The inaugural match took place on 12th May 2010 at Enville Golf Club/
Brian Keates (Wildcard pick as Society
& Team Captain)
Dave Grubb (Earned place from
finishing 2nd in 2009 League Cup)
Steve Lloyd (Earned place from
finishing joint 6th in 2009 League Cup)
Tim Thacker (Earned place
from finishing joint 6th in 2009 League Cup)
Karl Hughes (Earned place from finishing joint 10th in 2009
League Cup)
Ivan Heathcote (Earned place from finishing joint 12th in 2009
League Cup)
Simon Hayward (Earned place from finishing joint 13th in 2009
League Cup)
Ian Talboys (Earned place from finishing joint 14th in 2009
League Cup)
John Haley (Earned place from finishing joint 18th in 2009
League Cup)
Mike Fox (Earned place from finishing joint
25th in 2009
League Cup)
Bill Hancock (Earned place from finishing joint
27th in 2009
League Cup)
Graham Thorpe (Wildcard pick)
After meeting with the Friends Golf Society players over coffee and bacon baguettes, the two team captains announced their pairings for the morning fourball-betterball matches and it was off to the first tee of The Lodge course.
Gary Arnold and Vic Holier | beat | Tim Thacker and Karl Hughes | 2/1 |
Chris Christoforou and Socrates Efstathio | beat | Brian Keates and Ivan Heathcote | 6/5 |
Jason Nicolaou and George Markou | beat | Steve Lloyd and Ian Talboys | 2/1 |
Bill Hancock and John Haley | beat | Steve Efstathio and Sean Wiggins | 1up |
Andy Wassell and Andy Faulkner | beat | Graham Thorpe and Mike Fox | 3/1 |
Don Gardner and Peter Christoforou | beat | Simon Hayward and Dave Grubb | 2up |
It was a severe thrashing for the BUNGS contingent with some excellent play from the Friends players and things were looking pretty grim for us. With 12 points to play for in the afternoon, there was still the chance of a fightback, so after soup and sandwiches at lunchtime, it was off to the first tee of The Highgate course for the singles.
Steve Lloyd | beat | Socrates Efstathio | 3/2 |
Ivan Heathcote | beat | Chris Christoforou | 4/2 |
Brian Keates | beat | Vic Holier | 6/5 |
Tim Thacker | half | Steve Efstathio | A/S |
Jason Nicolaou | beat | Graham Thorpe | 3/2 |
Ian Talboys | beat | Sean Wiggins | 7/6 |
Gary Arnold | beat | Karl Hughes | 1up |
Simon Hayward | beat | Peter Christoforou | 6/4 |
Dave Grubb | beat | Andy Wassell | 2/1 |
Don Gardner | beat | Bill Hancock | 4/3 |
George Markou | beat | John Haley | 2/1 |
Mike Fox | beat | Andy Faulkner | 1up |
So a fightback from BUNGS did happen but it just wasn't quite enough as Friends held on to a deserved victory.
After the meal, Friends Captain, Vic Holier, accepted the trophy from BUNGS Captain Brian Keates who then issue the challenge to Friends Golf Society for 2011 and a very successful day ended. We await information as to when and where we are going to compete in 2011.