2nd Team Regional Finals 2016

Having won our matches against Lincolnshire and Leicestershire throughout the season, our Second Team qualified for the Regional Final against Staffordshire who had beaten Derbyshire and Shropshire in their own qualifying matches.

The final was arranged at Stanton on the Wolds Golf Club for 15th August and took place on a blistering hot day with the course in wonderful condition.

The morning foursomes were very competitive with some great golf being played by all and a real battle took place between Notts and Staffs with all the matches going to the 18th green. The end result was two halved matches and one loss, so we went into the afternoon singles 2-1 down.

Once again, most of the afternoon matches were extremely close, and we saw some very good golf. Cathy Burnside and Kristina Lazarevic both lost 1 down on the final hole in very tight matches, with Kristina recording three birdies in her round. Vicki Forecast showed great determination to claw her way back from three down to all square and finally lost 2 down on the last hole. Sadly, the final result of the afternoon singles was 6 losses for our Notts girls but the result does not reflect the great golf that was played by the Notts girls– the individual matches were very close indeed.

So Staffordshire retains the trophy from last year with a very solid performance at Stanton and we wish their First Team well in the England Finals at Waterlooville next month. Thanks to President Joan Underwood for acting as Starter for the Final and to Captain Pam Loch for her support during the day.

Our Second Team season is now at an end and I would like to thank all the girls who have played during the year for their terrific performance: Laura Abbott, Emma Anderson, Cathy Burnside, Vicki Forecast, Esme Hamilton, Carol Houghton, Kristina Lazarevic, Rosemary Lockwood, Charlotte Parker, Jacey Peacock, Glenys Priestley

Thanks too to all who have come to watch the matches and support our girls in this very successful year. I have so enjoyed my captaincy and am really proud of our achievements this season.

Helen Maber
Vice Captain