LGM Juniors book a place at Greenjackets finals day
The La Grande Mare Junior team booked a place in the finals weekend of the Hampshire Greenjackets with a 71-60 win over La Moye golf club.
The team was led out by Hampshire U16 player James Troop who who was dependable as ever returning 37 points, with Ben Shield from La Moye scoring 33 points. Daniel Troop returning to golf after his first A level, managed a solid performance to score 2 more points than his La Moye opponent.
Tom Chamberlain made his Greenjackets debut and played like a veteran. He scored 34 points in blustery conditions, seven points more than his playing partner.
Max Raffray, the Junior Captain who is currently recuperating from Glandular Fever was thrilled at the achievement of the team reaching finals day.
The finals will be played at Hockley Golf Club on 25th July.
Entry open for Guernsey Junior Championship
The entry is now available for GGU Guernsey Junior championship. The qualifying competition will take place on the 20th July with a net prize for the winner on the day.
The Boys Semi final will take place 23rd July and the girls and boys finals will take place on the 24th July.
INVESTEC & UV TROPHIES - NOAH WINS HIS FIRST MAJOR
Noah Davy capped an incredible week by shooting 85 (nett 68) today to win his first Guernsey Major title, the UV Trophy, by nine shots. His four round nett total was an amazing 20 under par. Noah has had some tough rounds in competition this year but found his game when he needed it and showed immense skill and resilience this week. We are all very proud of him.
Runner up was Lewis Marley who shot a very respectable 77 (nett 68) today to finish a superb week in which he has elevated his game to a whole new level. Many congratulations to him.
There have been some fantastic performances by all our Juniors this week and we look forward to more great golf over the next few months.
HOW GOLF IN SCHOOLS IS HELPING TO BRING NEW PLAYERS INTO THE GAME
The golf in schools programme which is a joint initiative between Guernsey Sports Commission, Ray Lowe Sporting Foundation and Guernsey Golf Union was set up in 2019 with the aim of introducing young players to the sport in a fun environment. A set of six sessions are delivered by the professionals from the different clubs around the Island to all the state primary schools on Guernsey.
Evan Le Huray aged 12, was introduced to the game when he was at Vale school and he enjoyed the golf PE classes so much that his parents got in touch with the professional team at RGGC and Evan signed up for the modular programme which includes group coaching and playing on the course at the end of each term. Evan’s Dad Mat seeing his son’s enthusiasm for golf, started to take an interest too and began coming down to the club and hitting balls with him. They then decided to join the club together this year and have been enjoying playing and practicing ever since.
Phil Sykes whose team deliver the programme at Vale junior school said: “The golf in schools programme has been a great way of introducing a new generation of children to golf. There are so many sports on offer to youngsters in the Island and whilst we would love to see more juniors playing the game, all the evidence shows that children who have been introduced to golf at an early age are more likely to come back to it when they are older. That’s why we need to take a long term view with this project to see the real benefits in the future”.
There was further evidence of the success of the programme when we welcomed four new youngsters at the weekend from La Grande Mare to play in the St David’s cup, their first blue tee competition. This group of children attend La Houguette and all were introduced to golf as part of their PE curriculum.
We wish Evan and Mat an enjoyable and successful time at the club and look forward to seeing them and more new players out on the course soon.
VALENTINE TROPHY & ST DAVID’S CUP – NOAH BACK TO WINNING WAYS, JOSH NEVILLE’S DOMINANCE CONTINUES, AND ANOTHER WIN FOR LUKE ADCOCK
Royal Guernsey was in stunning condition for the competition yesterday and the weather was perfect too.
In the white tee Valentine Trophy Noah Davy was back to winning ways scoring 37 points which included eight pars and an excellent front nine of 42. Noah had a superb 2021 in both junior and men’s competition and it was great to see him back in form. Hopefully this will be the springboard to more success this season. Runner up was the ever consistent Thomas Chamberlain with 36 points. He made six pars and a brilliant birdie at the 13th.
In the red tee St David’s Cup the scoring was excellent and with the course running fast it made some of the longer holes more accessible than usual. Josh Neville was at his best again with another performance of the highest quality. He shot 86 gross for 43 points which included 8 pars. It was his fifth win of the season in the Ray Lowe Sporting Foundation order of merit. Runner up was Lewis O’Brien with 41 points. It was a sparkling round of golf which on another day would have been good enough for the win. His 88 gross featured 6 pars including 3 in a row on the back nine.
In the blue tee competition we welcomed four new players: Elliot Brehaut, Cory Semple, Lewis Brehaut and Mason Brehaut. Luke Adcock took the spoils again with another impressive display scoring 24 points and another handicap reduction is on they way. Runner up was Lewis Brehaut with 23 points edging out Cory Semple on countback.
Next up we are back at L’ancresse on July 12th for the Goodridge and Longue Rue Cups.
Tee times for this weekends tee times at Royal Guernsey
James Troop crowned LGM Junior Champion 2022
James Troop showed great resilience bouncing back from a disappointing day1 round to card his best ever round at LGM with a 2 over 67. The Hampshire player struggled with the strong wind on Day 1 but his Day 2 performance saw him take the prize and also win maximum points in the Adult tee Ray Lowe Order of Merit .
The white tee net competition was closely fought between Alexander Mills and Thomas Chamberlain. There was only one shot between these two rising stars of junior golf after Day1. Alex got the better of Day2 to win the net prize.
In the Red tee competition, consistently strong player Oliver Farmer had another good weekend coming out ahead of Charlie Czarnecki by seven shots. Josh Neville played on Sunday and extended his lead in the Red tee Ray Lowe Order of Merit receiving maximum points.
