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2008
County Champion, Hannah Turland (right) with 2nd flight winner, Sarah
Carvell.
2007
County Champion,
Portia Abbott from Kingsdown
with her family supporters.
Hannah
Turland (leftt) the
new England Under 13 Champion
with England Under 15 Champion, Heidi Baek from Suffolk.
County President, Gillian Wood and County supporters at Llanwern
Emma Breen & Sarah Waugh discuss their next shot
The
skies darken as Ogbourne
junior Sophie Newman
approaches the green.
Bunkered!
It's Jo Shorrocks
in action at Llanwern.
Our
new County Captain,
Bev Dolman (right)
welcomes her new Vice Captain,
Karen Gosling.
The 2008 County Yearbook and entry forms for 2008 County and EWGA South West Regional events are now available to download:
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Cornwall’s Micah Carroll set a new course record 72 on her way to winning the EWGA South West Girls’ Championship at North Wilts Golf Club on 13th July. West Wilts' Sarah Gee won the Buchanan Trophy and Wiltshire won the County Shield in the 18 hole stableford for higher handicap girls. Full story & results
JUNE
2008
Tidworth's
Hannah Turland has been selected to represent England in the R & A
Junior Open at Hesketh Golf Club from July 14-16. She will join an international
field of leading U16 golfers in the event, which is run by the R&A
and closely linked to the Open Championship. The
Junior Open takes place every two years and after the tournament the competitors
will have the opportunity to attend The Open at Royal Birkdale.
JUNE
2008
County Vice
Capt, Karen Gosling won both the Scratch & Handicap cups in the County
Spring Meeting after shooting a gross 79 (nett 73). Winner of both trophies
in the bronze was Carolyn Phillipo with a 92 (nett 70). FULL
RESULTS
Two of Wiltshire's youngest golfing stars - Hannah Turland and Kyra Horlock - are among 4 girls from the South West who have won through to the Regional Final of the Faldo series at Trentham on 29 August. After rounds at Saunton & Royal Porthcawl, Hannah qualified in 2nd place while Kyra beat a 2 handicapper in a play-off for the final place.
WILTSHIRE
had two great wins against Goucester (5 1/2 to 3 1/2) and Devon (5-4)
on their way to finishinG fifth in this years' County Week. Winners were
Dorset who will now represent the South West in the Inter County Championships.
The Wiltshire
squad
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Jayne Long)
MAY
2008
Hannah Turland added another Wiltshire title to her belt when she beat
fellow Tidworth member, Di Gritt, in the final of the Chartex sponsored
Scratch Knock-out. Kingsdown's Ros Tomlinson won the handicap event.
FULL STORY & RESULTS
APRIL
2008
Hannah Turland, 13, is Wiltshire's youngest ever County Champion after
beating Jo Shorrocks at Hamptworth on 20th April. The tremendous birdie-filled
final went to the 37th hole! Sarah Carvell won the second flight, beating
fellow Broome Manor finalist, Sophie Newman. RESULTS
MARCH
2008
June Poffley, North Wilts’ Junior Organiser, has received a national
award in England Golf’s inaugural Volunteer of the Year awards. One
of only five recipients, June received her award for club development,
in recognition of many years hard work.
Full story - www.wiltshiregolfpartnership.com
FEBRUARY
2008
Tidworth's
Hannah Turland, 13, has been selected to represent England in the Scottish
Under 16 Open Strokeplay Championship at Craigielaw CG in Scotland on
10 & 11 Apil. Hannah will be a member of the 3-strong team competing
for the Nations Cup.
FEBRUARY
2008
New
Coaching dates have been organised with County Coach, Claire Waite. Coaching
is open to any lady member of a Wiltshire Club. Places are filling fast
so if you would like to book, download details here.
DETAILS (WORD FILE)
OCTOBER
2007
Wiltshire
Girls ended the playing season with a 'Wear It Pink' adult and junior
bowmaker, at Marlborough GC during October Half Term. With pink prizes
for all, the overall winners were Ogbourne's Sarah Carvell, Charlotte
Lucas from Hamptworth and Kingsdown's Anya Thethy.
Past
County President & Captain presented the awarde for the Most Improved
Girl of 2007 to Kyra Horlock from Hamptwrth. Runner-up was Sam Masters
from Broome Manor.
SEPTEMBER
2007
Do
you want County Coaching? The summer sessions with county coach, Claire
Waite were so popular that new dates have been arranged for October &
November.
SEPTEMBER
2007
Tidworth
have won the Scratch Knockout for the third year running after beating
North Wilts in the final at Marlborough GC. FULL
RESULTS & PHOTOS
SEPTEMBER
2007
Upavon's
Bridget Cartwright & Lynn Chivers completed a foursomes double by
winning the County Autumn Foursomes at Upavon and beating North Wilts
duo, Joan Toogood and Irene Tomkinson at Marlborough to win the County
Foursomes Knockout. AUTUMN
4SOMES....KNOCKOUT
AUGUST
2007
Marlborough's
Emma Breen has retained the Wiltshire Girls Championship played at Kingsdown
GC on 28th August. Emma had two birdies in her last three holes to finish
on three over par 76, just one stroke ahead of Hamptworth's Kyra Horlock
and English Under 13 Champion, Hannah Turland. Kyra beat Hannah on the
back nine to take the Under 13 Wiltshire title. Kingsdown's Ellen Farrow
took the Under 15 title with a gross 82.
Wiltshire Girls had great wins against both Glamorgan and Monmouth in the Inter County Girls Championships played at Forest Hills on 21st & 22nd August. They only lost to overall winners, Gloucester. The Wiltshire team was Emma Breen, Sophie Newman, Sarah Carvell, Emma May, Kyra Horlock & Lorna White.
LATEST
NEWS: 9th
Aug 2007
Kingsdown's
Portia Abbott beat Tidworth's Hannah Turland 4 &
2 in the final of the County Championships at
West Wilts.
PICS & MATCHPLAY
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8th
Aug 2007
Hannah
Turland, Becky Lockley, Portia Abbott and Sophie Newman reach semi-finals
of County
Championships. MATCHPLAY
RESULTS
7th
Aug 2007
Nikki Edwards leads qualifiers with gross 72-78 on first day of County
Championships at West Wilts GC.
MATCHPLAY
DRAW & TIMES
NEW
Knockout competitions
Two new county events have been launched - a singles scratch
knock-out and a handicap knock-out. Sponsored by Chartex
Ltd, they will run from September 07 to May 08. DOWNLOAD
ENTRY FORM
The county has arranged five grouo coaching sessions in August and Septeber with County Firls Team coach, Claire Waite. These cost £10 each and are open to any member of the county. DOWNLOAD DETAILS & FORM
Tidworth's Hannah Turland is the new England Under 13 Champion. She won the title at Brickendon Grange in Herts on 2nd August, when she came from 2 strokes behind to birdie 4 of the last 5 holes and take the title by three shots. FULL STORY
JULY
2007
Jo
Shorrocks from Hamptworth is the 2007 South West Champion! Jo beat
Gloucester's Sian James on the 18th hole at Burnham & Berrow on 19th
July to take the trophy. The first Wiltshire winner in memory!
On
her way to the final, Jo had knocked out England player, Jo Hodge, Devon's
Julia Norman as well as Wiltshire's own Claire Hobbs.
FULL RESULTS
JULY
2007
Kyra
Horlock from Hamptworth is off to the USA to represent England in the
US Kids World Championships. Kyra won her age group event in the
Wee Wonders finals at St Andrews last year and was featured on TV when
she outputted Tiger Woods in a Texas Scramble at Wentworth!
JUNE
2007
In
a tightly fought match against Hampshire Girls on a rainswept High Post,
Wiltshire just lost although there were good wins for Emma Breen (Marlborough),
Emma May (Kingsdown) and Catherine Ludlam (High Post), playing in her
first County match.
JUNE
2007
13-year old
Hannah Turland from Tidworth Garrison has been selected as a reserve for
the England Team to play in the European Young Masters at Golf de Bondues,
France, from July 26-28.
JUNE
2007
Despite good
wins by Hamptworth 11-year olds, Kyra Horlock and rookie, Charlotte Lucas,
Wiltshire lost their first girls match of the season against Somerset
at Saltford 4-2.
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JUNE
2007
Wiltshire
2nd team got off to a good start to the season winning their first match
away against Monmouthshire. The team had three rookies including Kingsdown
junior, Ellena Farrow who pulled off a resounding 7/6 win. A strong performance
in the singles by Gloucester meant they lost their second match.
FULL STORY
MAY
2007
Although ending up with the wooden spoon at County Week, the Wilts team
scored some great wins. 12-year old Hannah Turland beat ex-Curtis Cup
star Vicki Thomas and Ogbourne junior Sophie Newman came up trumps against
Gloucester no. l player Jo Hodge. FULL
STORY
MAY
2007
CLAIRE
HOBBS from Cumberwell Park shot a gross 82 to win the Scratch Cup in the
County Spring Meeting held at Chippenham on 8th May. Chippenham players
dominated the other prizes with Jacqui Stephens winning the Handicap Cup
(net 71), Jean Myles winning the bronze scratch award (gross 96) and Jane
Sharpe the bronze handicap cup (net 73). FULL
RESULTS
APRIL
2007
Wiltshire
drew 4-4 in their foursomes match against Dorset at North Wilts on 12
April. But Dorset had past Wiltshire Captain, Sue Dix to thank for the
final point of the match. Sue stood in at the last moment when Dorset
went a player down!
FULL RESULTS
APRIL
2007
Kyra
Horlock from Hamptworth, Katie Warren from Wrag Barn and Alex Feltham
from Kingsdown were all winners in the County Girls stableford competition
held at Wrag Barn on 10th April. Kyra won the Silver division prize with
35 points, Katie took Bronze honours with 39 points and Alex won the 9
hole event for girls without handicaps.
APRIL
2007
Wilthire have made a winning start to the season beating the High Post
men 10-5 in their first match of the season at High Post on Saturday 7th
April. The team, captained by a delighted Bev Dolman (left) won the foursomes
4-1 and the singles 6-4. Full
Details &
RESULTS
FEBRUARY
2007
Golf
professional, Claire Waite, the former English & British Amateur Champion
and Curtis Cup player whose golfing home as an amateur was Ogbourne Downs,
has been appointed Wiltshire's 1st team squad coach for 2007. FULL
STORY
Yasmin Broocks from Wrag Barn Golf Club and Jessica Isles from North Wilts GC were the winners of the first County Girls event of 2007 - a Texas Scramble held at High Post GC on 4 January. Full story
JANUARY
2007 (Updated)
A
Partnership between the ladies (WLCGA), men(WCGU) and Wiltshire PGA has
been formed to help develop golf in Wiltshire. Club forums will be held
around the county in February. Full
Details
New website at: www.wiltshiregolfpartnership.com
NOVEMBER
2006
Wiltshire
has been chosen as one of three counties to pilot a new England/County
golf coaching programme for girls in 2006 /2007. The joint venture means
an investment of some £5000 in girls in the county that show the
potential to be top county and national golfers of the future.
Thirteen girls from across the county have been selected for the new England County Birdies squad, for girls aged around 10 to 13, and for the more advanced 'Eagles' squad for older girls up to around 18. Full Details
Hannah Turland from Tidworth Golf Club has been selected for the 2006/2007 England Futures Select South West squad. Full report
Bev Dolman from Ogbourne Downs (pictured left) took over from Sue Dix as Wiltshire's County Captain at the AGM on 3rd November. New County Vice Captain is Karen Gosling from Marlborough GC. Who's who for 2007.
Marlborough's Emma Breen has won the Most Improved Girl Golfer of 2006 award. Emma, who ha reduced her handicap to 6, won the Wiltshire Girls County Championship and was Wiltshire's top qualifier in the English Girls. Emma is also the new Wiltshire Girls Captain for 2007.