Inter Region Championships 2009

PHOTOS NOW IN !

This year’s event took place over 1- 3 June 2009 at the Lincoln Golf Club, Torksey.

Following the completion of the Regional events some 40 golfers, from the North of Scotland to Germany, had been selected to represent their respective Regions in the second running of this event. Day 1 arrived with a fair breeze and scorching temperatures. The North opened their challenge by taking on the South-East with the Central and South-West regions playing each other. The results went to form with the North and Central regions winning 10–5 and 13–2 respectively. The second day would see the 2 winners playing that days losers.

Day 2 arrived and unlike last year’s near washout the sun was still out: however, with little wind to cool the players, it was hotter than the previous day. The matches again went the way of the form book with the North beating the South-West 9–6 and the Central boys turning over the South-East 9½-5½.

The final day saw some much welcomed cloud cover as some players looked rather crispy on the outside. The North and Central were playing a winner-takes-all head-to-head and, after the morning foursomes, the two teams could not be separated at 2½ points each. However the afternoon session was a different story and with the Central team taking the singles 7–3. Accordingly, the Central region won the match 9½-5½ and with it the trophy for the 2nd year in succession. In the bottom of the table clash the South-East comfortably beat the South-West 12½-2½. At the back of the field the RAFGA Execs recorded a sneaky victory against the Sponsors.  Click for the full Results.

The trophy was presented to the winning captain, Paul Holliday, by Russell Coleman and Dave Marshall (from Goodrich) with Dave Chowns doing the honours on the Chairman’s behalf.

With the conclusion of another great competition our thanks must go to the event Sponsors Goodrich, Chemring Countermeasures and the RAF Sports Lottery. Thanks must also go to the Staff and Members of the Lincoln Golf Club who again made us feel extremely welcome. Finally, those players who qualify from the respective regions are invited back for next year’s competition which will be held over the period 2–4 June 2010 again at Lincoln Golf Club.