Monday, August 23, 2010

IT'S A BOSTON TEE-PARTY IN JUNIOR

CHAMPION CLUB EVENT

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The lads from Boston in Lincolnshire stormed to victory with a sensational second-day performance at Malton and Norton to win the Junior Champion Club Tournament.
With the best two scores from three to count, the trio of Bill Spooner, Sam Vince and Nicky Frost returned 82 points for an aggregate of 156 and a two points winning margin over Hull from Yorkshire with Crondon Park from Essex third on 150.

Not only was Boston’s total a record for the event since it went to a Stableford format but it was the first time that the title has gone to a Lincolnshire club. They could also be the smallest team in stature as well as the youngest with an aggregate age of 39. But they are all off low handicaps, 18 being the combined figure.
“This is brilliant,” said Spooner. “We didn’t expect to win but we expected to do well. We scored well and we combined well as a team.”
“It was a challenge,” said Frost. “Winning is a big surprise and it will mean everything back in Boston.”
The Boston boys began the day in joint fifth place, three points off the pace. But with Frost scoring 39 points off seven handicap and Spooner contributing an amazing 43 off five, their victory was almost assured. They could even pass up the 38 points scored by Vince.
For most of the day it seemed that Crondon Park would take the top prize with their 150 points. But Boston soon overtook them with their sensational return.
Then it was only a case of whether Hull could storm the Boston ‘tea party’ and steal the show. When Michael Wray signed for 40 points and Steven Robins 38, the scene switched to George Thorp. He needed a big score to turn the tables but even though he came in with 41 it wasn’t quite enough.
There were also some notable performances among the teams that didn’t feature in the chase for the title.
After scoring 34 points in round one, Calvin Sherwood from Rookery Park in Suffolk signed for 39 points off five handicap with an amazing back nine of 24 points after coming home in 32 strokes, four under par. He birdied the tenth then went par-birdie-birdie-birdie before finishing with four more pars. “I got used to the greens in the end,” he said modestly.
Among the other best returns of the second round were 42 points by Connor Penning from Beadlow Manor and Burhill’s Charlie Thomas. Penning, only 11 years old with a handicap of 22, admitted: “I putted really well,” as he compiled 22 points going out.
Thomas, 14, a boarder at Charterhouse School, came home with 23 points off 15 handicap, also attributed his success to putting. “My putting wasn’t good yesterday so I spent a lot of time practising before going out, working on my alignment.”

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