Result  –  Match halved  4 - 4

 

The Gloucestershire Golf Captains travelled to Minchinhampton New Course and played “The Avening Course” which has now also been chosen to host the 150th Open Championship Regional Qualifying event in 2024.

 

Minchinhampton Golf Club has been a Regional Qualifying venue on several occasions, the last of which was in 2019 when The Open was at Royal Portrush.

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It is a great golfing track and was presented in very good condition. Our thanks to the green staff.

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I am pleased to say that, being our first match, it went off very well even though roadworks delayed some of our team’s arrival.

Berkshire match secretary Tony and our match secretary Clive Fluck read out the pairings. 

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Minchinhampton Club Captain Rob Fynn and I were paired with Berkshire Captain Paul and his playing partner David. We had a very good match with some great golf being played by both teams. The highlight being 2 handicapper Rob’s eagle 2 on the par 4 ninth. We got to 3 up then pegged back to 1 and won the next two holes to win the match 3 &1.

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The GGC team results were: -

Team 1. Win 3/1. Team 2. Win 2/1. Team 3. Loss 2/1. Team 4. Match halved.
Team 5. Loss 2 down. Team 6. Win 4/3. Team 7. Loss 3/2. Team 8. Match halved.

Overall result - Match Halved 4 - 4.    Trophy retained by GGC. 

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We then sat down to a very enjoyable meal of Chicken and Vegetables followed by Apple Crumble & Custard. 

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The formal speeches then took place and as we halved the match, the trophy was retained by GGC and presented to me by Berkshire Captain Paul.

 

A big thank you to everyone involved.​

 

Geoff Lowe

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