Gloucestershire Golf Union
RESULTS AND ONWARD PROGRESSION: Gloucestershire Schools Championships
We had a wonderful day for the Glos Schools Championship at Stinchcombe Hill. The weather was very kind to us, and, dare I say it, it was extremely hot – too hot for some!
A huge thank you to the management and members at Stinchcombe Hill for allowing us the use of their course, and especially Paul Bushell for all his help in organising the day. Also thanks to Matt Ayres and his greenkeeping team for their incredible work on the course and for presenting it so magnificently; to Ellen Seally and the bar and catering team for keeping everyone well fed and watered and to Mark Pitcher and his pro shop team for their support of ball prizes and the players needs.
Thanks to our district schools/colleges for allowing their students to take part in the event, our brilliant referee, Bernie and our two starters, Peter French and Gary Ward.
We had an entry of 72 players, with 70 actually turning up to play on the day, representing 21 schools/colleges and 25 clubs – just fantastic! This has been our biggest event for a number of years. I think Stinchcombe Hill was a popular venue for the players!
There were some great scores, especially from many of the mid to high handicap players and an incredible score of 65 from the overall boys winner! The prizes were awarded, as below, with the full results being at:
Boys gross champion – Isaac Jones – Hartpury College and Oswestry
Boys gross runner-up – Alex Williams – Balcarras School Lilley Brook
Boys nett champion – Gustav Olner – Home schooled and Minchinhampton
Boys nett runner-up – Jamie Haines – Sir Thomas Rich’s and Brickhampton
Boys U16 gross champion – Felix Chippendale – Cirencester Deer Park and Cirencester (qualifying for U16 National champs at Wilmslow, Cheshire on 19th May-practice round on 18th May)
Boys U16 nett champion – Gustav Olner – Home schooled and Minchinhampton
Girls gross champion – Summer Carash – Cirencester Deer Park and Minchinhampton
Girls gross runner-up – Regina Chiu – Cheltenham Ladies College and Lilley Brook
Girls nett champion – Jasmin Ren – Pate’s Grammar School and Cotswold Hills
Girls nett runner-up – Alecia Carash – Cirencester Deer Park and Minchinhampton
Girls U16 gross champion - Summer Carash – Cirencester Deer Park and Minchinhampton (qualifying for U16 National champs at Wilmslow, Cheshire on 19th May – practice round on 18th May)
Girls U16 nett champion – Jasmin Ren – Pate’s Grammar School and Cotswold Hills
Gross team champions – Hartpury College – Isaac Jones – Oswestry/ Mark Hewlett – Worcester Golf and Country Club/ Louis Mc Diarmid – Wrag Barn (may qualify for the EG Gross team champs at Woodhall Spa on 9th July – practice round on 8th July, subject to the best 9 scoring teams, nationally, against the course rating of the qualifying course x 3. All 3 players’ scores will count to qualify so a total of 207 for this team)
Nett team champions – retaining the trophy, yet again, Balcarras School – Alex Williams – Lilley Brook/Freddie Coombe – Lilley Brook/Finlay Richards - Lilley Brook (qualifying for EG Nett team champs at Woodhall Spa on 9th July – practice round on 8th July)
South West Schools Champs Team for Enmore Park on 27th May (practice round on 26th May – the schools’ summer half term week)
Isaac Jones – Hartpury College and Oswestry
Alex Williams – Balcarras School and Lilley Brook
Freddie Eglin – Hartpury College and Tiverton
Louis Mc Diarmid – Hartpury College and Wrag Barn
Josh Murphy – Hartpury College and Exeter
Felix Chippendale – Cirencester Deer Park and Cirencester
Summer Carash – Cirencester Deer Park and Minchinhampton
Regina Chiu – Cheltenham Ladies College and Lilley Brook
Alecia Carash – Cirencester Deer Park and Minchinhampton
Reserves- these will be contacted to play in the event in case the initial qualifying players are not available
Mark Hewlett – Hartpury College and Worcester Golf and Country Club
Ambrose Eaves – Chipping Campden and Broadway
William Preen – Chipping Campden and Broadway
Molly Douglas– Hartpury College and Brickhampton
Olivia Savage – Hartpury College and The Essex
Well done to all the players for their great efforts and perseverance but especially to those who made the prizes and the onward progression to the regional and national events. I will keep you posted on developments with those.
Unfortunately none of the winning girls were available at presentation for photos.
Dawn Ward Honorary Secretary Gloucestershire Schools Golf Association
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