Golf
Captain of Golf 2011-12: Nixie Acfield
Golf at Blundell’s is offered as a games option in the Summer Term for Year 11 and 6th Form students. However as the popularity of the sport grows it may become viable to run it as an activity all year round.
Blundell’s is very fortunate to have Tiverton Golf Club in close proximity which offers a fantastic rate for junior golfers to join and play. This is a full membership and gives pupils the opportunity to play at any time outside their school commitments and they can get handicaps and play in competitions.
During the summer pupils are taken up to the club on Wednesday and Fridays afternoons where they will be able practice, play one another and most importantly prepare themselves for up and coming fixtures.
2010 Golf Season Report and Results
Captain of Golf 2010-11: Miles Dalmain-Jones
Golf Team 2010-2011: Miles Dalmain-Jones, Nixie Acfield, Ben French, Nick Cimberledge, Will French, James Edge, Jamie Baughan
| Oppostion | Result |
| WoE Public Schools Golf Championship | 3rd |
| Exeter School (H) | Won 3-0 |
| Brecon College (A) | Won 2-1 |
| Millfield (H) | Lost 1-2 |
| Millfield (A) | Lost 0-3 |
| Old Blundellians (H) | Lost 4.5-3.5 |
The Blundell’s Golf team led by Miles Dalmain-Jones have had a brilliant year. Their attitude and etiquette has been mightily impressive and they have excelled themselves on the course with some brilliant results.
In the Spring term we took part in the annual West of England Public Schools Golf Championship where we had to battle against the top schools in the region off scratch (no handicaps). We overcame all odds to secure victory against Radley College in the morning and unfortunately lost by the finest of margins to Sherborne in the afternoon. After levelling the games two apiece, the last pairing were all square after 18th and the whole match was decided on the 19th hole. Sherborne had a stroke of luck to clinch victory but it was an extremely close contested match which could have gone either way.
The performance at the West of England Public Schools Golf Championship gave the team confidence going into the Summer Term fixtures. We played Exeter School at Tiverton GC and Brecon College at St Pierre GC, winning both matches emphatically. The spirit in which these games were played was great and there was no arrogance or bitterness whatsoever.
The Home and Away fixtures against Millfield Golf Academy proved a little step too far as we lost narrowly in both. This was a great experience for the pupils playing against some seriously good young golfers and also learning how to be gracious in defeat.
The annual fixture against the Old Blundellian’s at Tiverton GC was once again a great success. The boys involved thoroughly enjoyed the day and the Old Boys were on top form. We narrowly lost the tie but even so it was a lovely day out for all.
It wrapped up a great year for all the boys involved and we now look forward to tackling the Independent Schools Golf Association Match Play Knockout Tournament starting in September 2011.