\n The Cumbrian finished in second place, just a shot behind eventual winner James Glenn from Durham, after 36 holes at Woodhall Spa Golf Club in Lincolnshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n Carlisle Golf Club player Thompson, the reigning county strokeplay champion, took on fellow leading county players from across the country at the men\u2019s champion of champions event.\n<\/p>\n
\n He set an impressive pace with an opening round of 68 to claim a two-shot lead over the field at the halfway stage.\n<\/p>\n
\n Thompson was the only player to break 70 over the first 18 holes, his excellent five-under-par round on Woodhall Spa\u2019s Hotchkin Course including six birdies.\n<\/p>\n
\n His second round score of 74, though, enabled Glenn to fight back, the Durham champion adding a 71 to his opening 70.\n<\/p>\n
\n Durham’s James Glenn pipped Carlisle’s Rory Thompson by a shot(Image: Leaderboard Photography \/ England Golf)\n<\/p>\n
\n That saw Glenn post an aggregate score of 141, his five-under total just pipping four-under Thompson.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Carlisle player came ahead of a host of other contenders, including champions from Staffordshire, Hertfordshire, Somerset, Devon, Lincolnshire, Kent and many more, amid testing conditions on the Lincolnshire course.\n<\/p>\n
\n Thompson is the latest Cumbrian to perform well on the national county stage.\n<\/p>\n