Burnham & Berrow, longtime venue for The Open qualifying, played host for the opening fourballs on a picture perfect afternoon. On a tough course, the last 2 matches were each only ever led by one team whereas the front match was a ding-dong affair that seemed to be heading in the Badge's favour until a par-par finish from NWF's pairing of Laffan and Edwards clawed them back from dormy 2 to earn a half-point. The result - for only the second time ever, and first time since 2016 - was a halved opening day.

Weston Super Mare offered up an equally sunny but significantly friendlier challenge on day two. However, that made little difference to Jenkins who, in the lead-out group and with the all-time consecutive losses record on the line, battled with demons possibly never before seen at TC. And so, despite playing partner Hoare not having missed a shot, they found themselves 3 down after 3. Thanks to continued excellence from Hoare with occasional contributions on the green from Jenkins - the NWF pair kept within touching distance of opponents Cooke and Davidson and sensed a pivotal moment when Cooke hit an approach to the 13th agonisingly long. Two duffed chips later and the matched flipped on its head as NWF won 4 in 5 holes before a befitting conclusion as NWF looked to have blown their advantage on the 17th before Jenkins rescued with a 20ft putt to close out the match. As the front group drama unfolded, NWF closed out two further wins in the matches behind to open up a 3 point overnight lead.

No team has ever overturned a day 2 deficit to win a TC and so the odds were stacked against the Badgers as they arrived at Enmore Park. The usual day 3 scrambling for waterproofs, second gloves and buggies ensued as the heavens opened in spectacular fashion ahead of the singles matches teeing off. A well matched set of singles matches gave a glimmer of hope to Davidson�s men who took that belief out onto the course. The top four matches were tight affairs throughout and, through 14 holes respectively, the Badgers found themselves up in 5 of the 6 matches. They would go on to close out 3 of those with holes to spare, whilst NWF had claimed only a solitary point to leave the score at 5.5-4.5 with just the middle matches still left out on the course. As those matches went up the short par-4 17th hole, Badgers� Mullin led Hoare 1 up whilst Davidson and Laffan remained all square. After Davidson had topped his approach to a gimme par and with Mullin also in close for a par it left both NWF players with medium length putts to avoid heading to 18 down in both matches. These are the moments in which TCs are won and lost and the NWF pair sensed it as Hoare holed his ~20ft birdie putt followed by Laffan�still reeling from Davidson�s previous shot� who holed a clutch par putt to leave both matches all-square on the 18th tee. As exciting as the 17th had been, the 18th would prove somewhat anti-climatic as the greatest of comebacks was finally halted by a regulation par from Hoare that could not be matched by Mullin. Davidson would eek out a victory in the other match but NWF had already reached the holy grail of 6.5 points�earning Captain Robinson his 9th star.