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The May Labour Day holiday saw the second staging of the Royal Golf Club (RGC) vs Bahrain Golf Club (bgc) Trophy after the home side won the inaugural event in 2010.
Two teams of 12 players apiece faced each other in the pairs Betterball matchplay event. The first flight was contended by the two scratch teams and a second social flight also played the same format meaning a total of 48 players took part.
The RGC team won the trophy by a four and a half to one and a half score line. The duo of Mark Underwood and Todd Gillespie saw off Ali Saleh and Daij Ahmed of BGC 3&2 while the RGC’s Cormac Flannery and Craig Mills had a hard fought half against Abdulla Al Hakam and Khalid Al Rowaie.
Nasser Yaqoob and Nabeel Sabt got the better of Yousif Majid and Mohamed Al Sayed to secure the away side’s only win as the teams of Dan Owen / Ilya Goniker, Phil Jones / Sam Hobday and Rob Lane / Andy Wieser all won points for the home side.
