11/09/2026
Team Kent are the Southern Counties Senior Foursomes winners 🏆 🎉 🥳 👏
Kent Senior Men played their last game of the season in the Southern Counties Seniors Foursomes Final held at West Herts Golf Club.
The format is 4 Counties who had previously won their regional qualifier, with 5 pairs per team playing matchplay foursomes in the morning and afternoon against all 3 other counties (Sussex, Devon and Bedfordshire), with 10 points available per team.
After a very wet practice day and plenty of advice from our coach, Mark Trow, we thought we were all set, only for the playing Captain, Andy Francis, to be taken ill overnight and the travelling reserve Phil Judge had to step in.
The morning matches were all close, with the highlight being our first pair, Martin Farbrace and Mark Haffenden, being 4 down with 6 to play against a Sussex pair. They got back to all square playing the last par 5. Our pair were 15- 20 ft away for an eagle, and the Sussex pair 100 yards away in 2, they then held their third shot for an eagle, a shock to the system, but Mark stepped up and held his putt to gain a well-deserved half point.
Scores at lunch were:
Sussex 3½ points, Kent and Devon 2½ each and Bedfordshire 1½.
In the afternoon we came out hot, must have been the Lasagne for lunch. After 12 holes, we were 4up in 2 matches and 5 up in another, and two matches were very close. Phil Judge and Steve Robson came back from 2 down to win one up, and Martin and Mark again went to the last hole, this time 1 down, but managed to win it, with Mark this time holding a tricky 4 footer for the half point that confirmed us as the winners.
The final point scores were:
Kent 7
Sussex 6½
Devon 4
Beds 2½
All the pairs contributed points to this fabulous win, with Steve Gough/Jim Coventry and Russel Thwaites/Frank Adam winning both their games and Jason Morris and Ross Capeling recovering from a defeat in the morning to record a fantastic 5&4 win in the afternoon.
Congratulations to the team and the squad for producing a superb victory from a difficult season where we have had a number of our top players absent for all or most of the season for medical issues or work commitments.
Andy Francis
Kent Senior Men's Captain
Team Kent photo L to R:
Martin Farbrace (Sene Valley)
Jason Morris (North Forland)
Jim Coventry (Prince's)
Frank Adam (Langley Park)
Steve Robson (Canterbury)
Mark Haffenden (Langley Park)
Andy Francis (Captain, Bearsted)
Russel Thwaites (Littlestone)
Steve Gough (Royal Blackheath)
Phil Judge (Bearsted)
Ross Capeling (Bearsted)
Kent Senior Men's Team Sponsor:
Peter Millar - www.petermillar.co.uk
Sene Valley Golf Club North Foreland Golf Club Prince's Langley Park Golf Club Canterbury Golf Club Bearsted Golf Club Littlestone Golf Club Royal Blackheath Golf Club