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2012 Fixtures - go
to Competitions
Download entry forms
for all 2012 girls' competitions from the Entry Forms page
2012 Flag 50 &
Stableford Dates -go to Flag 50
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Next
Coaching Date
County Squad
- Tues 26th June 6:30-8:30pm Kilworth Springs
Beginners
Pre Flag 50 coaching dates in May & June
Four
week courses at selected clubs within county. Go to coaching
page on this website for details of how to apply. You do not
have to be a member of a club. Phone Dorothy Jones 01455 554310
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What's New?
County Girls successes at Women's County Championships.
Imogen Huxley
finished 8th in the stroke play and qualified for the match play
where she lost to last year's county captain Jo Morris.
Harriet Hewitt
reached the semi finals of the Russell Trophy. Beth Johnson
won 2nd nett prize and only missed out on the match play stages
on countback. Well done to all the girls who took part.
The Championships was won for the second year in a row by Tracy
Bourne and the winner of the Russell Trophy was last year's
junior captain Florence King.
For full girls'
results go to Competitions.
Beth
Johnson receives her prize from County President Maggie Parker.
Briony Allen (Cosby)
and Ellie York (Forest Hill) receive awards
for "Most Improved
Performer" at the Leicestershire & Rutland Sport Presentation
Evening. This took place at County Hall on 15th May. The awards
were made by the Chair of the County Council and recipients came
from all different sports.
Triangle Shield win for County Girls Team. Well
done to the team of eight who competed at Longcliffe on 5th May
in the team medal competition. There was also individual success
for Hophie Hack (Lutterworth).
For all
individual scores go to Competitions.
Coaching Session County Squad
Our next
session has been arranged for
Tuesday 26th June,
6:30 -8:30pm At Kilworth Springs.
Be prepared to go out on the course. The session has been
arranged for this date because it is just before the Girls
Championships and our next league match. Nearly all exams should
be finished by then, so we should have a full turnout.
Leics Girls 2nd Team gain a win v Notts, but the 1st team lose.
For full
details go to Results
Last ever match v County Boys ends in a win for the boys by 51/2
- 21/2
after some hard fought matches.
It has been agreed
that starting next year, the girls and boys will play an AMAM
competition with two boys and two girls in each team, with a boy
and a girl to count on each hole.
For individual match
scores - go to Results
Club Junior Open's Order of Merit Programme 2012 -
Go to Competitions
County Girls Scratch team lose first match of the season
to a strong
Staffs team, but the the handicap team record a win also against
Staffs. For individual results - Go to Results
For Easter Team selections -
Go to Teams.
Forum well attended.
The annual Girls
Golf Forum at Forest Hill GC on 8th March was attended by nearly
fifty people, and consisted of a mixture of club junior
organisers, ladies sections, volunteers, parents and girls.
Information was given out regarding the competitive and coaching
programme for girls. County Development Officer, Jade Boggust
then gave a talk on recruiting and retaining girls in clubs.
Squad Training Weekend a great success.
Twelve
girls enjoyed a challenging weekend at the National Golf Centre,
on 3rd & 4th March. For more photos and a report - Go to
Coaching.
Four Counties
date for 2012
confirmed as Fri. 10th August at Kettering GC
Club Junior Open's Calendar for 2012
- Go to Competitions
County Squad look forward to coaching weekend at Woodhall Spa.
Twelve
girls, together with county coaches Mike Bent and Richard Hughes
and County Junior Organiser Helen Buckingham are travelling to
the National Golf Centre for a weekend's intensive coaching in
readiness for the new season. Full report and photos on their
return.
2012 Fixture List
- Go to Competitions
2012 Flag 50 dates
- Go to Flag 50
Player Profile
of this year's captain Alice Watson - go to News
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2011
Kym passes on tips.
At the
County Squad coaching session on 6th Dec, Kym Larratt of the
Ladies European Tour, talked about her practice regime and the
girls had their swing compared to Kym's via the computer. Kym is
off to Australia before Christmas. We wish her the best of luck.
Alice Watson was announced as the County Girls Captain for 2012
at the annual Presentation Evening. Alice (Park Hill & Rothley
Park)is a twice winner of the Girls Championships (2009 &10) and
plays at no.1 or 2 in the girls team. She is also a member of
the ladies second team squad. Alice has already announced the
date for her County Captain's Day (14th Aug at Park Hill), so
put the date in your diary.
Harriet Hewitt (Glen
Gorse) will be her vice
captain.
We wish them both a really enjoyable and successful year.
Presentation Evening a great success.
Over 60 girls, parents, volunteers and supporters attended the
evening at Forest Hill Golf Club on 23rd November.
Kym Larratt
(Kibworth GC and
Ladies European Tour player) was the guest of honour and
re-presented the major trophies from the year. Awards were also
made for most improved players to
Kate Frankham
(Lutterworth),
Laura Taylor
(Willesley Park) &
Charlotte
Bowers
(Market Harborough).
Ellie York
(Forest Hill) received her county colours. Kym then held a Q&A
session which lasted over half an hour. There were lots of
questions, especially from our two youngest players Bethany
Swain and Abigail Wilkin.
Emily Jefferson wins Junior Open's Order of Merit
with Fame Grayson
runner up. For full Merit Table go to Competitions
Emily
with LGU President Roger Barker at the Junior Evening
Laura Taylor part of winning team in the County Teams AMAM.
Laura teamed
up with County Ladies Champion Tracy Bourne, Chris Abbott and
Liam Plant to win the annual competition held at Cosby on Oct.
23rd. In the second placed team was Briony Allen and in the
third was Ellie York.
County Girls Team
won their last match of the season
v Warks on 9th October at Beedles Lake GC:
go to Results
New Coaching groups and programmes
:
go to Coaching
A
win in our final league game v Shrops on 25th Sept at Forest
Hill, by 4-2, leaves Leics & Rutland girls in 3rd place
out of 6 counties in the Midlands North 1st Team League.
The 2nd Team finished 2nd out of 5 in their league.
For full
match results and county league tables: go to Results.
Rain fails to dampen Florence's Captain's Day at Rothley Park on
26th Aug.
An
excellent turnout braved constant rain to play in a stableford
tournament in great spirit. The day raised £500 towards the Find
Madeleine Fund. The overall winner was Emily Jefferson (Glen
Gorse). Well done to Florence and her band of helpers and also
to everyone who supported the day. For full results and
photos : go to Competitions
Maryam Kham won 2nd Nett at the Midlands Girls North
Championships at Beeston Firelds.
Maryam was also part of the Nett team including Leah Radford and
Laura Taylor who won 2nd Nett team prize. For all L&R results go
to Competitions
Flag 50 Series Winners were Sophie Jefferson, Beth Swain and
Abigail Wilkin. Stableford Series winner was Alice Watkins
- for all
results & photos go to Flag50
County Girls Team records 5-1 win over Derbyshire
-go to
Results
Four Counties Successes for Leicestershire
Girls. Hinckley GC 17th August. Congratulations
to Briony Allen (Cosby) for becoming Nett Champion with a
nett 65. Leicestershire also won the Scratch Team Prize (
Florence King, Alice Watson & Evie Carter). For all players
scores, photos and additional prize winners go to
Competitions
Generation Pairs Winners 8th August at
Cosby GC (sponsored by The Lodge Residential Home Thurmaston).
Well done to Laura Taylor & Trish Robinson
from Willesley Park. For full results go to Competitions
Leicestershire & Rutland Girls at the English Girls
Championships.
Eight girls took part in Buckinghamshire in the Championships.
Best result was from Imogen Huxley in the Under 15's where
scores of 79,78,74,75, secured 24th place and a prize for 3rd
Best Nett, at Mentmor GC. Really
well done Imogen. Beth Varnham Fisher played well to make the
cut in the Under 18 event at the challenging Ellesborough
course, where Alice Watson missed out on the cut by one shot and
Florence King by three. Evie Carter and Rebecca Hovell
missed out by 6 shots. Harriet Hewitt and Kate Frankham had some
unlucky breaks, but battled well around a tough course. For full
results visit the EWGA website.
Some of the girls at the Championships - not in picture -Rebecca
Hovell, Alice Watson and Imogen Huxley.
First Flag 50 / Stableford at Lingdale GC. 18.7.11.
Wins for Madeleine
Reed, Victoria Cooke, Beth Swain and Abigail Wilkin, for full
results and photo's - go to Flag 50
Team for match v Derbyshire 14th August at Kedleston Park GC -
go to Teams
Evie Carter finished runner up in the Midlands North Ladies
Championships
at Longcliffe GC on
5th July. Four County Girls entered, with three progressing to
the match play stages. In the top tier Evie won her quarter
final and semi final before losing on the 18th in the final to
Staffs County Captain and former professional Julie Brown. Evie
played great golf over the two days. In the second tier match
play Beth Fisher won through to the semi finals and Rebecca
Hovell to the final, where she lost to former Leics Girls
Captain Celeste Currie. Unfortunately the fourth county girl,
Maryam Khan, missed out on the match play stage but will have
benefitted from the experience.
Evie
Rebecca and Beth
County Girls secure win over Lincolnshire Girls 41/2
-11/2.
For full
results go to Results.
Evie Carter (Longcliffe) won the Girls' County Championships
at Whetstone
GC (26.6.11) with a gross 75. Laura Taylor (Willesley Park) won
the Nett Championships with a nett 66. For full results and
more photos, go to Competitions.
Florence King recorded two wins in two matches for the County
Ladies Team at County week.
Well done Florence.
Imogen Huxley has made it three wins in a row at Rutland
County's Ladies Club Championships.
All were achieved by
the age of 14.
Imogen Huxley has qualified for the Abraham Trophy final.
This is held
the day before the English Girls Championships over the
Championship's course at Ellesborough GC in Buckinghamshire.
This is limited to 20 girls from all over the country who have
qualified through their handicap reductions over the previous 12
months. Well done to Imogen and good luck.
Well done to Florence King and Imogen Huxley who both qualified
for their Regional Schools Championships.
Florence
qualified for the Midlands Schools via the Leicestershire
Championships and Imogen for the North via the Lincolnshire
Championships. Good luck to both girls in the next round.
A
good weekend for the county girls squad at the Ladies County
Championships at Scraptoft GC - 6th -8th May.
Nine of the girls
squad took part in the championships, with five qualifying from
the stroke play to the weekend's match play.
Evie Carter- Russell Trophy Runner up, Jo Morris - County
Captain and Florence King - Best Nett
County Girls Captain,
Florence King
shot 77,78 to take
the best nett prize (nett 143) and to qualify in 3rd place on
gross scores for the match play stages, where she was knocked
out in the first round by last year's girls captain Zoe North.
In
the Russell Trophy (second tier match play),
Evie Carter, Imogen
Huxley,
Emily Blount
and Harriet Hewitt all
qualified, with Evie and Imogen making it to the
semi's where they had to play each other. Evie won through to
the final where she lost to Helen Lowe (2 down).
Well
done to all the girls who took part, you were a credit to
yourselves and the
county girls.
Especially
bad luck to Amy Taylor (knee) and Beth Varnham Fisher (nose
bleed) who had to retire hurt. For full results - go to
Competitions page.
A busy period
over the Bank Holiday resulted in a win v the Boys
and a loss to Staffs for the 1st Team and a win for the 2nd
Team. The County Girls Development Squad finished 3rd in the
Triangle Shield.
For full results go
to Results page.
County Girls
lose opening match of the season to strong Notts team -
go to Results.
Squad Coaching
Day at Gainsborough Golf Club.
The girls' squad
travelled to Gainsborough GC for an intensive day's coaching
with England coach Steve Cooper.- Report & photo's at Coaching
page.
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