The HHDUGC curtain raiser was held at Bradley Park Golf Club, on Sunday the 18th April 2010, on an overcast afternoon, and with the greens recently hollow-tined and top dressed the putting game was always going to be tricky.
The match was played as a four ball better ball, match play, with shots being taken from the lowest handicap player, and three quarters of the difference in handicap being allowed.
The first match was Aaron Schnacke & Ben Adamson against Tom Calvert & Jack Woodhead. Schnacke was in irrepressible form with 2 eagles and several birdies, the senior team ran out easy winners by the margin of 7&5.
Match two was Brad Tupman & Adam Walker against Lewis Collier & Luke Pilkington. Pilkington eagled the par 5 5th hole to win the hole, they then went on a run and found themselves 4 up at the turn, Tupman then strung a run of 4 birdies in 5 holes, leaving the seniors 1 up stood on the 18th tee, but a magnificent eagle by the left handed Pilkington, his 2nd of the day won the hole and halved the match.
Match three was Andy Wilford & Chris Ingham, against Ryan Joyce & Michael Major, the senior team never got going, Major birdied holes one & two and the juniors never looked back closing out the match 5&4.
Match four paired Dave Stafford & Jared Ellison together, against Josh Bailes & Jamie Smith, again the juniors started taking control of the game early on, despite Stafford having a run of birdies on the back 9, the juniors stayed strong winning the game 3&2.
Match five paired Mark Birkett & Mark Hepworth together, against the junior pairing of George Bamford & Bradley Hardcastle. In a very closely fought match the senior team eventually ran out the winners, securing the match on the 17th hole with a par 3, to win the match 2&1.
The final match out on the course was Ben Crowther & Mathew Colcombe, against Ben Kaye & late stand in Tommy Ward the HH&DUGC Coaching officer, Tommy had to get his clubs out, due to Ethan Shaw of Marsden failing to turn up, the match was very close but swung the way of the juniors on the back 9, with Kaye & Ward winning 3 & 2.
The final result was 3½ - 2½ in favour of the juniors. There was some fantastic golf played in trying conditions, with some fine performances by Schnacke, Tupman, Stafford, and for the juniors Calvert, Pilkington, and Major. Senior Team Captain Chris Mear said"I don’t think it will be too long before the latter three are knocking on the door of the first team."
The match was played as a four ball better ball, match play, with shots being taken from the lowest handicap player, and three quarters of the difference in handicap being allowed.
The first match was Aaron Schnacke & Ben Adamson against Tom Calvert & Jack Woodhead. Schnacke was in irrepressible form with 2 eagles and several birdies, the senior team ran out easy winners by the margin of 7&5.
Match two was Brad Tupman & Adam Walker against Lewis Collier & Luke Pilkington. Pilkington eagled the par 5 5th hole to win the hole, they then went on a run and found themselves 4 up at the turn, Tupman then strung a run of 4 birdies in 5 holes, leaving the seniors 1 up stood on the 18th tee, but a magnificent eagle by the left handed Pilkington, his 2nd of the day won the hole and halved the match.
Match three was Andy Wilford & Chris Ingham, against Ryan Joyce & Michael Major, the senior team never got going, Major birdied holes one & two and the juniors never looked back closing out the match 5&4.
Match four paired Dave Stafford & Jared Ellison together, against Josh Bailes & Jamie Smith, again the juniors started taking control of the game early on, despite Stafford having a run of birdies on the back 9, the juniors stayed strong winning the game 3&2.
Match five paired Mark Birkett & Mark Hepworth together, against the junior pairing of George Bamford & Bradley Hardcastle. In a very closely fought match the senior team eventually ran out the winners, securing the match on the 17th hole with a par 3, to win the match 2&1.
The final match out on the course was Ben Crowther & Mathew Colcombe, against Ben Kaye & late stand in Tommy Ward the HH&DUGC Coaching officer, Tommy had to get his clubs out, due to Ethan Shaw of Marsden failing to turn up, the match was very close but swung the way of the juniors on the back 9, with Kaye & Ward winning 3 & 2.
The final result was 3½ - 2½ in favour of the juniors. There was some fantastic golf played in trying conditions, with some fine performances by Schnacke, Tupman, Stafford, and for the juniors Calvert, Pilkington, and Major. Senior Team Captain Chris Mear said"I don’t think it will be too long before the latter three are knocking on the door of the first team."
Ethan Shaw didn't fail to turn up i informed Tommy Ward on thursday night that i wouldn't be playing
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