Yelverton Golf Club

Yelverton GC Adult & Junior Cup

August Bank Holiday Monday saw the annual staging of Yelverton Golf Club's Adult & Junior Cup, an event that was first played in 1958 with many well-known pairings having previously claimed the Trophy.

The format of Foursomes Medal (1/2 combined handicap played from the White Tees) can prove testing enough for the most experienced golfers around, so as you can imagine many a pairing, several of which were "father/son" combinations would have had not only their golfing skills put to the full test, although come the conclusion, I am pleased to report that no families came to any harm in the staging of the event!

A somewhat unusual warm and sunny Bank Holiday Monday with fairly gentle winds ensured that the opportunity for low scores was out there and this was proven as the occupants of the first three places recorded a net score of par or better. Although his father John could not play alongside him, Iain Couper's stand-in partner, Brian Robertson proved more than capable assisting Iain to third place with a net score of level par, 71. The first two places however were a fine testament not only to the progress made by two of the Junior Section's more "senior" juniors, as 2010 will be their last year within the section but also to the excellent team bonding of this year's Plymouth Area League team, in which all four have regularly featured.

Second place with a fine two under par score of 69 was awarded to Tom Watkins (7) & David Wright (6) a score that was only bettered on the day by their playing partners Frazer Reed (10) & Bernie Pennington (11) (pictured below) whose excellent four under par 67 saw them lift the Adult & Junior Cup, as pictured below. Both pairs have been put forward to represent Yelverton at the forthcoming Devon County "Graham Ruth Trophy", a foursomes event to be held at Teign Valley Golf Club on Sunday 26th September 2010. Well played and Good Luck.