Many of the Ross sports teams enjoyed success this weekend.

FOOTBALL

Hereford FC are not the only team in Herefordshire to complete a tremendous league campaign this week. Ross Juniors Girls Under 10s won their final league match of the season 4-0, completing an incredible sequence of winning 16 out of 16 league matches.

Ross Juniors under 14s took on Bartestree in the final of the Dave Howes Cup at Edgar Street on Sunday, April 24th. he game finished 3-0 and regardless of the scoreline the boys had a great day out, and had much to be proud of.

Ross Juniors U15s ended their season on a high with a gritty 1:0 win against visitors from Redditch. As always, Ross were positive from the kick-off, pushing the Reds deep into their own half with darting runs from Josh and Joel. The breakthrough came on the quarter hour with a move of sheer class. Luke slid an inch perfect pass through the Redditch defence leaving Owain one-on-one with the goalie.

Ross Juniors Men’s side travelled to Littledean on Saturday, April 30th, and came away 4 - 1 winners. Ross came to the game knowing another 3 points was all they were after to keep their league winners title going.

GOLF

Ross-on-Wye Golf Club will step on to the national stage when it hosts the English senior women’s championship from May 10th - 13th. All competitors will play 18 holes on each of the first two days of the championship; Tuesday, May 10th and Wednesday, May 11th. Then, the top 16 players will go forward to the championship match play which takes place on Thursday, May 12th and Friday, May 13th.

The latest major men’s event in Ross Golf Club’s calendar being the annual Gordon Blake Cup/County Medal, attracted 112 players and the degree of difficulty on the Club’s tree-lined course was reflected in the standard scratch score registering at 75 against the course’s par 72 status.

A quest to win Europe’s biggest pro-am trophy begins for Tim Kefalas and his Ross-on-Wye PGA Professional, Tim Hall when they tee up in the Lombard Trophy regional final at Burnham & Berrow Golf Club on June 9th, one of 14 regional finals being staged across the UK. They will be up against 64 other clubs with the winning club going through to compete in the 36-hole final at Portugal’s luxurious Pestana Vila Sol Golf & Hotel resort on the Algarve in September.

Amidst the daffodils, bluebells and wood anemones the Lady Golfers of Ross-On-Wye Golf club played the Spring Meeting Major Competition on Tuesday, April 26th. The weather was a mixture of hail, rain and sunshine but this did not deter the golfers. The day was a success, made so by the determination of all players to beat the course….and the weather. Over 80 ladies took part in the competition, and returned some remarkable scores, given the conditions.

The South Herefordshire Seniors Spring Cup attracted 64 entrants. The weather was kind, however only 5 members managed to achieve the course standard scratch or better reflecting the difficult conditions on the day. The Seniors managed to avoid a whitewash at Woodlake Park thanks to the half achieved by Barry Howells & Ken Tolley. The final score 7.5 - 0.5 to the home side.

BRIDGE

Members at a well attended Ross Bridge Club AGM were both inspired and humbled to learn of the bespoke support to disabled horse riders being provided by ’Ride 2 Achieve’ which is part of the Horse Riding for Disabled National Charity and operates from the Duchy based Redbrook Farm in Hoarwithy.

RALLYING

Two weeks of hard work by Bob Morgan paid off when he took the Winner Garage Cinderford backed Skoda Fabia Evo to an excellent class win on last weekends Somerset Stages and finishing 14th overall.

CRICKET

With the 1st XI fixture falling foul of the weather at Himbleton, all attention turned to the reverse 2nd XI fixture at The Park. The players of both sides are well known to each other and, unfortunately for Ross, it was their nemesis Casper Jones who haunted them again proving to be the match winner on the day.

CANOEING

Gary Price, the new Chairman of the Open Canoe Association, a national organisation which held their 60th anniversary festival in Ross-on-Wye, told the Ross Gazette that it had been a fantastic site for the event and he would very much like to bring future events to the town. There were workshops to develop skills, demonstrations and a chance to try different boats, along with chances to learn bushcraft and camping craft, even how to make wooden boats. Two internationally renowned paddlers from Canada were also at the festival.

ROWING

ROSS Rowing Club took 22 crews to Evesham Regatta last weekend, coming away with seven wins. On a sunny Saturday, Mike Jones rowed well in the Masters single scull against an old adversary but lost narrowly.

See the full reports in this week’s Ross Gazette.