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Four players will represent England in the Dutch Junior Open at Toxandria Golf Club from July 19-22.

They are Todd Clements of Essex, Bailey Gill of Yorkshire, Laird Shepherd of Sussex and Tom Sloman of Somerset.

Todd Clements, 20, (Braintree) set a course record of seven-under 66 on the Hotchkin course at Woodhall Spa during the Brabazon Trophy, where he finished 25th. He tied seventh in the Lytham Trophy, 24th in the St Andrews Links Trophy and payed all four rounds of the European Amateur.

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Bailey Gill, 20, (Lindrick) won the U21 Darwin Salver at Rye, tied seventh in the Portuguese amateur and reached the last 16 in the match play of the Spanish amateur. He also shared 10th place in the St Andrews Links Trophy. He was in Yorkshire’s winning team at the 2016 English men’s county championship.

Laird Shepherd, 19, (Rye) has enjoyed a run of high finishes this season starting with 13th place in the Portuguese amateur and continuing with 9th place in the Scottish men’s open and fourth in the St Andrews Links Trophy.

Tom Sloman, 20, (Taunton & Pickeridge) was runner up in the Irish amateur open and took third place in the Darwin Salver. Other high finishes include 10th place in the Welsh open stroke play and 14th in the Duncan Putter in Wales.

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n a new departure this year, The Notleys Golf Club Championship was completed over two weekends, 16th and 23rd July, and admirably supported by club members. Special thanks go to the competition secretary, Peter Watts, who gave up his two weekend of golf to make sure everything went smoothly on the day.

As well as the 36 hole scratch Club Championship, each 18 holes was a separate competition which drove up numbers of competitors, including the second year of the Earey Cup – in honour of David Earey, whose support we sadly lost last year.

Our first weekend competition, the Championship Handicap Trophy strokeplay, was won by Liam Gleeson with a nett 67 from his 19 handicap. Liam’s 40 stableford points were then added to his second weekend total which completed the competition for the 36 hole Stableford competition known as The David Earey Cup. However, Liam could not maintain the momentum with Mark “Fletch” Fletcher winning that trophy with an overall 79 Liam with club captain Dene I’Anson stableford points on right. (first round 38, second round 41pts) with a 2 point lead ahead of Liam.

But Fletch could still not top the table for the second weekend stableford competition also, as he lost out on countback (over the back Fletch (left) with club captain 9) to Laurence Dene I’Anson.

“Lol” Mansfield with another 41 pointer, and so Lol took the Notleys Championship Shield, and earning himself a nice handicap cut too!

Laurence (left) with club captain Dene I’Anson.

Finally, the scratch competition over 36 holes, saw some excellent efforts from mid-handicappers competing against the lowers, but ultimately our recent Order of Merit champion Mark “Tich” Adams took second place with a gross 160 shots (79 and 81), to a fantastic showmanship of golf from 8-handicapper Eliot Dawson. With gross rounds of 76 and 82 (total 158) he was two shots clear of Tich, but was magnanimous in victory even deigning to forego the traditional winners speech, following congratulations from former Club Champion Derek “Del” Pettigrew, who has taken his challenge on to Gosfield Lakes this year.

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eading greens has always been a combination of historic learning, vision and sense of feel. Which is ok but how to explain this has always been difficult, I get down on my haunches look along the intended line with my pupils and say something like, can you see the put goes left to right and slightly downhill, the answer often comes back maybe! If you say so! How can you tell that! This is my historic learning at play.

But there is a simpler way, feel what’s under your feet using your inner ear and balance to tell the slope.

Try doing as I am in the picture, I have walked approx halfway down the put, and I am standing with my feet just outside my hips and just to the side of my intended line. If you feel as in this picture more weight on my right foot then it’s a left to right put.

To what degree of slope depends on how much weight you feel on the foot, and of course vice versa for the right to left slope and even Weight distribution for flat straight puts.

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ou may or may not know but I run several golf shaft companies for Europe.This gives me the opportunity to to do things outside of the scope of what golf club fitters and club makers would normally do.

One of these things is to design golf shafts which I have been busy doing over the last few months.

In this article I thought I would run you through the process of how we design a golf shaft. In the image you will see a True Temper specification drawing of their XP115 iron shaft.

Step 1: Who’s It For? You need to know the type of player the shaft is for: professional player, club golfer, lady or a senior player? Although it’s difficult to generalise you can safely say that a professional would use a stiffer, lower launching/spinning shaft than the majority of club golfers.

Once decided you would then decide the flight characteristics you want to achieve and the weight range the shaft needs to be in. This would include things such as launch angles, peak height, spin rates and landing angles, always taking into account the golfers delivery of the club and impact location!

Step 2: Materials This will depend greatly on the caliber of player the shaft is designed for but with many ways to make a graphite shaft and with multiple different weights of materials there are many options. Why would this be a benefit? Materials used will influence the stability, performance and feel of the shaft. At this stage it is important to know where

you want the price point of the shaft to be.

Step 3: S3 Machine Weighing in at around $250,000 we have a machine called ‘S3’. This machine is absolutely incredible in the fact that it can measure over 3000 points along the shaft, record everything you need to know about the flex, straightness, torque, mass, launch & balance point. It basically gives you the entire blueprint of a shaft.

Step 4: Prototypes From the original design you then make up several variations for prototypes. These have no graphics and are great for ‘blind testing’ so players don’t really know what they are hitting so there are no preconceived ideas.

Step 5:Testing You need a lot of it! On our latest project over the space of a few weeks we had many golfers test the shafts on the range. We compared the results on Flightscope to their own shafts and also other shafts that do a similar job to see how the prototypes performed – thanks to all my testers!

Depending on how the ‘real world’ testing goes you can tweak the design to get the desired results. This does mean getting more prototypes made which takes around 3 weeks to arrive.

Step 6: Graphics Once you are happy with the design it’s all about the paint. If it’s going to be on TV you want something that stands out, if it’s for the Wing Commander in the monthly medal it probably needs to be a little more conservative.You would not believe how long we talk about paint for – it goes on for months and requires more prototypes.

So, although highly abbreviated I hope this gives you a little insight into part of what I do, I’m on the range at the USPGA at Quail Hollow in August and will tell you all about it next time.

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ngland Golf ’s strategy to grow the game has inspired over 640,000 people to take up the sport in the last four years and more than 44,000 to join clubs.

The growth was notably rapid in 2016/17, with over 237,000 new players and almost 17,000 new members recorded in the year to the end of March.

Forty per cent of all new participants are female, highlighting the appetite for the game among women and girls.

The figures are revealed in England Golf ’s latest Impact Report, which reviews the success of support for clubs provided by the county network, with the help of national partners.

Sharon Heeley, England Golf ’s Head of Delivery, commented: “It’s very pleasing to report these results and we are looking forward to even greater successes in the future. We now have Club Support Officers in all counties whose role is to listen to and understand the business needs of clubs and help them to achieve their aims.

“Our refreshed strategy to grow the game of golf in England puts the customer at the heart of everything we do and we’re encouraging clubs to take the same approach. We can help them to understand their market and the importance of providing their customers with the golfing experience they want, whether that’s competitive play, social golf, short format golf which fits into busy lifestyles, or the opportunity to meet friends and make new ones.”

England Golf ’s business support has been used extensively, with over 1300 decision makers from 750 clubs attending Business Growth Hubs and demand-led workshops during the last year. A growing number of clubs are using resources to understand their market, including mapping tools which show where to find potential customers, who can then be targeted with effective marketing campaigns.

England Golf ’s strategy also has an over-arching aim to increase the number of women and girls playing golf. Women currently account for just 15% of club membership and the Impact Report details the success of initiatives to attract them to try the game.

In the last two years, over 10,000 have taken part in women-only Get into golf programmes which have created over 2000 new members.

Girls Golf Rocks, the recruitment programme supported by girl county players, was run in nine counties last year with 624 girls introduced to golf and over 230 joining clubs. This year Girls Golf Rocks is running in 15 counties. In addition, Family Golf Month was introduced last July and helped to get over 7300 people playing, with almost 200 taking out memberships.

Other facts highlighted by the Impact Report show that over 180,000 people took part in Get into golf activities over the last four years with over 22,500 memberships created. The Golf Express campaign, which promotes short format golf, has involved over 32,000 golfers since 2015. www.englandgolf.org - 12 -

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MANAGING YOUR GAME AND SHORT GAME STILL WINS!!

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atching Jordan Speith play and win the Open he reminded us that to shoot some good scores golf is still about managing your game, wedge play and putting. His ability to make a good up and down and plot his way around the golf course especially after his poor shots were the key to his win. His caddie and preparation where a big factor in that as well.

So what can we do?

n Have a game plan – Workout a how you are going to play the course in a way that suits your ability. n Think what you will do if you hit a bad shot – We all hit bad shots it is inevitable.

Rehearse what you will do if you do hit one and how you will get out of a bad situtation.

Think what you ave done in the past and learn from your mistakes. n Have a short game lesson – We all can save shorts by improving our chipping, pitching, bunkers and putting. But many people only have lessons on their long game.

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Lily May, 15, Wins English Women’s Amateur ifteen-year-old Lily May Humphreys today became one of the youngest winners of the English women’s amateur championship.

She scored a one-shot win over Hampshire’s Emma Allen (Meon Valley) and Lincolnshire’s India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) at Lindrick,Yorkshire – after a gutsy fightback over the closing holes.

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by Nayland, Essex, led throughout the championship until midway through the final round.

She had set out on the last 18 with a two shot lead but, after dropping four shots on the way to the turn, she found herself a stroke behind Allen.

However, she played the back nine in twounder par to Allen’s one-over to score her narrow victory. It’s the latest and biggest in a long string of titles amassed by the teenager – and a very special one.

“It’s a different feeling to all my other wins and it definitely feels better because I knew I had fallen behind and I had to make myself get ahead again. I had to fight for it at the end and it really encouraged me to think I could get back,” said Humphreys.

She had special thanks for her caddy, Yorkshire’s Charlie Daughtrey. They played together in the Sunningdale Foursomes and often caddy for each other, so his knowledge of Humphreys’ game was invaluable, particularly on the greens.

Her early problems in the round stemmed from missed putts and she remarked: “Charlie helped me read the putts and encouraged me when I hit a good shot and I just got it back together. I started hitting good shots and if I missed a putt it

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was for a birdie, which felt better.”

She played the back nine in bogey-free twounder, her best performance of the week and it proved the title clincher. She birdied the par five 14th, hitting the green with a four-iron and then taking a steady two putts. “That got some adrenalin going,” she said.

Humphreys followed up immediately with another birdie on the 15th, where a long drive left her just over 60 yards to the hole. Her pitch finished 12ft away and she rolled in the putt.

Ahead of her, Allen bogeyed the 18th, and when Humphreys finished with three straight pars the title was hers.

Now she’s got a couple of days at home before she sets off to Norway to represent England in the European Young Masters.

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Summer Priorities…

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olf requires practice ... and lots of it.The spring/summer months for golfers are usually spent on the driving range, the putting green and having practice rounds and the gym usually suffers. No time for the gym, no time for stretching, therefore fitness, strength and flexibility is heavily effected, making the winter hard work! So how do you avoid loosing all flexibility, all strength and all fitness in the summer months?

To keep flexibility, strength and fitness you must achieve consistency! My most used word with clients! Consistency is absolute key.Train 2 x per week over a year and achieve better results than the person training 6 days a week but sporadically.

Consistency builds muscle, gains strength and makes training so much more rewarding.

My top tips for staying supple, strong and fit in the summer months for a golfer; 1. Stretch once per week and put this stretching session in your diary as an appointment.

Routinely stretch just once per week to keep things ticking over, if its in your diary as an appointment you are more likely to do it. Once

per week will maintain the flexibility you have gained in winter. Once winter comes you can up the anti and develop the flexibility further.

2. Get a gym programme written for you that will target everything in one hit ... an integrated programme not isolated ... basically instead of training “legs”, “chest and back” etc you opt for integrating all muscle groups into 1 programme (integrated) with Core exercises included. Some HIIT training to keep fitness and again put in your diary as an appointment when this will be done.With an integrated programme there is no pressure to train 3-4 x per week, you just have to do this programme and as many times as possible which will fit with a busy golfing schedule.

Golf is a very time consuming sport and stretching and training can be very easily forgotten about in season and this is where injuries happen!

So just think 2 hours per week must be dedicated to stretching and training, then when winter comes, golf practice time can reduce and stretching and training time can increase.

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South Essex College and The Rayleigh Club to Launch Golf Academy S

outh Essex College in partnership with The Rayleigh Club will be launching the SEC Golf NEW att South Essex College Academy in September 2017 to complement its already successful Football Academy.

PGA professional and college sports lecturer Full two year r sp s sport qualifica qualification Aaron Quinn will be running the course and is excited by the prospect of offering this unique and bespoke course to local golfers. Quinn says, ‘This course will fill the existing void in the career pathway for young golfers in the region; at present there is no programme to combine golf development with academic study for 16-18 BTEC Sport qualification • Weekly PGA professional coaching B year old golfers in this area.’

Tournaments/fixtures • Coaching opportunities Students on the course Coaching qu ualifications* • Winter warm weather break* break will study on a two-year BTEC Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science which T Taught by: Aaron Quinn allows students to keep many career pathways P Pro and Sport lecturer.

PGA open. Whether young Contact: Aaron.Qu uinn@southessex.ac.uk golfers wish to become a *may be subject to additional cost touring professional, PGA coach, progress on to higher education and/or follow a career in sport, this course will support structured to provide students with the their aspirations. foundations for long-term development in areas The educational content will be delivered at including: nutrition, psychology and physiology.’ the Southend Campus and for the golf Late applicants for September 2017 are still component, which will take up approximately being considered, If you would like any further half of the college week; students will utilise the information on the SEC Golf Academy, please excellent facilities at The Rayleigh Club on contact Aaron on Hullbridge Road. Quinn says, ‘the golf training is aaron.quinn@southessex.ac.uk.

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Stoke by Nayland GC Club Championship 2017

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toke by Nayland’s prestigious Club Championship was played over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of July 2017.

It was competed for, on consecutive days, over the club’s two courses, Gainsborough and Constable, with a cut in the field after day one.

On Day 1 83 players took to the Gainsborough Course and after the cut, 60 players played the Constable Course on Day 2.

At the half way stage Scott Brace, with a gross 72, led the field in the Club Championship with Alex Royce and Alex English one shot back.

On Sunday, with the field reduced, 25-year-old Louis Freeman, with a score of 70 jumped up from fifth place to win the Championship by two shots from Alex Royce.

This was Louis's fourth time of competing for the championship; his previous best finish was 8th. Louis has been a member of Stoke by Nayland Golf Club since he was 13 and was a former Junior Captain. He has also worked at the

Captain Don Wiggins with winner Louis Freeman.

club before joining Cobra Puma.

Louis was presented with his trophy by Club Captain Don Wiggins.

Results: Club Championship 1st Louis Freeman 75 + 70 = 145, 2nd Alex Royce 73 + 74 = 147, 3rd Joshua Day 77 + 71 = 148.

Stoke-by-Nayland Ladies Club Championship

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he Stoke-by-Nayland Ladies Club Championship took place on Saturday, 22nd July when the ladies undertook to play both courses, 36 holes, on the day. The Constable course was played in the morning and the Gainsborough course in the afternoon.

Seventeen ladies took part on a somewhat

Lady Captain Anne Hemmings with Bev Thompson the Ladies Club Champion!

cloudy day which remained dry until late afternoon leaving only the last groups to get a little wet.

The format for the day was medal and although not everyone was able to produce their best on the day all enjoyed the challenge.

The ladies were welcomed into the Garden Room at the end of the day where Pimms was provided along with light refreshments.

The winner of the trophy was Bev Thompson with an impressive 174 strokes played.

Second was Tracey Dickens with 177 on countback to Margaret Bentley in third.

Bronze Trophy winner was Lesley Hitchcock with 196 strokes.

Second in bronze section was Jane Golding with 197 strokes.

Best Nett score was Corinne Jackson with 149 and second Barbara Jones with 150 strokes.

Well done to all the ladies who entered this very demanding competition.

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First Step Golf Day In Association with Frontier Voice & Data Ltd

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epresentatives from the charity First Step and telecoms company Frontier Voice & Data ltd have launched their charity Golf Day, joined by Theydon Bois Golf Club Manager John Reeder.

The annual charity event, which raises money for First Step to support babies and preschool children with special needs and/or disabilities and their families, will be held at the Epping based golf club on Friday 8th September.

Frontier have supported the activity for the last 4 years. Peter Southgate, Managing Director of Frontier Voice & Data; At the launch John Reeder, Theydon Bois Golf Club Manager, said “We are delighted to have been chosen to host the First Step Golf Day this year.

First Step provides an invaluable service for children with all types of disability, their families and carers. If parents feel that they need support with their child, First Step will find a way to help and have brought about some amazing out comes.

We look forward to a busy day helping to raise a lot of money for this fantastic cause. Our guests will enjoy some challenging golf on a beautiful course and I’m sure that an evening with Gary Allis will be very entertaining for golfers and nongolfers alike”.

Keen golfers and enthusiastic supporters will enjoy breakfast, 18 holes, a wonderful 3 three course meal and an after dinner speech from Gary Alliss, PGA Master Golf Professional.

Michelle Mitchell, Fundraising Manager First Step;“Our annual Golf Day is a wonderful event.

Anyone interested in joining us can call First Step on 01708 556355 for further details.We look forward to an excellent day at Theydon Bois Golf Club and thank Frontier, Roomes Furniture & Interiors, Romford McDonald’s, all our sponsors and of course the golfers for their amazing support”.

Nestled in the heart of Epping Forest in Essex, Theydon Bois Golf Club is steeped in tradition; not least that it was by James Braid, five times winner of The Open and a prolific golf course designer in his day. Playing this traditional English forest course through the changing seasons of the year is a delight to the senses and the soul. The essential character of the 1897 design remains.

Please contact Michelle Mitchell, Fundraising Manager on 01708 556355 or email fundraising@firststep.org.uk

‘Girls Golf Rocks’ on Tour Rivenhall Oaks

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he third of our ‘Girls Golf Rocks’ on Tour events was held at Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre and our sincere thanks go to the club for allowing us to hold our event and especially to Sam Vidler, PGA Professional, for all his help with the girls coaching in the morning and not to forget the catering staff, nothing was too much trouble. A special big thank you to our Essex Ambassadors, Millie Penfold, Ciara Rushmer, Erin Earl and Daisy Eves who were great role models for the budding young golfers. Despite many on holiday we still had a fantastic turn out on this lovely warm sunny day, with 13 girls from 6 years old up to 14 years old attending, very well done to all that took part.

Afternoon Competition on the Par 3 Course 1st Emily Dixon, Thorpe Hall, Gross 37.

2nd Rosie Boyce, Rivenhall Oaks, Gross 38, 3rd Lily Frost, Little Channels, Gross 40.

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Seventh Heaven for Stuart S

tuart Brown (Thorpe Wood) clinched victory at Bentley Golf Club thanks to a superb birdie two at the Seventh play-off hole to finally shake off the brave Chase Davis (Marriott Sprowston Manor Hotel).

Brown struck a majestic 6-iron to eight feet before rolling in the putt on the 17th green to secure the third Order of Merit victory of his career.

Brown triumphs in Order of Merit play-off thriller at Bentley.

But that doesn’t begin to tell the story of a dramatic finale to two superb days’ golf at the magnificently prepared Essex venue.

For most of the second day it looked as if Glen Portelli (Old Fold Manor) had the tournament in the bag. He made six birdies in nine holes from the third to reach nine-under-par – four clear, at that stage, of overnight leader James Scade But Portelli made a bogey at the 17th before enduring a horror finish to his round. He fired his tee-shot out of bounds on the 18th hole, only to reload and put himself into almost as much trouble.

He eventually made an eight on the closing par-4 to finish at three-under-par. Steve Harris (The Shire) was already in the clubhouse on one better after a closing 68.

In front of a packed clubhouse, it was all to play for as the final group of Scade, Brown and Davis approached the final green.

Scade appeared to be in prime position – leading on five-under. But he was unable to get

up and down from the back of the green and had to settle for a play-off spot.

Davis two-putted from mid-range to tie the clubhouse lead, while Brown curled home a 22footer for birdie on the final green to force his way into the play-off. Harris dropped away at the first extra hole – the par-5 10th – but the other three all made birdie.

Davis appeared to have one hand on the trophy when he chipped in for birdie from just in front of the green at the next, especially when Scade’s 30-footer could only burn the edge of the cup.

But Brown stood tall to sink a downhiller from 15 foot for his own birdie and the play-off was down to two men.

The extraordinarily high standard continued at the next as the pair again played the par par-5 10th in one-under the card.

Neither man backed off as the extra time continued. But finally it was Brown who pulled off a masterstroke, hitting a peerless 200-yard iron shot on the 17th to within a few feet from where he would make his fifth birdie in seven play-off holes.

It was a welcome and timely reversal of fortune on a hole that had caused Brown all sorts of problems in regulation play during the tournament.

Brown said: “I’d played 17 in three-over for the two days – a double-bogey on the first day and a bogey in the second round. So I was trying to claw them back to the 10th tee and take my chances there, rather than 17!

“I didn’t have positive vibes but maybe the holes just level themselves out. Chase hit a nice shot into 15 feet but I took dead aim and pulled the trigger to eight feet. The putt was just outside the left edge and in it went.

“Five-under through seven holes in the playoff, it’s just nice to know you can come up with the goods and deliver. There’s nothing better than that feeling.”

For Davis it was a second play-off defeat in an Order of Merit event, having been pipped a year ago by European Tour winner Simon Khan in the London Open.

The Order of Merit series takes a break now and returns in September with a double-header at Bishop’s Stortford and then The Rayleigh Club.

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Playgolf Colchester Seniors

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lessed with fine weather, Playgolf Colchester’s Seniors Section held their annual combined Captain’s and Captain’s Guest Day with proceeds going to the Captains chosen charity: the Macmillan Nurses. Senior Captain, Michael Johnson, putt on an excellent day, assisted by Club Members President Len Cole, Arthur Ramm and Rob Cornish. Johnson’s charity day raised around £1900, generously donated by the very large field, in a raffle, refreshment stall ably run by Susan Johnson and Doreen Ruffell, a beat the professional on the 14th hole as well as an auction.

The golf was secondary on the day; however, there were some excellent scores with the team of Vaughan Hancock, Alan Lewis, Colin Bishop and Tony Mac taking the best all guest prize with 122 pts. The best team of two members and two guests went to Brian Banks, Dave Needham, Eric Hames and Ted Conners with 131 pts. Brian Ruffell, Ken Ellsmore, Les Hearsay and Roger Giles won the prize for the best all member team with 136 pts.

Prizes were also presented for individual performances with Judith Peeling on 42 pts taking the best lady prize, Dennis Boxall the best male guest prize with 44 pts, and Jeff Coles the best male member prize with 43 pts.

Nearest the pin on the fifth hole was Jim Greenfield and likewise, Eric Hames on the 16th.

Maureen Dale, Ladies Captain, took the nearest the pin for ladies on the third hole. Colin Bishop was nearest the pin in two on the long par four, 15th hole, and the longest drive on the ninth hole went to Colin Bishop.

An excellent buffet meal by TKC (The Kitchen Club) rounded off a great day.

Praise for Clacton

Left to right: Brenda Lord – Open Organizer, Jo Kurn, Patricia Flynn and Clacton Lady Captain Di Kedge.

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n a bright Thursday morning, Clacton-onSea Golf Club’s Lady Captain Di Kedge welcomed 82 ladies from golf club’s in Essex & Suffolk to the Clacton Club to play in the 4BBB Open competition with prizes for nearest the pin on 2,5,7,15 & 17 and nearest the line on 18th. The course received praise from many of the contestants, and it was stated that the greens were outstanding. The Clacton Ladies kept the visitors

happy with an excellent halfway house, followed by a buffet supper after the game when the winners were announced. Returning a great winning score of 53 points were Jo Kurn and Patricia Flynn from Rayleigh Golf Club, in second place were, Marie Ellis and Tracey Taylor from Frinton-on-Sea Golf with 52 points and in third place were Janella Hendry and Felicity Learey from The Essex Golf & Country Club with 49 points.

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Mark And Trevor Win The Alan Riches Memorial Trophy

Malcolm Pook Wins The Ameeco Cup at Five Lakes

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he Alan Riches Memorial Trophy is open to all sections of Five Lakes Golf Club, played from the men's and ladies medal tees and enjoys support from all sections of the golf club.

Alan Riches was a very popular past Captain and President at Five Lakes who was taken far too early in 2009.

There were four pairs who returned 41 points and had to be separated on count back, Kevin Bradshaw and Clive Weir, Steve Harris and Luke Ratty being just outside the main prizes.The highest ladies score was returned by Sue Butterworth and Carole Lewis with 35 points.

Third place on count back was Graeme Sinfield (23) and Doug Wood (19), second place goes to Phil Roblin (14) and Stephen Ward (14) who had the best back 6 holes of the four groups. Winning the trophy by one shot with 42 points were Mark Harlow (5) and Trevor Harris (18).

Malcolm Pook receiving the Ameeco Cup from club Captain Ron Dent.

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layed on the par 71 Links course this competition provided a tight finish to settle the winner.

Roger Hyman presenting the Alan Riches Trophy to Mark Harlow and Trevor Harris.

Three players returned nett 70’s on the day the same as the CSS on the day, Danny Murtagh (16), Jeremy Barter (13) and long time club house leader Daniel Lambert (17) . Third place went to Paul Bowers (8) with a nett 69, Second place went to Graeme Sinfield (25) who shooting a gross 90 which could have been so much better had he not had a 10 on the tricky par 5 13th however winning on count back with five birdies and five bogeys playing level par on the day was 6 handicapper Malcolm Pook, who also won the Scratch prize with the best gross score of 71, there two winners of balls for 2’son the par 3 10th hole Luke Ratty and Malcolm Pook.

Abridge GC’s Club Championship

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urtis Knipes the winner of Abridge GC’s Club Championship which was played over 2 days. He had a 73 on the Saturday and a 73 on the Sunday. He won the competition by only one shot over Lee Oliver and Charlie Day. Curtis who is 16 years of age and the current Essex Amateur Champion surely has an amazing future in the sport.

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Tony the Bandit O

n Saturday morning, Clacton Golf Club’s at the club; the entertainment on the full-size 18-hole course was ready, as 140 golfers professional stage was provided by Robbie assembled at their pre-arranged starting tee times, Williams Tribute band, Freddie Mercury Tribute the Shot Gun sounded and the playing of the band and the Abba Tribute band. This great “Michael Goodwin Cup” was under way, at the evening finished with a spectacular fireworks end the end of this singles Stableford competition display. it was announced that Past Captain Tony Stevens, who had “Just one of those days” was the winner with a score of 46 points, in second place was Keelan Stanton with 44 points and in third place was David Newton with 41 points on countback from Paul Dove, Tom Redfern and Nick Heffer also with 41 points.

The band started up, and the evening got underway with nearly 500 members and family attending the Hog Roast and BBQ served up by Graham Rackham and his catering staff Left to right: David Newton, Keelan Stanton,Tony Stevens and Michael Goodwin.

Open Week at Colchester I

t was Open week at the Braiswick course with the ladies holding theirs on the Tuesday. With 18 clubs represented from Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex competition was always going to be wholehearted.

It was a team from Stockbrook Manor comprising Pauline Boswell, Gaye Ordford, Anne Howes and Trisha Patterson who took first spot with 92 points. They were followed in, six points back, by Sue Patrick, Rosina Cole, Gina

Macmillan and Ann Longman from Playgolf and with 83 points were Jane Izod, Sarah Gotts, Judith Bedwell and Rachel Goldsmith from Diss and Halesworth.

Sunday, the club hosted a mixed open. Again, it was well supported by 36 pairs from twenty clubs.

The winning pairings were Joe and Pauline Nixon from Chelmsford on 46 points. John and Norma Davison from Bentley were second with 45 points. The Burstead provided third place with Paul and Helen Williams scoring 44 points.

Norma Davison took nearest the pin on the 16th and Steven Woods on the fourth for the men. The ladies longest drive was Brentwood’s Larayne Heath and for the men and enjoying his Captain weekend was Stewart Ness.

Ann Bedford from The Essex had the joy of holeing in one Pauline Boswell, Gaye Orford, Anne Howes and Trisha Patterson from on the 8th.

Stockbrook Manor, winners of Colchester Ladies Open.

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rentwood junior golfer Sam Wilson has taken the first steps on his path to golfing success with a victory at the American Golf Junior Championship regional qualifier. The youngster, a member at Orsett Golf Club has won the Future Star (under 8) category, held over 9 holes at Farleigh Golf Club in Surrey.

The ‘Future Star’ category enables junior golfers without an official club handicap to compete in the prestigious championship and gain valuable experience of competitive golf.

Following a hugely impressive round of 46 Sam headed the field and has booked a spot in the final at Gainsborough Golf Club, headquarters to golf manufacturer Ping. He will now line up against qualifiers from all over the UK and Ireland on 16th August to stake a claim for the overall Future Star title.

Kevin Wins Five Lakes Captains Day

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aptain Ron Dent held his Captains day Saturday 29th July, there were prizes for all sections of the golf club as well as the generous refreshments around the golf course followed by a hog roast at the end of the competition.

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England Hat-Trick for Newton Green Juniors

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ewton Green Golf Club juniors have pulled off a remarkable hat-trick by becoming Suffolk junior team champions again.

It means they go forward to represent the county in the national county team championships for the third consecutive year.

They will be playing at Woodhall Spa, the headquarters of England Golf, on August 14 and 15.

Newton took on their toughest final opponents to date when they faced the powerful Ipswich Golf Club at Bury St Edmunds, but came home by a single shot in a high quality encounter.

The dramatic win by 108 to 107 Stableford points was sealed in the final game on the last green. Had Ollie Page (handicap seven) not sunk

his five foot putt on the 18th against Ryan Goodizi (9), the match would have gone into a play-off.

But Page, who earlier fought off a dazzling array of shots by Goodizi, who returned figures five below his handicap, won the last hole with a birdie.

Both players were in trouble with their third shots, leaving them 80 yards from the hole. But Goodizi came expertly out of a bunker and Page flew over a tree to finish close to the pin. The Ipswich player missed his putt and Page put Newton’s name on the trophy. Page had scored 34 to his opponent’s 41 points.

In the other matches, Ipswich scratch player Habebul Islam scored an impressive 38 points, but was closely chased by Newton four-handicapper Harvey Watts on 36.

In the middle match, Newton’s Ben Tatum (5) was too strong for his opposite number Will Garland (11) winning 38 – 28.

Newton won without previous round performer James Cooper (4) who was unavailable and will also miss the final.

The trophy was presented to Newton by Suffolk junior section chairman Trevor Mason.

Stoke by Nayland GC Reach Norman Plum Semi-Final

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toke by Nayland Golf Club, as defending champions, have reached the Norman Plum semi-final after defeating Theydon Bois in the quarter – final.

In the 2016 final Stoke also played Theydon Bois and the score was exactly the same, 4-2 to Stoke.

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overall victory.

Captain John Sandford will now have to wait for the semi final draw before he knows the club his team will be facing.

Results: Home: Paul Nuttall/Steve Hewett won 2/1, Luke Bennett/Liam Wordsdell won 4/3, Mike Moore/Steve Evans won 5/4.

Away: Dean Brace/Byron Long lost 3/2, Trevor Brace/Dan Goddard won 5/3, Tim Dickens/Keith Hodgson lost 5/4.

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Alan’s Honour

Danny Delivers Daniel Wallace left receives Founder Members trophy from Captain Gary Beck.

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5 players entered the 2017 Colne Valley Golf Clubs Founder Members Trophy, it was played over 2 days and it was the youngest of those players that stood on top of the leader board on Sunday afternoon.

39 points from Daniel Wallace was enough to see off Steve Taylor and Gary Beck who both scored 36 points but Taylor pipped into 2nd on countback.

Best of 64 at Colchester

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4 ladies played in the Colchester Club’s Guest Day with a shotgun start; they played in fours with the best two scores counting. It was the in-form Catherine Chick and Haley Joel with their guests Anne Gates (Wheathill, Somerset) and Jennie Bowden (PlayGolf, Colchester) who cracked in 97 points to take first spot from the ladies’ captain Jane Madge with guests Viv Dale and Phyllis Boddy (both Harwich and Dovercourt) and Gill Barke (Braintree) who collectively returned 87 points to secure second.

Nearest the pin for guests was held on the 8th and was won by Rosalie Skinner (Purdis Heath) and for members on the 16th Gill Crayson.

Ladies' Captain Jane Madge with winners Hayley Joel, Jennie Bowden, Ann Gates and Catherine Chick.

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olchester Golf Club member Alan Macnaught captained the UK team to victory in the European Senior Golf Association's (ESGA) Masters Team Championship (ages 70+) held this year at the 113-year-old Karlovy Vary Golf Resort in the Czech Republic from 18-20 July. The team of six which included two other Essex golfers, Cliff Keeble of Orsett and Tom Dods of Chigwell, won the 16-countries, 54-hole scratch championship by six strokes from Sweden in second place.

The event is played over two rounds of four-ball better-ball plus one round of singles with the best two of three scores counting on the first two days and the best four of six scores counting on day 3.

Alan's scores were 73 (counting), 74 (counting), 85 (discarded).

ESGA has 24 affiliated European nations of which 16 were represented at this year's Masters Championship (ages 70+). Alan qualified for the UK team via 2-day events run countrywide by the United Kingdom Senior Golf Association (UKSGA) which anyone aged over 55 with a handicap of seven or better may join.

Alan Macnaught with winner's medal and glass memento.

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Open Putter Face.

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The position of the clubface with the ball at impact may well manifest itself as a compensatory movement by the player to correct an alignment issue. For the purpose of this article let’s assume we are aiming at our specific target with no stroke manipulation.

To check your putter face at impact, set up as indicated in the photo then without taking a backswing push the putter towards the hole. If this is done correctly the ball will roll straight with no deviation as shown in the image.

If the face is open then the ball will miss to the right and closed miss to the left, this simple drill provides feedback and feel which can be worked upon.

“Push” five putts from approximately 3 feet from the hole then try to make five putts with your usual putting stroke concentrating on the “square” clubface at impact.

I hope you find the drill useful, please let me know how you get on and start to feel putter face awareness.

Sarah Bennett

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Sarah can be contacted for group short game clinics or 1-2-1 coaching SarahBennettGolf.co.uk E: SarahBennettGolf@GMail.com M:07719617349

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07 August 2017 Charity Ladies Team Open Rochford Hundred Golf Club Includes coffee on arrival, Pimms/cakes/refreshments at the halfway house and 2-course carvery after golf. £99 per team (3).

Pam Meredith: 01702 544302 tracey@rhgc.co.uk www.rochfordhundredgolfclub.co.uk 07 August 2017 ‘Festival’ Senior Pairs Open West Essex Golf Club Includes tea/coffee & bacon roll on arrival, Pimms tent / halfway house and 2-course hot buffet after golf. £80 per pair.

James Levick: 02085 297558 admin@westessexgolfclub.co.uk www.westessexgolfclub.co.uk 08 August 2017 Ladies Team Open Upminster Golf Club Includes coffee & pastries on arrival, halfway refreshments and 2-course lunch. £140 per team (4).

Frances Payne: 01708 222788 debra@upminstergolfclub.co.uk upminstergolfclub.co.uk

08 August 2017 'Festival' Ladies Pairs Open West Essex Golf Club Includes tea/coffee & pastries on arrival, Pimms tent / halfway house and 2-course buffet after golf. £70 per pair.

James Levick: 02085 297558 admin@westessexgolfclub.co.uk www.westessexgolfclub.co.uk 09 August 2017 Ladies Pairs Open Adbridge Golf & Country Club Danish pastries & tea/coffee on arrival, halfway house and sumptuous buffet lunch. £85 per pair.

Angela Conway: 01708 688396 www.abridgegolf.com/pages.php/index.html 09 August 2017 'Festival' Gents Pairs Open West Essex Golf Club Includes tea/coffee & bacon roll on arrival, Pimms tent / halfway house and 2-course BBQ after golf. £80 per pair.

James Levick: 02085297558 admin@westessexgolfclub.co.uk www.westessexgolfclub.co.uk 10 August 2017 Gents Senior Pairs Open Harwich & Dovercourt Golf Club Includes coffee & bacon roll on arrival, refreshments at the 7th & 16th and 2-course rolling meal after golf. £65 per pair.

FAO Peter Cole: (01255) 503616 secretary@harwichanddovercourtgolfclub.com www.harwichanddovercourtgolfclub.com 13 August 2017 Eddie Curtis Memorial Trophy Five Lakes Golf Club Gents 36 hole Betterball Stapleford. Includes Coffee and Bacon Rolls on arrival plus single course lunch. Go to www.fivelakesgolfclub.co.uk/eddie_curtis_open_ competition for entry form £80 per pair + optional sweep Ian Kirkman: 07710 315889 golferian@gmail.com www.fivelakesgolfclub.co.uk

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15 August 2017 Ladies Pairs Open Saffron Walden Golf Club Includes coffee & bacon roll and summer buffet after golf. £72 per pair Kelly Burton : 01799 522786 kelly@swgc.com www.swgc.com

31 August 2017 Ladies Team Open Orsett Golf Club Includes coffee & Danish on arrival and rolling 2course buffet. £140 per team (4) Mrs Joyce McFarlane: 01375 891352 www.orsettgolfclub.co.uk

15 August 2017 '25th Anniversary' Ladies Pairs Open Stock Brook Manor Golf Club Includes tea/coffee & Danish on arrival, homemade cakes & Pimms at halfway and 2course lunch after golf. £70 per pair.

Mrs Tracey Rogers: 01277 650400 www.stockbrookgolfclubessex.co.uk

31 August 2017 Ladies Open Brentwood Golf Club Includes: Bacon Roll with Coffee on arrival 18 Holes: Tee Off commences at 10am Halfway House (hosted by our own Ladies) Golf followed by a two course buffet. £55 per pair.

Joan Holmes or Russel Philips: russel@brentwoodgolfclub.co.uk www.brentwoodgolfclub.co.uk

16 August 2017 Ladies Open Basildon Golf Club Tea, Coffee and biscuits on arrival Refreshments on 8th Hole - 2 course lunch Prizes. £60 per pair.

Joyce Chadwick: 01268 532515 www.basildongolfcourse.com 17 August 2017 Ladies Open Brentwood Golf Club Includes: Bacon Roll with Coffee on arrival 18 Holes: Tee Off commences at 10am Halfway House (hosted by our own Ladies) Golf followed by a two course buffet. £55 per pair.

Joan Holmes or Russel Philips: russel@brentwoodgolfclub 23 August 2017 Ladies Team Open Romford Golf Club Includes tea/coffee & refreshments on arrival and rolling buffet after golf. £140 per team (4).

Isabel Walker : 01708 740986 www.romfordgolfclub.com

01 September 2017 Ladies Team Open Warren Golf & Country Club Includes coffee & biscuits on arrival and 2-course meal after golf. £128 per team (4).

Sandra Clark: 01245 223258 sales@thewarrenestate.co.uk www.thewarrenestate.co.uk 06 September 2017 Ladies Pairs Open Braintree Golf Club Includes pastries on arrival and 2-course late lunch after golf. £70 per pair.

Luan Markham: 01376 346079 www.braintreegolfclub.co.uk/ 06 September 2017 Ladies Pairs Open Thorndon Park Golf Club Includes tea/coffee and patisserie on arrival & carvery after golf plus presentation at 4.00pm4.30pm (winners must attend). £90 per pair.

Joanna Philpot: 01277 810345 www.thorndonparkgolfclub.com

25 August 2017 Junior Open Saffron Walden Golf Club Includes lunch & evening meal. £TBC Kelly Burton : 01799 522786 kelly@swgc.com www.swgc.com Attention! Club Secretaries and Competition Organisers: Please forward any info on Future Open Competitions, Golf related Events or Charity days at Essex Golf Clubs to info@essexgolfer.com.Visit our live up to date events page at www.essexgolfer.com - 41 -

Graeme and Doug Beat the Field to Win the Steeple Trophy

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he Five Lakes Steeple Trophy is played Trevor Harris on the 11th, and Eric Howlett and annually in a greensomes format to playing the John Mayle on the 16th. course to the maximum length possible, using both the blue and white medal tees.

The three pairs of players in the prizes were the only ones that beat par. Third place goes to Richard Hardy-King (14) and John Mayle 12 with a nett 70.6, in second place were Dave Chignell (12) and Clive Taylor (12) with a nett 70.0 but running out clear winners were Graeme Sinfield (21) and Doug Wood (25) with a nett 67.4.

Birdie twos taking home balls won on the par 3's Richard Hardy-King and John Mayle on the 4th, Neil Shinwell and Frank Taylor on Graeme Sinfield and Doug Wood receiving the Steeple Trophy from Club President the 8th, Jeremy Barter and Barry Boniface.

Seniors Play for Club Captain’s Prize golf Don scored 43 points and had his handicap cut to single figures, his lowest ever.

However in Division 1 Roger Davies scored an excellent 41 points, just beating Martin Brown, with 40 points into second place.

John Wheatley headed Div 2 with 40 points but this was not quite enough and Roger Davies was awarded the Club Captain’s Prize for 2017. Don Wiggins presented him with his prize.

Full Results: Div 1: 1st Don Wiggins 43 points, 2nd Roger Seniors Captain Norman Davidson, Roger Davies, Club Captain Don Wiggins.

Davies 41 points *, 3rd Martin Brown 40 points. n ideal conditions fifty six members of Stoke Div 2: 1st John Wheatley 40 points, 2nd Tom

by Nayland Seniors Section competed for the McKinley 39 points, 3rd John Simpson 37 points. annual Club Captain’s Prize. *Club Captain’s Prize Winner: Roger Davies.

The Club Captain Don Wiggins played Junior Stableford: A family affair! 1st Max alongside the Seniors Captain Norman Davidson Toombs 41 points, 2nd Isaac Toombs 39 points, in this Stableford competition on the 3rd Toby Toombs 28 points.

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he 2nd Summer Meeting of the Society of Essex Lady Captains took place at Upminster Golf Club in July. With 72 past and present Lady Captains, from 30 different clubs across Essex, it was one of the larger events of the year. With no cancellations on the day and all the ladies turning up everything worked like clockwork. Given the dry weather of late the course was in great condition and with overnight rain and some drizzle in the morning the greens were a little more receptive. By the time the first pairs teed off at 12 noon the weather had improved and the sun shone for most of the afternoon.

Thanks to Upminster Golf Club for hosting the event and to all the staff on the day for their help in making it a fabulous day for everyone.

There was much praise on the day for the truly delicious food in the evening which was a fitting end to a lovely day.

Thanks to Lady Captain Kay Bone and her

Competition Secretary Frances for all their help.

Kay and Jan Collier (Lady President of the Society) presented the prizes in the evening.

Scores for the 4BBB competition were a little lower than other events this year, nevertheless the prizes were fiercely contested with 9 pairs scoring 35 points or more. In third place with 36 points ocb were Carole Loveday (Romford) & Sandra Goff (current Lady Captain Crondon Park), 2nd place went to Caroline Fields (Braintree) & Harriette McGinlay (Theydon Bois) with 37 points ocb. The winners of the Joyce Layland Cup with 37 points were Amanda Mitchell (Crondon Park) & Linda Welham (Belfairs).

Places are still available at the Society of Essex Lady Captains 3rd Summer Meeting at Stoke by Nayland on 15 August. Any past or present Essex Lady Captains interested in attending should contact Jane Collier (Meetings Organiser) via email janecollier03@btinternet.com

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English Schools Golf Association NASUWT SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS’ REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WEST ESSEX GOLF CLUB - FRIDAY 2ND JUNE 2017

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lashes of lightning, claps of thunder, a downpour and an hour’s suspension of play highlighted the South East of England Schools Championships. But it failed to dampen the desire of every youngster to qualify for the National Finals, especially the respective champions, Amy Taylor and Matthew Green.

There was no hint of the weather problems to come when the Championships, sponsored by the NASUWT, got underway at West Essex Golf Club.The morning was idyllic with little wind and wall-to-wall sunshine.

But after lunch, the clouds rolled in, the wind increased and play became a lot more tricky and as the outline of London gradually disappeared from the horizon, the young golfers knew there could be trouble ahead.

Thalia Kirby led the girls’ event at lunch with an opening one-under-par 71, one ahead of Taylor and Sophie Faulkner. But only Taylor and Holly Haslam matched the par of 72 in the prolonged afternoon session with Taylor coming home to claim the title by one from Kirby.

“This is a confidence booster for the rest of my season,” she said. “I love playing the schools.They are fun events because we play as individuals and as a team. And, of course, we support each other.”

Ben Humphrey from Shenfield School, led the boys’ morning round with a superb 69, going into lunch with a two shot lead from Green, Owen Benson from the Oaklands College and Thorpe House School pupil Carl Banner.

But the roles were reversed in the afternoon with 16-year-old Green rolling in three birdies in his 69 for 140, two under par, winning by five shots as his rivals fell away.

The two-handicapper from Great Dunmow won the Hertfordshire under 16 title last year and the under 15 crown the previous year when he also won the Gog Magog Junior Open.

“I played very solidly, I drove and chipped well and holed a lot of five foot putts,” he said. “I eagled the first hole this morning but I lost a little momentum after the delay.When we resumed on the second hole this afternoon I had a difficult upand-down which I managed to secure.

“This win really starts my golf year. It allows me to enter the Carris Trophy (the England under-18 Championship) and when I finish school I am aiming to go to the United States on a golf scholarship,” he added.

In the Team events, Norfolk completed a hat trick of girls titles with 298, six better than Essex and Buckinghamshire, Essex retained the boys title by 14 strokes from Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.

Leading scores: Girls (par 72): 144 A Taylor (Norfolk) 72 72; 145 T Kirby (Buckinghamshire) 71 74; 147 H Haslam (Essex) 75 72; 151 S Faulkner (Hertfordshire) 72 79; 155 E Hume (Hertfordshire) 77 78; 156 C Gibbs (Norfolk) 80 76; 157 A Jeliazkova (Essex) 80 77; 158 R Earl (Essex) 79 79; 159 A Curtis (Buckinghamshire) 81 78, K Yates (Essex) 81 78, E Brown (Norfolk) 78 81; 160 M Dennis (Bedfordshire) 80 80 Boys (par 71): 140 M Green (Essex) 71 69; 145 J McLaughlin (Cambridgeshire) 73 72, C Banner (Buckinghamshire) 71 74; 146 H Moncur (Essex) 72 74, B Humphrey (Essex) 69 77; 147 G Fricker (Suffolk) 76 71, R Holden (Bedfordshire) 75 72; 148 O Rust (Cambridgeshire) 76 72, C James (Essex) 75 73, G Albone (Hertfordshire) 75 73, J Emery (Norwich) 74 74; 150 L Baynham (Bedfordshire) 76 74,W Bates (Norfolk) 75 75 Teams Girls: 1. Norfolk 298; 2. Essex 303; 3.

Buckinghamshire 304; 4. Hertfordshire 306; 5.

Bedfordshire 341; 6. Suffolk 355 Boys: 1. Essex 434; 2. Norfolk 448; 3.

Cambridgeshire 448; 4. Hertfordshire 449; 5.

Suffolk 452; 6. Buckinghamshire 455; 7.

Bedfordshire 460 Our thanks go to West Essex Golf Club and all their staff who supported Essex throughout the event and helped to make everything run so smoothly.

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Holly Haslam

MCPARTLIN TROPHY

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he McPartlin Trophy was originally designed to be a competition for grass roots golf in schools to encourage young golfers to be able to play for their county and start them on the way to competing at a high level. After being curtailed nationally about 2010.

Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire resumed playing the tournamenet between themselves with Essex joining them a couple of years later and then Midddlesex. Qualificaition for the Essex team is by entry into the Handicap Championship for higher handicaps played in April. This year Hertfordshire hosted the competition at Mill Green Golf Club 9 Essex School children, 6 boys and 3 girls teed up to play 18 holes of Stableford play.

Essex finished as Runners up to Bedfordshire and only 1 point ahead of Herts who have held

the trophy for the last 3 years! The team consisted of, Ben Sessions – Great Easton Primary School – 49pts, Charlie Turner – Ormiston Rivers Academy – 42pts, Lucy Henderson - Felsted School – 39pts, Max Wiley – Plume School 39pts, Dawson Langan – Graham James Primary School - 38pts, Ciara Rushmer – King John School – 37pts, Adam Crawley – Mayflower School – 33pts, George Halleybone – St Martins School – 33pts,Gemma Stubbles – Cooper Coborn and Company School – 30pts.

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by Langdon Hills Golf Club and our sincere thanks go to Lynda Cartwright and her staff, also the club Junior Organiser, June Morgan, who were so very helpful and made the day run smoothly. The course was in excellent condition and our thanks also to the green keeping staff for their hard work.

There were 15 entries for the 36 hole Medal and 7 girls with handicaps 30+ playing the 18 hole stableford. The numbers were down this year due to the fact there were many of the low handicap girls in the middle of their exams and were busy revising. A great day was had by all on this chilly and windy spring day.

Essex Girls’ Champion – Katy Yates, Clacton on Sea, Gross 75 + 78 = 153.

Essex Girls’ U15 Champion – Sophie Wheeler, Thorndon Park, Gross 75 + 84 = 159. Scratch 2nd Prize – Bella Jay, Chelmsford - 161. Scratch 3rd Prize – Holly Haslam, Stockbrook Manor 161. Scratch 4th Prize – Maura Burns-Zaragoza, Chigwell - 177.

Handicap Cup Winner – Ysobel Lush, Langdon Hills, Nett 73 + 74 = 147. 18-Hole Winner – Georgia Cater, Langdon Hills – 42 points.

Runner-up – Rosie Shackell, Gosfield Lake – 42 Points.

Telegraph/BMW Junior Champion Qualifier (first 18 holes). Gross – Katy Yates. Net – Sophie Wheeler. U14 – Millie Penfold.

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Lombard Success for Rivers

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arah Bennett PGA Fellow Head Teaching Professional at Three Rivers and her amateur partner Cherry Clarke qualified for the finals of the WPGA Lombard Trophy to be held in Portugal Vila Sol 19th-23rd September.

The event is in it’s second year with the Regional finals held at Camberley Heath where Sarah and Cherry played better ball medal producing a score of -7 with the winners

recording one shot better at -8.

The pair bogeyed the first two holes in driving rain but then covered the next 7 holes in -6 which set the pair up for a -3 par back 9 taking the 3rd qualifying spot.

We “dovetailed” perfectly said Sarah who armed with new equipment and wedges used for the first time, the wrapper being removed the previous day, also playing her first 18 holes in nearly 8 months.

This has been a key event for me as there have been a number of reasons which has spurred me on to play a little more, if the body will allow! It was a real pleasure to play with Cherry in this event and we did not stop talking and laughing all the way round” As a member of the WPGA committee it is vital we try to encourage the participation and connection between our growing number of female coaches and members, we appreciate the support from Lombard in conjunction with Coca Cola to assist with the vision.

The final promises to be a fantastic showcase whatever the final result.

New Captain at Brentwood Golf Club

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rentwood Golf Club held their Captains Day on Saturday 22nd July.

New Club Captain Andy Massey had a fabulous day in which 132 members played in a hectic ‘Shotgun’ start, Golf was followed by a ‘Hog Roast’ and much alcohol was consumed.

Andy Massey only went and the won the individual competition, Andy getting 46 points of his 9 handicap,YES 46 points! And his team of (brother) David Massey, Gary McGrath and

his son Jake McGrath scooped the team prize.

The day raised £1,480 for Andy’s chosen Charity Saint Francis Hospice.

Andy is a lifelong (suffering) West Ham United supporter, hence the balloons and was joined on the day by ex-West Ham, Newcastle United and England football legend Rob Lee A massive thank you to Sue Phillips and her staff who worked tirelessly on such a long day.

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Colts South East League North Match

ESSEX v HERTFORDSHIRE Abridge Golf Club – Sunday 2nd July

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The full team: Brandon Meads (Capt), Jack Brown and Shay McQueen (Chelmsford). Zach Chegwidden & Cassidy Steffens (Orsett). Jordon Slater (Harwich & Dovercourt). Ben Wyatt (Rayleigh) and Josh Cardy (Three Rivers) The County Team also had a match against Herts on the same day, with a couple of regular Colts selected for that team. Consequently there were some changes and the opportunity to introduce two rookies Shay and Cassidy who both played extremely well and each won both their foursomes and their singles.

The morning foursomes went well for Essex . Shay & Josh had an early win of 6&5, followed by Zach & Cassidy 4&3 and then Brandon & Jack 3&1. Morning result: Essex 3. Herts 1.

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Seniors County Team League Match

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Out one went Mark Lazarus who was taking on the best player in the Hertfordshire team and a English international. Mark in his time as an Essex Senior has returned some noteable victories but this was not to be another. 2 down after 9 he never recovered. We were hopeful that Ian Grant playing on his home course would provide a win but Ian never got going and the putting demons took their toll and he eventually lost 2 down with 1 hole remaining.

The third game saw our England International (currently 5th in the national order of merit) he was comfortably up after 9 and ran out to win 4 up with 3 to play. Next followed two more Orsett players Mark Whiten and Steve Rooney. Mark secured a win on the 17th but Steve had to battle all the way. All square playing the last both Steve and his opponent went in the ditch off the tee but both played out but Steve managed to secure a win.

Jeff Mathewson and Michael Partridge are becoming the reliable pair of our middle order and so it proved again. Jeff won 5 up with 4 to play and Michael 3 up with 2 holes to play.

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England Golf, South Eastern Group

2017 BOYS TEAM QUALIFIER Woodbridge Golf Club, Suffolk – Thursday 13 July 2017

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he annual England Golf boys team qualifier was held this year on a hot, still summer’s day on the splendid Heath Course at Woodbridge Golf Club in Suffolk and on this rare occasion manager Stephen Golding was able to field just about his strongest team. The format is simple; each team of six players play 36 holes with the best five individual scores counting and the team with the lowest total score wins and goes forward to the county final in August.

Having already played league matches ! against Hertfordshire and BB&O earlier in the season the Essex boys knew the quality of these opponents and the difficult task ahead of them. David Brooks the county’s head coach was on hand to take the boys out on their practice round and discuss course strategy and club selection, so the preparation could hardly have been better.

Although there were eleven county teams competing for this one qualifying spot it quickly became clear that there were really only three teams in it, Hertfordshire, BB&O and Essex. It was therefore of little surprise that at the half way stage as the lunchtime scores arrived that BB&O were leading with 353 followed by Herts on 356 and Essex on 357 with the remaining counties falling some distance behind. As the afternoon unfolded Hertfordshire too became detached and it was apparent that the winners would be either BB&O or Essex. The initial advantage went to Essex as early starter Arron Edwards Hill finished with a Championship best score of 67 to go with his morning round of 69 against a par of 71 As the afternoon progressed it became apparent that the scores from the last grouping on either half of the draw would be crucial and none more so than that containing Tom Gregory of BB&O and Michael Gilbert who were playing together. From the 10th hole Michael stole the advantage over Tom and was three strokes up on him until their final hole which Tom birdied to Michael’s par, but even then the final outcome was unknown.

With the final scores in and the numbers crunched the result produced was a narrow win by one stroke for BB&O leaving the Essex boys to ponder on what might have been.

Despite much gnashing of teeth no autopsy was necessary as all the team including travelling reserve Callum Newton put everything they could into winning this one. A big plus for the team was Arron Edwards Hill taking the individual prize winning by one stroke from England international Danny Daniels and with the upcoming home internationals Arron must surely be in the frame for an England call-up.

Finally our thanks go to Martin McDermott, Michael Rees, Bob Blowers and the rest of the England Golf championship committee for putting this event together in splendid style and special thanks to Woodbridge Golf Club and its members for the use of their excellent golf facility.

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U18 Inter Counties League

ESSEX v HERTFORDSHIRE v MIDDLESEX Knebworth Golf Club – Sunday 9th July 2017

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nother gloriously sunny day greeted the players for the second Inter Counties Match of the season at the challenging Knebworth course. There was just a slight breeze, but the tree lined course had plenty of changes in elevation for players to deal with not to mention greens that were a little on the sluggish side.

All three counties had notable absentees and unlike our earlier encounter with Hertfordshire in the Cheshunt Salver their England contingent were absent on other duties, nevertheless they were still able to field a side packed with talent.

Josh Read led off for Essex and continued his winning run by soundly beating Hertfordshire’s big hitter Jon Hopkins 4 & 3, but Ben Davies his slightly built Middlesex opponent proved more troublesome. Having been one down after 15 holes Josh pulled it back with a birdie at sixteen.

Then at the par 5 17th, despite having a 15ft eagle putt contrived to halve the hole with a par. Fortunately his birdie on the last hole was enough to give him the win. Cai James who was driving long and straight was the other Essex man to win both points, whilst Callum Newton continued his unbeaten run by holing a six foot putt against his Hertfordshire opponent on the final green to grab a half point.

When the team scores were finally added up Essex beat Middlesex 6½ -1½ but disappointingly lost to Hertfordshire 5̕½-2½, so there will be all to play for when they meet up with BB&O and Hertfordshire on 13th August at Chigwell GC. With all three teams potentially fielding England international players it should make an interesting afternoon’s golf for spectators.

As always our thanks go to our Hertfordshire GU and Josh Reed.

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Essex Colts

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ix players from Essex played in this annual event at East Berkshire Golf Club. Brandon Meads (Chelmsford), George Leversuch (Wanstead), Will Percival and Zach Chegwidden (Orsett), George Gennings (Thorndon Park) and Callum Pipe (Braintree) A 36 hole individual stroke play competition plus a three man team trophy. First played in 1976 and won then by Sandy Lyle. Essex has had a couple of winners in the last few years and hopes were high after a very good practice round on Tuesday.

The June 2017 heat wave continued. The course, although somewhat dry, was in beautiful condition.

With a field of 74 players the leading score in the morning was from George Gennings. 65 – 3 shots clear of the field. Hopes were high but regrettably the heat got to many in the afternoon, including George.

The eventual winner was home player Ben Platt 70.67.137. The best three scores from Essex were George Gennings & Brandon 142 and Will 144.

With six players Essex had two teams in the team event but lost out to BB&O who had a total team score of 432 to Essex’s best of 438. Teams have to be declared before start of play – unfortunately our 3 best scores were not all in the same team. Typical case of “if only”.

However, congratulations to all the Essex players who were a credit to our County.

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Essex Seniors

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ngland Golf Seniors Qualifier Individual (better known as the 6 man team) was held this year at Fulwell Golf Club in Middlesex just down the road from Twickenham Stadium.

Our hopes were high because on our previous visit to the course in 2015 we had defeated Middlesex Seniors by 9 ½ to ½. However we were up against some stiff opposition from BB&O, Kent and Sussex.

Our first man out was Chris Aukett who seemed to be going very well and in fact ended his day on a very solid 72 (1 over par), next was our international Mark Stones of whom we were expecting great things but this was not to be his day and he finished in 78.

Then came County Champion Steve Rooney with a disappointing 80 (which was the dropped score for the first round) Then came Michael Partridge with a 77 and Jeff Matthewson 79. We were then waiting on our final man Ian Grant but his score of 79 left the team in 3rd place overnight.

The following day Wednesday dawned with some overnight rain and a threat of more in the air.

The rain never materialised and neither did our hopes of qualifying for the final at Berwick upon Tweed. Chris Aukett could not find the touch of the previous day but still recorded 75 to finish 7th overall. Mark Stones had a remarkable day having 18 straight pars to finish on 71 and an overall 9th finish.

Our remaining players Steve Rooney 78, Jeff Mattewson 79, Michael Partridge 82 and Ian Grant 83 left us in 6th place overall. The winners were Sussex who’s team included the winner of the individual competition Colin Jones with a magnificent 69 67 (6 under par).

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HERTS v ESSEX Hadley Wood Golf Club – Sunday 23rd July 2017

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After a close fought away win against Middlesex and a home win against Bedfordshire, Herts were in top spot with a maximum 4 points, whilst Essex, having played out a draw at BB&O needed to win this match to stand any chance of winning the league.

Hot off a fantastic win in the Eastern Counties Foursomes at Seacroft some 6 weeks earlier the Essex side were in confident mood and keeping the same pairings in the foursomes charged out of the blocks. After 7 holes Essex were up in 3 and all square in one albeit never more than the odd hole ahead.

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The afternoon singles started with Herts firing on all cylinders. After 7 holes they were up in 5, down in 2 and all square in one. The only bright spark for Essex at that point was Jamie Richards who, after 6 holes, was 5 under par and 5 up, the Spider putter was on fire!

By the 12th hole things were slightly better with Essex now up in 2 games and all square in 3 and this gradual pressure from the Essex side began to tell. The first point of the afternoon went to Mike Gilbert, coming back from 1 down after 15 to win 2 up, closely followed by Jamie Richards 3 and 1 win. County Captain Jay Beisser showing grit to cling on to a one hole win.

So, with the score now 5 ½ to 3 ½ Essex needed just the one point to clinch victory. With Curtis Knipes and Callum Pipe succumbing to their opponents, it was left to Will Percival to secure victory with a solid 3 & 2 victory over the very useful Ben Harman.

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ESSEX v MIDDLESEX Chelmsford Golf Club – Sunday 23rd July 2017

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ssex County Team’s 3rd match of the campaign saw our first Home fixture against Middlesex at Chelmsford Golf Club on cloudy day with a chill in the air.

The Chelmsford course looked in immaculate condition as always and the Essex side were raring to go in their quest to top the League for the first time this season.

After a good start with a draw at Frilford Heath and a great win at Hadley Wood, Essex were lying second behind leaders Hertfordshire who had played a game more. So a win today would ensure top spot, however in order to stay ahead of BB&O who also had 3 points, it was vital to win, and by as large a margin as possible as ‘goal difference’ comes into play in the event of a tie.

Essex started at a sprint and after 8 holes of the morning foursomes all 4 matches were comfortably in our favour. So a morning whitewash was a distinct possibility. Three of these were turned into points for Essex, but a spirited fight back by the Middx top pairing of James Ellis and Tommy King against Andy May and Michael Gilbert saw them win the last 3 holes to turn a 2 hole deficit into an unlikely win. Score at lunch three one to the home side.

The afternoon singles set off in darkening skies and after an hour or so play had to be suspended due to torrential rain and rumbles of thunder. With the greens rapidly becoming unplayable shelter was taken and doubt as to whether the match would get finished. However in the true tradition of English weather the storm passed and the quality of the Chelmsford greens drainage became apparent as within a very short time all the waterlogged greens cleared and play resumed.

The morning trend of dominance by the Essex players continued into the afternoon with the home side showing how to putt on the tricky but superb Chelmsford greens. After another ding dong battle, Tommy King took the first point of the afternoon for Middlesex against Michael Gilbert but then the Essex victories came thick and fast. By late afternoon with Essex six one up in the singles only Ali Plumb was left out on the course. After 10 holes, his young opponent had opened up a 4 hole lead. Ali typifying the Essex spirit, fought back to level the match on the 15th and was looking to ensure another Essex point when the heavens opened and again flooded the greens, making the completion of JAMES ELLIS 1 1 TOMMY KING ANDY MAY the game impossible and each player agreed on an honourable hole DEN ERT MICHAEL GILB CONNOR MAD half.

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olf Tourism England (GTE), the membership body representing the golf tourism industry in England, has unveiled its new website showcasing the outstanding quality of golf England has to offer across several regions of the country.

GTE’s new website features detailed functionality highlighting the quality on offer for the international golfer, allowing the user to tailor their perfect holiday. Filters include searching by airports, seaports, architects, regions and types, guaranteeing a user-friendly experience and ensuring detailed information is provided for every region.

With the support of the Discover England Fund, administered by VisitEngland, GTE has been able to develop and launch its fullycomprehensive website, giving golfers the option of selecting and comparing courses, local hotels and attractions while providing links to bookable packages offered by operators.

England’s Golf Coast offers an excellent example of the type of package offered on the site. A trip to the region on the Southport Golf Tour will see you play courses including Formby, Hillside and West Lancs, and of course, this year’s Open Championship venue, Royal Birkdale. With the addition of other timeless links courses and off-course attractions, England’s Golf Coast embodies all that GTE is about.

Andrew Cooke, CEO of Golf Tourism England said: “We are delighted with the new digital offering we are now able to provide, showcasing the magnificent courses we have here in England.

The launch allows us to show off a quickly evolving platform which we believe will meet and surpass the expectations of the international golfer looking for their next holiday.

“With an extraordinary number of golf courses and attractions across the country, we are keen to continue to grow our partnerships and provide visitors with even more choice. With strong imagery, helpful links and engaging content, we are confident that this platform demonstrates England’s growing on and off-course offering in a really effective way, ensuring we are able to continue to promote England as a very attractive proposition for the overseas golfer.”

Andrew Stokes, Director of VisitEngland said: “This project was designed to inspire more golfers to visit as they view the diversity of the tourism experience on offer in England driving in-bound tourism and its economic benefits across the regions of England.”

Go to GolfTourismEngland.com for more information www.visitengland.com

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Sarah’s Saturday Golf Session with a Difference!

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arah Bennett PGA Head Teaching Professional at Three Rivers Club introduced The Open to 9 young golfers on the penultimate day of the big Event at Royal Birkdale.

The free day organised by Sarah and driven by HSBC with the focal point of bringing families together was certainly achieved with friendly banter and plenty of smiles from the youngsters.

There were a variety of challenges set up and delivered by Sarah with various technical elements inter dispersed during the hour aimed at maintaining interest and enjoyable learning.

The 10 step chip challenge was the theme of the day with one youngster volunteered the previous week to make the trophy..little did I know it was a replica of the Claret jug and would be on such a grand scale, the boat he made too was outstanding which sailed in the paddling pool!

The parents had a go too with some close attempts but with one ball permitted it was always a tough challenge.

One parent “Thank you Sarah for a fantastic session, the pictures are ace, Max thoroughly enjoyed himself and is very proud of his shirt” with another reiterating both father and son had

an amazing afternoon.

“I thoroughly enjoy coaching children, having developed interest over the past 7 years through schools, club and County continue to upskill via a variety of channels.

The four week Saturday coaching sessions I run at Three Rivers Golf Club are open to children between 5-10 yrs of age with no monthly commitment which suites the busy life styles of many.

Coaching young players is ever evolving and I feel it is vital to introduce new material and concepts to group programmes. The “old style” of coaching hitting balls in a line in my view is a thing of the past and can promote lack of sustained learning and boredom potentially leading to drop out at an early age.

I am sure the HSBC Hour Challenge was a huge success and with the additional activities run by the Golf Foundation delivered by the PGA Professionals will continue to grow the interest of golf for the years to come.

Sarah can be contacted about her junior coaching via her website www.sarahbennettgolf.co.uk or Email: sarahbennettgolf@gmail.com

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What Can We Learn From The Open 2017?

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ongratulations to Jordan Spieth, picking up his 3rd Major, The Open, at Royal Birkdale, to go alongside his Masters and US Open victories. As anyone who watched the coverage of Sunday’s final round, you couldn’t have failed to have been impressed with the quality of the golf on offer.

Many times with golf, perhaps playing in a club competition or monthly medal, we look back at our round and wish for a different result… If only that putt had dropped for a par, if only my ball wasn’t 2 inches Out of Bounds, etc. etc. Well as we know, in the great game of golf, all of that becomes irrelevant! It’s what you finally shoot, after all 18 holes have been played, (or 72 holes if you happen to find yourself in The Open)!

For us here at The Mind Zone, there were two significant moments that demonstrate fantastically well how vitally important it is to have the right thoughts (and to maintain those thoughts) when playing golf. Now clearly, you will think we are referring to Jordan Spieth on the 13th hole during the final round and of course we are… but more of that later!

Cast your mind back to the opening round, Rory McIlroy, former Open Champion, bogey’s the first hole. No real damage you may think, but when you are standing on the tee of the 7th, having bogeyed 5 of the first 6 holes, let’s be honest… it’s not the ideal start! The mind starts racing and panic can set in, knowing, to just make the cut (never mind actually challenging for the title) is a big ask. Yet McIlroy went on to have four birdies on his back nine and put himself back in contention. So what happened? Well it has been well documented from Rory himself, that his caddy, JP Fitzgerald, played a massive part in the change in circumstances. JP spoke to Rory and reminded him exactly who he was! ‘You’re Rory McIlroy, you’ve won this thing before.. just relax and enjoy the game, one shot at a time’. Now there will inevitably be some doubters out there, but consider this; McIlroy’s swing didn’t miraculously just get better? He didn’t clear off to have a sneaky 10 minutes on the range! When you

stand on the tee next time at your club, think back to a time when you played that hole really well (and if it’s a new course, then you have no poor history, so what is stopping you making it a great hole?), relax and just enjoy the game. Is that so hard to do?

Back to Spieth now, on the 13th! With fellow American, Matt Kuchar breathing down Spieth’s neck, alongside the adrenaline and nerves that accompany most golfers going into the final round of a major, in the lead, Spieth didn’t have the best of starts… in fact, at the turn, there was nothing in it, though both players had put some distance between themselves and the rest of the field. Out of the blue, Jordan Spieth fires a wild shot 120 YARDS wide of the target! With Kuchar safely on the fairway (and subsequently on the green before Spieth had even taken his ‘unplayable’ drop and then third shot), it certainly crossed his mind that this could have been the turning point where he lost The Open! I’m sure thoughts of the 2016 Masters came racing back, momentarily, to. As you’ll remember, he took his third shot from the practice field, with a six iron and came up short of the green (Even his caddy said ‘We guessed the yardage from the practise field)! A quite sublime chip left a tester for bogey and with Kuchar looking to Birdie the hole, this could have represented a 2 or even 3 shot swing. Kuchar missed, Spieth holed out… Kuchar takes a one shot lead to the 14th!

This is where it is so, so important to have a calm mind. Jordan seemed to find a new gear, not chasing the game, but playing each shot in turn, with a birdie on the 14th, an eagle on the 15th and two more birdies on the 16th & 17th, he played the last five holes, five under par! Matt Kuchar certainly played a great round of golf, but you have to admire Spieth’s tenacity and sheer brilliance over those closing holes.

Do you want to increase your mental strength, finding the ability to obtain (and remain with) a calm mind whilst playing? Then simply contact us, for details of the next Mind Zone Masterclass.

Why not hold a Mind Zone evening at your club, for your members and guests or perhaps your society?

Simply contact us for more details.

Enjoy your golf! www.themind-zone.com

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The Jubilee Cup

Update from Jubilee Cup Committee, sponsored by Seabrook Warehousing, and reported by Chairman Phil Redhead

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he “Round of 16” finalists was complete within July 2017 – with League winners having home advantage, and League runner’s up having to play “Away”. Largely this had a significant impact on the progression to the Quarter Finals, as only The Warren was able to compete away to Gosfield to make it into the final eight teams of the 2017 Jubilee Cup. Commiserations therefore for Gosfield, who exited the competition along with Playgolf Colchester, Canons Brook, Brentwood, Burnham, Warley,Woolston Manor, and Benton Hall.

Round of 16 to be played by 16th July 2017

Quarter Finals to played be by 13th August 2017

Fair play, and many thanks however to Canons Brooks and Brentwood who continue to support the Quarter Finals by hosting two of our neutral venues.Thank you very much to Neil Simpson and Russell Phillips at these clubs, and their supportive members!

The Quarter Final match details can be checked out individual here, and matches are to be played across 6th and 12-13th August www.jubileecup.com/matches2017/ qsf_sheet_2017.html

Semi Finals to be played weekend 2nd – 3rd Sept 2017

Final to be played on 24th September or 1st October 2017

2017 JUBILEE CUP WINNER

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Winner Quarter Final 1 The Burstead The Burstead Canons Brook Winner Semi Final 1 Gosfield Lakes The Warren

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Winner Quarter Final 2 Three Rivers Three Rivers Brentwood Golf Club

Quarter Finals Standing as of 25th July 2017

The Essex The Essex Burnham on Crouch Winner Quarter Final 3 Stoke by Nayland Stoke by Nayland Warley Park Winner Semi Final 2 Bentley Bentley Woolston Manor Winner Quarter Final 4 Stock Brook Manor Stock Brook Manor Benton Hall

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2017 WINNER

There is also still plenty of contention in the Order of Merit left to play out. From a singles perspective, Dick Drewett from Three Rivers rules the roost currently with 5 out of 5 games won – I’m sure he will be hoping he is not on holiday for the match against The Warren!

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For the Pairs OOM,The Essex Golf & Country Club players are currently dominant, and some may face Luke Bennett from Stoke by Nayland as nearest challenger currently. But still plenty of room for players outside the Top 10 to make a challenge of Brian Geers top spot.

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The competition continues to hot up - let’s hope for some challenging matches, and we will be reporting the arrangements for and pairings of the Semi Finals in next edition of Essex Golfer Please do LIKE or subscribe to our Facebook and Twitter sites: Twitter (@jubilee_cup).

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All the best!

Phil

Jason Moss Trophy

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lacton-on-Sea Golf Club’s Junior Captain Katy Yates, welcomed Junior teams from Frinton GC, Colchester GC and Colne Valley GC to the Clacton Club for the annual playing of the “Jason Moss Trophy”, Jason was a Junior member of Clacton Golf Club who died several years ago from Leukaemia at a very young age. The match was a team Stableford which was enjoyed by all the young competitors, At the after match lunch hosted by Mr Bob Moss, the farther of Jason

Moss, Mr Moss thanked the teams for attending and playing the match with such a good sprit and with good manners, he then announced that the winners of “The Jason Moss Troph 2017”, was Clacton with 145 points, in second place was Colne Valley with 137 points, in third place was Colchester with 135 points and in fourth place was Frinton with 107 points. The best individual score was by Sam Bruce from Colne Valley with 39 points.

All The Jason Moss Trophy teams from Colchester GC, Frinton GC, Colne Valley GC and Clacton GC and their team organizers and Mr Bob Moss.

The winning Clacton Team L-R James Wright, Harvey Bell, Henry Goodwin,Wilf Elliott, Junior Captain Katy Yates, Jake Wells and Mr Bob Moss.

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PING Launches SS18 Men’s Performance Apparel Collection

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ING has unveiled details of its new, performance driven 2018 Spring/Summer men’s apparel range.

Enhancing the brand’s commitment to helping golfers look and play their best, PING has engineered its latest collection to combine the finest performance fabrics with the craftsmanship and unrivalled attention to detail that are synonymous with the brand.

At the heart of the new polo shirt collection are three new, striking colour stories; ‘Disruption’, ‘Drift Away’ and ‘Purple Haze’.

Punchy and bold, ‘Disruption’ makes an impression by pairing vibrant imperial blue with pops of orange burst. This combines with core navy and white to create a striking on-course statement.

Odyssey O-Works Red Putters: New Way to Roll, Now in Red

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dyssey, the #1 Putter across the major worldwide Tours, is introducing an extension of red putters to its pioneering O-Works line this summer.

Following feedback from Callaway Staff Professionals, who have already put prototype models into play on Tour, the striking new O-Works Red Putters made their Major debut at The Open. Featuring revolutionary Microhinge Face Insert Technology, O-Works Putters offer unmatched roll for all levels of player.

The face insert pairs a stainless steel Microhinge plate co-moulded into a Thermoplastic Elastomer Feel Layer, enabling the tiny hinges on the hitting surface to lift the ball into a better roll at impact.

The technology makes the putter face more flexible, meaning all golfers will see increased top-spin and roll to their putts, even with a less-than-perfect putting stroke.

Dr. Alan Hocknell, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Callaway Golf, said: “The head colour has been generating a lot of interest on Tour this season, and a number of our players asked to test prototypes combining our Microhinge Insert Technology with a red finish. We know that if the best players like something and putt well with it, real golfers are definitely going to like it, too.”

Odyssey O-Works Red Putters feature a variety of Tour proven shapes – including the iconic 2-Ball, #7, R-Line,V-Line Fang – and introduces an innovative new #7S model.

This short slant neck version of the #7, one of the most prolific, tournament-winning putters of all time, provides more toe hang, which has become a popular setup for professionals.

For over 20 years, Odyssey has set the standard for industry-leading innovations in golf. Odyssey remains the #1 Putter across the major worldwide Tours and continues to dominate with the most worldwide putter wins of any brand this year.

Odyssey O-Works Red Putters will be in store from September 1, 2017. www.odysseygolf.com

‘Drift Away’ features a cool seafoam green as the lead colour, creating a modern and contemporary collection.

‘Purple Haze’ offers a sophisticated palette, combining shades of rich plum with cool celestial blue and navy, promoting a versatile collection.

Incorporating Sensor Cool technology, the direction of the collection’s polo shirts is showcased by the Harper, Quinn and Theodore.

These designs combine moisture movement performance, quick drying, stretch and crease- resistant properties, with a tailored fit and attention to detail throughout. This results in a range of comfortable, stylish and performance driven designs for the golfer, both on and off the course.

Complementing the new Spring/Summer collection is the introduction of Tekfit® waistband technology to the Bradley trouser/short and Hendrick short. This cutting-edge innovation provides up to two inches of additional waistband stretch for superior comfort, flexibility and freedom of movement.

The Knowles sweater is engineered from soft-touch merino and showcases a heather coloured block fleck design. Its technical benefits are highlighted by natural thermal and moisture moving properties.

A new innovative outerwear design is the Delta jacket. Engineered for optimum performance in windy conditions, this exceptionally lightweight, windproof garment also offers superior water resistance. Advanced stretch fabrics and additional venting, for enhanced breathability, make this an essential, year-round jacket. www.ping.com

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Oscar Jacobson’s SS18 Collection Offers On-Course Performance with High Street Style

Motocaddy Upgrades App To Sync With Smart Cart

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ith 114 years of tailoring experience, Swedish brand Oscar Jacobson has been kitting out European Tour golfers for over four decades. Combining men’s fashion and cutting-edge technologies, Oscar Jacobson’s Spring/Summer 2018 range features performance-enhancing garments which look as good on the High Street as they perform on the golf course.

The 21st-century golfer is looking for stylish apparel that works equally well on and off the golf course, and Oscar Jacobson’s rich heritage in fashion tailoring, dating all the way back to 1903, ensures that performance and style run deep in the brand’s DNA. The new Spring/Summer 2018 collection from OJ Sport – presented in Sky/Coral, Naturals and Electric colour themes – draws heavily on the brand’s expertise in fashion tailoring, and its unparalleled knowledge of technical golf apparel, to deliver a greater number of products than ever before that will not only perform how the golfer wants on the fairways, but also look completely at home on the High Street.

Eco focus No company should be shying away from its environmental responsibilities in the 21st century. As a Swedish brand, Oscar Jacobson takes its Eco duties very seriously and is fully committed to continually seeking out more environmentally friendly ways to produce its striking apparel collections.

For Spring/Summer 2018, this quest has led to the use of a ground-breaking Bamboo charcoal fibre in the technical polo shirt, Chap, knitted from a polyester/elastane mix for added stretch and fit.

Bamboo charcoal fibre is mixed in with the yarn to create a fabric that offers the same feel and durability as many synthetic fabrics, but is kinder on the environment thanks to nanotechnology. This process allows the physical and biological properties of a material to be modified by engineering, synthesising and adding elements to develop the next generation of improved fabrics and materials.

OJ Sport’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection will perfectly prepare any golfer to meet the demands of peak-season golf with an ideal blend of performance, function and style.

More so than ever before, the garments deliver versatility and the potential for cross-over, looking as stylish off the golf course as they do on it. www.oscarjacobson.com

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otocaddy, the top-selling trolley brand, has upgraded its free GPS app in preparation for the upcoming launch of the revolutionary S5 CONNECT electric trolley this week.

Introduced at the start of the year, the Motocaddy GPS App has already reached 25,000 downloads and can be synced with the world’s first ‘Smart Cart’ or used as a stand-alone, fully-featured mobile GPS device on any compatible smartphone.

In addition to numerous other upgrades, the latest version of the App features a new ‘Pairing Mode’ that allows golfers to sync the app to the S5 CONNECT via Bluetooth™ connection. The trolley’s digital display can then be used in place of a conventional GPS to provide golfers with front, middle and back distances to the green (in yards or metres), along with the par of the hole, clock and round timer.

In addition, the new ‘Push Notification’ option enables golfers to receive and display notifications on the trolley handle, alerting them to a missed call, text message, email or range of app alerts, including WhatsApp & Facebook.

Notifications can be pre-set through the app to receive as many or as little as the golfer requires out on the course. The smartphone remains connected, even when securely placed in a golf bag pocket or being charged using the trolley’s patented USB charging port, while the app provides details of 36,000 courses worldwide.

The app has also been developed to offer ‘Over The Air’ (OTA) updates to the trolley, allowing the S5 CONNECT display screen to be seamlessly updated with exciting new features and upgrades as soon as they become available.

Along with the new updates, the Motocaddy GPS App also includes shot planning control that shows the distance to any point on each hole; measurement of the distance achieved by any shot; local course search and automatic hole advancement; a round timer to assist with pace-of-play; detailed greenside information and communication in five different languages (English, French, German, Spanish & Swedish).

The Motocaddy GPS App is available free on iOS and Android from the Apple App Store and on Google Play now. www.motocaddy.com

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www.essexgolfer.com FOR SALE: 2 x Titleist golf travel bags.

Never been used. Bought January 2017.

Heavy Duty Woven Polyester.

PRICE £80:00 EACH. Item Location: Witham.

Harry Wymark 07787 186 949.

Email: harrywymark@msn.com FOR SALE: £60.00 – Callaway x2 3deep 3wood pro loft 14.5 ping grip aldila tour stiff good con. £75.00 – Taylor Made Big Bertha mini driver kuro kage shaft stiff golf pride grip 12 dec loft good con, sorry no wrench.

Item Location: Hullbridge.

S Wild 077812 017 129.

Email: stuart.wild1@btinternet.com FOR SALE: £85.00 – Mizuno MP30. 3 to pw. Dynamic Gold R300 shafts. £80.00 – Ping i3 irons. 3 to SW. Aldila A flex shafts. Item Location: Leigh on Sea Alexander Murray 07505 842 959.

Email: murray941@blueyonder.co.uk FOR SALE: £70.00 ONO – Children’s set of clubs to suit young beginner MKids size 45" yellow set. Complete with Driver, Fairway Wood, 7 & 9 Iron and a putter plus bag. This set is two years old hardly used and cost £140.00 to buy. Item Location: Epping.

Andy Hart 07850 866 880.

Email: Mrashart@aol.com FOR SALE: £55.00 ONO – Callaway Apex cf16 irons. Recoil graphite shafts. F3 (reg). 6 irons. 5 -PW. Like new. Used 4 times. Possibly the best irons out there. Read the reviews.

Cost more than £900 new. Item Location: Loughton. Jim savage 07570 960 379.

Email: jksav1@aol.com FOR SALE: £50.00 No offers – Set of Ben Sayers M 7 ladies RH Golf Clubs - 7 irons 3 woods hybrid and putter, good condition suitable for Juniors (Male or Female) or beginners. Item Location: Rayleigh.

Bob 07742 595 495.

Email: reader5172@btinternet.com

FOR SALE: £395.00 OVNO – Power Kaddy Discovery single seat buggy, complete with light weight trailer, with twin bag bracket and brolly holder. In good running order for 18 holes plus. Item Location: Hoddeston.

Doug Johnston 01992 467 001 Email: douglas.johnston11@btinternet.com FOR SALE: £0.00 FREE – 2 electric trolleys with batteries not used this year. Item Location: Leigh on Sea. Mrs G. T. Webster 01702 529 742 Email: gailtwebster@icloud.com

FOR SALE: £33.00 NEW – Mens Callaway Diablo Edge gap wedge (A wedge) 50 degree Left hand Regular Flex steel shaft.Item Location: Southend-on-Sea. Martin Songhurst 07552 354 489 Email: martin.songhurst@blueyonder.co.uk

FOR SALE: £140.00 ONO – Callaway XR16 10.5 Degree R/H Regular Flex Driver Speeder-Evolotion Shaft Excellent Condition.

Item Location: Westcliff-on-Sea Arthur Hodges 01702 352460 Email: arthurhodges7@virginmedia.com

FOR SALE: £75.00 – Mens Titleist 909 21 degree hybrid regular Diamana shaft as new.

M: 07719 617 349.

FOR SALE: £4.00 – BALLS FOR SALE. 10 golf balls, any make. £5.00 – BALLS FOR SALE. 10 Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros or Arnold Palmer Balls. Any other brand just ask. Item Location: Southend on Sea Enrico Bedini 01702 600 454 Email: enrico.bedini@talktalk.net FOR SALE: £75.00 – Motocaddy Trolley S3 with battery and charger.

Louis 07482 661 866 Email: sylviolouislo@gmail.com FOR SALE: £35.00 ONO – Jack Nicolas set of Golden Bear clubs. p/w, s/w, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, plus odd putter and wood.

Item Location: Chalkwell Rianne McCormack 07771 363 833 EmaiL: rianne-1@hotmail.co.uk FOR SALE: £80.00 ONO – Mens Callaway XR driver 10.5. Good condition. £40.00 ONO – Mens Ping I 15 driver. £25.00 ONO – Ladies Callaway X 5 wood. £50.00 ONO – Sun Mountain 4 wheel push trolley vgc. Item Location: Billericay Stan Sage 01277 659 156 Email: s4gey@talktalk.net

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FOR SALE: £50.00 ONO – Hill Billy Terrain with battery, charger and carrier bag.

In working order but damage to handle. Item Location: Basildon.

Sergio De Girolamo 01268 523 274 Email: josieandsergio@talktalk.net

FOR SALE: £95.00 No offers – Powercaddy All Terrain Electric Trolley Including Charger plus Battery, all good condition. £75.00 No offers – Motocaddy S1 Electric Trolley, plus battery, plus charger. £140.00 No offers – Ping Graphite Irons S56 Stiff Shafts W to 5 iron Red Dot vgc. £65.00 No offers – HillBilly Electric Trolley plus battery and charger all in excellent condition. Item Location: Brentwood Roy Fisher 07720 005 129 Email: royfisher33@gmail.com FOR SALE: £150.00 – Golf practice net with heavy weight secondary rear net. 4 steel posts and guy ropes. 10ft high, 8ft deep, 11ft wide. Including Green Ground mat, Target strip and Stance Mat, Professional standard.

Buyer collects. John 01245 401031.

Item Location: East Hanningfield John Cummins 01245 401031 / 07890 929 486 Email: johnandval@vwd.me.uk FOR SALE: £25.00 – Ping G15 Utility Wedge Ping Grip Soft Regular Graphite Shaft TFC129. Standard length and Lie. Serial no.

W61466. Good Condition. Item Location: Hatfield Peverel.

Ed McLatchie: 07910 389 965 Email: ed.mclatchie@gmail.com

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