JUNIORS NEWS
Junior Golf for June 2008
June has been a quiet month for the Junior Section. The Sunday training sessions and Monday evening sessions continued with an increase in numbers attending the Monday evening sessions.
The Junior Team have recovered from a bad start by our standards. We started the season with three away games which we lost. In June we turned it round and were unbeaten in our league games recording two 9-1 victories a 6-4 and 7-3 which was a great achievement by our Junior team. My thanks to all the players. Chris Bravey - Team Manager, and the Junior Captain - Mark Bravey. We are still involved in the Junior Foursomes and are through to the 3rd round. A full report next month on our progress.
Junior Golf for May 2008
May was a good month for our Junior golfers. Ryan Conlon won one competition in his age group and was second in another. Oliver Thompson has won and James Robertson also won the competitions all organised by the Durham Junior Golfing Society and where all best nett winners.
We held our Junior Open on 28th May 2008.
The best gross was M Nelson (75) from Teesside Golf Club.
Best Nett - Alice Jones (73)
Division Winners
0-9 R Mason (Teesside) - 76 nett (BB6)
10-18 O Thompson (Billingham) - 67 nett
19-28 B Hewison (Saltburn) - 62 nett
Best nett overall - K Bacon (Billingham - 61 nett
Well done to all our winners and a special thanks to all who helped on the day:-
Carol Jones - our official scorer, John Dobson - who prepared all the scorecards and helped with the starting, Nigel Jones who started and helped where needed, Margaret & Dave Jeffcock who kept our scoreboard up to date as the players went through, and last but not least I thank Bob our Course Manager for preparing the course which was commented on by our young visiting golfers on how well it played and looked.
Junior Golf for April 2008
April for the Junior Section was a busy month.
Sunday morning, 6th April 2008, was the start of the practice session, and Monday 7th April 2008 was the start of the evening session. April 12th was the Junior Adult Easter Scramble, 64 young and not so old golfers took part in what was an excellent day with some remarkable golf being played.
1st D Jeffcock, C Jones, S Walters and a wild card due to player shortage score 60.4
2nd L Crank, J Pitchford, M Bravey, R Conlon 61.5
3rd I Stewart, J Gill, S Jones, J Dixon 62.2
4th I Rock, S Laverick, J Thompson, E Greenan 63
Could I on behalf of the Junior Committee thank all the Adults and Juniors for making the day a great success. Special thanks to M Wray and N Jones who, in my absence, did a wonderful job over the whole day.
April 16th was the first of the Junior Stableford competitions to be held over the next few months. Because of the course condition the Stableford was played on the winter course.
Division 1 - 1st S Jones - 36 pts - Qualified
Division 2 - 1st J Worton - 42 pts - Qualified, 2nd T Lee - 41 pts - Qualified.
Division 3 - 1st K Wrench - 50 pts - Qualified, 2nd E Green - 47 pts - Qualified.
Girls Division - 1st F Wray - 35 pts - Qualified, 2nd B Collect - 32 pts - Qualified
April 20th - Junior Foursomes - draw for partner's full allowance half the combined handicap
1st O Thompson & A Atkinson - 90-19.7 = 70.3, 2nd J Boyle & L Cooper - 93-21.7 = 71.3,
3rd R Conlon & K Bacon - 98-26.4 = 71.6
April 26th was the Durham County Matchplay Qualifier. 40 Juniors golfers from around the County with all 5 of our Juniors who entered qualified for the next stage to be played at Birtley Golf Club on Saturday 3rd May 2008. Congratulations to D Monk, A Taylor, C Pearson, S Jones and M Bravey who qualified. Good luck in the next round.
The Junior Medal Round 2 was to be held on the same day as the County qualifier but I will arrange another date.
Junior Captain this year is Mark Bravey.
Billingham Golf Club has a popular and thriving Junior Section which is well supported by the Directors and adult Members. One of the reasons for the section being so popular is because of the very reasonable Junior fees - under 12 fees are £60 and 12 & over £135 - there is no joining fee!
During the week we organise 3 hours of supervised practice,with advice being given by experienced adult and junior golfers. Juniors are also given a certain amount of coaching from the Club Professional, Mike Ure - the aim being that all Juniors receive one hour of coaching every 6/8 weeks.
We have 9 girls within our section and would like to encourage more young ladies to join.
If parents have any questions concerning Junior golf, please contact Junior Liaison Officer, John Darbyshire on 01642 675363.
