2010 NEWS

Midlands Schools Championships 31.5.10 - Ingon Manor GC (Warks). Congratulations to Florence King (Forest Hill) on a 3rd place finish with 79,75 and Alice Watson (Park Hill) 80,77 who finished 5th in a field of 17 all of whom had qualified through their County Schools Championships. The top five qualify for the English Schools Final at John o Gaunt GC (Beds) on 21st June. Good luck to both girls in the final.

Kym Larratt, a Leicestershire Junior player as recently as 2005 and member of Kibworth GC, has qualified for the full Ladies European Tour in 2010. She finished 25th  in final qualifying at La Manga, with only the top 30 from a field of 84 gaining their full European tour Card. Kym had already played  in a pre-qualifying competition to reach this far. Kym recently gave a Question and Answer session with the girls county squad and we all send our congratulations and wish her luck for 2010.

Kym claimed 25th place on one-over par.  She was flying high at the halfway stage but slipped back with a third-round 78. However, she recovered admirably in the last round with a two-under 71. She scored 73, 71 in the first two rounds. There was only one other English Amateur who qualified in a very strong field.

Kym was the top qualifier at the English amateur championship at Lindrick and went on to represent England in the Nations Cup in the Irish women’s open strokeplay championship. Her father, Bob, is a European senior tour player.

In Kym's last year as a junior for Leicestershire, she was playing off 4 handicap, which just shows what dedication, hard work, a desire to improve and  a fighting spirit can do !

2009

PRESENTATION EVENING - 1.12.09. PARK HILL GC

Our annual presentation evening at Park Hill was well attended by girls, parents helpers and last but not least our County Executive. It was great to see so many people there supporting the event.

Below are some of the winners, (thanks to Anita Higginson for the photos).

County Colours were awarded to Imogen Huxley, Aleisha Macdonald, Evie Carter, Amy Taylor & Bethany Varnham Fisher. Seen here with County Girls' Captain Zoe North (3rd from right) who was awarded her Captain's badge.

Most improved players from the coaching groups were Imogen Huxley, Evie Carter, Bethany Varnham Fisher and Gee Won Park

Winner of the inaugural County LGU Junior Opens' Order of Merit was Gee won Park, with Kate Frankham runner up.

Girls' Championships trophies were also re-presented to (left to right), Imogen Huxley (U13's), Alice Watson (Champion), Florence King (Runner Up), Laura Taylor (9 Hole) and Gee won Park (Nett Champion)

The winner of the putter for the evenings putting competition was Sophie Jefferson and the winners of the quiz was Evie Carter's team (sorry, I can't remember all the girls in the team).

Below - a good time was had by all !

Thanks for supporting the event to  (left to right above) our Ladies First Team Captain Jo Morris, County president - Sandra Clarke and Ladies Second Team Captain - Ali Marsh. Also to our County Secretary Anita Higginson who is not in the photo as she was taking it !

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Zoe North - County Girls Captain 2010 - Player Profile

Age - 17. Home club - Kilworth Springs.  Handicap 5

How long have you been playing golf?    4 years.

When did you make your County Junior debut? Aged 13 in the county AMAM

How often do you practice? Every day. It's fairly easy for me, because I work at Kilworth Springs, so I am there nearly every day.

Do you enjoy practising?   Yes, especially  in company. My boyfriend( also a county junior player) is a member at Kilworth, so we often practise together.

What are your best moments in golf.?   Being made County Girls Captain, winning the County Junior League as Junior Captain at Kilworth Springs and winning the Ladies Club Championships three times running.

What do you do in your spare time? I like listening to music, my favourite bands are Tav and Cobra Starship.

Favourite food?  Rice & vinegar (yes really!) and chocolate fudge cake.

Favourite holiday destination? Hawaii

Ambition? To become a golf teaching professional.

Interesting fact about yourself?  I used to go to the Royal Ballet School for lessons. I had to make a choice between ballet and golf - golf won.

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Celeste Currie's charity raffle for Myeloma UK raised £320. Tickets were sold by Celeste's family, Kibworth GC and the County Girls organisers at the Flag 50 and Stableford events over the summer. Celeste had two shirts signed by Ladies European Tour players as well as many other prizes.  One of the shirts was won by Zoe North. Below is a copy of the letter Celeste received from Myeloma UK. and also a list of prize winners. Thanks to all those who supported the raffle and well done to Celeste.

Lutterworth's Kate Frankham played 12 hour's golf from 6:30am to 6:30pm at her club and raised over £1000 for Comic Relief.  The event took place on Sunday 15th March and Kate was supported throughout the day by members of Lutterworth GC. In the afternoon Alice Smith of Cosby GC  played with Kate. This was a fantastic achievement for a thirteen year old and she should feel very proud. Very well done Kate.  If anyone would like to make a donation  please contact Kate.

Made it !

Dawn start

Joined by Alice Smith for final round

Our Annual Quiz & Presentation Evening was held at Park Hill GC. on Monday 8th December. There was a good turn out of about 25 girls who battled it out over a variety of quiz rounds. The eventual winners were "W is for Winners" who stole the lead in the final Blockbuster round.

£45 was raised in the raffle for Market Bosworth Riding for the Disabled, thank you to everyone who contributed.

The presentation  included the coaches' choice of Most Improved Player in their group. Richard & Nick presented the prizes. The winners were

County Squad                                      - Alice Watson,  Park Hill GC

Kilworth Springs Development Squad - Amy Taylor, Hinckley GC

Park Hill Development Squad             -  Leah Radford, Melton Mowbray GC

Forest Hill Development Squad          -  Laura Taylor, Willesley Park GC

The W is for Winning  Team

Some of the year's trophy winners