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Yorkshire win North region County Match Week
02 July 2010
Yorkshire are heading to the finals of the English Counties’ Championship after they won the North region County Match Week. The series is supported by Virgin Atlantic.
Yorkshire booked their place at September’s County Finals at Kedleston Park, Derbyshire, when they scored their fifth successive win of the week at Carlisle Golf Club.
They will join Dorset from the South West region, Hertfordshire from the East, Lincolnshire from Midlands North, Northamptonshire for Midlands South and Sussex from the South.
Yorkshire completed their perfect record at County Match Week with a 6-3 win over Cheshire, despite trailing 1-2 after the morning foursomes. In the singles, only Cheshire’s Charlotte Wild – the English strokeplay champion - managed to secure her point for her county.
The victory gives Yorkshire an opportunity to enhance their national record. They have been English Counties’ Champions 10 times and have additionally once shared the title. They last won in 2008 and that was their fifth successive success in this competition.
Lancashire, the defending national champions, finished the County Match Week with four points and were runners-up.
Final day’s results:
Lancashire beat Northumberland 8½-½
Cumbria beat Durham 5½-3½
Yorkshire beat Cheshire 6-3
Final placings
1 Yorkshire 5pts
2 Lancashire 4pts
3 Cheshire 3 pts
4 Cumbria 1½pts, 13½ games won
5 Northumberland 1½pts, 12½ games won
6 Durham 0pts
Yorkshire lead in North County Match Week
01 July 2010
Yorkshire take a one point lead into tomorrow’s final day of North region County Match Week at Carlisle Golf Club.
The winner of the week will join five other teams at the national finals of the English Counties’ Championship at Kedleston Park, Derbyshire. The competition series is supported by Virgin Atlantic.
Yorkshire, who last won the national title in 2008, are hot favourites to go forward to this year’s County Finals. However, they can be caught by their final day opponents, Cheshire. And, mathematically speaking, defending champions Lancashire could pull off an overall win if the other results go their way.
In today’s matches Yorkshire beat Durham 5½-3½ and have four points from four matches. Lancashire beat Cumbria 8½-½ and have three points. Cheshire beat Northumberland 8-1 and also have three points.
This is the last of six County Match Weeks. Five have already been completed and the winners are: Dorset (South West region), Sussex (South), Lincolnshire (Midlands North), Northamptonshire (Midlands South) and Hertfordshire (East).
Yorkshire score third win at North County Match Week
30 June 2010
Yorkshire continued their winning run at North region County Match Week at Carlisle Golf Club when they beat Northumberland 8-1.
The match week is being contested by six counties and the winner will go forward to the finals of the English Counties Champion at Kedleston Park, Derbyshire, in September. The series is supported by Virgin Atlantic.
Yorkshire didn’t lose a game all day, notching up seven wins and two halves to collect their third point from three matches. Yorkshire are multiple past winners of the national title and last held it in 2008.
Cheshire were also on top form, conceding just one game to Cumbria and winning their match by the same margin of 8-1.
In the day’s other match, Lancashire, the defending champions, beat Durham 6-3.
Lancashire and Cheshire currently share second place in the table with two points each, although Cheshire has the advantage, having won four more games than their rivals. Northumberland has 1½ points, Cumbria ½pt and Durham 0.
This is the last of six County Match Weeks. Five have already been completed and the winners are: Dorset (South West region), Sussex (South), Lincolnshire (Midlands North), Northamptonshire (Midlands South) and Hertfordshire (East).
Yorkshire take lead at North County Match Week
29 June 2010
Yorkshire have moved into an early lead in the North region County Match Week with their second successive win at Carlisle Golf Club.
The overall winners of the week, which is contested by six counties, will go forward to the finals of the English Counties’ Championship at Kedleston Park, Derbyshire, in September. The competition series is supported by Virgin Atlantic.
Yorkshire – who last won the national title in 2008 – claimed their second point when they defeated the hosts, Cumbria 7-2.
Northumberland currently hold second place with 1½ points after they beat Durham 5½-2½. In the day’s other match, defending champions Lancashire beat Cheshire 5-4.
This is the last of six County Match Weeks. Five have already been completed and the winners are: Dorset (South West region), Sussex (South), Lincolnshire (Midlands North), Northamptonshire (Midlands South) and Hertfordshire (East).
Champions Lancashire lose to Yorkshire at County Match Week
28 June 2010
Lancashire, the 2009 English counties’ champions, were beaten 3-6 by Yorkshire when they opened the defence of their title at North region County Match Week at Carlisle.
This is the last of six regional rounds of the 2010 English Counties’ Championship, which is supported by Virgin Atlantic. The winners of each of the six weeks will go forward to the County Finals at Kedleston Park, Derbyshire, in September.
Yorkshire became the first team to take the national title for five years in a row when they won the 2008 championship.
Lancashire, who ended their winning run, made a good start on the first day of County Match Week, winning two of the three morning foursomes. But in the afternoon singles only Catherine Roberts (Pleasington) won her point, beating former English and British champion Emma Brown (Malton & Norton) on the last hole.
In the day’s other matches Cheshire beat Durham 6-3 while Northumberland halved with the hosts, Cumbria.
The winners of the County Match Weeks which have already been completed are: Dorset (South West region), Sussex (South), Lincolnshire (Midlands North), Northamptonshire (Midlands South) and Hertfordshire (East).
