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For full scorecard - click MORE ....The Coventry team were in cracking form and with two birdies (and just one bogey) went out in 33, one under par. Pype Hayes had a couple of bits of bad luck and would not have wanted to make the other mistakes which left them 6 down after that first 9. With plenty of holes left (and if last year s final was anything to go by, a recovery was possible) the Pype Hayes team kept with Coventry until a bogey at 15 dropped them another hole ....

Warwickshire Championships
THE BAINBRIDGE SHIELD 2002 - Final at Sutton Coldfield GC
 
The two teams that made the final of the Bainbridge Shield both made their way to the 36 hole match with some great golf. Carl Kirby played the first two rounds with Ed Morton, as Coventry B, and the team"s successes grew with each round with winning margins going up and up, to 6&5 and 6&4, when David Hayes returned from University to take Morton"s place.
From Pype Hayes, Andy Sheard was a finalist in 1992, also at Olton, but this year had teamed up with Glyn Grayson, recording 4 home wins then a great 6&5 triumph away at Stratford in the semis.
The Pype Hayes guys had been for a practice round at Olton, and having played really par golf through their five previous wins, were looking forward to a close match. Olton is one of the toughest tests in the County, and despite the wet conditions was in excellent condition, a realistic "good score" for any team was probably around 72 or 72 against a par of 69.

The Coventry team however, were in cracking form and with two birdies (and just one bogey) went out in 33, one under par. Pype Hayes had a couple of bits of bad luck and would not have wanted to make the other mistakes which left them 6 down after that first 9. With plenty of holes left (and if last year"s final was anything to go by, a recovery was possible) the Pype Hayes team kept with Coventry until a bogey at 15 dropped them another hole - they could do nothing about the fabulous finish.
Coventry birdied 16, 17 & 18 to open up a 10 hole lead and to finish the morning 18 in 67 shots, a great score under any conditions and one which made the final an anticlimax of sorts. They ran out 12&10 wins in early afternoon.
"No one likes to see that" said David Hayes after the prize giving, "A hell of a lot of people wish they had got as far as Andy and Glyn."
"We"ve played par golf all the way, before - its just one of those things", was the reply from Andy Sheard.
With the presentations made by County president Tony Redding, the group of Pype Hayes supporters were disappointed but philosophical whilst David Hayes and Carl Kirby were presented with the added trophies of their medals for the County"s success in the Midland League. It was good return from the Pro ranks for Kirby and Hayes will go back to University looking forward to 2003.
 
SCORECARD
PH
  
PAR
  
COV
4
  
4
  
4
5
  
4
+
4
4
  
4
  
3
4
+
4
  
5
4
  
3
+
3
5
  
4
+
4
5
  
4
+
4
4
  
3
+
3
4
  
4
+
3
5
  
4
  
5
5
  
4
  
5
4
  
4
  
4
3
  
3
  
3
5
  
4
+
4
3
  
3
  
3
4
  
4
+
3
4
  
4
+
3
6
  
5
+
4
78
  
18
10up
67
4
+
4
  
5
4
  
4
  
4
4
  
4
+
3
4
  
4
  
4
5
  
3
+
4
5
  
4
+
4
5
  
4
12/10
5

 
David Morgan on 2002-10-30