Great successes We have been celebrating a fantastic week of success story’s here at Thurlestone Golf Club.
We start with special congratulations to our junior team who won the Tamar Cup last weekend 2 matches to 1 against Tavistock Golf Club at Elfordleigh. It is the first time Thurlestone have ever won this dual county (Devon and Cornwall) trophy in the 24 years that the competition has been running.
I didn’t envy Junior Organiser, Nigel Whelan’s job of choosing the team for the Final. I know that Nigel had some sleepless nights last week worrying about who he was going to pick, especially given the amount of ‘on form’ juniors at the moment. He really could have put two teams into the Final!
The first pairing of Junior Captain, Ethan Bellamy and George Holland put in a very strong performance with a flurry of birdies to win comfortably 6 and 5. The third pairing of Toby White and Alfie Messias both played well but sadly lost 5 and 4 against a strong pair, which left Finn Whelan and George Messias the last group out on the course. George and Finn played really well together and were 1 up with 2 holes to play. On the 17th Tee George Messias stepped up to the plate by splitting the fairway with his drive followed by a 9 iron to within 6 feet of the hole. George narrowly missed his birdie putt but left his ball adjacent to the hole. This was good enough and the hole and match was conceded for a 2 and 1 victory and Thurlestone were the Champions! Well done to Nigel and his team! The winning team from left to right are Toby White, George Messias, George Holland, Ethan Bellamy, Finn Whelan and Alfie Messias. | 
