1st Day - Leicestershire and Rutland V Lincolnshire
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
Inter county week 2016
There are now only 2 Weeks to go before this years county week begins! The team will be travelling to Holme Hall golf club, near Scunthorpe, where Lincolnshire will be hosting the event.
I'm pleased to announce the 2016 County Team:
Beth Acey- Hinckley Golf Club
Emily Dunne- Park Hill Golf Club
Jenny Hall- Glen Gorse Golf Club
Imogen Huxley- Rutland County Golf Club
Florence King- Forest Hill Golf Club
Helen Lowe- Scraptoft Golf Club
Carolyn Parkes-Walley -Cosby Golf Club
Gemma Parkes-Walley -Cosby Golf Club
Emma Watson - Longcliffe Golf Club
L&R begin the weeks matches against hosts Lincolnshire on Monday, Tuesdays match is against Nottinghamshire followed by Derbyshire on Wednesday, Staffordshire on Thursday and Shropshire on Friday.
Morning tee times start at 8am each day and afternoon matches will finish between 5 and 6.30pm. It's a fantasic event where you will see some exceptional golf from all of the teams so come and support the Leicestershire & Rutland team in your sky blue.
The team hope to follow in the footsteps of the Foxes and emulate their success by causing our own upset and reaching the County finals #foxesneverquit #fearless
Gemma
County Week Day 5 v Lincolnshire
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.
County Week Day 4 v Derbyshire
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.