With the England World Cup match against Germany live at 3 o'clock; both teams were keen to see at least the second half; so the singles and foursomes were reversed and a two-tee start created.

The Singles started awfully. Reliable Damion Gee, playing off top, was cast aside 4&3 as he was ‘out-putted’ on very impressive Worlebury Greens. Jason Hampton also fell victim 5&4 and Max Burrow & David Blick both came unstuck 2&1.

Anthony Bradley let a 4 hole lead slip, as his opponent birdied the last to gain our first half point. Sam Edwards had recovered from a ‘Kent Sick Bug’ and was re-showing early season form with a solid 2&1 win. After an impressive debut at South West Week, James Smith continued with his form, chipping in at the first and second; this was sustained with several more orthodox birdies and he ended up riding out easy winner 8&7. The tail was wagging and Harrison Greenberry ground out a great half with a birdie at the last, having been 3 down.

Momentum then returned to Somerset as Andrew Place was a victim of 4 birdies on the bounce, and his 3 hole lead was stolen on the last to be 1 down. With scores tipped in Somerset's favour (6–3), it was left with Vice-Captain, Adam Bridgewater, to give Devon hope - a great back nine made short work of this as he won 4&3.

At Lunch – after Singles – Devon 4 : Somerset 6

Foursomes partners of Blick and Gee crept ahead through 9 and accelerated to the finish in a faultless performance winning 4&3. Burrow and Bradley were also plotting their way around the course without a bogey; this consistency and birdies around the turn were too solid and eventually they won on the last 2up.

With scores now even; news was optimistic through nine; up in one; level in one and down in one. All was set for a close finish as players started to miss the first half of the England Germany game!  After a poor start, Place and Hampton could not claw back against a solid Somerset pair and got whipped 4&3.

Next were Bridgewater and Greenberry; level through 9 sounded like it was going to the wire; but they turned up the heat on the coals and roasted to a comfortable 4&3 win. With Edwards and Smith now on 18 all square in a real ding-dong birdie battle, it looked rosy as Smith lipped out a chip from through the green to 3 feet. Somerset were 30 feet and a curly down hill putt was needed to save the match. And yep – you got it; he canned it!. Edwards tapped in and honours were shared. Although Harrison Greenberry, Sam Edwards, Anthony Bradley & James Smith were unbeaten, it was Vice-Captain Adam Bridgewater who secured 2 points and kept Devon in contention for the Channel League Championship; it will look nice alongside the South West Matchplay Shield.

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Channel League v Wiltshire at Tavistock - 1 August 2010
Team: Anthony Bradley, Adam Bridgewater, Max Burrow, James Dimond, Sam Edwards, Damion Gee, Harrison Greenberry, Jimmy Mullen, Jon White & Tom Woodhouse