by Andrew Griffin | Jun 22, 2019 | News
HAMPSHIRE Colts roared back from an early deficit to get new manager Nat Riddett’s managerial reign off to winning start with a 71/2-41/2 win against Surrey, at Sherfield Oaks. The Shanklin & Sandown greenkeeper watched his players struggle in the morning...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 19, 2019 | News
SEVENTEEN England players made it through into the matchplay phase of the British Amateur Championship, after 36 holes of qualifying at Dublin’s Portmarnock and The Island GC. Leading the qualifiers was Yeovil’s Tom Plumb, who shot a second round 71 at Portmarnock on...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 15, 2019 | News
HAMPSHIRE Colts kick-off their South East League campaign against Surrey, on Sunday, with a new manager in the shape of Shanklin & Sandown’s Nat Riddett. The 28-year-old, who works as a greenkeeper at Shanklin, has been a regular category one player in Hampshire...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 13, 2019 | News
Toby Burden lost in his first two Hampshire Isle of Wight and Channel Islands final appearances – including one at Hayling in 2006. Back then he was working as a greenkeeping assistant – he and fellow member Mark Thistleton had to get up before dawn and help prepare...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 13, 2019 | News
NEWLY-crowned county champion Toby Burden has revealed the secret behind his success in beating Hampshire captain Colin Roope 6&5 in the final at Army Golf Club, on Sunday. His best friend in golf – Elliot Groves, who caddied for him in the 2009 final, gave him a...
