THANKS to a champion Junior Pennant team, the Lonsdale Golf Club has broken a 37 year drought to reclaim the coveted Ford Cup.<\/p>\n
Having only held the cup once before in 1981, the Lonsdale boys defeated Barwon Valley 4-1 in the final on February 18, delighting their band of loyal supporters and caddies.<\/p>\n
Jordan Smith won on the 19th hole, Luke Adam won 8\/6, Ben Waterson 3\/2, and Rex D\u2019Arcy won 4\/3 with Andrew Adams\u2019 match going down to the wire before losing on the 18th 2 down.<\/p>\n
Club Captain Loren Larcombe said it had been wonderful for the club who had done a lot of work to ensure their junior section flourished.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs captain I decided that it was time we tried to do something about our lack of juniors. We put flyers up around town and ran a free clinic every Saturday,\u201d Ms Larcombe said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSean Charleston is our local golf-pro and he gave the kids lessons and advice about putting and their swing. From those clinics we got about 6-8 boys to put into a team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Larcombe said they were unsure if the boys were ready and at the standard for a pennant but entered them into the Westerveld Shield competition which they went onto win.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had to play up in the final and they won anyway. The whole club has been excited to have juniors and for them to be successful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of the members were there cheering them on and supporting them and were going to enter in again this year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THANKS to a champion Junior Pennant team, the Lonsdale Golf Club has broken a 37 year drought to reclaim the coveted Ford Cup. Having only held the cup once before in 1981, the Lonsdale boys defeated Barwon Valley 4-1 in the final on February 18, delighting their band of loyal supporters and caddies. Jordan Smith […]<\/p>\n