West Hove comfortably progress
The 4-0 foursomes wipeout was a foretaste of what was to come.
Long hitting Tom Coulson took out Patrick Davey 9&8 while Steve Nielsen, Neville Hudson and 16-year-old Lewis Jackson all had wins of seven holes, while Chris Lind got home by 6&4 together with Mark Gully.
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Hide AdNeville Hudson, West Hove team captain, admitted: "We didn't know what to expect from Chartham. At the end we were a bit surprised."
1st round results: Slinfold Park beat Royal Eastbourne 7-5;
Cottesmore beat Holtye 8-4;
Eastbourne Downs lost to Willingdon 10.5-1.5;
Hollingbury Park lost to Littlehampton 9.5-2.5;
Singing Hills beat Seaford Head 7-5;
Copthorne beat West Chiltington 11-1;
Avisford Park lost to Dale Hill 7.5-4.5;
Crowborough Beacon beat Hill Barn 10.5-1.5;
Eastbourne GP beat Hassocks 10.5-1.5;
Bognor Regis lost to Worthing 7.5-4.5;
Mannings Heath lost to Cowdray Park 6.5-5.5;
Royal Ashdown Forest lost to Haywards Heath 8-4;
West Hove beat Chartham Park 11-1;
Wellshurst lost to Brighton & Hove 9-3;
Rustington beat Mid Sussex 7-5;
Cooden Beach lost to Seaford 6.5-5.5;
Waterhall lost to The Dyke 12-0 (at The Dyke);
Boars Head lost to Ifield 11-1;
Pyecombe beat Selsey 11.5-0.5;
Sweetwoods Park beat Tilgate Forest 9-3.
2nd round (April 14): Piltdown v Eastbourne GP;
Cottesmore v Sedlescombe;
Willingdon v Cowdray Park;
Slinfold v Sweetwoods;
The Dyke v Highwoods;
Brighton & Hove v Lewes;
Pyecombe v East Sussex National;
East Brighton v West Sussex;
Rustington v Seaford;
West Hove v Dale Hill;
Chichester v Ifield;
Ham Manor v Singing Hills;
Crowborough v Peacehaven;
Littlehampton v Worthing;
The Nevill v Haywards Heath;
Copthorne v Foxvbridge.