Club night on Mondays continued to be well supported and we got all the season’s trophy competitions played by the end of July, which is just as well with the weather dipping in August!
Alfie Sully won The President’s Cup on 31st July and on 7th August the reinstated Walker Cup was played between the Junior Section and the Senior Section. This was a Betterball matchplay format with 5 pairs from each section in action and the Juniors were victorious on the day winning by 3 games to 2.
The Senior section once again supported the Juniors with a donation of money to fund the trophy competitions this season and we are very grateful to them. Here is Frank Kirkham, Senior’s Captain, presenting Ben, Junior’s Captain, with his voucher for winning The Kaygwyn Trophy earlier in the season.
Sunday 13th August was The T&P Junior Open and it was a great day with everyone enjoying their golf and many compliments from visitors about the course, clubhouse and the welcome they received.
The winner of the 18 hole Gross medal was Joshua Murphy from Exeter Golf & Country Club with a round of 74. Ben Newman won The Andrew Hayes Trophy for the best T&P player Gross score with 79 and Lewis Walters once again won the best net score with 65. In the 9 hole stableford competition Chloe Brandhuber from T&P was first with 20 points. Full results are displayed by clicking on Junior Open in the drop down menu on the Home page.
Pictured below are Ben, Lewis & Chloe receiving their awards from Georgia Richards, Ladies’ Captain 2023.
Club Nights from 14th Aug to 11th Sept were either a 9 or 18 hole qualifying competition for those who wished or casual golf and both Seb Childs and Joe Tutcher featured prominently in the prizes. All monday night prize money should now have been credited to Juniors’ Pro Shop accounts so if you think you are missing a prize please get in touch with Jan Hill, one of the Junior Organisers, and it can be checked.
The rescheduled Pro Am took place on Friday 25th August and this time the sun was shining. Here is a photo of Morgan, Alfie and Jack with their Professional for the day.
The Club Championships were held on Sat 26/Sun 27th August and The Earlam Cup for best Junior Gross score was won by Ben Newman – 149. Best Net score was won by Finley Pyke – 139. Here are Ben and Finley being presented with their trophies by 2023 Club Captain, Kevin Jackson.
The Junior Organisers decided once again this year to enter a team for The Junior Team Golf Home Nations Inter Club Championships and the South West Regional qualifier we took part in was on 10th Sept against Long Ashton at Weston Super Mare GC. T&P were the winners on the day and go forward now to the Regional Semi Finals at Launceston GC on Sat 30th Sept. If we win at Launceston we will then play in the England Finals at The Players Club in Bristol. Watch this space………
Here are the victorious team in the qualifier at Weston
There is still one match to play in The Somerset Junior League West Division and it is on 1st Oct at Burnham & Berrow. At the moment we are top of the table and good results on Sunday will mean we play off against Wells, the East Division winners this season, to determine who wins the shield. Watch this space once more………