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<\/p>\nLafeber leads Continent of Europe to Jacques L\u00e9glise victory<\/p>\n
The R&A <\/p>\n
Recently crowned Boys\u2019 Amateur Champion Guus Lafeber played a starring role as the Continent of Europe retained the Jacques L\u00e9glise Trophy with a 15-10 win over Great Britain and Ireland at the Royal Golf Club of Belgium.
\nA week on from the statement victory at County Louth<\/a> that helped secure his selection in Pierre Relecom\u2019s side for the boys’ team contest, Lafeber led the home side with a perfect record of four points from as many matches.
\nHaving trailed by five points heading into Saturday\u2019s final slate of singles contests, GB&I battled gamely as Harry Cox, Oscar Lent and Ben Bolton won the top three games.
\nHowever, emphatic triumphs from Callixte Alzas and Vaclav Svub kept the Continent of Europe in charge, before Tom De Herrypon sealed victory with a two-hole win over Dion Regan.
\nLafeber\u2019s fourth success soon enhanced the winning margin, while Giovanni Binaghi rescued a draw against John Doyle to ensure the teams picked up 4.5 points each in the closing singles.
\nThe hosts\u2019 sixth successive Jacques L\u00e9glise Trophy triumph owed much to a dominant performance in Friday\u2019s singles, where they won 6.5 points from eight matches to turn a 2.5-1.5 deficit into an 8-4 opening-day lead.
\nGB&I\u2019s Regan and Jack Swift twice teamed up for foursomes victories, while Oli Blackadder claimed maximum points for Chris King\u2019s team on Friday. Lent and Toby Peters were unbeaten on day two.
\nRelecom delighted in overseeing victory in his native Belgium, saying: \u201cIt’s a fantastic feeling. Maybe there’s a bit more pride in winning in your country.\u00a0
\n“But I think, in the end, it’s the same feeling just to see the boys enjoy it so much and to bring a little bit of my little knowledge to these guys, who are probably going to become great champions.\u201d
\nGB&I Captain King said: \u201cI\u2019m really proud of the way the lads came back. (There was) lots of good golf, but we just left ourselves too much to do.\u201d
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