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 | 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 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 | Apr 16, 2024 | England, Hampshire, National, News, Order of Merit, South East
THE amateur career of Connor Bell has largely been played in the shadow of his older brother Jonathan, who was an England Boys international as a teenager, having been crowned a Wee Wonders Champion several times before he was even 11. But now it is the turn of the...