Harriet Owers-Bradley wins Midlands championship

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Nottinghamshire’s Harriet Owers-Bradley swept the board at the Midlands ladies’ championship at Rothley Park, Leicestershire.
Harriet, who has just completed her first year at Yale University in the USA, won the title when she defeated former champion Sam Birks (Wolstanton) in the final.
The Wollaton Park player was also top qualifier for the match-play stages, with rounds of three-under 69 and 73. In addition, she helped Nottinghamshire win the team prize.
Results.
Champion: Harriet Owers-Bradley (Wollaton Park).
Runner-up: Samantha Birks (Wolstanton).
Semi-finalists: Jo Morris (Willesley Park), Janet Phipps (Gog Magog).
Quarter-finalists: Rebecca Wood (Glossop & District), Fiona Briggs (Astonwood), Laura Collin (John O’Gaunt), Tracy Bourne (Willesley Park) Golf Club.

BRORA BOY HEADS JUNIOR MASTERS
QUALIFIERS AT DUFF HOUSE ROYAL

Brora youngster Iain Stewart, one of the last finishers in a field of 82, headed the 15 boy qualifiers at Duff House Royal Golf Club, Banff today in the Dunferemnline Building Society Junior Masters North Regional Final.
Megan Clyne (Deeside) was the top girl of the seven who, with the boys, will go forward to the Grand Final over the Queen's Course, Gleneagles on Sunday, October 12.
Iain Stewart, playing off a handicap of 20 totalled 43 Stableford points, the same score as Newburgh-on-Ythan Golf Club's men's champion Jack Moir, who has 14 of a handicap.
Iain edged first place on a card countback.
Megan Clyne, who plays off 12, scored 40pt, one more than runner-up Tegan Seivwright (Peterculter).
Stableford points
BOYS - Qualifiers - 43 I Stewart (Brora) (20), J Moir (Newburgh on Ythan) (14). 41 A Kenyon (Inverness) (27), S Baird (Inverallochy) (20). 40 L Sutherland (Duff House Royal) (12), R Cameron (Elgin) (14). 39 R Taylor (Fraserburgh) (10), D Wilson (Turriff) (22), G Fowlie (Kemnay) (18), B Fraser (McDonald Ellon) (18), L Cheyne (Newburgh on Ythan) )20). 38 S Hillis (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) (11), C Hudson (Tain) (15), K McKenna (McDonald Ellon) (25), A Wiseman (Fraserburgh) (4).
Non-qualifiers - 38 C Lamb (Newmachar) (8), J Shaw (Kingussie) (11), D Custerson (Tain) (12), G Innes (Loch Ness) (15), L Findlay (Cullen) (12). 37 R Asher (Nairn) (18), S Burgess (Nairn) (7), M Manson (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) (6), B Smith (Montrose Mercantile) (17), N White (Deeside) (16), R Dey (Torphins) (14). 36 R Gordon (Peterhead) (5), M Dingwall (Forres) (9), A Carrell (Peterculter) (5), R Murdock (Portlethen) (11), E Edward (Garmouth & Kingston) (15), S Chalmers (Turriff) (29), R Finlayson (Loch Ness) (19), C Campbell (Inchmarlo) (7).
35 K Willox (Deeside) (5), J Macpherson (Kingussie) (27), A Mullen (Nairn Dunbar) (28), N Duff (Strathpeffer Spa) (9), S Porter (Peterhead) (4), D Thompsett (Tarland) (5), B Laidlaw (Strathpeffer Spa) (17). 34 E McIntosh (East Aberdeenshire) (5), E Brawley (Portlethen) (19). 33 S Wright (Stonehaven) (19).
32 S Paterson (Peterculter) (5), N Brennan (Muir of Ord) (19), G Boyne (Garmouth & Kingston) (20). 31 A McGill (Inverurie) (24), C Kerr (Elgin) (23), P Green (Forres) (6), R Greenwood (Inverness) (9), L Allan (Torphins) (17), C Watt (Newmachar) (9), S Ramage (Inverurie) (24).
30 A Hemsley (Montrose Mercantile) (18), J Mennie (Duff House Royal) (19), C Murray (Strathlene) (19), G Rennie (Oldmeldrum) (28). D Robertson (Tarland) (26), C Duguid (Stonehaven) (26). 29 D Temple (Kemnay) (13), M Downie (Inverallochy) (14). 28 P Cowan (Inchmarlo) (14), M Adam (Royal Aberdeen) (14), K Campbell (Strathlene) (14), K Rogers (Oldmeldrum) (20). 26 M Mair (Cullen) (6). Retired - L McLaughlin (Nairn Dunbar) (36).

GIRLS - Qualifiers - 40 M Clyne (Deeside) (12). 39 T Seivwright (Peterculter) (19). 37 R Polson (Peterculter) (11). 36 A Milne (Turriff) (23). 35 S Alexander (Deeside) (8). 34 C Herbert (Peterhead) (36). 32 K Baird (Nairn) (33).
Non-qualifiers - 32 K MacCallum (McDonald Ellon) (13). 32 H Boyd (Nairn) (36) . 31 E Bicker (Stonehaven) (31). 27 J Booth (Kemnay) (22), L Gordon (Peterhead) (36). 17 L Garden (Stonehaven) (34). 15 O Borwick (McDonald Ellon) (28).

Jamie-Leigh Voss, picture by courtesy of Tom Ward.

Jamie-Leigh (14) wins English schoolgirls
championship at The Kendleshire

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Leicestershire 14-year-old Jamie-Leigh Voss won the English schoolgirls championship at the Kendleshire, Bristol – helped by a course record of five-under par 67.
She finished three shots clear of the runner-up, England girl international Holly Clyburn, from Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire. Holly, 17, is a member of the English Women’s Golf Association Futures U18 Squad.
Suffolk’s Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) was third and, like Holly, shot thee-under par in the second round. Heidi, 14, from EWGA’s Select Midlands Squad is the English U15 champion and has been selected for England’s team for the Girls’ International Matches.
Among the other players in the top ten were three more members of EWGA squads: Yorkshire’s Sophie Godley (Lindrick), 14, was sixth, one place ahead of English women’s champion and defending title-holder Hannah Barwood, 17, of Knowle, Gloucestershire. Warwickshire’s Elizabeth Mallett – who is the English U16 schools’ champion – was ninth. Elizabeth, 13, plays at Sutton Coldfield Ladies’ .
Jamie-Leigh, from Kirby Muxloe, took the title with scores of 74 and five-under 67, which shaved a shot off the old record. Her afternoon round included an eagle, four birdies and just one bogey - and she has reduced her handicap to plus-one.
Her father, Jamie, commented: “She is over the moon and she wants to say a big thank you to her coach, Steve Cooper of Gainsborough.”
Already this season, Jamie-Leigh has qualified for the match-play stages of the English championship and won the Leicestershire championship. She also helped her team reach the finals of the English county championship. Now, she will captain the girls’ teams in the annual schools’ internationals against Wales in August and Scotland in September.
Leading scores:
141 Jamie-Leigh Voss (Fulhurst Community College, Leicestershire) 74 67.
144 Holly Clyburn (Grimbsy Institute, Lincolnshire) 75 69.
145 Heidi Baek (Kesgrove High, Suffolk) 76 69.
146 Emilee Taylor (John Leggett College, Lincolnshire) 73 73.
147 Katherine O’Connor (Banbury College, Oxon) 73 74.
150 Sophie Godley (Worksop College, Yorkshire) 74 76.
151 Hannah Barwood (Oldfield Girls, Avon) 77 74, Georgina Kilbey (The Plume, Essex) 74 77.
153 Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Grammar, Warwickshire) 72 81.
154 Hayleigh Wigmore (Central Sussex) 79 75.
The England schools international teams are:
England v Wales – Jamie-Leigh Voss (captain), Holly Clyburn, Elizabeth Mallett, plus one player to be selected at the English Schools Under-16 championship on July 14.
Reserve: Hannah Barwood.
England v Scotland – Jamie-Leigh Voss (captain), Holly Clyburn, Heidi Baek, Emilee Taylor, Katherine O’Connor, Sophie Godley.
Reserves: Hannah Barwood, Elizabeth Mallett.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
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Hannah (14) breaks another

course record with a 69 at

Grantown-on-Spey

Hannah McCook, the up-and-coming 14-year-old member of Abernethy Golf Club, has made another notable entry to her golfing CV.

Hannah has broken the Grantown on Spey women's course record by one stroke with a gross 69, against the par of 72 and the CSS of 71.

Her handicap is now 7.3.

Earlier this year, Hannah broke the women's record at her home Abernethy course.