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Well done to all competitors who endured the terrible weather conditions on Wednesday and those conditions turned out to be the cause of the closure of the course. The competition committee decision was to award the winners over a round of 14 holes, which everyone had completed.  For handicap purposes rule 3.3 was applied over the 18 holes.The winner of the Bronze Champion Cup goes to Ruth Mackay from Drayton Park and the Bronze Medal winner goes to Penny Tucker, also from Drayton Pa...

Our annual, invitational match against the Oxfordshire Boys is always an enjoyable encounter and this year was no exception. As ever, the match was keenly fought by both sides and 2 - 2 was a fair & amicable result. Some wonderful golf shots were played by all players which is very promising for the year ahead!  Many thanks to Kirtlington Golf Club for being our hosts.

Congratulations to Ava Fegan-Smith who this week won the Junior British Masters Under 12  9 hole competition on the Robert Rock Tour. The event was was held at The Belfry and Ava played the Brabazon Course from the red tees. The course has lots of water and bunkers to negotiate but clearly these were not a problem for Ava! It was very close for all 9 holes but Ava won on the 9th - a par 4 hole of 348 yards where she sunk a 7 foot putt for a 5 nett eagle! Ava is currently top of the Order...

Oxfordshire hosted this prestigious event at Badgemore Park Golf Club. After heavy snow on Monday we were very lucky that Wednesday dawned bright and dry albeit with a biting wind. Despite 3 months of lockdown we were able to to field 27 players between the medal and stableford competitions with handicaps ranging from +2 - 29. It proved to be a very successful day for Buckinghamshire :BB&O Champion - Olivia Lee from Gerrards Cross Golf Club with a gross score of 71.  BB&O Nett Wi...

OLCGA Gain Safe Golf AccreditationI am delighted to report that England Golf has awarded OLCGA it’s SafeGolf standard. This is the safeguarding standard EG will promote to all it’s affiliated clubs and counties to ensure they all provide a safe and positive experience for children and young people whilst they play golf.Many thanks to Heather Slevin for coordinating this, along with all our volunteers who ensured their DBS checks were up-to-date, attended workshops etc to ensure all our po...

Our one and only County competition this year went ahead yesterday, Monday 14th September, at Tadmarton Heath, the weather was absolutely fabulous with blue skies and sunshine from start to finish.Sadly because of government restrictions the County were only allowed to have a maximum of 12 teams of 3, clubs were represented from : North Oxford, Feldon Valley, Tadmarton Heath, Cotswold Club, Frilford Heath and Henley.The winners were, Jenny Nunneley, Geraldine Smith and Kate Marsh from Tad...

Our Junior Captain, Ellie Phillips, scored a majestic 42 pts to win the Summer Meeting Trophy @ Drayton Park GC. It was a tough day for the players as the wind was very strong, but Ellie must have been watching the Women's Open @ Royal Troon to see how to cope with such conditions. Ruby Colleton finished in second place on 35 pts and Megan Bishop beat Beth Ball & Gracie Gillespie on countback to take third with 31pts.Well done to everyone who played.

Despite the baking heat, our junior girls posted some amazing scores in the County Junior Girls' Championships held at Badgemore Park GC. Our 2020 Girls' Champion is Tia Johnstone from Frilford Heath scoring a gross 78 with Freya Coughlan, also from Frilford, coming second with a gross 82. Gracie Gillespie from Studley Wood became our Nett Champion following a blistering round of gross 83, nett 60, and Cotswold Club's Sophia Sollis finished second with a gross 85, nett 68.In the stableford co...

Well done to our Junior Captain, Ellie Phillips, and her team of Holly Gibbs and Ellie Mitchell. They won today's Rumble event @ Kirtlington GC with a score of 77 pts.Next came Freya Coughlan's team with 71pts. Tia Johnstone's & Grace Boag-Matthews' teams both scored 70pts.

Following on from my last message we are now back on our lovely courses, albeit social golf with restrictions, but I am sure you will all agree we do not mind, better than no golf!It is still difficult to predict ahead and because of that we have sadly taken the decision to cancel the County Shield on July 16 at Huntercombe. Refunds will be processed for those that had already entered. EG hope to run events from the end of July, but no certainty, all depends on this ghastly virus. We do h...