Matty Raybould overcame three bogies on the back nine of round two to hold on to win the 2025 Amateur Championship at a sundrenched KP Club.
Things were tight at lunchtime with eight players within five shots of Matty's best of the day 68. He had a solid, if unspectacular start to the 36 hole blue riband event in the Union calendar, but put himself in the box seat with three birdies in his flawless back nine of 32.
Reigning champion Jon Samuel had four birdies on the spin on the home half to look like equalling Matty's opening round, but a watery triple bogey at the tricky 17th undid all of that good work. His 71 was matched by Luke Townhill, back from College in the States, with Tom Duck and Charlie Milner a shot further back with their 72s.
So to the afternoon and Hornsea's Raybould was quickly out of the blocks with three birdies in his first five holes. With Townhill, Milner and Duck not having a birdie between them on the opening nine and Samuel treading water with a level par 35, including a double bogey at the (very) long 4th, Matty seemed to have one hand on the H.W. Collins Trophy.
However, dropped shots at two of KP's obvious birdie chances (10 & 11) followed by another unforced bogey at the short downhill par 4 16th, gave others a sniff. Matty held it together though with a safe tee shot (ie. dry) at 17 (pictured above) to set up a two putt par and a stress free regulation four at 18 to set the clubhouse target of 139.
Samuel gave a brave defence of his title, but a bogey at 17 effectively ended his challenge. Not his favourite hole of the day. He is pictured below receiving his voucher from ERUGC President Dave Greenwood.
That just left Scarborough North Cliff's Tom Duck (below) on a charge with birdies at 13 and 15, but chances slipped by at 16 and 17, leaving his superb 3 at the last as immaterial. A second successive runner up spot for Duck then as Raybould won by two shots to complete an East Riding Triple Crown of sorts following his Junior Championship wins in 2015 and 2016 and victory in the ER Open Championship in 2017.
Huxley Sawyer (below) of Cave Castle picked up the Rob McLeish Trophy for the best junior performance with his 150 - eight clear of his clubmate Tom Adcock.
KP member Tom Cosgrove proved that a bit of course knowledge is invaluable and took the nett prize with two level rounds of 70.
As always, a very long day for the organisers who arrived at 7am. Ian Jeffrey organised the whole event superbly, with injured ERUGC President Dave Greenwood forgoing his participation in the event to act as starter for the 39 competitors. He then donned the tie and blazer to present the prizes on the impressive deck in front of the KP clubhouse.. Thank you to all the KP staff, on and off the course, who made the event such a special day.
Full results and statistics on Golf Genius
The Amateur Championship for the H.W. Collins Trophy
| Player | Club | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Total |
| Matty Raybould | Hornsea | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| Tom Duck | SNC | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| Jon Samuel | Hull | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| Alex Wiggins | SNC | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| Paul Harper | SNC | 73 | 73 | 146 |
| Jack Clark | Ganstead | 77 | 70 | 147 |
| Charlie Milner | Hull | 72 | 75 | 147 |
| Steve Dale | Ganstead | 74 | 75 | 149 |
The Best Junior in the Amateur Championship for the Rob McLeish Trophy
| Player | Club | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Total |
| Huxley Sawyer | Cave Castle | 73 | 77 | 150 |
| Tom Adcock | Cave Castle | 77 | 81 | 158 |
Best nett prize
| Player | Club | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Total |
| Tom Cosgrove | KP Club | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| Matty Raybould | Hornsea | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| Paul Harper | SNC | 71 | 71 | 142 |
