FootGolf Hertfordshire

Two games this Sunday that featured Hertfordshire teams in the 'North London Division'

St Albans Abbey vs Tea Green
Tea Green took 11 players to Abbey View on Sunday picking up 1 bonus point before any ball was kicked by having 10 or more players in a league match. World Number 1 Ben Clarke showed why he exactly he has that title by scoring a course record of -17 through 18 holes taking 1st place and 5 points for Tea Green. UK open winner Liam Shutes was also on fine form with -13 taking 2nd place and another 3 points for Tea Green. Neil Shave showed fine form once again with -10 and making it a clean sweep for Green. Gareth Shrimpton took 4th spot with -8 and to pair up with Shave. Paul Doonan -8 and Prev Selvarajah -3 we're again top two scorers for Abbey view but were well off the pace of scoring any points this week. Craig Taylor +2 with best over 45s score, earning two points and Matthew Perry +7 made up the matchplay pair's. Lisa Byrne +9 best ladies score took another point for Abbey View.
Clarke/Shutes gave away nothing in their match play beating Doonan/Selvarajah 4-0. Shave/Shrimpton overcame an early scare from Taylor/Perry to win 3-1. Final score 16-3 to Tea Green.

Abbey view
Paul Doonan -8
Prev Selvarajah -3
Craig Taylor +2
Matthew Perry +7
Lisa Byrne +9

Tea green
Ben Clarke -17
Liam Shutes -13
Neil Shave -10
Gareth Shrimpton -8
Andrew Duffy -7
Dan Pope -5
Paul Chivers -5
Steve Shrimpton -5
Mark Loseby -2
Anthony Eastmond E
Rob Iddenden +11

Little Hay vs Delapre
Luis Pinto and Shaun Lewis were in fine form both shooting -9 and taking 8 points. Little Hay captain Andrew Sharpe took 3rd place with -7 although enough to secure 2 points it's probably one of the worse scores the Little Hay skipper has recorded. Steve Bush and Nick Philpot took 3rd and 4th spot for Delapre, while Richard Gledhill paired up with the Little Hay captain and Chris Bushe & Gareth Cadmen took 3rd and 4th for the home team. Sharpey/Gledhill done enough to beat Pinto/Lewis however Bush/Philpot beat Bushe/Cadmen. Final score 10-5 to Delapre.

Tea green are top by 37 points scoring 27 points in the UK tour. Delapre and Abbey View both sit on 22 points but they play each other at Abbey View on 17th June.

Are you local to any of these teams????
Tea Green, Luton
Delapre, Northampton
Abbey View, St Albans
Little Hay, Hemel Hempstead

We are looking for players of all s*x, age and ability to play footgolf. Next fixtures are 17th June. Signing on for a team is free you just pay green fees on the day.

Three Hertfordshire teams had their first games in the UKFootgolf Club League today.
Points are awarded to the top 3 scores of the day 1st 5 points, 2nd 3 points and 3rd 2 points. The best ladies score 1 point and the best over 45s score 2 points.
Top four scorers in each team will play doubles match play against each other 1&2 Vs 1&2 for 3 points and 3&4 vs 3&4 for 2 points

Little Hay vs Abbey View

Little Hay captain Andrew Sharpe lowered the par from 33 to 30.
Sharpey set the standard high with his first 9 scoring -9 the best score over 9 holes on the day. Sharpey's second 9 was not up to his first high standards but still finished -12 after 18 holes.
Abbey view team captain Paul Doonan scored 23 in both 9s giving the best score of the day -14 after 18 holes. Prev Selvarajah had a magnificent back 9 of -8 which left him tied with Little hay captain but with a better scoring back 9 Prev took 2nd place.
Lisa Byrne took the point for Abbey View scoring -5.
Craig Taylor the only player over 45 took another two points with -2.
This gave Abbey View an 11-2 advantage going in to the match play.
Prev and Doonan proved too strong for sharpey and Sam Lunnon winning 4-1. Chris Duggen and Sam Olhausen won by one against Tom Dickie and Matthew Perry claiming 2 points for Little Hay.
Final score
Little Hay 4 vs 14 Abbey View

Little Hay
Andrew Sharpe -12
Sam Lunnon -6
Chris Duggen -6
Sam Olhausen -5
Jack Ashcroft -4
Jess Reus +1

Abbey View
Paul Doonan -14
Prev Selvarajah -12
Matthew Perry -8
Tom Dickie -8
Dave Marlborough -5
Lisa Byrne -5
Craig Taylor -2

KIT & TEAM NEWS:

2017 Herts County Championships Captain Paul Doonan models the new kit.

The 8 players representing Hertfordshire this year will be;

Paul Doonan & Prev Selvarajah
Jamie Eames & Dave Marlborough
Devon Smith & Matthew Perry
Alex Wolffe & Adam Rosenthal

Here's a look at what the Hertfordshire players will be wearing this Saturday at The County Championships

The County Championships are taking place this Saturday at Magnolia Park, the home of The English Open.

Here is the team selected to represent Hertfordshire;

B.Clarke
G.Cockling
P.Doonan
L.May
N.Richardson
P.Selvarajah
A.Sharpe
L.Shutes

More to detail to follow soon

Congratulations to our winners yesterday at 9 of Herts

Result: https://ukfootgolf.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/ukfootgolf16/event/ukfootgolf1634/contest/7/leaderboard.htm

Victories for Eaglestone, May and a first for Jamie Cullum after a playoff victory* against Ben Clarke on a testing course in typical four seasons weather

The South East Region has just one event to play and in the standings Spice, Shutes and Baker are separated by just 6 points in the chase for a spot in The Jansen Cup place

Jamie Cullum moves into a qualifying spot in the East Region and Mark Eaglestone extends his lead in the over 45s where Paul Killick also moves into a JC spot

Over 45s
1. Mark Eaglestone
2. Lee Richardson
3. Del Hayward*

South East
1. Karl May*
2. Steve Baker
3. Chris Anderson

East
1. Jamie Cullum*
2. Ben Clarke
3. Dan Clements*

*denotes playoff win

South East / East /45s at 9 of Herts Aug 28, 2016 at Batchworth Park Golf Club

Nine of Herts - Hertfordshire's only 18 hole course.

See previous post for details about the tournament being held at this fantastic course on Sunday 28th August

The South East/ East/ Over 45's come to Hertfordshire's Nine Of Herts to battle it out for some valuable ranking points this weekend.

Entry for this closes this evening. All information can be found here https://ukfootgolf.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/ukfootgolf16/event/ukfootgolf1634/index.htm

The course will be open tomorrow from 14:00 - 19:00 so you can practice the course that offers a variety of technical holes

Anyone is welcome and we hope to see you there ❤️⚽️⛳️

South East / East /45s at 9 of Herts Aug 28, 2016 at Batchworth Park Golf Club