Wiltshire Golf
Wiltshire Ladies beat Armed Forces Champs
Played in lovely sunshine at Wrag Barn on26th April, the Wiltshire County Ladies matched up against the Royal Navy Women’s team. We expected a tough match against the RN team as they are the current UK Armed Forces Interservices Champions, having delivered crushing defeats to the Army and RAF at the UKAF Championships at Formby GC in September 2024.
With scratch foursomes in the morning and singles match play in the afternoon, the Wiltshire team got off to a strong start with the first pairing of Jess Hayes (Cumberwell) and Nikki Sutton (Tidworth) delivering a 7/6 defeat over the RN players Hazelle Garton (Hayling) and Lauren Hulston (Wrag Barn). This was a particular notable victory for Nikki Sutton as it was her debut match for Wiltshire and dishing out a serving of revenge on the RN as Nikki also represents the Army!
At the halfway stage, Wiltshire had the upper-hand with wins in all 3 foursomes matches, so they only needed to secure 2 from the 6 singles matches in the afternoon. The matches were hard fought and played in good spirit, and with some exceptional golf on display, as demonstrated by these 4 tee shots into the 5th and some impressive improvisation by Jess Hayes, Wiltshire Ladies secured a convincing victory winning the singles 5/2.
Wiltshire Ladies vs Royal Navy Women (Wrag Barn Golf Club, 26th April)
Morning Foursomes:
Jess Hayes / Nikki Sutton: won 7/6
Melissa Schroeder / Olivia Bannon: won 4/2
Claire Smith / Lizzie Bryant: won 2/1
Afternoon Singles:
Jess Hayes (Cumberwell Park): lost 2/1
Olivia Bannon (Wrag Barn): won 1 up
Nikki Sutton (Tidworth): won 2/1
Melissa Schroeder (Cumberwell Park): lost 5/4
Lizzie Bryant (Cumberwell Park): won 4/3
Claire Smith (Wrag Barn): won 5/4
OVERALL RESULT: Wiltshire 7 Royal Navy 2
A huge THANK YOU goes to Wrag Barn Golf Club for being exceptional hosts and we hope to revisit in many years to come in this annual event.
What a great result and strong start to the season, clearly demonstrating the benefits of our winter squad training sessions. Hopefully this sets the scene for a good season ahead with the Inter County Match Week Championships 29 Jun - 2 Jul 25 at East Devon Golf Club, good luck team!
Created by intelligentgolf version 10.1.2.
