Burghley Park went into this fixture eager to avoid Stoke Rochford GC completing the double over us. Back in May we had performed well at Stoke with every match going to at least the 17th hole so we entered this fixture with some confidence.
As it was the Home team recorded their best victory of the season beating Stoke seven points to one
There were some outstanding victories. Keith Duff and Kevin de Trafford won 7 and 6 whilst Michael Earl and Rob Surrell won 5 and 4 as did Chris Lees and Richard Cook, and. Richard Martin and David Shales winning 6 and 4. It was certainly evident that our higher handicap players all played exceptionally well and their partners without exception spoke very highly of their Play. Stoke Captain Stephen Major noted that his players struggled to beat inform players on their home course. There are occasions where the handicap system can appear harsh, but over a season it appears to balance itself out.
There were also victories for Mark Barton with Saj Chowdry and a close one for Jim Scott and Clive Pearce. Neil Chedd and I managed a 3 and 1 win which gave us a resounding victorY over Stoke. Neil putted well all day but particularly on the back line; he is a very steady, reliable player.
Nearest the pin for us was won by Rob Sorrell for BP and Simon Hudson for Stoke.
As usual, the course played well. The greens have been benefited from recent rain, Catering was its usual excellent self and the halfway house was very much appreciated by the opposition, as well as the home players. Thank you once more to involved in making our Seniors Matches a success.
Paul
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