With three points in the bag already from an away victory against Royal Jersey recently, La Moye remained unbeaten to top the four-club group table after a 6-6 draw against Royal Guernsey on Saturday and an 8-4 win over L’Ancresse on Sunday – both matches at the Royal Jersey.

It was La Moye’s first overall victory in the competition since 1999 and the success delighted player-manager George Kean.

He said: ‘It’s a great result for the club and I’m delighted for everyone.

We have no big stars in our team, we work hard at our games and to win has been a fantastic team effort.

‘Royal Guernsey was a tough match on Saturday and we were half a point down after the morning foursomes.

Andy Clarke and Grant McGregor were all square going down the 17th when Andy called a penalty when his ball moved while he was addressing it.

‘It cost them the hole but they won the 18th with a birdie to halve the match.

It was neck-a-neck throughout the singles and it came down to my match as we were half-a-point down.

‘It didn’t look good as I was two-down with three to play but fortunately for myself and the team I won two of the final three holes to finish all-square and we shared the match six-all.

‘On Sunday we had some very good wins in the foursomes and singles and winning 8-4 against Guernsey’s L’Ancresse helped us to victory overall.

‘Young Kyle Turmel had a good win against Steve Mahy but overall it was a great team effort.’ La Moye finished with five points and Royal Jersey, champions for the past two years, with four.

Royal Jersey won both their matches over the weekend, 10-2 against L’Ancresse and 6.5-5.5 against Royal Guernsey.

L’Ancresse placed third with two points with Royal Guernsey bringing up the rear with one point.

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