Yorkshire were crowned winners of the 2024 Boys’ County Finals after beating Gloucestershire, Kent and Cambridgeshire at Teignmouth Golf Club.
| After beating Gloucestershire (5.5-3.5) and Kent (6-3) on the first two days, they saw off Cambridgeshire 6.5-2.5 on Thursday to secure the trophy. Tai Naylor was Yorkshire’s star performer and one of only two unbeaten players at the event, as he picked up 5.5 from 6 points available, while 14-year-old Thomas Hartshorne and Alex Boyes also won 5 out 6 points in superb showings. Naylor said: “It’s been a brilliant week all week, with a lot of hard work from the boys.” Yorkshire coach Steve Robinson added: “Previous finals we’ve lost closely. We tend to do the same things and go through the same processes so there’s been lots of work in the preparations which went very well and we’ve come out winners the other side. “The county invest an awful lot of money into junior players and hopefully they’ll continue do that and develop world-class players – we’ve got three going on international duty with England next week and that’s a testament to the county programme.” Elsewhere, a stunning effort from 14-year-old Jaxson Perry saw the Gloucestershire youngster win 5 points from 6 to help his side finish 2nd overall, with a 5.5-3.5 win over Kent on the final day. Cambridgeshire finished 3rd with their standout player Sam Marshall winning 5.5 out of 6 points available and finishing unbeaten. Click here to see the final league table. |
| Read the reports from each day of action: Boys County Finals Day 1: Ace Austin helps Cambridgeshire lead the way with Yorkshire (englandgolf.org) Boys County Finals Day 2: Yorkshire top table heading into final day (englandgolf.org) Boys County Finals Day 3: Yorkshire dominate to win title (englandgolf.org) |
