Match Report
Captain v Vice Captain
Date: 29 August 2007 Venue: Purdis Format: Pairs Match-play
This year’s match-up was played at Purdis, a chance for all to enjoy one of the premier courses in the County. The course really was near perfect with the exception of the 8th & 9th greens which were heavily sanded to combat a fungal infection. The weather was overcast but stayed dry and quite humid during part of the match.
This year saw a last minute change to the post of Vice Captain following John Briggs resignation and yours truly stepping in, so the Vice Captain team was in some disarray. Would they be able to come through the trauma ?
Well it turned out to be a very exciting event. I was partnered by Dave Clark so no problems there, should be a walkover against a Captain with a bad back and hip and a surprisingly out of form Phil Flavin. However, David played exceptional golf for man who had only played half a dozen games this year, playing to 10 h/c and putting for an eagle on the 17th. He missed by inches. Phil was instructed to take out the VCapt team which he nearly achieved on the 6th by narrowly missing Drew Wright playing the 5th. A woodpecker, not in the VCapt team, also had a narrow escape on the 8th. But despite being 3 down at one stage David and Phil came back to level the match.
Other tales included Paul Burke giving George golf lessons on the 18th, or was that the other way round? Baard and Jeff overcoming the strong pairing of Stuart and Dave Allen. Good job I didn’t play my joker on them! South and Hammond brushed off Boswell & Dodge. Carlaw and Wyndham were well in control against Buck and an out of form Harvey. Finally my secret weapon the King of the Vikings, Erik, with Jonathan Brown overcame Chris and Tony to give the Vice Captains team a memorable victory.
Many thanks to Anthony Burt for stepping in to partner Drew Wright and to Drew for pulling together the finances for this event.
Next year will see a change in fortunes with the Captains team winning for the first time in years !!!
Stephen Stokes Vice Captain
Match Results
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CAPTAIN’S TEAM |
versus |
VICE CAPTAIN’S TEAM |
result |
Hambro |
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DAVID BELL |
V |
STEPHEN STOKES |
tie |
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DAVID CLARK |
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V |
-1 |
-3 |
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V |
-1 |
-3 |
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V |
+1 |
+3 |
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V |
JOHN CARLAW |
+1 |
+6 |
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CHRIS AMOR |
V |
+1 |
+2 |
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TONY BOFFEY |