Tolly Cobbold Cup<\/a> at Thorpeness. <\/p>\nClub captain Stuart Hagger said the team were “underdogs” and were not favourites to triumph against Ufford Park Golf Club, based at Melton, near Woodbridge.<\/p>\n
But he said Beccles fought hard for the win, which he described as a “great” achievement. <\/p>\n
“We are certainly the smallest club in Suffolk without a doubt, and I’d even say maybe in the UK more than likely, I don’t know any smaller clubs than ours,” said Mr Hagger, who was a non-playing captain for the final. <\/p>\n
“So to go out and win the thing, it’s a great achievement and there was a lot of emotion.”<\/p>\n
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After the presentation and team pictures, the Beccles team celebrated in their local pub<\/p>\n
Mr Hagger believed it was the first time the club had ever got past the second round and once they had reached the semi-final, he said, they wanted to win the whole thing.<\/p>\n
“Everyone was writing us off,” he continued.<\/p>\n
“Thorpeness were the favourites [in the semi-final], they’d won the competition the previous year and had a very good record in the competitions.<\/p>\n
“So we were the massive underdogs in that, but we pulled it around.<\/p>\n
“That was the same with Ufford Park – they had a good record and won the thing in 2017.<\/p>\n
“They’d been semi-finalists before, so again they were hot favourite to win the match.”<\/p>\n
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The tournament was decided by four team matches in the morning, covering 18 holes, and then the same in the afternoon<\/p>\n
The final was tight and Mr Hagger said “at some points it did look a bit worrying”.<\/p>\n
However, he said there was a “big drive” from the team and they ended up winning by five holes.<\/p>\n
“Just to win it by five holes is tremendous,” Mr Hagger continued. <\/p>\n
“We all disappeared to Wetherspoons in Beccles, which is where the guys have been going every time we won a match, just to have a celebration because it’s been such a great thing just to win.<\/p>\n
“We’ve got some special people at Beccles and without them we wouldn’t have a golf club.<\/p>\n
“We wanted to win it for them, that was a big motivation for us.”<\/p>\n
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