Middleton Hall located a few miles out of Kings Lynn is our furthest destination on the Seniors Tour. It is so far that I actually threatened to Wild Camp to make sure I was there for the 8.15 meet up, as it was I left home at 6:30 AM, for me a very early start.
In the lead match, Mark Hotchkin and myself played very well to beat Declan Byrne and Stephen Vincent. At Burghley we had halved our match but a gross 79 better ball by Mark and myself led to a comfortable five and four victory, Mark’s birdie on the tricky 14th sealed the win
Steve Wilcox and Peter Steele then came in with a two and one win which gave Burghley hopes of a surprise team win at the notoriously difficult Middleton course. Unfortunately the only other win we had was from Dave Lennie and Jim Scutt, two very determined players, with a hard fought one up against Kevin Scott and Robert Croxford.
Four convincing wins for Middleton and a close win by Ian Hind and Simon Brown over Burghley’s Richard Martin and Neil Cheddar gave Middleton a 5-3 victory.
There is no doubt that the handicap system is a very fair one but giving on average six shots to home players makes it quite tricky for an away side. Middleton seldom lose Home matches so full credit to Burghley for running them close.
This was unfortunately, our fourth defeat in a row and whilst our mission is to play good golf in a friendly and positive way it is also nice to get a team victory occasionally. I know Declan enjoyed both his matches this year and he was an excellent host.
Paul
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