Page 76 • The HERALD • 5th January 2023 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v SPORT IN THE HERALD Dibden Open Golf Society (DOGS) Results Successful Autumn Campaign for Fawley U16’s Marwood (7th/9). Pros approach: D Lowman (1st/9) and 2’s winners: B Baker and D Ferguson, 4 stableford winners with 31 points on C/B and the winning score of 34 points by Sue Wareham. in a convincing 26-15 win for Fawley. In practising for the upcoming league games they then faced Romsey for another friendly match in October and whilst they scored 4 tries they narrowly lost 24-22. Feeling prepared for their rst league game, the young men travelled to US Portsmouth and played an outstanding game of rugby, beating the home team 30 points to 19. As watchers of the England women’s rugby team will empathise, their intrepid U16’s then su ered an agonising defeat by just one point in their next league game at home to Eastleigh. e last league game on 4th December was hotly anticipated and the team and their loyal band of supporters travelled to Andover for the nal league clash. Fawley hit the ground running, and a er quickly gaining the upper hand in both the scrum and breakdown, the inevitable rst try came a er some excellent handling from the backs delivered the ball for Aidan Cross to go over. Max Belson stepped up and slotted the rst of his 8 conversions for the day. Following the restart, Fawley piled on the pressure again, and it soon led to a second try - Dylan Lucas leaving would be tacklers in his wake as he crossed the whitewash. A second try for the ever-reliable Aidan Cross was followed by a superb solo e ort from Max Belson, who ran the length of the pitch and danced around several defenders to score under the posts. Before the half time whistle was blown, Fawley demonstrated some excellent defensive work. Despite being camped 5m from try line, Andover runners were repelled time and time again, as Fawley refused to give up their clean sheet. A er the break, normal service was resumed. e tries from Fawley continued to add up, and the opposition struggled to get any sort of a foothold in the game. A second half hat-trick of tries from Wyatt Davies, one of which was the result of a fantastic o oad from Aidan Cross paired with a wonderful support angle by Wyatt, and further scores from Max (who nished the game with an impressive 26 points) and Oliver Greenwood put the game to bed. Whilst the scoreline was pleasing to the Waterside Warriors, the manner in which it was achieved was the most satisfying aspect. e discipline and rugby intelligence the lads showed was impressive. ere is always more to learn but the coaches were very pleased with the 0-61 win and resulting placing of second in the division. e U16’s now look forward to their cup games and friendlies in 2023 and would love to hear from new players in school year 11 who would like to join. As with all age groups, from years R-11 all training is given by quali ed coaches and all safeguarding and rst aid provision is in place. With the new Clubhouse at Gang Warily starting to take shape, the future is bright for this local club. As always, if you are interested in rugby, playing for ages 4-99+ is available as well as a whole host of support roles, from building experience in the clubhouse to cooking up bacon sandwiches on Sunday mornings. All queries, potentials sponsors and players are invited to email: enquiries@fawleyrfc. co.uk for more information on any aspect of Fawley RFC. 22nd November the DOGS played a 9 Hole Stableford Competition on the Dibden 9 hole course, where 40 plus ‘brave’ golfers took to the course in wintery conditions. Winning team: R Short (20) 2nd: C Viney (19 C/B) 3rd: D McManus (19 C/B) 4th: R James (18 C/B) 5th: D Wilson (18 C/B). Nearest the pin winners: R Short (4th/9) and R Gooding (4th/18). Pros approach: (8th/9) D Lowman. 29th November the DOGS played their Annual Anniversary 4 Ball Scramble (Part 18 & full 9 Holes). Founder members: Colin Peall and Dave Lowman celebrated 8 Years as e Dibden Open Golf Society with free anniversary drinks following the golf. Winning team: M Eve, R Hallett, B Marwood and M Drodge (40.6) 2nd: S Hawkes, J Manning, P Huxley and P Wastell (43.5) 3rd: D Wilson, P Dunn, Sue Wareham and B Phillips (44.2). Nearest the pin winners: T O’Conner (4th/18), B Baker 4th/9 and A Turnpenny 7th/9 6th December the DOGS played their monthly Individual Stableford Competition with the winter card, where 36 players braved the cold wintery conditions. Winner: Sue Wareham (34) 2nd: E Nkomo (31 C/B) 3rd: J Manning (31 C/B) 4th: D McManus (31 C/B) 5th: B Baker (31 C/B). Nearest the pin winners: D Ferguson (4a/18) B 22nd November winners: R Short, C Viney, D McManus, R James & D Wilson 29th November winners: M Eve, R Hallett, B Marwood & M Drodge 6th December winners: Sue Wareham, E Nkomo, D McManus & B Baker Fawley U16’s have embraced their return to the new season down at Gang Warily and have enjoyed welcoming new players and winning matches to boot! ey started with a friendly against Gosport and Fareham’s B team in September which resulted Tom Osman flying high in the lineout for Fawley against Andover PAIRS AGGREGATE CUP ursday 17th November, 40 New Forest Golf Club Seniors turned up for this pairs aggregate Stableford competition o the recently installed blue tees that mark New Forest Golf Club’s new winter course. e weather could not have been much di erent from the originally scheduled date in July as temperatures struggled to reach double gures and umbrellas were the order of the day rather than sunshades. All 3 top positions were decided on countback with Chris Bennett and Brian Roberts emerging ahead of the eld to win the trophy. 1st Chris Bennett & Brian Roberts – 77 pts (back 9=44 pts), 2nd Steve Lupton & Neil Edmondson – 77 pts (back 9=42 pts), 3rd Rob Young & Pete Ayers – 75 pts (back 9=42 pts). Commiserations to Dave Senior and Wayne Niles also with 75 pts but only 38 on the back 9). The winning pair (Left to Right) Chris Bennett and Brian Roberts RON WATERS SHIELD Would you like to join a friendly group of badminton players? ey play each week on a Tuesday and a Friday from 1pm to 3pm at Gang Warily Recreation Centre. If you enjoy the exercise and the competition badminton gives you in a friendly environment, go along and play with them. Contact Brian on 07425 013918 for more information. WANT TO PLAY BADMINTON e Ron Waters Shield is a 10 hole competition designed to ensure an early start and hence early nish to the New Forest Golf Club Seniors AGM which followed on the 24th November. With 38 New Forest Seniors playing holes 1-7, and 16-18 there was a much smaller choice of shotgun start tees, hence two groups had a long walk to begin on the 5th. e competition was erce with the top three in both divisions all scoring 23 points. With places having to be decided on countback involving just holes 16, 17 and 18, and all 3 leading division 2 players having scored 6 points on those 3 holes, it all came down to the 18th which John Ireland birdied, netting him 4 points to win Division 2. e trophy however was won by Division 1’s Steve Waterman whose back 3 score of 8 points was one better than any of his nearest rivals. Division 1: 1st Steve Waterman 23 pts (back 3=8 pts), 2nd Ian Coundon 23 pts (back 3=7, back 1=3), 3rd Chris Angell 23 pts (back 3=7, back 1=2) Division 2: 1st John Ireland 23 pts (back 3=6, back 1=4), 2nd Colin Chatten 23 pts (back 3=6, back 1=2), 3rd Berry Money 23 pts (back 3=6, back 1=1) Seniors Captain Barry Nicholas presenting the last trophy of his captaincy to Steve Waterman
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