Warwickshire 22^nd May

We lost the morning game 3-2 and the afternoon game 3-2. This was our first match against another County and was a good starting block for working out pairings and singles players. Wins came from Holly Waterfield and Eleanor Parkinson in the morning foursomes and Gemma Parkes -Walley with the only singles win. The afternoon saw wins from Ellie York and Kirsten Thorpe in the fours and Caz Parkes-Walley in the singles.

Worcestershire 30^th May

The morning was foursome matches and we only took one point from a possible four and the afternoon was 8 singles matches which we only took 1.5 points out of 8 which was disappointing but four of the matches went down the 18^th and the score didn’t reflect how tight the matches were. The mornings only point came from Gemma Parkes -Walley and Holly Waterfield who won 2up. A special mention for Ellie and Kirsten who were the top pairing and had a fantastic match eventually losing 4&2 with Worcestershire being 5 under par gross for 17 holes. The singles points came from Vicky Mayfield who had a half and Caz Parkes-Walley who had a 3&2 win.  Overall result a win for Worcestershire 9.5 -2.5

Bedfordshire 5^th June

This was a rearranged fixture and unfortunately Bedfordshire struggle to field a 1^st team, so we decided to play some matches off scratch and some were off handicap. We played three foursome matches and two singles Eleanor Parkinson and Vicky Mayfield played Bedfordshire’s top pairing off scratch and won 3&1 with our girls being 2 under par gross. Karen Haynes and Francesca Brimm gave shots and had a great win of 7&5 and in the singles Caz Parkes Walley won 4&3. Overall result Leicestershire won 3-2.

Northants match I

Cancelled as not  enough 1^st team players.

We arrived at Holme hall Golf Club on the Sunday, the course was in great condition with the fairways narrow, rough think and the greens running fast and true. We had a tough start to the week when we played the host team Lincolnshire on the first day.

Helen & Caz lead the morning foursomes followed by Jenny & Gemma and then Imogen & Beth. Unfortunately after some close matches we were 3-0 down after the morning leaving a difficult afternoon ahead.

Imogen came up against challenging opposition India Clyburn narrowly losing on 17.

Florence also played well but lost on the 16th.

Caz continued her 2015 form winning on the 17th.

Jenny and Beth fought hard to take their games to the 18th, nanarrowly losing 1 and 2 down.

I played at the back of the pack, winning on the 15th.

The final score was unfortunately 7-2 to Lincolnshire but the score felt like it should have been much have closer.

Congratulations go to Jenny who scored her first hole in 1 at the par 3 13th hole.

Tomorrow we will play the English champions Nottinghamshire for another exciting contest.

Gemma

The last day saw us lead the games off at 8.15am with the return of the hot and sunny conditions as we faced defending champions, Lincolnshire.

In what was always going to be a tough foursomes sessions, we went into lunch 2-1 down with Gemma & Caz reuniting their foursomes partnership to bring in a great point 8&6. 

Onto the singles which provided some very close tussles, with Gemma narrowly loosing on 17 and Emma loosing on 18. We managed to pick up one point with Caz winning 2&1, this saw her complete the week unbeaten bringing in 9 points out of a possible 10.

Unfortunately the over all score was 7-2 to Lincs, however credit must go to all the players this week. Particularly those making their debut, Lydia & Emma, in what were very challenging conditions with the heat and the tricky course.

Our congratulations go to Nottinghamshire who edged out hosts Staffordshire and will now go on and represent Midlands North at the grand finals in September.

We finished 5th from 6 teams and we look forward to bringing this squad on ready for next year when we travel to host County Lincolnshire under Captain Gemma.

After the three hottest days of the year, Thursday provided some much needed relief from the hot and humid conditions. This seemed to suit us as we took a good 2-1 lead from the morning foursomes, with Gemma & Emma along with Caz & Briony bringing in their points.

We went out into the singles full of positivity, with the rookies putting in a strong performance. Despite the wind & rain Lydia and Briony both brought in their first singles points of the week, followed by late stand in Moira along with Caz. 

This meant an overall score of 6-3 and saw us bring in our first point of the week!! 

A fantastic result, with each member of the team bringing in a point during the day. 

Wednesday saw us take on the host team Staffordshire on the hottest day of the year, with players making the most of ice towels and cooling sprays to tackle the heat.

A good morning sessions saw us all square going into lunch: Gemma & Emma secured a great point on the last and Immy & Caz battled back from 4 down at the turn to gain a vital half point.

The singles saw our inexperienced front players, Briony & Lydia, take on two very strong Staffs players and to their credit took them to the 15th and 16th respectively. 

Unfortunately the two following matched continued to go Staffordshires way with Gemma & Immy losing.

Emma battled to a great half and Caz finished out on 17th for a 2&1 win.

Although it was an overall loss 6-3 the girls showed great spirit under difficult playing conditions and we look forward to a slightly cooler day on Thursday against Derbyshire.