What a wonderful surprise - a dry day which in the afternoon turned out to be quite sunny and warm! With 24 Warwiskshire teams participating in this year's Team Championships at Robin Hood Golf Club, we were in for a good day's play. Many players find this day quite pressurised with this 'Team' play and try really hard not to let their team members down. With the format of three players from a club going out in the morning and the final two following on in the afternoon, the assembled crowd were kept waiting until quite late on before the eventual winners of each Cup became evident.

Scoring was not easy and players were being congratulated if they had come in with a score under 80!! Many could not get to grips with the fast greens at Robin Hood. There was one however who found no problems - Gill Thorpe from Leamington & County, who finished with a Nett 70.

The Winners of the CHIPMAN CUP for the best Team GROSS score were Nuneaton, who went one better than in 2008 when they finished runners up. This was the first time that Nuneaton has won the Chipman Cup and they were delighted to have turned the tables on Copt Heath, who finished second to them this year.

The Winning Team with a score of 429 Gross were:- Kath Ashley, Paula Bargewell, Marsha Button, Rachel Rusted and Hannah Paerl Wood.

The Nett competition went down to the wire with The Warwickshire team being the penultimate team to return their afternoon scores. 4 scores returned in the seventies and one at 80 gave them a Nett Total of 386 and thus gave them their first success in this competition, winning the DAISY HARTHILL Cup. Runners up were Stoneleigh Deer Park with a score of 393.

Ladies Captain of Warwickshire said "We were so surprised to return such steady scores and had not anticipated any success in this competition, which as a club we have not entered for many years. We are absolutely delighted to win the trophy and look forward to defending it next year"

The Winning Team (Photo - l/r) were:- Sue Shortt, Bridget Dearnley, Sheila Kane, Gill Lee and Gunilla Andersson.

Many congratulations to Nuneaton and The Warwickshire on their 2009 success.

The Clubhouse saw many of the teams remaining for the presentations which provided a great atmosphere and our thanks go out to them.

Many thanks to everyone at Robin Hood Golf Club involved in hosting this event and also the many committee members of WLCGA who assisted on the day. Your involvement, hard work and enthusiasm helped in making this day so successful.

For a complete listing of the Individual scores together with Gross and Nett Team scores:- CLICK HERE

2010 TEAM Championships will be competed for at Kenilworth Golf Club on MONDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER.