Winners and Rookie tour dates for 2023

WEST SURREY BEAT BURHILL TO WIN THE JOHN LING SALVER FINAL 2022

West Surrey and Burhill reached the final of the 2022 John Ling Salver which was played at the Roehampton Club on Monday 17th October. The John Ling Salver is a 4BBB match play competition played off handicap with ten players each side. Representing their clubs were: Burhill – Peter Gibson & Ian Caldwell; Phil Gregory & Fred Cahill; Gordon O’Malley & Neil Hazlehurst; Tim Harris & Martin Lawrence (C) and Steven Kim & Michael Ellis. West Surrey – Stuart Lawson (C) & Rodney Fenner; Richard Keary & Mike Bridson; Peter Arksey & Syd Phillips; Simon Chapman & Adrian Girdlestone and Tony Marshall & Mike Auty.

The match couldn’t have been any closer with the win going to West Surrey on the very last putt on the 18th green, exactly want you want for a final. Both teams played the match in great spirit and Burhill were gracious in their defeat.

SURREY FIVES FINAL

Camberley Heath v Wimbledon Common

The final of the Surrey Fives between Wimbledon Common and Camberley Heath took place at Coombe Hill Golf Club on the 9th October 2022 with Wimbledon Common walking away victorious with a 3/2 win.

Representing their clubs: Wimbledon Common – Paul Gibling; Cris Peckham; Andy Ryan and Steve Murray (C) Camberley Heath – Jason Grech (C); Jamie Newington; Manuel Velosa; Bradley Peyton and Peter Blake.

ROOKIE TOUR 2023 DATES:

Tuesday 4th April Farleigh GC Tuesday 11th April Puttenham GC Sunday 23rd April Drift GC Sunday 7th May Shirley Park GC Thursday 1st June Sunningdale Heath GC Sunday 11th June Surbiton GC Sunday 25th June Cranleigh GC Sunday 16th July Reigate Hill GC Sunday 23rd July Bramley GC Monday 31st July Cuddington GC Sunday 6th August Milford GC Thursday 17th August Farnham GC Race to the Stars Clandon Regis – Sunday 10th September (Invitation Only)

FARNHAM GC WIN THE SCRATCH PLATE AGAINST ROYAL MID SURREY

The players arrived in beautiful sunshine for the five aside scratch final taking place on the New Course at Burhill and despite the exceptional heavy traffic on both the M25 and A3 the players all made it to the first tee on time!

The players representing their v clubs were: Farnham – Nathan Tull; Craig Humphrey, Jack Millgate; Jamie Mullins; and Matt Butcher. Royal Mid Surrey – Ben McFadden; Dom Cotton’ Finlay Conrad; Theo Livesey and Charlie Prior

The teams must play in strict handicap order and the players were very evenly matched as on paper not one pairing had more than a shot difference, so it was set to be a very tight final.

David Basham, past Surrey President and member of Burhill was our starter for the day with the first pars teeing off at 12:00.

The first pair of Nathan and Ben finished all square, as did the third pair out Jack and Finlay. They agreed to wait to see whether they would need to go back out to play their matches to a conclusion i.e., a win or loss. The second match went the way of Farnham with Craig winning the match 6/5. This was followed by wins from both Jamie and Matt, making Farnham the winners of the 2022 Scratch Plate Final.

ROOKIE JAGS DATES:

Sunday 16th April Horton Park GC Sunday 3rd December Horton Park GC Hoebridge 1 TBC Hoebridge 2 TBC

Entry will be available in late January/ early February.

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