Guelpa pipped for Silver Man Trophy

Guelpa pipped for Silver Man Trophy

Ed Peck from Alresford Golf Club won the Scratch Trophy with a gross 70 beating Royal Jersey’s Alex Guelpa on count back.

George Farley of St Clement’s GC was third with 71 beating Mark Tostevin on count back.

Tostevin’s round included nine threes of which five were birdies plus a birdie four on the ninth.Seb Brown beat Harrison Moore on count back for the Handicap Trophy.

Brown carded a superb 72 for a nett 63.

Moore’s gross 88 nett 63 has been a long time coming and all will be pleased to see his 26 handicap reduced.Sam Wade finished third with a very good 83 nett 64 off his 19 handicap.Eight of the nine junior golfers who make up the Jersey junior team and will be playing against Guernsey at the weekend were taking part.’Overall they played very well,’ team manager Peter Crenan said.’Mark Tostevin returned an absolutely fantastic card and Alex Guelpa managed a 70, level par.

He’s been playing superbly all year and is probably the best junior on the Island at the moment.’Kyle Turmel is the highest handicapper in the Island squad.

His place was assured because he is a good matchplay exponent, but he played well on Sunday to finish with a gross 75 off his handicap of nine.’We’re coming to the end of the golf season now, so they should be playing well.

They’ve got six weeks off school and have been playing most days, and their handicaps are coming down,’ Crenan said.Eight clubs were represented in the competition, including Alresford in Hampshire, whose Ed Peck played extremely well on a course he had never even seen, let alone played on, to beat Guelpa on count back in the scratch competition.Of the other youngsters competing, Crenan said that he was delighted to see Harrison Moore’s 26 handicap finally come down.’He hits harder than any other junior but his shots are a bit wayward, so he did well, and Seb Brown’s 72 was a super score for him.

He’s still only 15 and, playing like this, a definite for the Island team next year.’

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