Juniors
Season’s End…
Telford juniors have signed off the year of open competitions by competing in the last junior open of the year at Patshull Park Golf Club.
As is now the norm! they finished high on the winners rostrum.
Westley Weston won the under 14's section coming in 5 under the card with Liam Kearsley in 3rd place.
Kieran Nickless was in the top 10 in the over 16 section with Sophie Johnson winning the best gross in the girls competition.
Now its down to a winters practice ready for an increase in participants from our club next season.
Cristie Kerr meets her golfing heroes
Ella & Christie Morrow had to take time off from practice at the British Ladies Open ( Hoylake) earlier today when Cristie Kerr stopped by and asked for a photograph!
Joking apart - the 2 time major winner made the 2 young girl’s day by stopping to sign autographs and posing for a picture. Unfortunately the trip to Hoylake was spoiled a bit by high winds forcing play to be abandoned but our 2 young hopefuls made the most of the opportunity to meet their golfing heroes. Other top players who signed the girl's caps were Michelle Wie, Karen Stupples and Morgan Pressel amongst many others.
Boys triumph over girls……but only just!
The first junior boys vs girls match took place on Sunday, with the boys just winning the Firemans Challenge Shield 4-3.
As the junior teams ranged in age from 3 to 16, the matches were set over 3,6 or 9 holes.
The boys team consisted of Kieran Nickless, Joseph Tranter, William Tolley, Daniel Johnson, Sam Watkins, Alex Hall, and Jack Dirkin. Jack is our newest addition, who at the age of just 3, hits a great ball, one to watch for the future!
The girls team consisted of Ella Morrow, Alice Woodcock, Olivia Hall, Shannon Tolley, Christie Morrow and Katie Halliday.
A fun time was had by all those taking part and friendly banter was par for the course!
The two teams can be seen wearing their medals
Telford junior collects County Honours
Joseph Tranter represented Shropshire and Herefordshire peewees away to the Nottinghamshire Nippers and they won the event bringing the trophy back to S+H for the first time in 7 years.
Joseph is pictured second from right in the photo.
Olivia Wins Peewee Tour Championship
Olivia Hall has completed a sensational summer of golf by winning the Peewee Tour U9 age category. Olivia collected her prizes after the final round held at Shifnal GC.
Congratulations go to Liam Kearsley who won the boys U13 event thus ensuring a win by a Telford junior player in all of the Peewee Tour competitions this year.
Also representing Telford GC at this event were Joseph Tranter, Cameron Watson, Sam Watkins, Alex Evans and Danny Churm. Well done to you all.
More Success On Peewee Tour For Telford Juniors
I am delighted to report Olivia Hall has won yet another leg of the Peewee Tour for the Under 10 girl’s age group at Market Drayton by a massive 7 shots. Market Drayton is a long and demanding course and all players had to work hard for their places. Olivia now leads the overall competition going in to the final match at Shifnal next Monday.
All the members wish Olivia good luck in her final match and congratulations for her stunning results to date.
I am also pleased to report Joseph Tranter came third in his age group at Market Drayton demonstrating the all-round strength of our club juniors. Well done Joeseph.
I would like to thank Karen Hall for her report.
(Karen – please send in some pictures of Olivia receiving her prizes if possible. This applies to any Mums and Dads who have pictures from any events. Please email them in to Ralph so that we can share our successes on these pages)
Telford juniors travel to the Wrekin on Friday with a patched up team as some of them are away at the Open.
Can we survive a mauling from the red hot favourites and stand a chance with the return leg at home on August 5th?
Its a big test for our reserves!
Just a reminder that Junior Captains Day is this Saturday.
It is £5 entry fee including hot food afterwards. It will be an 18 hole stableford for
red/yellow players and a 9 hole stableford for blue tee players. There will
be prizes for top 3 in each category along with nearest to the pins and
also beat the pro which will be an extra £1 and the winners will be entered
into a raffle to win a £10 shop voucher. There will also be snacks for sale
on the day at low prices with all profits going to the junior fund. For
those blue players that will be teeing off later, there will be a mini golf
competition with a prize for the winner.
If you have any further questions then please do not hesitate to contact me!
Thanks
Kieran Nickless
Breaking News….
Sophie Johnson wins the Oswestry Junior Open on Sunday with a nett 64.
Against a par of 74 she returned a gross 83 to win yet another open and another handicap cut!
Telford Juniors beat Shifnal 5-1 on their home soil to sail through to the quarter finals of the SHUGC junior team event.
The final table .......
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Team |
Played |
Points |
Games |
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Telford |
4 |
6 |
+11 |
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Shifnal |
4 |
4 |
-2 |
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The Shropshire |
4 |
2 |
-7 |
Telford will play the Wrekin in the quarter finals.
There were further celebrations as Joseph Tranter celebrated his 10th birthday in style. Here he is receiving his cake at Shifnal.
What a great day for Joe and all the members of the Telford Junior Team.
Telford juniors have eased past The Shropshire in the 3rd league match of the series.
A score of 4-2 was enough to set up a final group match away to Shifnal when a draw will see them through to the 1/4 finals.
Liam Kearsley, in the side with Sean Brazier unable to play, secured a half to help push the home side to success.
The table to date .......
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Team |
Played |
Points |
Games |
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Telford |
3 |
4 |
+7 |
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Shifnal |
3 |
4 |
+2 |
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The Shropshire |
4 |
2 |
-9 |
Telford Thrash Shifnal ..........
In a full first weekend of the SHUGC junior league, Telford played some sloppy golf and lost 3.5 - 2.5 at The Shropshire and then beat favourites Shifnal 6-0 at Telford!
With every player disappointed with the show at The Shropshire a great rally destroyed highly rated Shifnal.
Bring on the home match against The Shropshire next Sunday!
Group Table to date ...
Team Played Points Games Shifnal 3 2 +2 Telford 2 1 +5 The Shropshire 3 1 -7
Junior Open July 6th ....
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Telford Junior Open Results |
Score |
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Peewee Group |
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1st |
Joseph Tranter |
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2nd |
Westley Weston |
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3rd |
Daniel Potter |
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Intermediate Group |
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1st |
Kieran Nickless |
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2nd |
Sophie Johnson |
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3rd |
Cameron Dhir |
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Lowest Gross |
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Joseph Price |
79 |
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Lowest Guest |
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Joseph Price |
79 |
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Nearest Pin (3rd Hole) |
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Josh Davies |
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Nearest Pin (11th Hole) |
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Billy Ward |
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Longest Drive |
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Oliver Ramskill |
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Sophie Johnson at 11 years old has qualified to play in the English Girls Championship after scoring 68 net to reduce her handicap to 19.
We also welcome 9 year old Daniel Potts to our Junior membership gang!
Junior Ryder Cup
The junior Ryder Cup has been won by the Captain's Red team with a comprehensive win over the Blues!
To the winners the spoils...
No Blues for the defeated Blue team! 
Junior Captain Keiran Nickless starts it all off.
Girls in charge! 
The Red team in trouble on eight.
Girls in Blue fight back on eight! 
A near miss for the Blue team.
It's fun if your Red or Blue .... 
A visitor on Jubilee Day! 
Alignment poles now available from our Professional Craig, these are a MUST as a training aid and will feature heavily in the forth coming junior programme coming soon!
These cost just £10 and there are lots of colours available, see Craig to purchase a set.
NEW JUNIOR COACHING PROGRAMME COMING SOON......................................
Pee Wee Tour 2012
The Pee Wee Tour 2012 entry form is now available. Click here to download the form.
17/4/2012
Junior Girls in the prizes at Hill Valley ...
Lady Captain Bianca Gregory and Sophie Johnson came 3rd in the 18 hole open competiton with Carron and Ella Morrow winning the 9 hole competition.
To the winners the prize
Q Cup at Telford ...........................
This was a great day for advertising Telfords course and junior section!
A short video can be seen at www.bjgt.org
A very good competitve experience for all our juniors on a testing day for all.
Posing for the camera is our own
Sophie Johnson on the left.
When you finish your drink hit this up the middle!
Trying to translate the cards!
The welcoming speech from BJGT.
Ella Morrow at the prize table 24 hours too early!
BJGT Q CUP ........
Telford juniors fielded 12 players i this Q Hotel junior tour competition.
With 38 juniors competing in the tour Telford produced runner up spots in two of the sections.
Pictures to follow!
Bad Weather?
The April Spring Competition was played today despite snow rain and gales!
It takes more than poor weather to keep our juniors off the course!
Pictured are Ella and Christie Morrow before tackling the elements.
3/4/2012
Its never too early for a hole in one!
At the age of 13 Liam Kearsley has holed in one at the 156 yard 11th hole.
The junior Captain witnessed a good 8 iron shot that bounced and then went into the hole.
19/3/2012
A reminder! 
The BJGT Q Hotel Tour comes to Telford on Tuesday 10th April.
To learn more visit their web site at www.bjgt.org.
The entry fee for Telford juniors is £10 which includes a jacket potato meal.
The KO competition is now under way.
Please contact each other to arrange your matches.
The Easter Delanie Scramble is on Easter Monday.
Add your name to the list if you want to play in it!
Junior Captain Kieron Nickless is organising a KO competition.
Contact him if you want to play in it.
It was a great turn out!
Thirty four people attended the parent/junior meeting, a slight ammendment was made to the fixture list and the pro explained what he wanted to do with the training in 2012.
The winners of the half term competition were presented with they prizes ... Olivia Hall ... Sam Watkins and junior Captain Keiron Nickless, and the year begins!
22/2/2010 Ash Wednesday 
Today is the day that christians burn last Palm Sundays palm leaves and use the ash to mark the cross on their foreheads!
It is a time of abstinence, a good time to stop eating that chocolate from now until the Lords Supper (40 days) and enjoying the easter eggs on Easter Sunday!
Its not all about golf!
Christie Morrow with her karate award.
Snow declares the winners of the peewee and Presidents competitions.....
With Sunday cancelled because of the snow The leaders from Saturday have been declared the winners.
Pee wee winner ... Olivia Hall 70 ... second Ella Morrow 71
Red Tees winner ... Sam Watkins 68 ... second Joseph Tranter 76
Yellow Tees winner ... Kieran Nickless 59 ... second Cameron Watson 68
The Presidents Winter Cups
The pee wee cup between the Presidents Winter Cups!
17/2/2012
Standings after day 5
Peewee Olivia Hall 70 -- Ella Morrow 71
Red Sam Watkins 73 --- Joseph Tranter 79
Yellow Kieran Nickless 59 --- Cameron Watson 68
The first five days of the half term competition are completed .......
There are still 2 days left to get 2 cards in.
Prize Donations from Ian Lucas>>>>
The junior prizes pictured have been donated by past Captain and Secretary Mr Ian Lucas!
A titleist golf bag --- taylor made putter --- slazenger 3wood --- trolley --- taylor made driver.
Thankyou to Ian Lucas!
Juniors Competitions week commencing 13th February .............
Arrive at the course for 10am and play with whoever turns up! you only have to play 2 nine hole cards but can play every day
As stated the rules and handicaps with tee allocations are in the shop.
Blue tees = pee wee players ... Red tees = intermediate players ... Yellow tees = group A players.
Watch this space!
A new junior golf passport teaching academy is being implemented in April.
There will be a charge, but the EGU and EWGA have proved it's the best way to learn quickly!
We have formulated a new compehensive fixture list for the year, taking in school holidays and Sunday afternoons.
We are to organise a meeting of all of us for late February when all our veiws can be aired.
Official CONGU handicaps are our minimum target this spring.
The pee wee tour takes in Oswestry July 8 ... Sapey July 23 ... Bridgnorth August 8 ... Market Drayton August 13 ...and Shifnal August 20.
Opens include Beau Desert June 7 ... Oswestry July 1 ... South Staffs August 2nd ... Bridgnorth August 8 ... Market Drayton August 27.
Juniors join ladies Turkey Trot!
Some of our juniors joined the fancy dress event and every one enjoyed the cool bright mornings golf.
More pictures in the ladies section......
Xmas is nearly here!
With Christmas almost upon us most junior organisers are already working on fixtures for next year.
There are no junior shirts ar pullovers available in the shop for you to buy that member defining present! but smaller items such as markers and pitch repairers are are available. Great items are titlest golf balls at American Golf up to £20 a dozen personalised for free. I have some marked Pres which I am sure will last me a week!
A great learning present are the alignments sticks at about £12 a pair and a must for every juniors golf bag.
Must see web site ... www.shugc.com then click juniors, for next years fixtures to date and historic pee wee tour results from last year.
Every junior under 12 years of age should play at least 2 of these pee wee events, they are a great and fun experience for all youngsters!
Plan your holidays next year around junior opens in all of the UK and even as far away as New Zealand if you wish!
The dates and places as they are uploaded you can find at www.golfempire.co.uk and click juniors.
Telford will be holding a junior QCup competition next year with the winners (3) going to the finals at Forest Pines.
They are 3 spaces left for the Turkey Trot.
Playing so far in this fancy dress fun competition are Olivia Hall - Ella Morrow - Alice Woodcock - Westley Weston - Joseph Tranter - Alex Hall - Kieron Nickless - Ethan Stanley - Liam Kearsley.
Happy Christmas from Ralph ...........
Lady Captain opens eclectic competition!
What is an eclectic score?
It is the best score mustered on each hole after playing it several times.
Each player will have 6 cards that they will play during the winter with the lowest score on each hole counting as the eclectic score.
Example!
777 455 666 = 53
767 486 775 = 57
Eclectic score after 2 cards is ...... 51
Easy! Entry fee is 50p per card with the sweep shared amongst the winners.
Enter now while the weather is good.
Girl V Boy Challenge Wednesday 25th at 10:06 am.
Billy Ward takes on Open winner Sophie Johnson, head to head in this matchplay event
Billy finished 3rd in the Patshull junior open today 24th with a score of 67 after a 10 on a early hole
So its battle of the titans tommorrow!
The new coaching system ....
The new coaching programme has been put in place.
Lessons are now programmed to give more attention to each individual, increase safety and to run a teaching programme using a teaching folder.
The new video analysis will be a major break through in our teaching system allowing the juniors to see their swing while being taught the theory.
Tuition Days :
Wednesday 4:30 - 5:30pm
Thursday 5pm to 6pm
Saturday 9:45 to 10:45 and 11am to 12 noon.
Junior and Parent meeting ----------
A junior and parent/gaurdian event is to be held in the Gorge bar on Thursday 29th September at 6pm.
Come along to give your opinion and help form a structured format for lessons in the coming weeks/months.
Thursday 15th September ..
27 juniors attended last Thursdays session.
With so much keen interest it would be a good idea to start giving more 1 to 1 lessons during the winter months, this will help to nurture the golf development of all the juniors.
More information and criteria to be given later!
County Junior Handicap Championship ....
Tuesday August 30th at Patshull Park .
Sean Brazier (72) Luke Fletcher (67) Kieron Nickless (72) and Billy Ward (73) have done the club proud with their exploits at Patshull Park.
With Luke finishing 10th with his 67. Billys 73 against a par of 72 was well into the top half of a 101 strong field with representatives from all over the county.
Twelve juniors compete in Presidents Day!
Seven boys and five girls competed for the prizes on offer for the day.
Billy Ward, Alex Evans and Sophie Johnson won their respective divisions, with 10 year old Sophie completing the nine hole course from the ladies tees in 47 strokes, giving her a 2 under par net score of 34 ... 2 under her 26 handicap.
Billy Ward (29 hcp) was round the 9 holes in 42 gross, better watch those two closley!
Sophie Johnson
Presidents Day Sunday August 14th ...
Have you emailed your booking in?
A 9 hole medal from the 10th tee at 9:30am with prizes for the winners.
Captains Day Pictures .....
Ten juniors took part in Captains Day and each received a ribbon for their efforts!
Billy Ward ... Alex Hall and Molly Pritchard won crystal for winning individual groups.
Now it's more practice ready for Presidents Day in August!
Juniors compete in County league!
Telford juniors have played in the 2011 County League programme.
Playing against much older players from Worfield and Horsehay Village golf clubs it was great experience. and the future is full of promise for our emerging young guns!
Girl Power is back!
With 6 girls turning up for last Thursdays coaching session the boys better look out!
As the summer gets closer its time for some serious golf.
Watching the ball at an early age!
Serious back spin lessons for the short shot to the flag.
More balls please!
Getting ready for the entertainment!
A picture of camera shy Olivia!
Girl power at Telford!
Katy warming up!
Next weekend sees the start of our order of merit league when we will be playing matchplay against each other to build that competitive spirit!
HOLE MEDAL THIS WEEKEND!
At 2:30 to 3:15pm this Sunday you have a chance to get a card in for handicap purposes.
You can play 9 or less holes if you wish.
Free Junior group tuition Thursdays 5pm.
Also 1- 2- 1 lessons are now available for £10 on a Saturday morning!
Grass Roots Telford challenge the might of Patshull!
A team of mainly very young juniors have played with the very experienced juniors of Patshull Park, 2 of whom are County Boys Team players.
Playing in Patshulls own back yard it was a fantastic experience for our young pretenders.
Here are pictures from the day ....
The teams line up before the play, notice the difference is size!
Look into my eyes ...
Liam Kearsley tees off on the 3rd hole.
Telford duo take on County Boys players!
Team jumpers stand out on the 3rd tee
The might of Telford !
Juniors Captains, Patshulls is the girl!
Watching the opposition.
Olivia Hall strides forward!
Joseph Tranter tees of on the 3rd
The Captains speech .
A game of pool to finish the day after the chip butties!
Now for the league matches!
Friday 18th March 5pm ........
Our new coach will be joining the session on Friday to introduce himself to us all.
Pressure of work means George will be leaving us to concentrate on the summer ahead and we must thank him for his great teaching methods we have all witnessed!
A few polo shirts and sweaters with the club logo will be on sale, do not miss one!
The first 9 hole golf started on Sunday 27th February at 2:30pm ....
Pictured are early starters to the 2011 season!
The sun is coming!
With the snow gone it's time to get back to the golf.
With our coach having to change his work schedule Friday is the current day for lessons.
The first lesson of 2011 is Friday 21st at 5pm.
Our new coach George Boden starts his coaching courses:
George has begun the winter coaching and has given everyone their new agenda for the weeks ahead.
Coaching now takes place on Thursdays beginning at 5pm and lasts for about 90minutes.
After our first competitive game!
We have established handicaps for some players now so we can hold some competitions during the winter months.
Liam Kearsley leads the way with a very creditable 37 handicap for the under 12's, with Luke Fletcher of the overs reaching 21 handicap.
Don't forget our lessons are on the Thursday at 5pm from the 18th when we play from the floodlit driving bays.
14-10-2010
Handicap times are coming!
With the Sunday afternoon matches well advanced we will soon be playing our first competition.
The junior under 12 championship is near, and all juniors with handicaps can play.
Sunday 17th cards are being marked over 4 and 9 holes.
Play begins at 2:30pm.
Sixteen enjoy the sunshine:
After the rain of last week this Wednesday we played in lovely warm sunshine!
Despite the enjoyable distraction of a hot air ballon being launched from the bottom of the practice area, sixteen juniors moved a step closer to becoming possible golfing greats!
We also welcomed newcomers Will and Isabel Abbott, Toby Nice and Liam Keasley to our band.
This Sunday at 2:30 we take on the course when we get out for the real thing.
26/8/2010
Rain! Rain! Rain!
With Telford getting lots of rain it was not surprising we had a low turnout for the Wednesday tuition.
But a few turned up with new recruits Molly Pritchard, Adam and Claire Edwards joining our band.
Wednesday get togethers will continue through September and beyond if juniors keep showing interest in improving their golf!
Lets hope there is no rain next week!
Wednesdays Girl Power!
Its not all about the boys! girl power is here to stay. Five today is 15 tomorrow.
Pictured are the new girl power golf band ..... and boy!
A large number of juniors turned up for a fun filled learning session, with only the late rain sending us all home.
From 30 yards who can get the closest to the flag?
Here today, on holiday tomorrow! newcomer Josh Ducket on his first day.
Next week the coach is away so it will be another test to see who can improve on their bronze certificates!
The Captain and Steve Brazier getting some secret sticky golf practice in, while others practice the real thing!
Another hard Wednesday evening tuition has taken place.
This week we welcome Daniel Hines, Micheal Ireland and Archie Powell to our happy band!
Here is a picture of the ladies working hard for the cause!
Where has every one gone?
It appears that no one is around this week (except for young Katie Tranter) but appearances can be ..............
deceptive. With 8 on the putting green, 9 on the pitching area and 6 on the course it was a good turn out. Another 4 juniors have already developed CONGU handicaps and are out playing with the adult members in the Wednesday night Stableford !
Wednesday coaching in the rain!
We all survived the rain and may even have learned something ........
Welcome to Millie Stanley and Alex Henfry, new players this week.
Below are pictures from the session.
All smiles for the camera, and the new safety markers!
Newcomer Milley watched by Maia
Smiles from newcomer Alex.
Good set up, lets hit it!
Good straight left arm from Elysse, and another smile.
Future club champions at work.
Solid stance, great high finish, at such an age!
Now boys and girls you will learn to pitch.
This Sunday it is back on the course and hopefully not in the water!
Wednesday evening coaching:
Telford welcome 4 new comers this week. Elysse and Maia Lloyd and Amy and James Phillips.We hope they join us on a regular basis and enjoy themselves!
The Union flag is fluttering, The blossom is on the pear tree and the dreaded putting practice is in full swing!
Those who competed in the rookie challenge received their certificates for their parents to frame!
In 3 weeks we will do another trial and hopefully all get gold certificates.
All on the tee for the real thing. A nearest to the 100 yard marker competition was won by Alex Hall, just beating Josh Martin who insists someone put him off!
Next Wednesday we should have the zone markers out to stop the Pres pulling out what little hair he has left.
Wednesday was rookie challenge day.
Using 4 tasks from the EGU challenge tour guide we have awarded some certificates!
A gold certificate goes to Billy Ward, obviously well ahead of the rest of us.
Silver is awarded to Sam Yarnell, Joseph Tranter and Cameron Watson.
Bronze awards are merited by Lewis Miller, Sam Watkins, Alex Hall, Leighton Bird, Jamie and Josh Martin, Ethan Stanley and Kieron Weston-Timmis .
We shall set a new challenge date so we can all improve on our ratings!
Sunday on the course:
A warm sunny day for a change and off we go to tackle the course again. But first a visit to the bar!
Next it's off to the first tee.
After a tough round it's time for the pond!
Next Wednesday at 4:30 pm it will be a target training session.
OK coach, how do we get off this beach!
Just shoot the pirate flag down to get out!
Group tuition progress's with the sand shot fear exploded.
Get ready for the season ahead
Sean Brazier Junior Captain 2010
The 2010 season has kicked of with the weekly group tuition sessions now in full flow.
With help from Qhotels we are now learning through 2 hours of free group tuition sessions every Wednesday.
The junior section has now increased to 30 members, some of whom will be playing on the course soon.
With the introduction of the golfmark system our numbers can only continue to grow.
Sean Brazier has been elected the Captain of the section.
Below is our minimum list of events for this season:
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MARCH |
Junior group tuition |
Every Weds 4:30pm |
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APRIL |
Junior group tuition |
Every Weds 4:30pm |
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Sun 11th 14:26 – 14:58 |
6 hole on course assessment |
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Sun 18th 14;26 – 14:58 |
6 hole on course assessment |
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MAY |
Junior group tuition |
Every Weds 4:30pm |
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Sun 9th 14:26 – 14:58 |
6 hole on course assessment |
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Sun 23rd 14;26 – 14:58 |
6 hole on course assessment |
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JUNE |
Junior group tuition |
Every Weds 4:30pm |
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Sun 13th 14:26 – 14:58 |
6 hole Competition/ stroke play |
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Sun 27th 14:26 – 14:58 |
6 hole Competition/ stroke play |
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JULY |
Junior group tuition |
Every Weds in July |
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Sun 18th 14;26 – 14:58 |
9 hole Competition/ stroke play |
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AUGUST |
Junior group tuition |
2 Weds in August |
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Sun 15th 14:58-15:22 |
9 hole Competition/ stableford |
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SEPTEMBER |
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Sun 5th 14:26 |
9 hole Competition/ stableford |
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Sun 19th 14:26-14:58 |
9 hole Competition/ stableford |
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OCTOBER |
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Sun 10th 14:28-14:58 |
9 hole Competition/ match play |
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