Juniors record second win for season

Report by James McDonald
(Team Manager)

This week, Glenelg’s Junior Pennant side took on a young but determined Flagstaff Hill and ground out a 3 to 2 victory.  Sam Raschella, Jack Hynes and Todd Williams continued their form from the week previous to secure the win.

Josh Hodgson made his debut for Glenelg this week. He played well and will be better for the experience.  Josh was competitive all day and led for most of the match but unfortunately he missed a few putts on the back nine and went down on the 18th.

Todd Williams pulled his game from the fire to get the team the 3rd win they required.  Todd was 3 down after 8 holes and racking up a cricket score.  But as Todd does he then flicks a switch and makes it look easy all of a sudden – it just takes the front nine to warm up.  Todd won five holes in a row to cruise to a 3/1 victory and he reckons it was never in doubt.

Jack Hynes struck the ball brilliantly all day and won his game easily 6/5.  Jack’s long game was at a level that wouldn’t be out of place in Simpson Cup.   He is really emotionally balanced on the course and is great to watch.

Sam Raschella got the promotion to number two this week and did not let the team down.  Sam is starting to consistently perform in all areas of the game now and is winning matches like he should.  If Sam can continue this form for the rest of the season it provides a huge benefit to the team structure.

Haydn Booth was promoted to number one and by his own admission did not have his best day.  Haydn was not hitting the ball as he would have liked but fought all day to go down 3/2.  Knowing Haydn he is a hard worker and he will be back on next week.

The team is starting to play for each other and we just need to keep winning.  It was great to see Matilda Wheare, Liam Kennewell and Jackson Kalz all caddying for their fellow juniors along with regular caddies Fran Brown and Kevin Booth.  This week we are playing the Grange Gold team and they will again be another strong test.

Results

Glenelg (3) defeated Flagstaff Hill (2)

(1) Haydn Booth lost to B. Polkinghorne 3/2
(2) Sam Raschella def. J. Buchanan 7/6
(3) Jack Hynes def. A. Buchanan 6/5
(4) Todd Williams def. H. Mitchell 3/1
(5) Josh Hodgson lost to Z. Bray 1 down

To view the full results from Sharp Cup round 3, click here.