No usual team photo today for our celebrating Burghley B Team because our Lady Captain provided us with the best ‘shot’ of the day!!
Karen’s ‘bail in one’ came on Saturday as the Ladies B team played an important home tie against Woodhall Spa B team. Burghley Bees needed to halve the match to avoid relegation.
When Karen Collins’ powerful drive on the 6th plugged the newly bailed hay, she may have hoped playing partner Karen Whittingham would ‘bale’ her out of trouble, and indeed, the two Karens came home with a convincing 4&3 win against their opponents. Ahead of them, Bev Harpham and her partner Sue Adlam, making an impressive B team debut, were dovetailing perfectly to secure their 2&1 win on the 17th, which guaranteed a match tie, and knowing they had secured safety in Division 3 of the Lincolnshire Women’s Handicap League.
The match also saw Deb Ellis put in a convincing debut performance on her B team debut, and the Bees were helped with subs Natalie Jones and Judy Cade playing in a tee time behind the match, as a ‘buffer’, an idea which has proved hugely popular to everyone ahead of them in the ladies matches.
The Burghley Buffer has also impressed visitors from both Woodhall Spa and Stoke Rochford who’re taking the idea back to their own clubs.
Well done to the Bees, and a big thank you to everyone who has played in the team this season.
