Junior Open

A good field for this year's Junior Open sponsored by S&J Communications which was played in dry but slightly chilly conditions. Twenty-three players from Burnham Beeches,  Blue Mountain,  Castle Royle,  Newbury & Crookham,  Newbury Racecourse and  Witney Lakes entered the main competition with a further eleven young Newbury Racecourse players in the Red-Tee Stableford.

In the main gross competition, scoring was excellent and very close at the top of the leader board. At the finish, the winner by a single shot was Tim Shin from Castle Royle with a score of 70. Count-back was required to decide the runner-up with Jack Unsworth just edging out last year's winner Max Nicholls after both carded 71. Full result - click here.

In the net category, Jack Oades from Newbury Racecourse was the emphatic winner with a superb 63. two shots further back was runner-up Luke Gregory also from Newbury Racecourse. In third place, Jack Unsworth (Newbury Racecourse) just pipped Oliver Overend (Newbury Racecourse) on count-back, but as Jack had already captured the runner-up gross spot, the prize went to Oliver. Full result - click here.
Other prize winners were:
Best Front 9 gross  - Max Nicholls (Newbury Racecourse)
Best Back 9 gross  - Michael East (Burnham Beeches)
Best Front 9 net  - Oliver Overend (Newbury Racecourse)
Best Back 9 net  - Jack Oades (Newbury Racecourse)
Longest Drive  - Tim Shin (Castle Royle)
Nearest the Pin - Oliver Black (Newbury & Crookham)

The Red-Tee Stableford event was played over 12 holes by eleven players from Newbury Racecourse who have not yet obtained a CONGU handicap (all played off a nominal 28 handicap). The winner with a great score of 34pts was George Freer. Only two points behind was runner-up Michael Sopp. With these and other recent performances, both these boys have now earned a CONGU handicap of 28.
Other Red-Tee Stableford prize winners were:
Nearest the Pin  - Laurie Gale (Newbury Racecourse)
Longest Drive (18th) - Oliver Walker (Newbury Racecourse)
Longest Drive (8th) - Simon Mead (Newbury Racecourse)

 

 

 

Newbury Racecourse Junior Open Prize Winners

Finally some acknowledgements.Thanks to ...
The catering staff who provided an excellent lunch for all the competitors today.
Richard Holmes and his greens staff for preparing the course in excellent condition.
Lorraine Storey, Nick Mitchell and John Hoskison for organising today's event.
Peter Smith for his continued sponsorship of this competition and starting duties.
Raymond Bilton for his registration and scoring duties.
Paul Tebbutt for collating the scores.
Jim Purvis, Lesley Cratchley, Fay Unsworth and other parents for guiding the Red-Tee players round.
Finally thanks to all the players for showing up today and supporting this event. Hope to see you again next year.