Message from the County Team Captain - Martin Hand  

Season 2011 started with an away trip to Yorkshire at Alwoodley Golf Club, we prepared well but were facing a strong talented team, we were defeated in the game but performed well on a tough course. We bounced back with a convincing victory against Durham at Seascale golf club and had further convincing victories in the season against Northumberland at Newbiggin golf club and the eventual league winners Cheshire at Appleby golf club. Our only other defeat was against Lancashire at Royal Lytham and St Anne’s golf club. We finally finished the season tied for second position with Yorkshire and Lancashire.
The Northern Counties Big 6 competition was at Seaton Carew golf club County Durham and we prepared well and we were confident going into the event. At the interval we were positioned in second place behind Lancashire and in touching distance. However we fell away in the afternoon session eventually finishing in 3rd place behind Lancashire (the winners) and Yorkshire. On the day there was a fantastic display of golf by county star Will Bowe that saw him finish with the best individual accumulative score over 36 holes, the second time he has won this accolade and a feat to be envied by all top level amateurs throughout the country.

The emergence of several juniors from the under 18’s squad into the men’s category will hopefully strengthen the existing team and bring us success in the coming season, and as always we will ensure that we prepare to the best of our capabilities and give it our best shot.

I look forward to seeing you at one of our matches throughout the 2012 season (see fixture list below) and on behalf of the Men’s county team and the County Executive committee may I wish you a successful golfing season.

Martin Hand
CUGC Captain