MensTrials Review /
Expected Leaders - Plus Trails Scores
2008 Warwickshire Trials - Sunday 13th April - Olton GC - On handicap (both +3), Andy Sullivan and Matt Cryer should have been the favorites for this years Mens Trials, and they duly delivered with gross 68s for 37 points, to beat our Boys Captain Rob Bardsley and Ian Stranks by a shot (and a point).
Winter returns to hit the Mens Trails
Sunday 9th April - Walmley GC - The Centenary Mens Trials was hit first by pea sized hail pebbles, then by thunder and lightning, and once play had been suspended (and then cancelled), ti snowed for the next hour. Only five players from the field finished 18 and then included an inspired Antony Gascoigne, at least for the back nine.
Cryer wins Trials for 2005.
Sporting a distinct sun tan from trips away with England’s elite, it was a solid 69 gross for 37 pionts that saw Matt Cryer take the 2005 Men’s Trials. There were other familiar faces in the top 10 of an event which is where many players have first come to the attention of the County Captain and the 2nds Captain, for selection to the teams which have been successful in the past few seasons, a winning formula that President Jim Dean remarked on in his presentation speech the County would very much like to continue.
Juniors to the fore in Mens Trials 2004-04-25
It was Junior 1-2 plus one of the younger members of the 1st team who took the honours in the 2004 Warwickshire Mens trials, held at Sutton Coldfield GC on Sunday 25th April. Ben Stafford is building an impressive golfing CV, started by his Midland Boys Championships win two years ago, and added to with the Boys and U21s Matchplay win last year. Today, he took the Mens Trials.
WARWICKSHIRE MENS TRIALS 2003
Youth to the Fore With Stratford s new bunkering in play, and greens which were still very early Spring like, conditions were tough for the 72 competitors in the 2003 Men s Trials. The entry was up 20 on the previous year, representing nearly all of the best players in Warwickshire and a number of the first Team played well - but not well enough.