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