This event was held at Littlestone Golf Club in Kent on 13th and 14th June. On the first day the weather was fine, but with strong winds. The best returned score for any competitor on the day was four over par - and the field included many scratch golfers. CSS for the day was 74 against a par of 71, and the best Bedfordshire score for the day was a very credible 78 by Les Sharman. Our team was ahead of Middlesex, Essex and Norfolk after the first day, which was a good performance considering the strong counties entered. It''s worth mentioning that we were only 2 strokes behind Hertfordshire.
On the second day, the wind was very much stronger and scores across the board reflected the conditions. The first day resulted in an average score of 80 but the second day resulted in an average score of 83. The best second day score for Bedfordshire was Les Sharman again, returning a 79. The final result put us in 8th position out of 11. We were 20 shots ahead of Middlesex, 38 shots ahead of Norfolk and 14 shots ahead of Essex, and, overall this was a very good performance from the team under extremely testing conditions. My thanks to Brendan Walsh, Graham Crawford, Harry Williams, Les Sharman and Phil Corke for working so hard. My thanks also to Gordon Fuller for travelling as reserve and for supporting the team.
Peter Jones
Seniors County Captain
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2010