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 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 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 | Aug 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
NORTH Hants Albie Beeston admitted he had never felt as nervous as when he stood over a two-footer to win a play-off and complete the double as Hampshire’s new Boys and U16 Champion, at Weybrook Park. He produced a birdie four at the first extra-hole on the hottest...
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 | 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, 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 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
JAMES Atkins has the kind of day job most serious golfers can only dream of – he is the purchasing manager at Wentworth – and has the opportunity to get out and play on the West Course, which is home to the BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour. But over the...
by Andrew Griffin | Oct 10, 2023 | Hampshire, League, News, South East, Uncategorized
LAWRENCE Cherry became the youngest county captain to pick up the Daily Telegraph Salver in 60 years, with a comprehensive victory over Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire in the South East League Final, on Sunday. After Cherry’s side had wrapped up a crushing 81/2-31/2...
by Andrew Griffin | Oct 6, 2023 | Hampshire, League, News, South East, Uncategorized
HAMPSHIRE captain Lawrence Cherry will lead his team in search of a first South East League Final victory in 11 years when they tackle Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire, on Sunday. The golfer, who is assistant manager at Fleet’s North Hants GC, will have to field a team...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
HAMPSHIRE captain Lawrence Cherry has brought in both the finalists from this month’s county championship to face Sussex on Sunday. The clash at East Brighton could be pivotal for Cherry’s stated aim to win the South East League at the first attempt in his captaincy –...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
RYAN Henley has the chance to make history when he faces Darren Walkley in the 118th Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship at Hockley GC, on Sunday afternoon. The 45-year-old from Stoneham GC booked his place in the final for a seventh time...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 10, 2023 | Championship, Channel Islands, Hampshire, News, Uncategorized
FIVE past champions who have claimed the Sloane-Stanley Challenge Cup made it through to the quarter-finals of the 118th Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship, at Hockley GC, on Saturday. That stat had Hampshire Golf officials looking...
by Andrew Griffin | May 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
HAMPSHIRE’S new first-team coach Kevin Flynn has spelt out what he believes the county’s best amateurs need to regain their crown as South East Champions. It is more than 10 years since Hampshire last claimed the South East League title – and it is nearly six years...
by Andrew Griffin | Mar 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
HAMPSHIRE’S outgoing-captain Neil Dawson admits he has walked away from the post with something of a heavy heart. Having led Hampshire Colts to three South East titles in a row between 2014 and 2016, Dawson admits to feeling disappointed over how his team performed at...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 1, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News, South East, Uncategorized
FORMER EuroPro and MENA Tour winner Stuart Archibald topped the leaderboard after the first round of the Logan Trophy, at Liphook GC. Archibald is the reigning Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Mid-Amateur Champion after his win at Brokenhurst Manor, in...
by Andrew Griffin | May 27, 2022 | Championship, Hampshire, News, Uncategorized
RYAN Moody has only one reason to be playing in this weekend’s 117th Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship – it is his last chance to claim the Sloane-Stanley Challenge Cup. The county crown will be awarded to the winner of Sunday’s final...
by Andrew Griffin | May 13, 2022 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit, Uncategorized
THE Hampshire Order of Merit gets under way on Saturday with the first qualifying event – the Delhi Cup at Hockley GC – which features four members of the Hampshire first-team that put Dorset to the sword at Liphook GC, on Sunday. County captain Neil Dawson is in the...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
KENT’S Steve Tiley claimed his first win on the European Challenge Tour with a wire-to-wire victory at Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge. The Englishman, playing his 11th season on the Challenge Tour, finished runner-up to last year’s wire-to-wire champion Richard McEvoy....
