OLCGA

Bronze Championship 2019Qualifier 18th March at Cotswolds ClubPrize WinnersBronze Medal Winner (Best Nett) Judith Porter (CC) 701st Scratch Carole Durant (CC) 942nd Scratch Jane Fleming (TH) 953rd Scratch Margaret Brennan (NO) 974th Scratch Geraldine Smith (TH) 991st Handicap Judith Porter (CC) 702nd Handicap Anne Franklin (H) 723rd Handicap Linda Halsey (NO) 75Best 26 h/c & over Lorraine Watkins 107 Best Gross scores to go through to K/O Carole Durant (CC), Judith Porter (CC), ...

For the Bronze knockout draw please go to the OLCGA competitions page.

Our second training session took place at Frilford Heath GC on Sunday 24th March.9 players turned up and the morning was spent looking at various bunker techniques and then iron play. We spent the afternoon practicing on the back 9 of the Blue Course. 

In the annual stableford competition with Bucks & Berks, our team of Mairi Weir (Henley), Chloe Stanley (Henley), Tia Matthew (Kirtlington), Megan Bishop (Carswell), Allie Holtom (Henley), Freya Coughlan (Frilford Heath), Ellie Phillips & Elizabeth Ball (both Drayton Park) won the team trophy with 191 points. Allie also claimed 3rd place in the individual event. 

Our annual, invitational match against the Oxfordshire Boys is always an enjoyable encounter and, despite the windy weather which made for some interesting golf shots, this year was no exception. As ever, the match was keenly fought by both sides and 3-3 was a fair & amicable result. Thank you to the Cotswolds Club for being our hosts.

After a great drive on Kirtlington Golf Club's Par 5 18th, our 2018 Junior Captain and county player, Izy Edwards, holed her 154 yard approach shot to achieve a very rare albatross. It helped drop her handicap to 4.4. Well done Izy.

Cara has been selected as one of only 2 amateurs ladies to represent England down under in tournaments in January. She started her winter training in Florida in November, heads in December to Portugal for a England Training Camp and then jets off to Oz.

The Ann Starkey Trophy is a new scratch knockout and is played as an inter club competition for Bronze handicap players. Ann Starkey, a former member of Tadmarton Heath, had been very involved in the county; playing for the 1st team in the ‘60s and ‘70s and eventually becoming the President. Ann left a legacy in her will to OLCGA . After some deliberations the Committee decided to hold a competition in her memory run in a similar way to The President’s and Captain’s Trophy. 2018 ...

The Autumn 3 Ball Alliance was played at Hadden Hill on 3rd October. There were 30 players, the sun shone though it was a cool Autumnal Day. The club could not have been more welcoming and helpful. There was a delicious lunch waiting when everyone finished their round. Thank you to Pat Bates and all her helpers for helping to make the day so enjoyable.1stBrenda Brown, Julie O’Sullivan, Pauline Drew (Hadden Hill)82pts2ndMaureen Rhymes, Gill Northover, Lorraine Watkins (North Oxford)80p...