KIMSEY WINS SOUTH OF ENGLAND YOUTHS CHAMPIONSHIP
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England boy cap Nathan Kimsey (Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire) carded final rounds of 66 and 67 to win the Darwin Salver, the South of England Youths Championship, at Rye, with a record score of 270, two under par.
He finished four strokes ahead of fellow boy cap Max Orrin (North Foreland, Kent), runner-up for the second successive year, and five in front of Alfie Plant (Rochester and Cobham, Kent).
With the Sussex course enjoying unseasonal benign conditions and the greens in magnificent condition, Curtis Griffiths (Wentworth, Surrey), yet another boy international, set the first-day pace to lead on 136, one ahead of Kimsey and Orrin.
While the 18-year-old Lincolnshire lad stormed in front with his third-round 66, Griffiths dropped away with 74 and the challenge was taken up by Orrin, Plant and Scott Campbell (Hallowes, Yorkshire).
But Kimsey, winner of the McEvoy Trophy last year when he also finished fourth on the Titleist FootJoy EGU Boys Order of Merit, wasn’t to be denied. His closing 67 saw him out of reach of his pursuers despite 66s from Plant and Campbell, while Orrin matched Kimsey’s 67.
LEADING FINAL TOTALSPar 272 (4x68)
270 N Kimsey (Woodhall Spa) 69 68 66 67
274 M Orrin (North Foreland) 65 72 70 67
275 A Plant (Rochester and Cobham) 70 69 70 66
277 S Campbell (Hallowes) 71 71 69 66
278 C Griffiths (Wentworth) 67 69 74 68, C Shinkwin (Moor Park) 71 70 67 70, C Young (Ashbourne) 69 69 68 72
England boy cap Nathan Kimsey (Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire) carded final rounds of 66 and 67 to win the Darwin Salver, the South of England Youths Championship, at Rye, with a record score of 270, two under par.
He finished four strokes ahead of fellow boy cap Max Orrin (North Foreland, Kent), runner-up for the second successive year, and five in front of Alfie Plant (Rochester and Cobham, Kent).
With the Sussex course enjoying unseasonal benign conditions and the greens in magnificent condition, Curtis Griffiths (Wentworth, Surrey), yet another boy international, set the first-day pace to lead on 136, one ahead of Kimsey and Orrin.
While the 18-year-old Lincolnshire lad stormed in front with his third-round 66, Griffiths dropped away with 74 and the challenge was taken up by Orrin, Plant and Scott Campbell (Hallowes, Yorkshire).
But Kimsey, winner of the McEvoy Trophy last year when he also finished fourth on the Titleist FootJoy EGU Boys Order of Merit, wasn’t to be denied. His closing 67 saw him out of reach of his pursuers despite 66s from Plant and Campbell, while Orrin matched Kimsey’s 67.
LEADING FINAL TOTALSPar 272 (4x68)
270 N Kimsey (Woodhall Spa) 69 68 66 67
274 M Orrin (North Foreland) 65 72 70 67
275 A Plant (Rochester and Cobham) 70 69 70 66
277 S Campbell (Hallowes) 71 71 69 66
278 C Griffiths (Wentworth) 67 69 74 68, C Shinkwin (Moor Park) 71 70 67 70, C Young (Ashbourne) 69 69 68 72
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