We had our first league match v Essex who were undefeated when they won the league in 2019 when it was last played. The match was played at Romford GC a very typical James Braid 1890’s course, with some very interesting greens and having some knowledge of the course would definitely be helpful, Dickie Harris played there in 1995 and that was the extent of our knowledge. Unfortunately over an inch of rail had fallen the previous evening so there were a few additional water hazards. Against a very strong Essex side we did not fair very well, a mention to Phil Sutton who led us off with a solid 4&3 win, and Banners who decided to stay out in the rain when most of us had retired to the comfort of the Clubhouse and recorded a very good 1 up win especially for Smudger against Jeff Mattewson. Good performances from 2 of our fairly new team members in Paul Sennett and Alan Kirby, while the rest of the Home Guard hung in as long as we could. Special thanks to my attractive assistant Dobbo for coming along to help and encourage as well as take a fine selection of photos during the day. We swiftly move onto a Friendly v Northamptonshire on Monday 24th closely followed by our 2nd league match away to Hertfordshire on Wednesday 26th.

The following link will take you photographs taken on the day, courtesy of Peter Dobson

https://www.wildimagephotography.net/bedfordshire-golf-union

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