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The unseasonal tropical heatwave had fortunately departed, but the sun still shone at The Wychwood today for our Autumn 3-Ball Alliance. Twenty teams enjoyed playing on the beautifully presented course which showcased for the first time to many of our players its amended 18th hole. Thank you to everyone who played and gave so generously to the 'Ball Sweep' which raised £104 for Cancer Research which is the Club's chosen Charity. Our grateful thanks are also due to Judy, Dawn and Jane fro...

The Finals Day for the Captain's Trophy Interclub Knockout competition was played at Drayton Park GC on one of the hottest days of this year. The competing teams of Oxford Ladies & Frilford Heath and Studley Wood & Tadmarton Heath took their matches to the final holes in the morning's semi-finals. After some exciting play, the eventual winners were Frilford and Tadmarton.The afternoon session saw more fiercely contested matches with both teams showing signs of feeling the heat whi...

The Midlands' South Championships this year were held at the challenging Cherwell Edge GC in Northants and were open to girls from the 6 counties of the Midlands' South region.Girls either played a 36 hole medal round or 18 hole stableford round and this year Oxfordshire had 3 players in the 36 hole event and 2 players in the 18 hole event.Congratulations go to Ava Fegan-Smith who won the Stableford Competition with a great score of 39 points!Congratulations also to Phoebe Simons who came...

After an exhausting two rounds of golf, the team from Frilford Heath (sitting on the right) emerged victorious as winners of the OLCGA President's Trophy 2023. In the morning semi-final they won a closely fought match against Henley with one game going on to the third extra hole to clinch a place in the final.Tadmarton won against Huntercombe in the second semi-final, but Frilford proved too difficult an opposition to overcome in the afternoon. Well done to all the finalists who played s...

The Bronze team from Tadmarton Heath GC, captained by Judy Hughes, collected the Ann Starkey Trophy today by winning against Oxford Ladies GC in the morning semi-final and 2-1 against Frilford Heath GC in the afternoon final. Frilford had played Bicester GC in the semis and won 2-1. Our host Club was Haddon Hill whose management and members welcomed us warmly. The course was in excellent condition and, whilst it was beautifully manicured, still provided an environment for nature. Many th...

Congratulations to Faith Trinder who won our Summer Meeting which was held at Feldon Valley Golf Club on Monday 24th July.  Following the heavy rain at the weekend which proved challenging for the Professionals I was dubious as I drove up the M40 in the pouring rain. However the rain stopped and the clouds thinned and a wonderful afternoon of golf followed. We had a very small group this year but they more than made up for it with their scores.  It seems that the new irons were ...

Near perfect conditions for golf resulted in some very good scores at Witney Lakes today with 18 teams competing for the County Shield over 27 holes. The eventual winners were Chris Lynch and Denise Santilli (Witney Lakes) who took full advantage of the cooler weather to win on their first entry in a County competition with an impressive 63 points. The course was in beautiful condition and the greens were challenging with a speed of 10.5 on the stimp metre.Well done to everyone who playe...

Day 3 AM - BerkshireThe last day of County Match Week saw Oxfordshire come up against Berkshire in their final match - after two days the counties were very close in points and it was therefore a crucial contest to see who would ultimately fare better in the final table. Once again the foursomes parings of Caroline/Tracy and Kate/Elizabeth led the way - having proved themselves as formidable combinations by winning both matches on Day 2, the two pairings were once again victorious, finishing ...

Day 2 AM - Worcestershire & HerefordshireToday started slightly late with a rain delay following early morning downpours, along with thunder and lightning. Luckily the black clouds passed over quickly due to a strong breeze and things finally got under way only 15 minutes behind schedule. Caroline Johnson and Tracy Roberts led the way in the foursomes, and after going down early on battled hard to finally win on the 18th. The second foursomes pairing of Kate Evans and Elizabeth Ball playe...

The Midlands South County Week 2023 started today at Sonning Golf Club - a sunny but breezy day for the first two sessions. There was some amazing golf played by the Oxfordshire team which is not reflected by the final results. The whole team should be very proud of themselves.Day 1 AM - NorthamptonshireOxfordshire County Champion Megan Bishop led the way along with her foursomes partner Caroline Johnson - playing fantastic golf they were victorious on the 13th hole. Next off were Mairi Weir ...