After the morning round Devon were lying second to Gloucestershire, 5 shots behind with David Blick and James Smith both returning scores of 77, the rest were in the low 80’s. At once stage in the afternoon it was hopeful that our lads might pull the shots back, as the majority were 1 or 2 under par after 9 holes. However this was not to be, they faltered on the last 9 holes, ending the championship in second place behind Gloucestershire, 7 shots adrift.

The scoring was a lot better, particularly James Smith who closed with a 70, finishing one shot behind the individual winner, Chris Lloyd. In my opinion the end result was partly due to the lads fatigue from battling the weather conditions and possibly lack of concentration causing one or two silly errors. It was disappointing because the Team had prepared correctly and everyone felt confident, unfortunately some of the lads did not perform as well as expected.