The 2024 final of the Derek Burridge Trophy was held at Newmarket Links on 29th September. It was a breezy day, but fortunately the day was a welcome break from the constant rain of the previous days.
March Golf Club were looking to retain the trophy they won in 2023 whilst Brampton Park were keen to see their name on it after a break of 7 years. The sides teed off at 1.00 pm and some tee shots were clearly affected by too much lunch, or possibly some nerves. However the sides soon settled down into some steady play.
At the turn it was anyone’s match with the scores going both ways and no clear leader.
This pattern continued and the first 4 matches finished ealy with honours even. The final match was a couple of holes behind and was all square. The finished players then had a long nervous wait to see if there was a conclusive result or it would go to the dreaded play off.
The final match did go right to the end, in fact to the eighteenth green, where Brampton Park secured the winning points to take them over the line.