Having opened the doors to their banks, to anyone with a dodgy investment scheme, Iceland seemed to have done the same with every fridge in the Country, starting about 3.45 - or rather the coldest gusts left the land of Ice and Fire at dawn, decimated the field in North Lancs for the Lytham Trophy mid morning (including our own Andy Sullivan who finished 79, 75 for 31st place), and settled south of Birmingham just as tea was being served.

Once the fairways of Kings Norton were graced by the likes of Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman. Those giants of the game struggled then to reach most of KNs par fives in two, such was the course's length when golf balls were tiny and club head's even smaller. Today's junior can smash a ball further than the 70s Tour pro would ever dream of, especially the larger/older ones.

Both teams were missing their top players who were also being buffeted by the winds of the North Lancs coats, up at Fairhaven. It wasn't a success for all bar three who made the cut - but were beaten by several girls.

Four of our top five players are in their last Junior year. They were often two putting for birdies on par fives, where major winners once had to hit wedge approaches.

They were more than matched by the quality from Worcestershire.

James Kerr had reasons for not being at his best, having been late for the match after having to help out with a family emergency early morning. He couldn;t help his partner out until the fourth in the foursomes (when he arrived) and they only lost on the 17th whilst pm, James made a good attempt at keeping Worcs' Freeman at bay.

That was one loss, to balance the speedy win by Adam Ferraro. Play bad Scrabble and Ferraro becomes Ferrari. Adam dragged Worcs No1 round posting four birdies for a 3&2 win before Match 10 had reached the turn. It was a long time before there as any more good news.

Rob Holland was taken to the 18th and went left of the tee, taking six and losing. Jake Scott saw his opposition play the tricky 16th and 17th better than him and also lost at the last. Having been three down with five to play, Harry Ibbertson's superb approach to the 17th gave him the chance to actually take his match but he couldn't finish off his incredible recovery.

At this point, Worcs were now ahead by a match point. Debutant Michael Pell restored parity with the biggest win of the day 5&4, one of our last five of which four will be the future of these matches.

'Old' Tom Guy gave us half a point before it was the battle between the younger, smaller and grittiest of the two teams and Ryan Wallace will learn much from his first U18s match. It was now left to already well experienced Nathan Ray and Will Smith to try and rescue something.

Not playing his best Nathan still managed a par up the last and took his game 1up. So everything depended on our new No 10, Will Smith.

Will held a lead until Worcs Debutant Matt Broad holed from 15ft for a birdie on the 15th. Will then found the greenside bunker on the 16th and his par put jumped back out of the hole - 1 down.

A superb chip saved the 17th so it was onto a hole which Greg Norman was one of the first to ever reach in two. Into the wind, Will and Matt will have to grow a little before they could ever replicate that achievement in still conditions. Broad went first and hooked his tee shot left. Will hit the middle of the fairway, and knowing that he had to win the hole just to halve the match, smashed a wood as far up the fairway as he could, after Broad had recovered to 230 yards short of the flag. He was playing the hole as well as he could.

Worcs third was short right in the rough. Again Will hit another superb shot, a short iron to 15ft pin high. So it was down to either Broad's recovery if Will missed.

Broad's recovery was excellent, to 3ft. Will knew he had to hole but his attempt stayed high so to a roar from his team mates, Broad holed to take the match.

Whilst Warwickshire may be preparing a special leaflet to go to all team members, just in case 'losingitius' become more prevalent, this was the first time in seven years that the official Warwickshire Photographer came with a camera containing duff batteries, so unable to record more than a handful of pictures. It won't happen again !.