wright 3/1 and Ollie Baker 1 up. Theo Baker was one up going do the eighteenth, but Joe Smith played a superb chip to win the hole and salvage half a point for Middlesex.
The game was played in superb spirit, and we look forward to the return match in August.
Kevin Prince - Challenge Team Manager
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