Fortunately, some of the team were able to play a practice round the previous day. We spent a lot of time working out how best to play some of the more challenging shots! And then set about preparing a course guide for the rest of the team over dinner and the England vs Argentina World Cup semi-final.
Sussex are always a challenging team to play, having won the league for the past 2 years, and holding a 4-year reign as champions from 2015-2019.
The team – Lulu Housmann, Ines Hellmayr, Lorely Pain, Tsuruko Kawabata, Alice Arnold, Corrine Moy – produced some fine performances. Despite a strong home advantage for Sussex on a familiar course. And the sheer difficulty of holding the ball on most of the fast-running, extreme-sloping fairways.
As always, the match was played in great spirit. And it is always a joy to play against the very talented Sussex players.
However, they once again proved to be too strong for us. We managed to take 3 of the matches to the final hole. But the final result was 6-0 to Sussex.
Match Results:
- Lulu Housmann vs Karen Sykes – 2&1 down
- Ines Hellmayr vs Clarissa Bushell – 4&3 down
- Lorely Paine vs Paula Carver – 2&1 down
- Tsuruko Kawabata vs Aileen Greenfield –2 down
- Alice Arnold vs Katherine Russell – 6&4 down
- Corrine Moy vs Sara Whittaker – 3&2 down
We are now in preparation for our last league match of the season against Surrey in August.
Match report by Corrine Moy