All the latest match results and golf news for the Exeter Golf and Country Club golf teams in May.
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First leg - Victory Bowl - 80th Anniversary - 11th May
The Victory Bowl is one of the most precious of competitions between Exeter and Dawlish. Born at the end of a World War II, from a local rivalry between 2 servicemen from each club to commentate VE Day. This year is the 80th Anniversary of the trophy.
Five pairs from each club compete for the Victory Bowl and the Captains and Vice Captains both play together for a separate hard fought trophy. Both Trophies take place over 36 holes, home and away.
Dawlish came to Exeter with some very good golfers, 2 of which were plus handicaps and all but 4 of their team were under 7 in handicap but Exeter put out a strong Matchplay side. Plenty of shots at home proved the order of the day and despite the rain the Exeter team proved too strong for Dawlish. The match result was 3.5 to 1.5 to Exeter and the individual results are as follows;
James Mullins and Justin Powlesland – 1 hole down
Simon Courtney and Ben Reynolds – Halved
Simon House and Ian Lake – Won by 1 hole
Andy Rockey and Tom Rowe – lost by 2 holes
Dave Hancock and Dave Robinson – Won 4&3
Pat Williams and Jock Clark – Won 5&3
James Mullins would like to thank all that took part, this puts Exeter in a really good position to try and bring the trophy back to Exeter in September. 👊
An Exeter win at Bigbury in Lloyd Rowett Trophy
The Lloyd Rowett is a longstanding match that is played against Bigbury Golf Club at home and away every year. When Mike Rowett joined Exeter Golf and Country Club as the Pro from Bigbury he setup a competitive match between our 2 clubs. The Pro and Captain’s lead each team out with 5 other pairs made up of each clubs committee members or team golfers. This year, we played the away leg on Friday 2nd May with Exeter GCC beating Bigbury 4-2 on the day.
The results were;
Darren Everett and James Mullins – Won 3&2
David Hancock and Pete Beaven – Won 4&3
Andy Rockey and Chris Hart – Lost 2 Down
Chris Brooking and Dicky Holifield – Won 1 Up
Jamie Broom and Ed Gallois – Won 4&2
Geoff Fidler and Adrian Hewitt – Lost by 2 Holes
The return leg at home is scheduled for Friday 25th July and we look forward to welcoming our friends from Bigbury to EGCC where we hope to retain the Lloyd Rowett Trophy once more.
British Mixed Team Matchplay win for ExeterGCC
The Men and Ladies got together on Sunday 4th May for the British Mixed Team Matchplay Championship against Exminster 2nd team at Home. The weather was glorious and the course was in great condition. Exeter had plenty of matchplay experience in the side and proved too strong for Exminster on the day. The pairs results were…
Annie Norman and James Mullins – Won 4&2
Viv and Roger Worthington – Won 4&2
Sara and Pete Beaven – Halved
Alison James and Geoff Fidler – Won 3&2
Vicki and Barrington Rogers – Lost 2&1
Well done to all those that took part, the next round must be played by Sunday 8th June and luckily, we have been drawn another home tie against China Fleet. GO EXETER!
Dartmoor League - EGCC v Tavistock
On the Saturday 3rd May the Exeter team travelled away to a sunny, but windy, Tavistock course for their second away game.
The pairing of John Bamford and Ben Reynolds posting a great away win. Simon Courtney partnering Paul Fielder battled to their 2nd draw in a row and John Fairman and Tony Cockayne also secured a much deserved half after another hard contest. Team Captain, Simon Courtney, commenting that despite some good golf played with team battling hard Tavistock just edged it to win 3 – 2.
Results
Ben Reynolds /John Bamford – won 5&4
Ed Gallois/Jamie Broom – lost 6&5
Simon ‘Fester’ Courtney/ Paul Fielder – all square
Darren Thorpe/Steve Sheldon – lost 4&3
John Fairman/Tony Cockayne – all square
Dartmoor League 25th Year
On Sunday 4th May Exeter had the pleasure of hosting the League’s 25 year anniversary team competition. The format for play being a version of Texas Scramble known as Las Vegas Scramble. For those unfamiliar with the format this involves all four team players hitting their tee shot. Then rolling a die to decide which shot is taken. Each player having a number from 1 to 4, with numbers 5 and 6 teams could choose anyone’s shot. Play then resumes as a scramble for the rest of the hole.
On a very sunny and hot Sunday the Exeter team made up of Simon Courtney, Ed Gallois, Tom Rowe and Ben Edwards recorded a round that included 7 birdies and 11 pars, playing off a combined handicap of 7. A fantastic round of 55 (14 under) carded.
Unfortunately this proved not quite enough with one of the last teams out, Bovey Castle, securing the win and just pipping Exeter. Exeter’s Captain, Simon Courtney, commented what a great day of golf it had been and thanked the Mens Golf Captain, James Mullins, for hosting the 4th hole challenge and in doing so raising several hundred pounds toward this year’s charity, Hospiscare Exeter.
