'Face up to my boys' firefighters

JUNIOR Golf Club president Bill Le Huray has challenged airport firemen to face up to six bitterly disappointed young golfers who have seen their Hampshire championship dreams crushed.

For three of the six youngsters it had been their final chance to play for the county under-16 title at the Cams Hall Estate Club. They will be too old in 2010.

And it is the crushing of boys' sporting dreams which angers Le Huray more than the heavy cost implications involved for the Junior Club, which had forked out £1,500 to send the talented juniors to the prestigious event and does not expect to get more than half of that total back.

'I'd like the firemen to see the faces of these six disappointed youngsters,' said Le Huray, whose son Sam, was among those eligible for the competition for the final time.

'It is not all about money. It's about the fact this isn't something I have arranged over the last few days. It has taken months to do and hours and hours of my time.

'For Sam, Tom Dawson and Tom Pattimore it was their last chance as they will be too old next year.

'On the financial side I don't yet just how many hundreds it will cost us, but I will lose a lot of Junior Club money.'