Surrey received the Boys’ County Finals at John O’Gaunt Golf Membership in Bedfordshire following a dominant 8.5-0.5 win over Worcestershire on the ultimate day.
Surrey solely led by a single sport level heading into the ultimate day, however a 3-0 consequence within the foursomes, adopted by a 5.5-0.5 victory within the singles, accomplished an emphatic win to safe the trophy, whereas Yorkshire beat Wiltshire 5-4 general to complete second.
On Tuesday’s opening day, Wiltshire thumped Worcestershire 6.5-2.5, with Yorkshire beating Surrey 5.5-3.5, whereas day two noticed Worcestershire and Surrey bounce again, profitable 5.5-3.5 and 6.5-2.5 in opposition to Yorkshire and Wiltshire respectively. It meant that the entire 4 groups may nonetheless win the title going into the competitors’s last day.
Surrey participant Monty Holcombe mentioned: “We’re so happy, the entire group has put in a lot work. We had a troublesome first day in opposition to Yorkshire, we performed nicely however outcomes didn’t fairly go our method however we’re a decided group and we knew something may occur because it’s a three-day match and we got here out firing on the ultimate day.”
Surrey County Head Coach John Noble added: “I’m delighted for the boys; that is topping up an excellent 12 months for them as we received the qualifier right here in July. They’ve all had some incredible particular person performances on this match and a giant thanks go to my assistant coaches for his or her laborious work in serving to us obtain this.
“It’s such a incredible feeling as I’ve been making an attempt to win this for 11 years and to win it with this bunch of fellows is wonderful. What’s extra, we are able to nonetheless come again once more subsequent 12 months as an under-18 group, as they’re all nonetheless so younger.”
