Captain Mat Hague and his team successfully retained the Coupe de la Manche at the Lancresse Links in Guernsey this weekend. Leading by 20 points after the Dinard leg, the Saturday singles saw some solid scores with Paul Le Rougetel (nett 68), Stephen Rafferty (nett 68), Mat Hague (nett 70) and Tim Herbert (nett 71) being the leading scorers to maintain an overnight lead. Nonetheless the foursomes were nerve jangling. All those who scored well in the singles struggled in the first two pairings. But the experienced Robbie Messervy and the youthful Ricci Cook scored a creditable nett 72 to leave Royal Jersey in a decent position. And when Henry Hill and the “in form” Phil Bolton shot an impressive nett 69 the victory was secured. Magnifique!! The first Royal Jersey back-to-back victory for 20 years. The team are pictured below with the overall match score being Royal Jersey 1,288; Dinard 1,303 and Royal Guernsey 1,319. Well done Mat and his team It was not the only succes for the Club during the weekend. A Team Captain, Dan Burchell, won the Kutch Cup - scratch team versus La Moye - 9 - 3 on Saturday. His second team, played for the Keal Trophy, and they managed a drawn match. Unfortunately, La Moye won the match last year and retained the trophy. Finally, Adam Dalton was part of the winning European Team in the Cairns Cup (the Disability Matchplay event against the United States) played at San Rocque last week. A tremendous achievement for Adam - and Europe! Pictured is the victorious Coupe team in Guernsey.