by griffinongolf_pz6m3p | Jun 25, 2019 | News
UNBEATEN Hampshire will face Sussex this weekend without their three Rowlands Castle aces – including Darren Wright and Billy McKenzie, who have both represented England on the international stage. But captain Colin Roope, from Blackmoor, believes he can actually...
by griffinongolf_pz6m3p | 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 griffinongolf_pz6m3p | 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 griffinongolf_pz6m3p | 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 griffinongolf_pz6m3p | 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...