Golf at Monmouth School continues to be very strong.  This is helped by the very generous sponsorship package the senior school golf team receive from the Celtic Manor Resort.  Not many golf teams can boast that they practise at the home of the Ryder Cup for 2010!  Junior golf is also thriving with coaching provided during the Michaelmas and Summer terms.

West of England Invitational Schools’ Championships

Monmouth School proved their golfing pedigree again over the famous Burnham and Berrow Links Course. The team were superbly captained by Richard Bentham (Celtic Manor) an exceptional young player with a handicap of +1. He was well supported by Liam Mc Veigh (St. Pierre) Bradley Davies (Cardiff) Joe Park (Ross on Wye) and James Furnell (St. Pierre). In a tough competition Monmouth proved to be too strong for all they encountered achieving thee impressive victories against  Marlborough College 4-1, Cheltenham College 4-1 and their nemesis of recent years Canford who were ultimately beaten 4-1 although two of the games reached the 18th green Monmouth were ahead 1 up in both.

This victory should place them in good spirits as they set off to the national finals of the Independent Schools’ Match Play competition at the DeVere Hotel Wokefield Park near Reading.

 HMC Finals

Monmouth finished second in their group behind the eventual winner Millfield and were the top scoring non academy school in the finals. The boys were excellent ambassadors for the school and had a thoroughly enjoyable 2 days of competition.