'Players such as Ben Senior don't play over the Winter, along with a few others, but I was happy with my team. I lost one player who was going to Australia that day,' said Gascoigne.

Unfortunately when the Maxstoke team arrived at Atherstone, they were a player short through a mix-up in dates. One match down therefore, Gascoigne paired himself with Rob Browning and they managed a win. Unfortunately even Amateur Champions can lose in these very tight matches, as did 2006 Amateur winner Ben Stafford, playing with Shaun Delaney - so Maxstoke were out and Atherstone through.