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Pake trusts prep for Challenge Final
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...
Knight recalls Rose’s day against Essex to forget
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....
How Essex spoiled Rose’s SELF party
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...
Hockley aiming for fifth Sevens title
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...
Southwick bar Royal Jersey’s path to Knockout final
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...
Liphook Sevens bid in Maplesden’s memory
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...
Royal Jersey rely on youth in Sevens
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...
Wheeler second in Champion Club
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...
Can Fleet club do English Champion Club double?
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...
Ex-Saint Telfer takes Courage Trophy
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 –...
Army shootout requires Courage in Quaich race
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...
Draw secures South East Challenge Final place
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...
Big guns at Stoneham Trophy and Mike Smith
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...
TOBY HAILS SOUTH DIVISION TITLE DEFENCE
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...
Defending title no Burden for Toby
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...
Toby keeps tabs on English Amateur scores
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...
Forster selected for St Andrews Trophy
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...
Kev admires Rose show from Troon Swingzone
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...
Caplehorn completes Swingzone rota at Troon
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...
Seeing Sam play in Open – icing on cake for Kev
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...
Forster eyeing European glory
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...
Captaincy no Burden thanks to big Brok win
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...
Toby first Hayling man to captain Hampshire
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...
Forster in last 16 of Amateur Championship
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...
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