Junior Jubilee & Presentation Evening 2018
The weather was wild, wet and windy, but spirits were high for all the competitors in the Junior Jubilee; 3 teams set off for 18 holes of AM/AM competition at Norwood Park and battled the conditions to produce some very creditable scores. While the more experienced players were out on the main course, two groups went out onto the Par 3, with 3 players in the 9 hole competition and our new juniors playing 5 holes from the EZ tees.
The rain and the cold got the better of us and the competition was shortened, but credit goes to the 5 hole team who managed to complete their course! A few girls took the opportunity to play a couple of extra holes – won by Lucy Holbough, but hot chocolate and a warm clubhouse was definitely welcomed by most. The winning team of Charlie Inger, Madeleine Smith, Lexi Williams-Green and Molly Campbell scored a fantastic 42 points, well done to all who played. The 9 hole competition was won by Maddison Clarke and Tamara Kubba won the 5 hole competition. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to Norwood Park Golf Centre for hosting the event and providing tee times.
A very successful Four Counties Championship was held at The Leicestershire on 16th September. Maddie Smith had a nett runner up place with a score of 69 and Team Prize Nett Winners were Ava Waplington Maddie Smith and Jorja Newbold. All 3 girls have worked exceptionally hard this year reducing their handicaps and playing well for the scratch team. The winning team are pictured with Junior Captain, Charlie Inger.
Congratulations to Lizzie Wilson and Madeleine Smith who qualified for the 2018 Grand Final of the Ping 4BBB, played at Gainsborough GC on 4 Sept. They finished in a very creditable 18th position with 42 points. Well done girls!
Golf mad 10-year-old Lizzie Wilson and her dad, Craig, are the new PING Family Fourball Betterball champions. The Nottinghamshire pair teamed up to score 45 points over the Thonock Park course at PING’s Gainsborough Golf Club and took the title by the slender margin of one point. 
Once again the Festival of Golf, held at Trent Lock Golf Club on 20th August, was a great day for all the players, with Nottinghamshire entering a first team, handicap team and 9 hole players in the events during the day. The first team of Charlie, Maddie, Lucy, Eva, and Amelia Wan played hard only narrowly losing the overall match 2:3 against Derbyshire, but showing great determination along with a good team spirit and it was good to see the team supporting their players at the end of their games.
A very hot and humid day was challenging for all the girls at Birstall in the Scratch league matches on July 27th. However the team of Amelia, Charlie, Lucy, Ava and Maddie played with determination and good spirit. In the morning against Staffs. Lucy and Ava had good wins and in the afternoon match against Lincs Amelia and Maddie had very good wins. Unfortunately in both we narrowly lost the match 2 - 3, but the team fought hard all the way and supported each other well.
So far this season we’ve had 3 coaching sessions at Rufford Park GC for the girls- and we’ve had a great turnout each session. The girls have found the sessions very valuable, which has shown in the reduction of so many handicaps! We have 2 more sessions of the season left, which are the 11th August and 15th September.