County Men First | Middlesex | ||||
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The Bedford Golf Club | |||||
Sunday 22nd May 2011 | |||||
Foursomes | |||||
1
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Connor Boyle Stockwood Park & Mathew Hill Leighton Buzzard Golf Club |
Halved | Justin Phelps & Dean Fallon | ||
2
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Niall Johnston Letchworth Golf Club & Miguel Moitas South Beds Golf Club |
Won 3 & 2 | Michael O'Connor & David Ryan | ||
3
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Blane Breheny South Beds Golf Club & Gavin Samuels Leighton Buzzard Golf Club |
Won 3 & 2 | James Ellis & Max Magrail | ||
4
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Robert Sutton Dunstable Downs & Chris Spooner Dunstable Downs |
Won 3 & 1 | Sufian Dhaduk & Daniel Parsons | ||
Foursomes Total | 1½ | 2½ | |||
Singles | |||||
5
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Niall Johnston Letchworth Golf Club |
Won 1 Hole | Michael O'Connor | ||
6
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Miguel Moitas South Beds Golf Club |
Won 4 & 3 | James Ellis | ||
7
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Mathew Hill Leighton Buzzard Golf Club |
Won 2 & 1 | Justin Phelps | ||
8
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Robert Sutton Dunstable Downs |
Won 7 & 6 | David Ryan | ||
9
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Gavin Samuels Leighton Buzzard Golf Club |
Won 2 Holes | Max Magrail | ||
10
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Blane Breheny South Beds Golf Club |
Won 5 & 4 | Dean Fallon | ||
11
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Chris Spooner Dunstable Downs |
Halved | Daniel Parsons | ||
12
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Connor Boyle Stockwood Park |
Won 3 & 1 | Sufian Dhaduk | ||
Singles Total | 3½ | 4½ | |||
Sunday Total | 5 | 7 |
Bedfordshire faced Middlesex in the first league match of the season at The Bedford Golf Club on Sunday 22nd May 2011.
The weather was bright and sunny, however the wind turned into a gale making it almost unplayable on the greens at certain points during the day. Following a good performance in the Eastern Counties Foursomes at Skegness last week we were hoping to take that form into the morning foursomes. Sadly that wasn't the case as we lost 2 ½ to 1 ½ and, frankly, we were lucky to take the half point. Matt Hill and Connor Boyle producing a Houdini act on 17 to win a hole from nowhere, it just shows you should never give up as you never know what will happen. The other point came from a good performance from a new partnership of Niall Johnston and Miguel Moitas winning 3&2
In the afternoon singles with the wind blowing at its hardest, we were looking very good in the early stages but despite good wins from Rob Sutton, Miguel Moitas, Gavin Samuels, and a half from Chris Spooner we were unable to find that extra one and a half points for the win. Most of the lost matches were close and could have gone either way but credit to Middlesex as they overcame the conditions well which unfortunately nullified our home advantage. Our thanks to The Bedford Golf Club who as usual looked after us extremely well, and to the officials and supporters who braved the extreme conditions in supporting both teams.
Philip Corke, County Captain