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May 9th |
Obituary- John Rush
It is with great sadness
that we have heard of the death of John Rush in hospital
on Tuesday 6 May 2008. John was a great supporter of
the County Union and was President of the County Union
from 1985-1988. Our deepest condolences go to Betty his
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May 4th |
Hampshire Colts vs Isle of
Wight
With certain squad members
away at the Lytham Trophy, Team Manager Richard Elmes
enlisted the service of some of Hampshire's U18 players.
In a matter-of-fact appraisal, Richard described the
result as "...a very successful trip at the weekend."
Results.... |
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May 1st |
Seniors County
Foursomes Championships at Sandford Springs |
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Although the day started
dry and bright it was not long before the heavens opened
and covered the Course in hail stones!
More.... |
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April 2008 |
Hants V Channel Islands
The County played the
Channel Islands at Blackmoor on Sat and Sun. Sat
afternoon saw the Foursomes and these ended at 2 all.
Sun Morning was the 8 singles matches on a day that was
rain interrupted. Hampshire took an early lead winning
2 and halving 2 of the first four matches, but the
Channel Islands came back strongly to win 3 of the last
four making the final result a 6 all tie. Pictures
coming soon.
Results |
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Team Hampshire
Players Winner and Runner Up in Darwin Slaver.
Congratgulations go to
both Sam Hutsby (Liphook) and Darren Wright (Rowlands
Castle) on winning and finishing Runner Up in this
year's Bernard Darwin Salver - The South of England
Youth Championships at Rye on 18/19 March.
In a very strong field
Team Hampshire's Sam Hutsby shot 280 (73,71,69 and
67) to beat fellow Team Hampshire player Darren
Wright (67, 74,69 and 72) by one shot.
Other Team Hampshire
scores were:
Mark Bell (Shanklin &
Sandown) 291
Mark Bicknell
(Stoneham) 298
Tom Robson (Rowlands
Castle) 312
Stephen Lee (North
Hants) 326
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Coupland And Thisleton
Chase Mexican Title
David Coupland and Mark Thistleton, both members of the
England ‘A’ Squad, will represent the EGU in the annual
Mexican Amateur Championship and International Pairs
Tournament in Mexico City on 27th - 30th March.
Coupland (pictured left - photo courtesy of Tom Ward),
from the Boston club in Lincolnshire, who will turn 22
just prior to the championship, will be making his first
overseas trip for the EGU. Included in the England ‘A’
Squad for the first time this year, he is a regular
county player, who enjoyed some fine performances in
2007. He played in the Open Championship at Carnoustie
after winning his Final Qualifying stage at Monifieth
while he also finished tied third individual in the
Midland Qualifying for the English County Championship.
A fourth place was also secured in the Lincolnshire
Championship and equal seventh in the North of England
Youth Championship.
Thistleton, from Hayling Golf Club, is a former
Hampshire Champion and the winner of the Lagonda Trophy
in 2006. Like Coupland, he is a newcomer to the England
‘A’ Squad following a successful 2007. He won the
Selborne Salver after a playoff, qualified second in the
Amateur Championship and made a solid defence of the
Lagonda Trophy by finishing tied third. He also
represented the EGU in the Finnish Amateur and Hampshire
in the County Championship finals.
The Mexican Amateur is played over 72 holes of stroke
play with the International Pairs Tournament running
alongside, the aggregate scores each day of both players
counting.
This will be the sixth occasion that the EGU has sent
players to the event but the title has yet to be brought
back to England.
Kent’s Lloyd Campbell and David Skinns from Lincolnshire
won the pairs event in 2005, while full internationals
Matt Cryer from Warwickshire and Cheshire’s Paul Waring
finished third in the pairs in 2006. |
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Feb 2008 |
The Past, The Present &
The Future
February 24th saw the
above match take place at Hayling. Click the following
links for further information.
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Results coming in for
Preliminary rounds in: |
Green
Jackets |
County 7's |
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Jan 2008 |
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Elizabeth Bennett is now ranked Number 1 English
Amateur Lady.
BBC's
Tony Husband and a News camera crew attended Brokenhurst
Manor Golf Club on Tuesday 29th January to interview
Elizabeth Bennett - now ranked the No1 English Amateur
Lady. The report was run on the BBC South Today
programme the same evening.
Elizabeth has been selected to play for England against
Spain and will then be playing in the Spanish Open
before returning hopefully to Ireland for the Curtis Cup
Selection.
Liz with the
South Atlantic Ladies
Amateur International Trophy
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Dec 2007 |
Hampshire Champion Stan
Fox has died. Stan was County
Champion in 1955 & 1956 and Brabazon Trophy winner
in 1956. He represented Hampshire and England on
many occasions.
The funeral was
held at St.John's Church Hartley Wintney at 12.00
noon on Thursday 27.12.07
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Hampshire Players For
England Squads. Congratulations go to Sam Hutsby of
Liphook on being selected for the England Elite Squad, Mark
Thistleton of Hayling on being selected for the England A Squad
and to Darren Wright of Rowlands Castle on his selection for the
England Under 21 Squad. |
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County
Juniors Retain Hurring Trophy. The Hampshire County
Juniors Team retained the Paul Hurring Memorial Trophy at Test
Valley Golf Club yesterday after beating the Hampshire PGA
Trainees team by 7˝ matches to 4˝. The Match, which was this
year sponsored by Landford Stone, saw the County Juniors
establish a 2˝ to 1˝ lead after the morning foursomes.
The Hampshire PGA
Trainees team hit back in the afternoon winning the first three
singles matches but the County Juniors had a sting in the tail
and won each of the five remaining matches.
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Morning
Foursomes (PGA first):
David
Porter & Danny Fisher beat Tom Robson & Stephen Lee,
Sam Holloway & Ryan Hicks halved with Rob Gowers &
Mark Sawford, James Warrington & Chris Kilgannon
lost to Tom Warden & Tom Wade & Dean Elder & Dan
Richards lost to Elliott Groves & Ben Ludlam
Afternoon Singles
Porter beat Robson, Holloway beat Sawford, Fisher
beat Groves, Hicks lost to Lee, Kilgannon lost to
Gowers, Warrington lost to Warden, Richards lost to
Wade &
Elder
lost to Ludlam. |
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Rowlands Castle Win
Thrilling County 7's Final. Rowlands Castle won a thrilling
County 7's Final when young Mark Sawford sank a 4 foot putt on
the last hole for a half and to win his match by 1 hole thus
giving Rowlands Castle a 4 matches to 3 win over Royal Jersey.
The Semi Finals and Finals were played at South Winchester on a
glorious autumn day on Sunday 7 October. In the morning's semis
Rowlands Castle proved too strong for Southsea winning through
to the Final by 6 and a half matches to a half whilst Royal
Jersey triumphed over Gosport & Stokes Bay who were making there
first appearance in this stage of the competition, by 5 and half
to 1 and a half. Southsea won the match for 3rd place beating
Gosport & Stokes Bay by 5 and half to 1 and a half. Semi Final
match results can be seen
here and the results of
the Final and 3rd/4th place play off can be seen
here.
Team Photo |
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Hampshire Finish Third at
Inter County Finals. The Finals of the Inter County
Competition were played at Cleveland GC in Redcar from 28 - 30
Sep 07, the other 3 qualifying Counties being Wiltshire,
Leicestershire & Rutland and Yorkshire. On the Friday the
County were drawn to play Leicestershire & Rutland and got off
to a good start winning the morning Foursomes by 2 matches to 1
however the afternoon singles were not what was hoped for and we
lost 4.5 to 1.5 to lose the match by 3.5 to 5.5 matches. With
Yorkshire beating Wiltshire 8.5 to 5.5 we had to play Yorkshire
on the Saturday. Once again we acquitted ourselves well in the
Foursomes halving the 3 matches in the afternoon singles
Yorkshire took the honours by 4.5 matches to 1.5 although the
score does not reflect the closeness of the games with 3 of the
lost matches going down the 18th. Sunday saw the County playing
Wiltshire for third place and an emphatic win by 8.5 matches to
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Thistleton & Burden are
Foursomes Champions. Congratulations to Hayling's Mark
Thistleton and Toby Burden on winning the County Foursomes
Championships at Basingstoke GC on Sunday 16 September. On a
very windy day they shot the best 18 holes of the day with 66 in
the morning and their 72 in the afternoon was enough to see them
home by 5 shots from their nearest rivals. Full details of all
scores can be found
here. |
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Brokenhurst Manor Are
English Club Champions. Congratulations to the Brokenhurst
Manor team of Jon Young, brother Martin and Rob Gowers on
winning the English Champion Club Tournament at Hesketh GC on
Friday and Saturday (14/15 September). They now go on to
represent England in the European Club Tournament to be played
in Greece in November. |
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Seniors Lose to Kent.
The Seniors side lost their last match of the season by 5.5 to
4.5 at Hockley. Full details can be seen
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Seniors And Colts Lose.
The Seniors lost for the first time this year when they went
down by 5.5 to 4.5 against Dorset at Parkstone on Friday 7
September. The Colts suffered a heavier defeat when they lost
to Surrey at Old Thorns on Sunday 9 September by 8.5 to 3.5.
Further details to be published when received. The scoresheet
for the Colts match can be found
here and the scoresheet for the Seniors
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2007 Junior Order of Merit.
Congratulations to Elliot Groves (Dunwood Manor) on winning the
Junior Order of Merit (Gross) for 2007, Elliot had 65 points
from 7 events beating Tom Robson (Rowlands Castle) by 2 points
with James Foster (Waterlooville) a further 11 points behind in
3rd place. Billy Musgrove (Tylney Park) won the Nett with 47
points from 6 events with James Mitchell (Shanklin & Sandown) in
2nd place with 42 points and Elliot Groves 3rd with 40 points.
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More Success For Bell.
Mark Bell of Shanklin & Sandown crowned a great weekend by
wining the Courage Trophy and the Cole Scuttle at Alresford on
Sunday 2 September. On Saturday he shot a new course record of
60 at his home Club, bettering his own record by 2 shots. His
rich vein of form continued on Sunday when he shot rounds of 72,
68 to win the Courage Trophy by one shot from Hayling's Mark
Thistleton (72, 65) with Martin Young of Brokenhurst Manor (72,
67) in 3rd place. Bramshott Hill's Jamie Blackwell took the
Handicap prize with rounds of 71 & 67. The Cole Scuttle which
is presented to the player with the best qualifying rounds in
the County Championships and in the Courage Trophy was also won
by Mark Bell with rounds of 72,71,72 and 64. Full details of
the Courage Trophy can be seen
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County Lose to Kent.
In their last League Match of the year the County 1st lost by
7.5 to 4.5 to Kent at Sundridge Park. Trailing by 2.5 to 1.5
after the morning foursomes Kent came out fighting in the
afternoon and took the singles by 6 matches to 2. This now
throws the League wide open with both Kent and Sussex in with a
chance. They have yet to play each other and the result is
likely to decide the League Champions. Full score sheet can be
found
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Groocock is Seniors
Champion. Congratulations to Peter Groocock of Blackmoor GC
who won the Seniors Championships at Lee-on-the-Solent GC on
Thursday 23 August, following a play off against Royal Jersey's
Vic Bourgoise. Both returned 27 hole totals of 106 with Peter
winning at the 2nd play off hole. Consolation for Vic came in
the form of winning the Handicap prize. Full score sheet can be
seen
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Bell Wins Youths.
Mark Bell of Sandown & Shanklin won the Youths Championships at
Waterlooville on Thursday 16 August with 2 rounds of 70 for a
total of 4 under. Runner up was neil Raymond from Corhampton
and in 3rd place and also Winner of the Boys Championship was
Lee Hall of Hartley Wintney. Local boy James Foster was the
runner up in the Boys with Rob Gowers of Brokenhurst Manor in
3rd place. Full scores can be found
here. |
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