County juniors look to build on success

Northampton’s juniors will be hoping to build on a record breaking year when they compete for the top prizes in the 2016 season.

The county girls team won the Handicap section of the Midland South Finals as they defeated Oxfordshire in a play-off at Temple GC, while the Boys under-18s team dominated throughout the year.

As well as winning the Midland County Final and the Anglian League Final, the Boys team produced their best performance in the England Golf County Team Championships as they picked up the runners-up prize at Kings Lynn GC.

After qualifying for the national finals for the first time, Northants made a winning start against Hampshire as they fought back from a 2-1 deficit after the morning foursomes to record a narrow victory.

Ben Jones, Callum Farr and Matt Myers secured wins in the singles, before Tom Forster holed a 10-footer on the closing hole to seal the team victory.

It was a similar story on the second day against Durham as the team trailed 2-1 at lunch, with the only success coming from Jones and Farr, who bagged a hole-in-one on the fifth hole.

Despite narrow defeats for Charlie Salter and Fergus Robinson in the opening two singles ties, Northants powered to victory as Myers, Jones, Farr and Forster all recorded big wins.

Needing a draw in their final match against rivals Wiltshire to clinch the title, Northants found themselves behind at the break once again as they lost the opening game on the 17th, before grabbing two halves.

Despite a singles win for Jones and a battling half from Farr, the team couldn’t complete the comeback as Wiltshire won the 18th hole in both the last two matches to secure a 6-3 victory.

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