by Andrew Griffin | Oct 12, 2024 | Challenge League, Hampshire, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE will bid to complete the South East double for only the second time in their history when they face Essex in the second-ever Channel League Final. The two teams meet for a second-year running but Hampshire captain Harrison Pake will be hoping to go one...
by Andrew Griffin | Oct 6, 2024 | Hampshire, League, News, South East
JAMES Knight – the one member of the Hampshire side that claimed the county’s first English County Championship still playing elite amateur golf 28 years later – has spoken for the first time about Essex “stealing” the South East League title from them in 1996....
by Andrew Griffin | Oct 5, 2024 | Hampshire, News, South East
THERE is one thing on Justin Rose’s glorious CV covering his days as an amateur and tour pro that might still rankle nearly 30 years on… the 16-year-old was in the team that lost to Essex in the 1996 South East League Final (SELF) three weeks after Hampshire had been...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 28, 2024 | County Sevens, Hampshire, News, Uncategorized
HOCKLEY have enjoyed home comforts in their quest to become just the third club to win the Hampshire Sevens five times. But if Alan Carpenter’s team are to lift the trophy for the first time since they hosted the final back in 2009, they will have to end Liphook’s...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 28, 2024 | Channel Islands, County Sevens, Hampshire, News
ROYAL Jersey are eyeing the chance of claiming a fourth County Sevens crown this weekend, to become one of the five most successful clubs in Hampshire Golf’s Inter-Club Knockout. After a stunning comeback to knockout L’Ancresse after travelling to Guernsey for the...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 27, 2024 | County Sevens, Hampshire, News, Uncategorized
LIPHOOK will try and create history by finally winning the Hampshire Sevens for the first time since the competition began back in 1966 – in Keith Maplesden’s memory. And their seven-strong squad who will face four-time winners Hockley in Sunday morning’s semi-finals...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 26, 2024 | Channel Islands, County Sevens, Hampshire, News
ROYAL Jersey are eyeing the chance of claiming a fourth County Sevens crown this weekend, to become one of the five most successful clubs in Hampshire Golf’s Inter-Club Knockout. After a stunning comeback to knockout L’Ancresse after travelling to Guernsey for the...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 23, 2024 | England, Hampshire, National, News
NORTH Hants came up a little shy in their bid to become the first club to be crowned English Champion Club in both the men’s and women’s amateur game as heavy rain forced England Golf to reduce the second event to 27 holes. And Robert Wheeler was left even more...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 21, 2024 | England, Hampshire, News, Uncategorized
NORTH Hants Golf Club will have the chance to make history this weekend when the men attempt to complete a unique double by becoming the first club to win the English Champion Club double in the same season. The old English Golf Union Champion Club tournament dates...
by Andrew Griffin | Sep 2, 2024 | Courage Trophy, Hampshire, Mid Amateur, News, Order of Merit
FORMER Saints and Leeds footballer Paul Telfer should know about giant-killing, having been on the receiving end, and having helped Celtic pull off a shock in the Champions League by beating Manchester United. But now, 15 years after the retirement of the defender –...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 31, 2024 | Courage Trophy, Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
THE 2024 Hampshire Golf season and the race for the Cullen Quaich is turning into a shoot-out between North Hants’ Robert Wheeler and James Atkins, starting at Aldershot’s Army Golf Club. The pair are playing in the Courage Trophy on Sunday, at Army GC, with less than...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 24, 2024 | Challenge League, Hampshire, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE stand on the brink of qualifying for both of the South East League Finals this weekend, with Harrison Pake’s Challenge League side needing just a draw from their last game against Kent to make it to the October final. But the Stoneham member, who took over...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 10, 2024 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
A STRONG field containinging four of the last seven Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Champions will contest the 42nd Stoneham Trophy on Saturday, as the county’s Order of Merit winds up towards next month’s finale. Stoneham’s James Freeman, who...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 9, 2024 | Hampshire, League, News, South East
TOBY Burden described defending their South Division title as one of the best days in more than 20 years playing golf for the county. Having made his men’s league debut back in 2006 after several years in the county junior ranks, Toby’s greater experience in the...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 8, 2024 | Hampshire, League, News, South East
TOBY Burden led from the front and the rear to book Hampshire’s place in October’s South East League Final by saving his team from defeat against Surrey at Hindhead, in their final South Division match of the season. The 6-6 draw meant Surrey cannot overtake the...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 30, 2024 | England, Hampshire, National, News
HAMPSHIRE captain Toby Burden will be keeping one eye on his phone awaiting updates from the English Amateur Championship, while working as a talent spotter for major UK technology firm Leidos. Burden has six members of the county’s first-team squad competing at...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 24, 2024 | England, Hampshire, National, News, Uncategorized
BASINGSTOKE GC’s Charlie Forster will become just the fourth Hampshire player to compete in the St Andrews Trophy in nearly 70 years, when Great Britain and Ireland take on Continental Europe at Royal Porthcawl, in Wales, which starts on Thursday. The 21-year-old...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 24, 2024 | Boys, Hampshire, National, News
MOST of Hampshire were cheering Justin Rose on in his quest to win the Claret Jug for the first time at Royal Troon, on Sunday. But for the Hampshire PGA club professional responsible for encouraging the next generation of young golfers to take up the game of golf and...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 23, 2024 | Hampshire, National, News
KEVIN Caplehonrn who spent a week coaching spectators in the PGA Swingzone at The 152nd Open Championship, at Royal Troon, was buzzing about the experience laid on for the thousands of spectators at the final Major of the season. The Hampshire PGA club pro was part of...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 23, 2024 | Hampshire, National, News
KEVIN CAPLEHORN, who has led coaching of Hampshire’s youngest juniors over the last few years, was doubly delighted when Sam Hutsby – one of his old shop assistants at Lee-on-the-Solent – qualified to play in The Open. Kev explained: “Sam Hutsby was one the UK’s top...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 25, 2024 | England, National, News, Uncategorized
THE European Amateur Golf Championship has been won by the likes of Rory McIlroy and Sergia Garcia – while in the last six years Ryder Cup sensations Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland have both been within a whisker of claiming the trophy, which dates back to 1996. But...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 24, 2024 | Hampshire, League, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE’S new captain Toby Burden was full of praise for Brokenhurst Manor after he claimed the winning point as his team romped to a 10-2 victory over Sussex, on Sunday. Burden, who stepped up from his vice-captain’s role last month when Stoneham’s Lawrence Cherry...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 24, 2024 | Hampshire, News, South East, Uncategorized
TOBY Burden has become the first Hayling member to become captain of Hampshire, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands in the role’s 74-year history. The 36-year-old, who made his first-team debut for Hampshire in 2006 – has stepped up from his vice-captaincy role...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 20, 2024 | England, Hampshire, National, News
CHARLIE Forster is bidding to become the first Hampshire player to land the Amateur Championship since Harry Ellis seven years ago, after knocking out one of the favourites at Ballyliffin, on Thursday morning. The 21-year old from Basingstoke GC came through the first...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 14, 2024 | Challenge League, Hampshire, News, South East
HARRISON Pake is targeting going one better than his predecessor after taking over the reins of Hampshire’s Challenge League side, which now acts as the feeder to the county men’s team. Last year county captain Lawrence Cherry, from Stoneham GC, became the...
