Match Reports:
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Hadley Wood & The Shire
Monday 25th July- The Shire
After suffering a couple of heavy losses in a row to Ashridge and Hadley Wood we were determined to get a good result and start to compete in the league. We came up against a young Shire side and came away with a fantastic victory of 14-2. Gareth Jones and Eddie Daniel led the charge and won their match early on. They then polished off all four points in style on the 16th. The closest match of the day came in the second group where Chris Jones and Dan King had a spectacular match. The match contained two chip in’s and a few birdies. The match ended in a very fair result of two points each. The two back groups of Charlie Blake and Krishan Patel and also Ollie Blake and Greg Sheen both secured the full four from their matches fairly comfortably. It was a big result for us and has really brought us into contention for the league. Thanks to Dan Blake who came as a reserve and also Ollie Blake for being vice captain.
Wednesday 27th July- Hadley Wood
Many of the team were apprehensive about the trip to Hadley wood on Wednesday after being well and truly thrashed 1-15 at Batchworth earlier in the season. However it seemed our already good week was about to get even better. There was a complete reversal of the previous fixture as Batchworth were the ones who came away with 15 points whereas Hadley Wood only gained 1. Yet again it was Gareth Jones and Eddie Daniel who started the charge securing all 4 points yet again; they were starting to become a very successful partnership. The brothers Charlie and Ollie Blake also came away with all 4 points, both having faultless weeks in the league. The last two groups Chris Jones and Dan Blake and also the brothers Michael and Connor O’Loughlin won their matches 3 and 1 and 3 and 2 respectively after both halving the front nine and giving away half a point each. Thanks to Gareth for being vice captain. It has been a truly fantastic week for us that now sees us at top of the table with three fixtures remaining. Let hope we can continue our great run and fight our way into the final.
Chris Jones
