Great wins for 1sts and 2nds

Only the 1sts and 2nds were in action on Wednesday 11th Novemeber as the 3rds match against Loughborough was cancelled. The 1sts travelled to Nottingham to play at the incredible Hollinwell golf course and the 2nds stayed at Edgbaston to face Nottingham Trent. 

Both teams won comfortably, running out 5-1 winners. This means the 1sts sit top of the league with 3 wins and a loss, the loss coming against Northumbria last week (5-1). The 2nds also sit top of their league with 3 wins out of 3.

This is a great start to the season for both teams and hopefully the success can continue throughout the season.

Full Scores:

1sts

Matt Bacon W2&1

Cameron Hoggarth W3&2

Alex Higgs W6&5

Sam Truman W4&2

Alex Bagnall W3&2

Cian Hurley L1dn

2nds

Josh Conlan W3&1

Will Chamberlain L2dn

Joe Maltby W5&4

Dan Bourne W4&3

George Allen W6&5

Steven Lam W5&4

Wins All Round For UoB Golf

The top 3 teams were all in action on Wednesday 28th October at Edgbaston Golf Club. The 1st team were trying to follow up their opening season win with another, and the 2nd & 3rd teams were trying to get their own campaigns off to a winning start. The 1st team faced Durham 1sts, the 2nds faced Leicester 1sts and the 3rds were up against Oxford Brookes 1sts. 

The first team made two changes from the team that beat Nottingham, handing debuts to Michael Gregory and Cameron Hoggarth who had shown some excellent form in the recent BUCS strokeplay events. Cpt. Matt Bacon and Cameron Hoggarth led the team out against a very strong Durham side, both returning points for the team. Following them, Michael Gregory managed to clinch a half and Alex Higgs returned his point to put the result out of reach for Durham with still 2 points available. In the final Group, Alex Bagnall won his match convincingly and Cian Hurley came up with the perfect time to make his first birdie of the day on 18 to leave the final result at 5.5-0.5. 

The second team, Captained by Josh Conlan, included a number of experienced players but also a fresher, Dan Bourne. Leading the team out, Sam Truman and El capitano both crushed their opponents. In the middle, Will Chamberlain and the fresher put the result to bed once again with 2 points to spare by both smashing their opponents. In the last group, Steven Lam and Kyle Cooper secured a 6-0 victory. 

The third team, Captained by our Swiss counterpart Josh Parkyn, managed to start with a 4-2 victory over Oxford Brookes with 3 freshers in the side. The wins came from Josh, Joe Maltby, Davide Buchi and George Allen. Unfortunately, Megan Lockett and Brad Barnes lost by the most narrowest margins, both losing on the last hole. 

Full results:

Matt Bacon won 2&1

Cameron Hoggarth won 1up

Michael Gregory half A/S

Alex Higgs won 2&1

Alex Bagnall won 5&4

Cian Hurley won 1up

Sam Truman won 5&4

Josh Conlan won 7&6

Will Chamberlain won 8&7

Dan Bourne won 7&5

Steven Lam won 3&2

Kyle Cooper won 6&5

Josh Parkyn won 4&3

Joe Maltby won 7&6

Megan Lockett lost 1dn

Davide Buchi won 5&4

Brad Barnes lost 1dn

George Allen won 4&3

1st Team Get Straight Into The Swing Of Things

The 2015/16 BUCS campaign is underway for the first team with an impressive 5.5 to 0.5 win!

On Wednesday 7th October, the first team took on University of Nottingham 1sts at The Forest of Arden. On what was a very windy day, making the conditions tricky, there was some stunning golf on display. In the first group, leading the team out, Captain Matt Bacon and Will Chamberlain got the team off to a great start by winning both of their matches. This was also followed by two comfortable wins in the middle group from Alex Higgs and Sam Truman. In the final group, Alex Bagnall continued the winning way by demolishing his opponent with some solid golf. The final match involving Cian Hurley went all the way to the last hole where his opponent managed to hole a 15 footer for birdie to win the 18th and tie the match - very unfortunate for the Irishman. This meant the first team got off to a great start by winning the first match of the season 5.5-0.5.

Full results:

Matt Bacon 5&4

Will Chamberlain 1up

Alex Higgs 4&2

Sam Truman 5&4

Alex Bagnall 7&5

Cian Hurley A/S