What a Team!!!

A fantastic win today against Sundridge Park sees Team West Malling reach the Kent Pearson finals for the second time in three years.

The 5 - 2 win saw us level the scores from the away match to 7 - 7 but we won through on the day when we finished with 22 points to Sundridge Park's 19.

But what a tense day it turned out to be with the result being in doubt until the very last putt.

Kelly Hanson put up a determined fight against Sundridge Parks lead player but lost out 2 & 1 in a very tight game. Debbie Conder reversed this score to win 2 & 1 levelling the match at 1- 1.

Lindsay Hart carried on where she left off at Sundridge Park winning 3 & 2 but Caroline Harrison found her opponent in good form and lost out 4 & 2 making the match score 2 - 2. This meant West Malling had to win all the remaining matches and also make up a deficit of 7 points.

And so we did!! First Rena Jones won 3 & 1 then Carol Eldridge blew her opponent away with a 6 & 4 win. Match score now 4 - 2 and it was all down to Julie Harris. When Julie went through 17 one down it looked like it was all over but a super effort saw Julie win the 18th and eventually win the match on the 20th hole giving us a 5 - 2 win. It then all came down to the points and we just edged it.

The atmosphere on the course was absolutely amazing and the team really showed they are a force to be reckoned with! I dont think Sundridge Park expected to lose but it was a great match played by two very competitive teams. And we must not forget the support on the day which was fantastic.

Ladies you were awesome today and I was so proud to be with you on such a great day.

We now turn our attention to Finals Day which is just two weeks away I.e. Wednesday 13th June at North Foreland. Please watch the blog for more information.

Helen