English Boys Under 14 Reid Trophy

Tuesday / Thursday August 7th / 9th, 2012.  Blackwell G.C. Worcs.


To view full 2011 result visit the EGU Web Site.

No Staffordshire boys gained entry.

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      2^nd -4^th August 2011

Emphatic. That was the only way to describe Bradley Moore?s superb victory in the English Boys under 14 Stroke Play Championship at a sodden Porters Park in Hertfordshire. (Picture © Tom Ward)

A closing round of 68 for 205, five under par, left the Derbyshire lad ten strokes ahead of his closest rival, Marc Tillement from France, shot returned 70, and 11 clear of Denmark?s John Axelsen with 71.

His victory ended a barren summer for Moore who had lost out in a playoff for the Midland Boys title and finished fifth in both the McGregor and Douglas Johns Trophies, all this at the tender age of 13.

After signing for his closing 68, Moore modestly declared: ?I?m pleased to have won. It is a relief to have finally crossed the line after coming close so many times. But I knew a win was only a question of time?

Watched by his grandparents and his mother Andrea, Moore, who led throughout the championship, went into the final round four strokes clear and soon extended that by reaching the turn in 32, two under.

Only a disaster could have denied him the title and he could even afford to finish bogey-bogey and still command a comfortable lead.

?I felt relaxed and just played my own game,? he added. ?I knew I had a big lead and just had to keep playing steadily and not to do anything silly.

?Despite the rain I didn?t find conditions too difficult. I don?t mind the rain; we get a lot it in Derbyshire.?

Conditions couldn?t have been more different from the previous two days. Gone was the hot, humid weather to be replaced by cooler temperatures and virtually continual rain, often quite heavy.

It was a whole new ball game for these youngsters so it wasn?t surprising that the scores soared, many being on the wrong side of 80.

Axelsen had the consolation of winning the under 13 championship finishing a shot ahead of Boston?s Billy Spooner after starting four behind.

But all the glory went to Moore, a burgeoning talent who we shall hear more of in the not too distant future.