by Andrew Griffin | Jun 8, 2023 | Championship, Hampshire, News
THE first-ever winner of the Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands Amateur Championship was Scotland’s Freddie Tait back in April 1894 – some 27 years before the champion received the Sloane-Stanley Challenge Cup for the first time. The tall Scotsman, who would...
by Andrew Griffin | May 13, 2023 | Hampshire, News, Order of Merit
DARREN Walkley believes his experience of playing Hayling’s windy links has given him the edge when it comes to winning his two Delhi Cups at Hockley Golf Club. The hilltop course is perched on top of Twyford Down, above the M3 cutting on the outskirts of Winchester...
by Andrew Griffin | Jul 25, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News
AS the 92nd English Amateur Championship gets under way at Lindrick and Worksop on Tuesday, Hampshire’s players can be inspired by the county’s good record in the event this century. That is largely thanks to the likes of Harry Ellis and Scott Gregory, who followed...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 17, 2022 | England, Hampshire, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE’S young guns are bidding for glory at the Berkshire Trophy – one of the country’s most famous and historic amateur competitions – which gets under way at The Berkshire Golf Club on Saturday morning. Rowlands Castle’s Billy McKenzie became just the third...
by Andrew Griffin | Jun 11, 2022 | Colts, Hampshire, News, South East
HAMPSHIRE Colts have the chance to gain some revenge for two final defeats in a row when they entertain Essex – the reigning South East Champions – at Barton-on-Sea GC, on Sunday. But they will have to do it without the two players who starred in last month’s county...
