Surrey Golf YearBook 2020 | Page 27

We used 20 players across the year and our Captain was Ben Partridge (Epsom) - the players representing Surrey were Ben, Enrique Dimayuga, Luke Barnes, Luke Stock, Ben Kelly, Harry Crockett, Tommy Noel, Bailey Osborne, Josh Balson-Scales, Justin Chan, Harry Butler, Shergo Kurdi, Babar Haq, Sam Brummer, Demi Di Matteo, Rhys Williams, Austin Gambel, Jack Kurzburg, Harley Yates and John Richardson. U18 League We are in the South Section of the U18 League with Hampshire, Sussex and Kent. We played three matches (two away and one home) in the group stage and the winner goes through to a Final against the winners of the two other groups (Central and North). We won our group so progressed to the end of year Final which we then won at Gerrards Cross Golf Club beating Norfolk and Hertfordshire with the last putt on the 18th green of the last singles match. National Boys Qualifier SE Group organise the SE Region qualifier and all 11 Counties take part and was hosted by Essex at Orsett GC. The event was won by Kent, so they progressed to the National Final. Surrey were 2nd albeit 15 strokes behind. The event is a one day 36 stroke play competition with 6 players in each team. Surrey’s best individual was Enrique Dimayuga who came 2nd with a -2 total (70,72) SE Group Championship This was hosted at Burhill Golf Club and we had a number of players take part. It is an individual event open to all Counties and our best player was Harry Crockett (Addington Palace) who finished 4th with a score of 76, 72. SE Group Foursomes This event was hosted by Hertfordshire at Old Fold Manor Golf Club. Each team consists 8 players and our team were Sam Brummer, Justin Chan, Harry Butler, Tommy Noel, Rhys Williams, Austin Gambel, Harley Yates and Harry Crockett. Surrey came 3rd on +23 The event is over 36 holes and a stroke play competition with three scores counting in each round, so the worst score is discarded. County Championship This was hosted by Malden Golf Club and attracted the best players from across the County. This year the Boys Champion is Ben Partridge (Epsom) with a combined score or 141. As winner Ben qualified for the England Champions of Champions and was the winner at Frilford Heath Golf Club on -5 (139) U15 – U16 Team – Manager Brian Woodham The Surrey U16 and U15 Squads had a mixed bag of fortunes throughout the 2019 season. The U15’s played 3 matches as follows: Wiltshire Home: Surrey won 4-2 Triangular Tournament v Sussex and Hampshire (Hampshire 20 points, Surrey 12 and Sussex 4) Annual Match v Wales U15: Surrey 6½ beat Wales 5½ The match against Wales was a major highlight for us as, despite playing away at Celtic Manor, this was our first ever win against the Welsh national team. - 27 -