Dorset 1st Team | Army | ||||
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Sunday 9th April 2017 | |||||
Foursomes | |||||
1
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Steffen Foley Parkstone & Bradley Cox Sturminster Marshall Golf Club |
Won 5 & 3 | Ben Churchill & Ollie Brown | ||
2
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Harry Mitchell Ferndown & Giles Legg Ferndown |
Won 3 & 2 | Bob Pace & Shaun Innes | ||
3
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Tom Lawrence Sherborne & Robert Mabb Came Down Golf Club |
Won 4 & 3 | Jonny Stevenson & Jim Reeves | ||
4
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Andrew Robson Sherborne & Justin Morris Ferndown |
Won 2 & 1 | Paul Dickinson & Adam Hayward | ||
5
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Harry Collins Dudsbury Golf Club & Aaron Bullock Remedy Oak |
Won 4 & 3 | Dave Sandy & Andy Harriott | ||
Foursomes Total | 4 | 1 | |||
Singles | |||||
6
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Bradley Cox Sturminster Marshall Golf Club |
Halved | Ben Churchill | ||
7
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Steffen Foley Parkstone |
Won 3 & 2 | Jonny Stevenson | ||
8
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Harry Collins Dudsbury Golf Club |
Won 4 & 2 | Bob Pace | ||
9
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Aaron Bullock Remedy Oak |
Won 1 Hole | Adam Hayward | ||
10
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Tom Lawrence Sherborne |
Won 1 Hole | Paul Dickinson | ||
11
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Justin Morris Ferndown |
Won 2 & 1 | Andy Harriott | ||
12
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Andrew Robson Sherborne |
Won 2 & 1 | Shaun Innes | ||
13
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Robert Mabb Came Down Golf Club |
Won 2 Holes | Ollie Brown | ||
14
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Harry Mitchell Ferndown |
Won 2 Holes | Jim Reeves | ||
15
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Giles Legg Ferndown |
Won 5 & 3 | Dave Sandy | ||
Singles Total | 7½ | 2½ | |||
Sunday Total | 11½ | 3½ |
After positive winter training sessions this was the perfect opportunity to showcase the strength and depth of our current squad. Today’s team was a perfect split between experienced Dorset players of Giles Legg, Harry Mitchell, Brad Cox, Robbie Mabb and Andy Robson alongside the debutants of Aaron Bullock, Harry Collins, Steffen Foley, Tom Lawrence and Justin Morris.
With 5 foursomes pairings set for the morning session it was the responsibility of Brad Cox and Steffen Foley to lead the team out, after Brad split the 1st fairway with a booming drive they didn’t look back and breezed to a 5 and 3 victory .
The experienced pair of Giles Legg and Harry Mitchell were a little out of sorts but managed to keep themselves in the match until late in the round, unfortunately a couple of missed chances sealed their fate and they were beaten 3 and 2.
In match 3 Robbie Mabb and Tom Lawrence raced out of the blocks and to the turn 4up, they consolidated this advantage and finished off 4 and 3 winners and they were quickly followed in by the 4th pairing of Andy Robson and Justin Morris with Andy rolling his 40 foot downhill putt to 3 foot for Justin to finish off and win their match 2 and 1.
In the last match Harry Collins and Aaron Bullock played some of the shots of the day with many of their holes being conceded as their approach shots we too close to putt. They in turn cruised to a 4 and 3 victory giving Dorset a 4 – 1 lead over the Army at Lunch.
After 9 holes the foursome’s matches looked like this:-
10 singles matches followed with Brad again leading the team out but after a late injury for his opponent a halved match was called before they made it to the 9th hole.
Steffen Foley produced another solid performance to edge out his match 3 and 2 before the overall team scores started to turn in favour of the Army. With 6 out of their next 7 matches all going up the last there was still a good chance for the Army to turn the game around. The following scores show exactly how tight the matches were going well into the back 9:-
The team managed to find another gear and in turn they converted 5 of the tighter matches into wins. Dorset’s result in the singles finished with a score of 7.5 to 2.5 with an overall match winning total of 11.5 to 3.5. There were many positives to take from the day and this proves as an excellent warm up before our 1st County East League match against Hampshire on May 14th at Liphook.
Please can I thank Wareham Golf Club for their hospitality and giving up the course for our matches. Thanks also must go to our County President John White for his support on the day alongside our County Secretary Ian Hulse.
Tom Leech
Dorset County Captain