Wellow Junior Section – July 2017

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Wellow Junior Section JULY 2017

Monthly Report

 

GRASSROOTS COMPETITION

Our Grass Roots competition took place on Monday 19th June. It was won by Flynn Stevens and Feddie Leigh. Our thanks go out to Malcolm Calvert for donating the prizes

RESULTS

The June Junior Medal was won by Lewis Sutton with a nett score of 65.

Our 2nd round match in the Poppy Golf competition against Stoneham ,  took place on Sunday 11th June. Stoneham won the match by 6 holes. We were beaten by a very experienced team and we wish them well in the next round.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

The standard of play was high, despite the added pressure of yearlong bragging rights within the club. The juniors especially showed their spirit for the competition. Junior captain Lewis Sutton and last year’s Captain Zak Leigh both played well and will have their handicaps reduced as a result, with Zak shooting a very impressive 77, seven under his handicap on Saturday.

Zak went on to Win the Junior’s Top Prize , Congratulations

RICK ZHOU SHINES IN THE MENS CHAMPIONSHIP

The eventual winner of the Men’s Trophy was Billy Ray. Billy, who holds a handicap of 1, finished on top with a total gross score of 143, ONLY four strokes ahead of future Wellow Star, junior, Rick Zhou (4 handicap).

The two were paired together on both days and with multiple birdie exchanges and mixed fortunes for each player around the greens, resulted in an exciting and well contested finish to the championship. Rick continues to show his talents and after the weekends play and firmly established himself as certain future favorite for the competition.

 

MONDAY ROLL-UPS

A programme is being put together to hold competitions for the junior players over the School summer holidays. A roll up system will take place on Monday afternoons when competitions will be held for the CONGU handicap players and the Academy players. This will keep the junior section active in the holiday season and help with them achieving handicaps.

 

DANNY and the JUNIORS

The Junior Training programme has been progressing well under the leadership of Danny Harris. The new juniors are now actively pursuing getting handicaps , which will allow them to play in our competitions and the HJL and Academy league fixtures during the Summer Holidays.

 

ONWARDS and UPWARDS

Some of the new juniors have been very active playing rounds of golf to achieve handicaps, They are George Ludlam, Jack and George Miles. George Tanner and Flynn Stevens. This will help us fill the squads for the forthcoming HJL and Academy fixtures.

 

NEXT FIXTURE in HJL:

SUNDAY 23rd JULY 2017 @ Wellow Golf CLub

Regards

David Board                  12th July  2017.

Junior Organiser

 

2017 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

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2017 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

 

26TH ANNUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

This past weekend saw the 26th annual Club Championship played at Wellow Golf Club, Romsey.

The hot weather during the week helped to firm up the course and quickened the green’s speed just in time for the clubs’ most sought after Prize.

The 36 hole competition, played over the Saturday and Sunday was contested on a calm and pleasant Saturday morning, with the wind picking up on the Sunday, this only added another aspect to an already tight and challenging course.

JUNIORS

 

The standard of play was high, despite the added pressure of yearlong bragging rights within the club. The juniors especially showed their spirit for the competition. Junior captain Lewis Sutton and last year’s Captain Zak Leigh both

 

played well and will have their handicaps reduced as a result, with Zak shooting a very impressive 77, seven under his handicap on Saturday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEN’S SECTIONS

The eventual winner was Billy Ray. Billy, who holds a handicap of 1, finished on top with a total gross score of 143, four strokes ahead of future Wellow Star, junior, Rick Zhou (4 handicap). The two were paired together on both days and with multiple birdie exchanges and mixed fortunes for each player around the greens, resulted in an exciting and well contested finish to the championship.

LADIES SECTION

Wellow’s growing Ladies section were also out in force competing for their Club Championship and the Embley Cup. Sue Lanham won the main event with a gross score of 172, which now means she has won the past 4 years in a row. Laurie Wallace picked up the Embley cup with an impressive Nett 69 on Sunday.

SPECIAL THANKS

Special thanks to Club President Ken Parker who acted as 1st Tee starter on both days, Club Captains Gillian Whalvin and Kevin Porter and their committees for helping to put on another great Championship weekend of golf at Wellow.

HOLE- IN -ONE

Lastly, the day will not be forgotten by Mr. John Dowling as he achieved his first Hole-in-One on Ryedown #9.

Results:

Congratulations to John and all the prize winners.

Wellow Junior Section – June 2017

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Wellow Junior Section May 2017 Monthly Report

The May Junior Medal was won by Lewis Sutton with a nett score of 67.

Captain’s Day- Junior Winning- George Ludlam 49 points

Our 1st round match in the Poppy Golf competition against Bramshaw ,  took place on Sunday 28th May. Wellow won the match by 4 holes. Our next opponents are Stoneham away.

Our 2nd round match of the Greenjackets competition took place at Wellow, when we were narrowly beaten by Barton on Sea with  just 2 points separating the teams playing a Stableford format.

The Spring/ Summer Training programme for the Juniors has been progressing well under the leadership of Danny Harris. We have attracted 3 new juniors which hopefully will continue to stay with us and develop into active players with handicaps. They are now actively pursuing getting handicaps , which will allow them to play in our competitions.

Our Grass Roots competition is scheduled for Monday 19th June in the evening. Notices have been posted in the clubhouse to attract volunteers to play.

JUNIOR FUN EVENING

As part of the Junior Sections objective to find new players, a fun evening was arranged and took place on 30th May. In the afternoon a medal competition was held for those with Congu handicaps and a 9 hole stableford competition was played by the younger juniors from the new blue tee boxes. This was followed up with a social evening for juniors, parents and friends when teams made up of parents and juniors, undertook 6 different disciplines including crazy golf, putting, boules, chipping, bunker play and a quiz. A total of 26 people attended the fun night which finished with a supper and drinks. A lot of thanks goes out to Jan Board, Gill Lobb, Jane Leigh , Dave Board and Billy Ray, who organized the evening. Hopefully we will attract new juniors when the word gets around about the fun and events which took place that evening. Lastly a warm welcome to our three new young members Elliot Herd, Harrison Young and George Tanner       

 

David Board                  1st June  2017.

LADIES SECTION – 2017 RALLY

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WELLOW GOLF CLUB 2017 SPRING RALLY

The ladies season is off and running. On May 10th 2017, The section hosted the Ladies Spring Rally.

The day saw over 120 ladies making up 17 teams, arrived from all over Hampshire on a beautiful sunny day, a vast contrast to last year’s very wet and windy start to their day.

So with spirits high and the sun shining, a shotgun start was scheduled for 9am, with the Wellow Lady members making sure all the teams found their correct starting points.

 

The day was a great success.  The combination of a lovely presented course, pleasant weather and good food, meant that the reviews from the visiting ladies were very positive.

The club also managed to raise £365 for the Captains Charity , Meningitis Now .

 Spring Rally Results

FIRST PLACE :  Gosport and Stokes Bay   175 points

SECOND PLACE :  Bramshott Hill   164 points

THIRD PLACE : Barton-on-Sea Golf Club  159 points (on countback)

FOURTH PLACE :  Hamptworth Golf Club   159 points

 

 

NEAREST THE PIN : A9- 5ft 11in   Sue Jacobs   Hamptworth

NEAREST THE PIN : B8- 5ft 2in   Karin Williams    Barton-on-Sea

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

OTHER RESULTS

The closed meeting was won by Sue Lanham and the County Centenary Foursomes was won by Sue Wren and Marilyn Daish. The pair now go on to play at Hockley Golf club in October.

Reminder

COFFEE MORNING – SEPTEMBER 6th 2017

This event is always one of the most popular dates in our calendar. Visitors from all over sign up for our coffee mornings each year.

There are a few spaces available still, but must act quick to secure you place.  The day will see plenty of stalls set up, together with the ever popular cake stand.

If you need more information, then send us an email at info@wellowgolfclub.co.uk

So what are you waiting for?  Come and join us here at Wellow Golf Club.

 

Note to current members.

Look out for Danny’s New Clinic Dates in the Changing room and the notice boards.

Also see the boards for all the forthcoming events i.e friendlies/mixed matches and other competitions

 

Wellow Juniors- January 2017 Monthly Report

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Wellow Junior Section  

2017 Season Preview 

 

The New  HAMPSHIRE JUNIOR LEAGUE (HJL)

South West Hants Junior League (SWHJL)has now been replaced with a new league called the Hampshire Junior League, which will be known as HJL.

This is supplemented with a Junior Academy league which caters for new juniors taking up golf and will  be for handicaps 36 to 54. A special short course will be used covering 9 holes totaling approx. 2000 yards.

A total of 5 teams will compete this year, namely Barton, Stoneham, Bramshaw, Romsey and Wellow.

The first fixture was held  on 22nd April. Wellow came second in the HJL and fourth in the Academy League. This was a great result and it appeared everyone enjoyed the new competition. The next scheduled fixture on 6th May at Stoneham will have to be rearranged.

Upcoming

We are scheduled to play Barton in the next round of the Green Jackets competition on Sunday 21st May at Wellow.

We have been drawn to play Bramshaw in the 1st round of the Poppy Golf competition again at home.

Danny’s Clinics

Danny Harris has put together a Spring/ Summer Training programme for the Juniors. We are placing a lot of importance on this programme and other activities to try and recruit more juniors to the section.

Lastly…..

The Easter Raffle took place under the guidance of Gill Lobb and Jane Leigh. A princely sum of 133 pounds was raised mainly through the generosity of our membership.

 

 

David Board                  1st May  2017.

Junior Organiser

 

 

 

LADIES SECTION – UPDATE

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BOOK SALE AND COFFEE MORNING

BOOK SALE

The annual book and jigsaw puzzle sale is going well and all funds are in aid of the Lady Captain’s Charity. Grab some books while you still can at only 50p each. Also a few jigsaws are still available .

COFFEE MORNING – SEPTEMBER 6th 2017

This event is always one of the most popular dates in our calendar. Visitors from all over sign up for our coffee mornings each year.

There are a few spaces available still, but must act quick to secure you place.  The day will see plenty of stalls set up, together with the ever popular cake stand.

If you need more information, then send us an email at info@wellowgolfclub.co.uk

So what are you waiting for?  Come and join us here at Wellow Golf Club.

 

Note to current members.

Look out for Danny’s New Clinic Dates in the Changing room and the notice boards.

Also see the boards for all the forthcoming events i.e friendlies/mixed matches and other competitions

 

Wellow Juniors through to second round !

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Wellow Junior Section

Welcome to March 2017.
Sunday March 12th saw Wellow Juniors beat Blackmoor juniors to get through the 1st round of the Greenjackets competition. The team of Rick Zhou, Zak Leigh & Michael Hillman got 83 stableford points to Blackmoors 70 points. I must mention Rick’s amazing round of a gross 68 (he was playing off of 4). Congratulations to the all the team.

Gill Lobb (acting Junior organiser)