Harry Odell, Ollie Golby, Josh Bland (Captain), Sam Mayman, Daniel Rees, Max Edwards.

Our Northants Boys U-14 team finished 5th out of the10 county teams of 6 players battling to be Midland Champions following a tough day at windswept Stanton-On-The-Wolds on Sunday. In a close-fought competition Staffordshire edged Cambridgeshire with a total of 394 (best 5 gross scores) against Cambs 400. Our boys were aiming for an average of 80 after our Practice round but with a total of 414 we were a few shots off our target in extremely blustery conditions. Josh Bland's 78 included three birdies- two chipped in at 2 and 18, and straight-hitting Daniel Rees with a super steady 79 were our best scores; Sam Mayman's 84, Harry Odell's 86, plus 87 from both Ollie Golby and Max Edwards meant we beat Warwickshire on countback. A couple of misjudgements and some bad luck especially on the closing holes left our team thinking we could perhaps have finished a place or two higher but all credit to Staffordshire's Alfie Turner who shot a 3 under par 70 in the final group to clinch the title.

Full scores can be found via this link to the Midland Golf website.

www.midlandgolfunion.co.uk/competition.php?compid=4032

Thanks to all the parents and players who stayed all day and the team who conducted themselves really well and can be proud of their progress this year winning the Keith Tripp (4 Counties) Trophy and gaining a massively improved result in this Midland event having finished 8th /10 in 2024 at Longcliffe.U-14 2025