Paul Copeland’s ‘Team Copes’ exacted revenge on Rod Wellard’s ‘Team Wellard’ by securing an 18-point win to taste glory in the Ryder Cup-style event at Hertfordshire’s Manor of Groves course.

Thomas French-Dent and Dan Snowsill landed 50 points to be crowned the best pair on the day, just pipping John Crabb and Nick Parmenter (49) and the duo of Dan Woods and Stuart Crosby (48) to number one spot.

Peter Cook, a manager at Sterling Insurance, said: “We are super grateful to all the supporters, sponsors and participants of this year’s Sterling Cup for making the day such a success. 

“The weather held off and we had a packed club house of nearly 70 golfers who had travelled up and down the country to be part of a special day. After the inaugural event was won last year by Team Wellard, it was pleasing that Team Copes had his revenge and levelled the event to one apiece. 

“With over £20,000 being raised towards helping the fight against cancer, we are pleased to announce that both captains will return on September 14, 2023 to battle it out once again for the Sterling Cup and we look forward to continuing our fundraising efforts.”

Peter also thanked Intelligent Vehicle Services (gold sponsorship), Strategic Insurance Services (silver) and Auxillis (bronze) for their sponsorship of the Sterling Cup 2022.

All the photos from the day can be found here.