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We were delighted to be able to host our Junior Girls’ Championship at Henley Golf Club and extremely grateful to Henley for accommodating the change in date and allowing our 14 girls to play their challenging course.   The afternoon began in glorious sunshine, but it was not long before heavy showers cooled everyone down – despite the change in temperature the girls remained cheery throughout! Our 2021 Girls’ Champion is Grace Boag-Matthews ...

Our annual, invitational match against the Oxfordshire Boys is always an enjoyable encounter and this year was no exception. As ever, the match was keenly fought by both sides and 2 - 2 was a fair & amicable result. Some wonderful golf shots were played by all players which is very promising for the year ahead!  Many thanks to Kirtlington Golf Club for being our hosts.

Congratulations to Ava Fegan-Smith who this week won the Junior British Masters Under 12  9 hole competition on the Robert Rock Tour. The event was was held at The Belfry and Ava played the Brabazon Course from the red tees. The course has lots of water and bunkers to negotiate but clearly these were not a problem for Ava! It was very close for all 9 holes but Ava won on the 9th - a par 4 hole of 348 yards where she sunk a 7 foot putt for a 5 nett eagle! Ava is currently top of the Order...

Oxfordshire hosted this prestigious event at Badgemore Park Golf Club. After heavy snow on Monday we were very lucky that Wednesday dawned bright and dry albeit with a biting wind. Despite 3 months of lockdown we were able to to field 27 players between the medal and stableford competitions with handicaps ranging from +2 - 29. It proved to be a very successful day for Buckinghamshire :BB&O Champion - Olivia Lee from Gerrards Cross Golf Club with a gross score of 71.  BB&O Nett Wi...

Our Junior Captain, Ellie Phillips, scored a majestic 42 pts to win the Summer Meeting Trophy @ Drayton Park GC. It was a tough day for the players as the wind was very strong, but Ellie must have been watching the Women's Open @ Royal Troon to see how to cope with such conditions. Ruby Colleton finished in second place on 35 pts and Megan Bishop beat Beth Ball & Gracie Gillespie on countback to take third with 31pts.Well done to everyone who played.

Despite the baking heat, our junior girls posted some amazing scores in the County Junior Girls' Championships held at Badgemore Park GC. Our 2020 Girls' Champion is Tia Johnstone from Frilford Heath scoring a gross 78 with Freya Coughlan, also from Frilford, coming second with a gross 82. Gracie Gillespie from Studley Wood became our Nett Champion following a blistering round of gross 83, nett 60, and Cotswold Club's Sophia Sollis finished second with a gross 85, nett 68.In the stableford co...

Well done to our Junior Captain, Ellie Phillips, and her team of Holly Gibbs and Ellie Mitchell. They won today's Rumble event @ Kirtlington GC with a score of 77 pts.Next came Freya Coughlan's team with 71pts. Tia Johnstone's & Grace Boag-Matthews' teams both scored 70pts.

Regretfully, the MS Junior Championships 2020 have been cancelled as they clashed with England Golf's rescheduled Girls' U18 Amateur Open Stroke-play event which will now be held on the 25th -27th August @ Sandy Lodge GC, Northwood. Entry forms can be found on their website from the 1st May.  

Another successful Sunday for Oxfordshire. Following their 6-0 win over the Oxon Boys Junior League on the 8th March, our county girls won the BB&O Team Stableford Trophy at Oakland Park GC on the 15th. They scored an amazing 201pts with Ellie Mitchell finishing second and Allie Holtom third in the individual event.

Ruby Colleton from Witney Lakes scored 39 points to win the 18-hole stableford in the Nicola Sparks Memorial Competitions which are held annually at Burford GC. Megan Bishop from The Wychwood was second and Freya Coughlan from Frilford Heath finished 3rd, both on 36 points. In the Short Course competition, Louise Hodgkinson from Frilford Heath picked up the trophy with Kirsty Soffe from Burford in second place.