Surrey Golf YearBook 2020 | Page 30

2020 will be interesting with some good players moving to U14’s. The pool of U13’s will once again be supported by the stronger U12’s. The performances and levels of wins will be hard to follow but based upon U12’s results it should be interesting. Just like the U12 friendly matches the Four Ball Better Ball format with 1pt for winning each nine and 2pts for winning the match was used in some of the friendly matches. The U13’s won their first match home to Essex, and did not look back, beating every county they played, wins came against BB&O, Hertfordshire, Hampshire, Kent, Wiltshire & Sussex. The match against BB&O & Herts saw Surrey take maximum points and not concede even a half. The Triple Shield match between Surrey, Kent & Sussex was brutal with Surrey sweeping aside their opponents. This saw Surrey retain the trophy from the previous year. Surrey eventually beat Kent by 24 points and Sussex by 22 points. In the triple match against Sussex and Hampshire for the Friendship Trophy the boys once again demonstrated their toughness, experience and team spirit to again retain the trophy from Sussex & Hampshire. Surrey beat Sussex and Hampshire by large margins once more It is obvious that the RookieTour, CAP coaching, volume of county matches and drive by the boys paid dividends in 2019 U12 Team - Manager Peter Millham Kris Kim, James Brash, Matthew Kim, Luke Jones, Evan Taylor, Harry McGuire, Charles Beeson, Lewis Dimayuga, Alex Alder, Luke Garnett, Harry Garnett, Oli Rudkin, Henry Pitts, Luke Rice, Samuel Wallace, Jamie Botton, Harvey Skelley, Max Reid, Anything the U13’s can do the U12’s can do, probably because a lot of the players represent both age groups and U14’s. Years of experience even at this young age make for a very strong group of players, who all seem undeterred by a call up to the County team. Each one takes it their stride and seems at home representing their County. As per the U13’s the U12’s brushed aside everyone they played in some style. County’s beaten were Hampshire, Sussex, Kent, BB&O, Wiltshire and Hertfordshire Surrey beat a combined Sussex & Hampshire side 26-6, pitting themselves against the best from these two counties. They went from strength to strength beating BB&O & Herts in a triple matchplay, dropping a single point in the 6 a side to win 11-1. The 19 different players selected were outstanding, this number to represent Surrey would have been even greater if the Essex match had not unfortunately been cancelled. Surrey Junior Masters and Junior Order of Merit 2019 Congratulations to Harley Yates (Burhill) for winning the Scratch Junior Order of Merit and achieving Joint First place with Jasper Cox (Wentworth) in the Handicap Junior Order of Merit for 2019. Scratch 1 2 3 Harley Yates Oliver Dyason ThomasHawke Handicap 1= Harley Yates 1= Jasper Cox 2 Sean Barnfather The Surrey Junior Masters: Burhill Puttenham Burhill 44 30 29 Burhill Wentworth Foxhills 25 25 16 Harley Yates (Burhill) - 30 -