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Pearson Trophy Finals Day Report for Pearson Trophy 2016-17

For the previous two/three weeks we have had really lovely weather. And Pearson Finals day on 15th June at Rochester and Cobham GC dawned bright and sunny. Perfect weather for golf.

Jackie and I were at Rochester & Cobham bright and early to get ready for the arrival of the four Kent finalists. Mid Kent, Redlibbets, Royal Blackheath and Shortlands. Redlibbets and Mid Kent were the newbies, their first time at finals day. Royal Blackheath last won the trophy in 1984. Rochester & Cobham staff were already there setting up for us. Mandy, the Lady Captain and club manager John arrived shortly after. The Lady Captain did a great job during the day. Acting as starter for the semis and finals. And, arranging the ball spotters. Many thanks to Mandy. A great job.

All the formalities were done. Team lists exchanged, handicaps checked, breakfasts eaten and it was time to start the semi-final at 8:30am. Kent Vice-Captain, Cheryl Power and Kent President, Elaine Tappin were there with their radios to act as referees for the day. The first semi-final was between Mid Kent and Royal Blackheath. After 9 holes, and the first matches through, Mid Kent were looking very strong with the first three matches going their way. However, Blackheath were hot on their heels with the next 4 matches going to them. The final in the afternoon slot was up for grabs. Match 1 and a good win for Mid Kent. Match 2 eventually went to Royal Blackheath. Match 3 Royal Blackheath on the 18th. Match 4 all square after 18. It was going to be very close. Match 5 & 6 solid games and wins to Royal Blackheath. Royal Blackheath were through.

The second semi-final was between Redlibbets and Shortlands. After 9 holes, Redlibbets were in a very strong position. Up in 6 matches and all square in the 7th. After 14 holes, there was 1 win to Redlibbets and they were still going strong. Shortlands managed to get 2 matches before Redlibbets secured their 4th and 5th win and a place in the finals against Royal Blackheath.

Lunches were eaten and it was not long before we were off again for the final. Blackheath winning the toss for honour on the 1st at 2pm. The afternoon went as well for Redlibbets as the morning had done. After 9 holes, they were up in six matches, down in one. Redlibbets maintained their pace. Despite Blackheath holding on and getting to all square in a couple of other matches. Match 1 was won by Redlibbets. Match 2 went to the 19th. Win to Redlibbets. Match 3, win to Redlibbets. Match 4 and a win for Blackheath. Matches 5 & 6 were wins to Redlibbets and the final match was called in. Well done and congratulations to Redlibbets in their first championship final.

Thank you to players, caddies, referees Cheryl and Elaine, the Lady Captain Mandy who acted as starter and ball spotters for making it a great day of golf. Thanks also to the spectators and supporters and to Rochester & Cobham GC for hosting the 2016-17 Kent finals.

Good golfing for the rest of the summer.

Juli Kent Pearson Manager

Jackie Kent Deputy Pearson Manager

15th June 2017.

PEARSON TROPHY INTER-COUNTY FINALS

20th July 2017 at Hever Castle

KENT (Redlibbets GC) WIN THE PEARSON TROPHY

Morning Semi-Finals

HERTFORDSHIRE (Arkley) v SURREY (Coombe Hill)

MIDDLESEX (Hampstead GC) v KENT (Redlibbets)

Afternoon Final

SURREY 2 v KENT 5

Finals day dawned grey and wet. The weather had been forecast with a few morning showers. It was more wet than dry. However, the spirits of the players were not dampened. Players, caddies, officials and spectators were all arriving from 7am. Breakfast eaten, handicaps checked, players lists exchanged, start sheet compiled and we were away.

Paula Stack, Lady Captain at Hever Castle GC, started the semi-finals promptly at 8:30. Herts. (Barkley) had the honour against Surrey (Coomb Hill) in the first semi-final. Middlesex (Hampstead GC) had the honour against Kent (Redlibbets GC) in the second semi-final. Arkley and Redlibbets were representing their counties for the first time.

After nine holes, Surrey was showing their strength with five matches up and two all square. In the other semi-final, it was a much closer contest. Kent up in four, Middlesex up in three. All to play for.

As the morning progressed, Surrey continued to show their strength. Match 1, a good win for Surrey's Ulrike Cooper. Second win of 7&6 to Coombe Hill Lady Captain. This was followed by a third win for Surrey's No. 3, Penny Bourne. Then the fourth win to the Surrey No.2 player, Margie Brown. The remaining three matches were called in. Commiserations to Hertfordshire.

The second semi-final continued its close fought matches. Highlight of the day, a stunning hole-in-one on the 14th by Julia Male to take the first match for Middx. 6&4. What could be better than that? This was followed by a good win by Kent's No. 4, Gill Crabb. The next win went to Middx, the next to Kent. 2 matches each by 12:30pm. It then seemed to go a bit quiet, with serious battling going on in the remaining three matches. The next win came at 1:15. A 3&1 win to Middx. Five minutes later, a win by Kent's No.7 Barbara Carpenter. 3 matches each! We had another 15 minutes to wait before the final result. Win to Kent and a place in the afternoon finals. Commiserations to Middlesex. So close!

Surrey and Herts had already had their lunch but the Middlesex and Kent teams were nail biting rather than lunching while waiting for the last three matches to finish. However, all refreshed, the afternoon finals began on schedule at 2pm with our own Chris Corke acting as starter for the afternoon finalists. At least the weather had improved and it had stopped raining.

Interestingly, for all you statisticians out there, all winners of the matches were leading at the halfway stage. Would the same be true for the afternoon results?

After nine holes, Surrey were up in four, Kent up in three matches. The first win went to Coombe Hill Lady Captain Lise Mapletoft. After being down at the turn, Kent's No 1 Lydia Hoare turned it around and won the first match for Kent.

Match 2, Margie Brown for Surrey and Tina Earley for Kent were next through. All square after 18 holes. Kent taking the 19th. Match 3. Karen Taylor, Pearson captain for Kent, maintained her halfway position. Having been 2 up after nine, won her match 1up. 3-1 to Kent. Kent had won their first three matches. Could they make it four?

Match 4 arrived at the 18th. Penny Bourne took the second win for Surrey. 3-2 to Kent.

Match 6 arrived at the 18th hole. The pin position on the 18th hole had been causing trouble all day. Pin at the front right, green sloping down front and right. The right side sloping into a greenside bunker. Both ladies struggled to hole their putts, eventually leaving the green and proceeding towards the 19th. All square? Just then, we received the news. Kent had won match 7. Match 6 score was also agreed to be a win to Kent after a re-count of the shots on the 18th. A 5-2 win to Kent. Congratulations to Redlibbets, Kent on winning the Pearson Trophy with commiserations to Surrey, the losing finalists. The losing semi-finalists were Middlesex and Hertfordshire.

The support of the County officials was also appreciated.

From Kent, Anne Billings, County Captain; Elaine Tappin, President; and Cheryl Power, Vice Captain.

From Surrey: Rosemary Wallis, President; Sally Parrish, County Captain; Lorna Robey, Vice-Captain.

From Middlesex: Stephanie Beer, County Chairman and Angela Templeman, County Captain.

Also, the support of the other Pearson officials and spectators was appreciated. We hope that everybody enjoyed watching some excellent golf on the day.

Eventually, the players, caddies and spectators made it to the presentation. Margaret Northcott, Chairman of the Pearson Management Committee presented certificates to all four clubs. A bottle of champagne and box of balls was presented to Julia Male for her hole-in-one. Julia kindly made a donation to the Lady Captain's charity. The runners-up salver was presented to Elaine Kim, the Pearson captain for Coombe Hill. The Pearson Trophy was presented to Karen White, Pearson captain for Redlibbets of Kent.

Thanks must go to players, caddies and spectators for making it the day it was. Chris for her photography and PM starter. Hever Castle for allowing the use of their wonderful facilities. The lady members for acting as ball spotters on the day. Paula Stack, Lady Captain, for her help before, during the day and being the morning starter. Thanks to Cheryl Power and Elaine Tappin for giving up their day to referee for us.

Special thanks must be given to a great team at Hever Castle Golf Club who looked after us so well, both in the office and out front in the bar and restaurant.

We look forward to next year's Pearson Trophy finals in Middlesex.

Juli Fayers Kent Pearson Manager

Pearson Trophy Finals Day Report 2018

The Kent Pearson trophy final was held at Nizels Golf Club this year.

Thank you to our club for agreeing to host this competition, and Nizels' ladies were out in force to support and help ball spot for the matches.

Lady Captain Heather Gouldstone was starter and Vice Captain Pat Moorecroft organized the troops on the course. Nizels would have loved to be playing, but after a

closely fought winter campaign the semi finalists were Mid Kent, Bearsted, (in their first final since the 1980s), Royal Blackheath and Sundridge Park. A colourful but nervous group of ladies they were on arrival in their reds, pinks and purples.

Kent officials Cheryl Power and Marilyn Brown supported by Bobbi Ramsammy were our Referees for the day, and Chris Corke our top photographer. We welcomed also Ann Billings, Margaret Northcote, Pearson Four Counties Chairman, and Chris Lohan, Kent president. All set with buggies to tour the course and watch the brilliant play. Juli and I were all set up with radios to monitor the state of play and update the scoreboard.

The day was set fair, and the course was going to be a tough track with its deep rough and fast Greens. After a nourishing breakfast the players set out, with Mid Kent taking an early lead in the first semi final. Their games were closely fought but Mid Kent won this semi and went in for an early lunch. Royal Blackheath and Sundridge Park had a much closer match, winning 3 each games with the last match still on the 13th all-square. Their last two ladies were then followed to the end by two full teams and officials as eager spectators round to the first extra hole. Here the Sundridge Park player sunk a great putt from the fringe to par and win the hole. The standard of

golf and sportsmanship was exemplary, but this meant Sundridge Park had a quick turnaround for the afternoon final.

So the final started later than expected and was between a relaxed Mid Kent and a rather more stressed Sundridge Park. Four matches were decided quite early with 2 wins each. Mid Kent then won a close match on the 18th, and the last match was conceded on the 14th also to Mid Kent.

Congratulations to Mid Kent for their big win.

Thank you to players, caddies, referees, and starter for making it a great day of golf. Not forgetting the spectators, of course. Thanking Nizels staff for their great service and attention and lovely food. Thank you to Margaret Northcott, and to Chris Lohan, Kent president who presented the Trophies. A small presentation and thank you was given to Juli for all her hard work as Pearson organizer for the last 4-5 years.

We wish Mid Kent good luck for the Four Counties final representing Kent on the 19th July at Crews Hill, Middlesex. Lets hope they can follow in Redlibbets footsteps and bring back the Pearson Trophy for Kent.

JACKIE AND JULI ,18/06/2018

Pearson Four Counties Final. Crews Hill, Middlesex. Thursday 19th July 2018.

Well what a fabulous day we all had at Crews Hill. The sun was shining on us and the players as they set off to conquer a lovely course- albeit dry on the fairways from the lack of rain, the ball was running and the greens were fantastic. It was all set to be a great battle between Mid Kent (Kent) vs Berkhamstead (Herts) in the first semi- final, and Foxhills (Surrey) vs Hendon (Middlesex) in the second semi- final.

The morning matches were very tight. Kent were down in the first few matches, and after two early losses it seemed that we were going to be in trouble. However matches 3 and 4 were both won by Kent on the 19th holes, and two wins after meant that Kent had won and were through to the final. What a great achievement for Mid Kent, with a fabulous team and caddies despite having some last minute illness issues with players so team changes had to be made.

The second semi- final was equally close. It was 3 -2 to Surrey with 2 matches still very tight on the course. The 5th matches went down the 19th and it was a win to Surrey, so we found we had the Foxhills team in the afternoon.

The girls set out again at 2.30 with the same team as the morning. Surrey proved very strong opposition and although Kent battled through Surrey were victorious winning four matches. One of our matches agreed a friendly half on the 20th holes, and the others were called in.

The team from Mid Kent were Brid McInerney, Annette Fraser, Lyn Ager, Christine Waghorne, Janis Bourne, Bev Barrow and Sati Padda. They and their caddies are to be congratulated on their golf, their stamina, and their sporting attitude. Their supporters arrived on a coach and all the teams stayed in the afternoon to support the winners. The atmosphere at the club was one of friendliness and sportsmanship. A great advert for ladies golf…. strongly supported by the men who came to watch or caddy too.

A big thank you must go to Collette Te who worked tirelessly to organize the event with the club. Another huge thank you to Margaret Northcott who presented the trophies and certificates, and who has been immensely supportive to all of us but now steps down as Chairman. Our new Chairman is our own Chris Corke and we wish her all the best for her role over the next four years. Also big thanks to Juli Fayers, who has been Pearson manager for Kent for the last 5 years and now steps down. She has done an amazing job, and I hope that I can continue in her footsteps, with my now deputy Karen Taylor from Redlibbets to help me.

Looking forward to next years’ Pearson trophy campaign, and welcoming as many clubs as possible to join in.

Jackie Taylor. Kent Pearson Trophy Manager.

Semi final	Result	Morning	result
MID KENT	V	BEARSTED	MID KENT

ROYAL BLACKHEATH	V	SUNDRIDGE PARK	SUNDRIDGE PARK
MID KENT	Finalists	SUNDRIDGE PARK
	V
	Winners	MID KENT