 Epsom Golf Club - Junior Page 2008 Epsom Win the 2008 Kingston League and the Keppler League. Click for Results tables Epsom then move forward to win the League Cup as well  Having won those Leagues, we qualified to play in 'The Surrey Captains Junior League Cup' played at Burhill on Monday 27th October 6 teams take part (the winners of the 6 leagues played for in Surrey). Winning Epsom Team; Elliott Wood, Nathan Dillon, James Pickard, Jack Avery, Sam Eccles and Nilesh Patel Well played? Surrey News Page Adult Junior Foursomes - 25th October  14 pairings took part in this annual competition which is an initiative of the Golf Foundation. The Golf Foundation provide the prizes. Winners (pictured above with the Captain); John Radley and Roger Wildig – 39 points. They were the only pairing to get a 2 also. Second place;Tom Fishlock and Gerry Wadwa (35 points) Third place; George Irwin and Michael Grace (34 points). Epsom Golf Club also won the Surrey 2008 Rookie League Final at North Downs!  Holly Stacey, Elliott Wood, Jamie Debrou (captain) and George Irwin 18 Clubs from across the County took part in the competition during the course of the year with Clubs split into three zones. The winners of each zone and the best 2nd place went forward to semi-finals that were played at North Downs on 12th October. Bletchingley beat Bramley and Epsom beat Surrey National in order to make it through to the Final . Epsom narrowly beat Bletchingley in an exciting final on 19th October to become the 2008 U14 Rookie League Champions - George Irwin holing a nerve racking putt on the last green to secure the win. Click for the Surrey News Page 2008 Match Summary Click for latest results
Kimberly breaks her own Course record! Kimberley’s gross 75 on the 15th June had earned her the new ladies course record. Then on 10th August she broke that by one with a gross score of 74. Her recent successes over the summer holidays – winning the Daily Telegraph Qualifier at West Hill and Bletchingley, joint 3rd gross (8th on c/b) and 2nd nett at the SE Girls Championship at Copthorne and playing well below her handicap in a Open at Woodcote has seen Kimberley’s handicap fall from 11 to 7 in just 3 months.
Read the full story on the Surrey Girls website Junior Open - 4th August 9 teams (3 in each) took part (inc 2 Epsom teams). They played a medal round in the morning where all 3 scores counted and were playing for the Franklin Trophy. The afternoon round was an individual stableford. The weather was kind, it was enjoyed by all and click for the result sheet which you will see shows our own Epsom B team winning the Franklin Trophy; Nilesh Patel winning the lowest gross score in the morning; Nathan Dillon winning nearest the pin, Tom Fishlock winning longest drive and Elliott Wood taking 3rd prize in the afternoon. The Vice Captain and Lady Captain presented the prizes and David Franklin was there to present the trophy and team prizes. Photos available soon. Claire's trip to the US Claire Olney has returned from America and was successful. She was 5th (out of 43) in the Calloway World Championship played in San Diego and picked up a lovely trophy which was a first for an English girl. She played 18 holes over 3 days scoring 64, 63 and 60 (course par was 58). Then it was off to North Carolina to play in the World (US) Kids Championship where she finished a very respectable 17th out of 63 (Web ). There she played 9 holes over 3 days scoring 40, 44 and 39 (course par was 36). She also picked up a silver plate on one of the days for her score being the 8th best score. Her dad has taken photos and will be forwarding these to David (once their luggage and golf clubs which did not return with them!!) have been sent on to them! Phew!!!
Junior Club Championship Kimberley Munro (77) won the scratch trophy and Anthony Edwards (65) won the handicap trophy. See the News Page for photos. 18 Juniors took part.
A New Course Record for Kimberly! Winner of Golden Jubilee Cup played on 15th June was Kimberley Munro with a gross 75. This is a new course record for the ladies. Well Played indeed.
John Makes Progress in Surrey Congratulations to John Radley who got through to the 5th round of the Surrey Boys’ Knock-out competition. Rumour had it that he was the one to beat. Well done, John. (He is the one on the left in the Pro-Am photo.) Fairways Trophy sees a Reversal in Fortune Drawn against last year’s winners, Woodcote Park, Epsom lost 4-2 there and needed a substantial win at home to secure a place in the next round. The team of Kimberley Munro, Nathan Dillon, James Pickard, Tom Fishlock, John Radley and Steven George triumphed with a 5 ½ to ½ win, most matches being decided by a small margin, a win nevertheless, by 7 ½ to 4 ½ overall. Junior Captain and Vice-Captain show the way
In the Surrey Schools Golf Association at the end of March, at Chipstead GC, Kimberley Munro, Epsom’s Junior Captain, shot 76 (7 over par) to win the girls’ gross competition by 5 shots. As it was a non-qualifying event it did not count for handicap purposes. She then played at West Surrey GC in their Mixed Junior Open, shooting a 79, again 7 over par, and winning the Girls’ Daily Telegraph Qualifier. In the handicap competition she equalled the score of the runner-up but after count-back was ‘relegated’ to third place. (This time she did get cut and now plays off 10.8) Kimberley was then joined by her Vice-Captain, James Pickard, for the Walton Heath foursomes, an invitation event, where they came 4th overall. In their afternoon round, however, where they carded 39 points, they came 2nd and as the ones in first place were the overall winners, they were awarded the afternoon prize. Clem gets Another First for Epsom Juniors  He is Clem Simpson, whose licence is shown above. The course, by all accounts was a very arduous one that attracted a number of Assistant Professionals from some of the larger clubs, Clem being one of the fewer amateurs sharing the course. He is to be warmly congratulated. His success, it is hoped, will inspire more adults to offer themselves for the course, and enable a comprehensive package of coaching to be offered to Epsom’s Junior Members. Georgia Starts the Year with Determination  Congratulations to Georgia Rudd who just before Easter in a girls' competition at Droitwich, for those without handicaps, came an outstanding 3rd out of 24 competitors. She hopes to use this as a springboard to gain an official handicap. Very well done, George, we're very proud of your efforts. Epsom team in the Christies Cup The first round of the Christies Cup was played at the end of December 2007 in cold and blustery conditions. This competition is for teams of three, each playing singles with an opponent, and going out in handicap order, with the best two stableford scores aggregated. If these scores are level the third player’s score is taken into account. The first round resulted in a win for Epsom who then travelled to Addington Palace, again on a cold and windy day. The team of Nathan Dillon, Tom Fishlock (deputising for Nilesh Patel who had gone to Canada to ski) and Jamie Debrou put in an outstanding performance and won by 3 points. At Shirley Park, in the next round, they were able to maintain their winning form scoring 68 points against Shirley Park's 65. The following round was played at Camberley Heath where Nilesh (with 39 points), Nathan (35) and Jamie (33), all good enough to secure a win in normal circumstances, were beaten by the home team who carded 45, 35 and 34 points respectively. So they were beaten but not bowed and can be proud of their efforts. Well done to them. Kingston League Click for Latest Score matrix Epsom began their campaign with a first round walk-over against Leatherhead (who were unable to field a team!). We then had a walkover against Strawberry Hill, we won at home against Burhill 3 ½ - 2 ½ and we lost 4 – 2 to Banstead. Then Epsom won 6 – 0 against Wimbledon Park at home on Saturday 21st June. Epsom continued their success, beating Cuddington at home on Saturday 5th July 3 ½ to 2 ½ and Coombe Wood (away) 4 – 2. Keep up the good work! Keppler League Epsom beat Woodcote Park 4 – 2 & Banstead Downs (home) 3 ½ - 2 ½ In July Under 14s Rookie League The first match was played against Royal Mid Surrey at home, the format being teams of 4 playing 4-ball better ball. The scoring is one point for a win and ½ for a drawn game. Epsom’s pairings were Holly Stacey with Callum Patterson and George Irwin with Sam Eccles. The former won on the 18th and the latter 3 and 1, so securing the maximum 2 points. The second round, against Banstead Downs, saw Epsom winning 2 – nil with Elliott Wood/Calum Patterson winning 5 and 4 and Holly Stacey/Jack Avery winning 3 and 1. The result of match played against Goal Farm at Goal Farm on 31 May was 1 match lost and 1 match halved. Team was Holly Stacey and Jamie Debrou and Sam Eccles and George Irwin The U14 Rookie league team have continued their success at Betchworth Park on Saturday 21st June by winning 2 – 0. The match against Surbiton that was to have been played on 29th June was a walk over as Surbiton could not field a team. We have now finished our matches and look in a favourable position to win the group. Claire starts year with a bang!  What a start to 2008 for Claire Olney! In a field of 20 boys and girls at Wavendon GC (Milton Keynes) she shot 39 for 9 holes in adverse weather conditions, coming second overall and winning the girls' tournament. In this she beat a 12 year old into second place. But that's not all. No, more importantly, Claire has qualified for the US Kids European Open Championship, a tournament to be played in May at Gullane, Scotland (a new event in its first year). To be eligible past achievements are taken into account, in Claire's case her successes on the British Junior Golf Tour. She was one of 12 juniors whose Tour successes made them eligible. She had to present a resumé of her achievements to the US Kids Tournament Committee for consideration. In her case it was thumbs up and we now wish her every success, not only at Gullane but throughout the year (see abobve). Well done, Claire! Competition Winners 2008 Congratulations to the following:
Open Invitation Days Tyrrells Wood, 25 July, John Radley won best 36 holes nett score with 139 Banstead Downs – 31 July, Nathan Dillon won lowest am gross (76) and was therefore Daily Telegraph qualifier. He also won nearest the pin Junior Competitions And Events 2008 Saturday 1st March – Men and Ladies v Juniors (12.00) Sunday 9th March – Stableford (12.30pm) Sunday 30th March – Stannard Cup (Stableford) (12.30pm) Sunday 6th April – Medal (12.30pm) Sunday 20th April – Stableford (12.30pm) Saturday 3rd May – Kruger Cup – Medal (12.30pm) Sunday 18th May – Stableford (12.30pm) Friday 30th May - Junior Fun “Nite” (6.30pm) Sunday 15th June – Raphael Cup/Golden Jubilee Cup (12.30pm) Sunday 6th July – Thompson Cup (Stableford) (12.30pm) Saturday 19th July – Junior Club Championship (12.30pm) Sunday 10th August – Stableford (12.30pm) Sunday 17th August – Parent & Child Invitation Sunday 13th September – Junior Leverets and Kestral Cup (1.00pm) Saturday 27th September – Medal (12.30pm) Sunday 12th October – Medal (12.30pm) Saturday 18th October – Stableford (12.30pm) Saturday 25th October – Adult/Junior Foursomes (12.00am) Saturday 8th November – Medal (11.00am) Sunday 23rd November – Stableford (11.00am) In addition it is hoped to hold the usual half term competitions (6 holes) for those with Club Handicaps (36-54) and those without handicaps; details to be published nearer the time.
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