NEWS
The final results are as follows:
SCRATCH
1st Bobby Eggo
2nd Andrew Boyd
3rd Nigel Vaudin/Neil Tanguy
5th Chris Le Tissier
HANDICAP
1st Andrew Boyd
2nd Paul Porter
3rd Nigel Vaudin
4th Bobby Eggo
5th Nicolas Falla
6th Tim Blackburn
7th Tony Davidson
Congratulations to all the winners.
Congratulations to Veronica Bougourd who is this years scratch champion.
Jan Chamberlain the defending champion was second on count back.
1 Veronica Bougourd 6 81 + 78 = 159
2 Jan Chamberlain 6 76 + 83 = 159
3 Di Aitchison 9 78 + 86 = 164
4 Kay Mapley 8 83 + 85 = 168
5 Di Hudson 10 83 + 86 = 169
6 Diana Stenner 10 85 + 87 = 172
7 Mandy Webber 8 91 + 85 = 176
8 Helen Banks 18 90 + 90 = 180
9 Kathryn Touzeau 16 91 + 93 = 184
10 Nicole Wild 22 95 + 95 = 190
11 Sue Falla 19 98 + 93 = 191
12 Suki Brocklebank 28 100 + 93 = 193
13 Sue Wellfair 10 100 + 94 = 194
14 Audrey Bisson 23 99 + 95 = 194
15 Angela Baker 21 98 + 98 = 196
16 Hermione Surcombe 27 102 + 98 = 200
17 Jayne Corbin 26 100 + 100 = 200
18 Jillian Pritchard 29 112 + 112 = 224
19 Rose Scott 18 101 + NR = NR
The 2021 GGU junior island championships, supported by DJW Prestige Vehicle Sourcing, came to a conclusion today with Rory McKenna and Chloe Domaille being crowned champions.
It was a perfect day for golf at L’Ancresse Links and the finalists did not disappoint . The boys final was contested by brothers Rory and Conor McKenna. While both boys played well, Rory played the round of his life finishing 4 under gross when the match finished on the 13th. Few players of any age could have kept pace with Rory today. He will now go on to contest the CI final to be played at L’Ancresse on the 25th July.
The girls final was a close affair between Jennie Ballay and Chloe Domaille over the first 7 holes. As the match progressed Chloe pulled away with the match finishing on the 14th.
Congratulations to both our champions.
Thanks to Royal Guernsey for hosting the championships, the work of the GGU committee, the match referee Andy Dawson and our sponsor DJW Prestige Vehicle Sourcing.
THE numbers do not lie, but Veronica Bougourd revealed it ‘still feels a bit surreal’ to have claimed an incredible 19th Island title on Sunday.It was also the 11th time she has successfully defended the crown in a stellar career that shows few signs of slowing down just yet.
No matter all the accolades she has accumulated, Bougourd continues to work hard at improving her game and she continues to reap the rewards of her endeavours, too.
Her classy display in the 36-hole final on another windswept day at L’Ancresse saw her to a 4 & 3 victory over her good friend Di Aitchison, who had been the form player throughout the week in defeating three former champions on her way to the showpiece match.
Bougourd always had something in hand on her opponent, having reached the turn of the morning round 3 up.
Aitchison’s competitive nature saw her reduced the deficit to just one hole briefly on the back nine, but when Bougourd hit arguably the shot of the final with a superb approach to within 1ft at the 17th, it put her back to three ahead.
Although she lost the 18th after finding thick rough when her tee shot got carried by the wind to the left of the green while Aitchison hit a cracker to the heart of putting surface, Bougourd was ‘very pleased’ to have established a 2 up lead at lunch.
The champion continued to play solid golf in the afternoon, intent on keeping her opponent at arm’s length and she was 3 up after 27 holes before playing the 10th and 11th holes perfectly in the conditions to extend her advantage to five.
Aitchison responded with a terrific tee shot on the 12th to win that hole and claimed the next with a par, too, but Bougourd was still in charge of the match and after they halved the 14th, Aitchison was unable to get up-and-down from through the back of the 15th and the De La Rue Trophy was heading home with the top seed for a 19th time.
‘I was really pleased with the way I played today because it was tricky out there for both of us,’ Bougourd said.
It was that north-east wind which doesn’t seem to help on any of the holes, cross wind most of the time, and I think both of us managed it quite well for most of the time out there. But I had a really good ball-striking day.
‘I play with Di a lot, in the past we have played a lot paired up in foursomes in inter-insulars and team matches, so we know each other’s games very well and I have got huge respect for Di’s game. I knew I had to be on form to have a chance of beating her.
‘It’s very difficult playing one of your mates as well, you are almost trying to zone in on the course rather than who you are playing.’
Bougourd now has her fingers crossed that she will get the chance to play another Channel Islands Championship final after the pandemic denied her that opportunity last year.
In the 18-hole Division Two category final, Bonny Hamilton overcame her early nerves to move through the gears impressively against Kathryn Touzeau and claim the title 4 & 3.
Meanwhile, Heidi Lawlor took the honours in Division Three despite a late fightback from Rosie Scott, winning 2 & 1 having been 3 up with four to play.
Danny Blondel has been crowned Guernsey Island Golf Champion for the fourth time, beating Bobby Eggo in a tight final on Sunday afternoon (23 May).
Although blighted by rough weather causing the format to be cut from a 36-hole medal to 18 with no play on Friday, Blondel overcame Eggo despite some resilient golf from former 11-time winner of the match play event.
The final for the men’s match play championship was between the top two players in Guernsey both playing off +2 handicaps. Excellent golf was witnessed by both players with Blondel ahead after nine holes, three up. Despite a brief comeback from Eggo, Blondel kept a cool head to win on 15th green with a par putt.
The event, sponsored by DJW Prestige Vehicle Sourcing, also saw Andrew Boyd take the plate title off handicap, beating youngster, Connor McKenna on the 18th.
“In the semi-finals Blondel beat Mick Marley three and two with some brilliant golf,” said Geoff Orme, President of the Guernsey Golf Union (GGU). “Mick was one over par when the match ended which any other day would have secured him a final place.
“In the second semi-final Bobby Eggo showed his class by beating Steve Mahy five and four with some terrific golf.”
In the plate semi’s McKenna showed his future potential overcoming Wayne Harwood five and four. Although in receipt of four shots on his opponent, McKenna’s fearless attitude never gave Harwood a chance.
The second semi-final saw Andy Boyd play fellow nine handicapper, Graeme Falla in a tense match which swayed either way until, finally Andy secured his win at the first extra hole.
The final between Boyd and McKenna was not straightforward. McKenna at one point seem to be aiming for a quick win, being three up and holes running out. Boyd dug deep to get to all square with just one hole to play. It seemed that extra holes would be needed but McKenna missed his putt to hand victory to Boyd on the 18th.
Despite the weather some excellent golf was played by all competitors which was witnessed by a good crowd on the Sunday afternoon before the rain set in.
Geoff Orme thanked all the people from Royal Guernsey Golf Club (RGGC) and L’Ancresse Golf Club (LGC) for their help not least the green staff who worked behind the scenes to get the course in a reasonably good condition.
Next up is the Ladies’ Guernsey Island Golf Championships which begins tomorrow(Monday 24 May) in a straight three division match-play knockout format. Played at RGGC, matches begin at a rescheduled time of 4pm.
The Ladies event will be played over three days culminating in the final which will be played on Sunday 30 May.
