5th – 7th October at Hunstanton and Royal West Norfolk Golf clubs.
We navigated a tricky first round match against Clifton 2-1. Clifton are previous winners of both the Grafton and the Hewitt in the same year but victories from Jackson & James Faulkner and Simon Hardy & Matt Camacho managed to see us through.
A second round against Forest proved another tricky affair with the 3-0 scoreline failing to tell the tale. Mark Whittaker and Luca Gerolla beat a very good pair, as did Hugh Jackson and James Faulkner. Simon Hardy & Matt Camacho managed to win on the 17th .
The third round was marred by torrential rain and high winds, albeit it was the same for all. Stuart’s Melville were the opposition and, fresh from the nightclub in King’s Lynn, and sporting short sleeves to a man, they prevailed narrowly in two of the three matches. Sorry to say we got dumped out by the Scots, who then got dumped out by more Scots!
A decent performance but there is work to do for the Halford Hewitt in 2019.
Results:
1st round: Ampleforth 2 - 1 Clifton
2nd round: Ampleforth 3 - 0 Forest
3rd round: Ampleforth ½ - 2 ½ Stewart’s Melville
(Winner: George Heriot’s)