The top 44 Bedfordshire female golfers played for the 2008 Ladies County Golf Championship final in Stagsden last weekend.
Holly Aitchison in pink and Sally Shayler in white with their caddies at the county cupThey started out for 36 holes of medal play on the first day, the best 16 going through to the play-offs on Friday culminating in the semi finals on Saturday morning and the final on Saturday afternoon.
The semis were both nail-biting with Laura Collin of John O'Gaunt Golf Club going down to Holly Aitchison of Bedfordshire Golf Club with the last putt on the last hole. Holly with a handicap of plus one has recently played for the winning England side in the Nations Cup in Wales, Laura was playing off scratch.
In the other semi there was much excitement when Sally Shayler, also of Bedfordshire Golf Club, squeezed out the up-and-coming young star Lizzie Sweetnam of Leighton Buzzard Golf Club to guarantee the trophy's return to the Bedfordshire club at Stagsden. Sally, playing off two, had to be at her best to get through against the excellent youngster.
On Saturday afternoon a substantial crowd followed the final between the two Stagsden ladies. A scintillating match with brilliant golf from both players resulted in Holly narrowly beating her club mate Sally to retain her 2007 County Trophy for another year.
