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Newton Green Golf Club Junior Section trophy winners 2011-12
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Ladies captain Di Cunningham with Ben Uttridge and men's captain Dave Lavelle
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Dave Lavelle and Tom King
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Junior match at Haverhill - 14/4/2012
Haverhill 2 - 2 Newton Green
Scott Edwards / Harvey Watts lost 2 & 1
Jed Seeley / Alex Ashworth won 5 & 4
Max Hemson / Taylor Roloff won 5 & 3
Tom King / Ben Uttridge lost 2 & 1
Junior Club Club Team Championship played at Newton Green 25th March 2012
1st Round Newton Green v Ufford Park
Newton Green (Hcp in Brackets)
Jed Seeley (6)32 points
Alice Barlow (11) 35 points
Connor Talbot (16) 38 points
Total 105 points
Ufford Park
Joshua Robertson (4) 32
Jack Heaney (11) 35
Harry Fricker (26) 37
Total 104 points
Match won by Newton Green Juniors
Juniors Face Tough Wind In Newton Green Open
Despite sunny skies, competitors found a stiff wind difficult to combat as 70 players took part in the annual Newton Green Golf Club Junior Open.
A player at Felixstowe, where windy conditions off the sea are not unknown, four handicapper Paul Waring showed the way to combat the Newton breeze with a gross 75 to take the Championship award, followed by Jasper Johnson (five handicap), of Woodbridge, with a score of 77.
Best girl on the day based on Stableford scoring was Eloise Aldous, of Newton.
In the Stableford age group competitions, division three was won by Sam Bishop, of Newton, with 36 points. Division two was won with 40 points by another Newton player, Brad Hayward, who led with 40 points on a count back from Oliver Roberts, of Ufford Park.
Division one, competed for on net stroke play, was won by Josh Cantwell, of Stowmarket, with Joshua Robertson, of Ufford Park, a shot behind.
With all the holes supported by sponsorship, and prizes sponsored by home professional Tim Cooper and his suppliers, the event made £1,000 to help provide coaching during the year for the host club’s junior section.
Results
Gross. Paul Waring, Felixstowe 75, Jasper Johnson, Woodbridge 77.
Division Three
Sam Bishop, Newton, 36, Jamie Hurren, Stowmarket 34 ocb, Hardley Barker, Felixstwoe 34.
Chipping, Talyer Roloff, Newton. Putting, Andrew Salmon, Purdis Heath. Nearest pin, Alex Iveson, Newton. Straightest drive, Andew Salmon.
Division Two
Brad Hayward, Newton, 40 ocb, Oliver Robertson, Ufford, 40, Tom King, Newton, 37.
Chipping, Tom King. Putting Jordan Godbold, Rushmere. Nearest pin, Eloise Aldous. Straightest drive, Mihael Cree, Bury St Edmunds.
Division One
Net scores. Josh Cantwell, Stowmarket, 72, Joshua Robertson, Ufford, 73 ocb, Harry Burman, Rushmere, 73. Chipping, Scott Edwards, Newton. Putting, Jed Seeley, Newton. Nearest pin, Max Hambling, Purdis. Longest drive, Max Hambling. Best Newton gross, Scott Edwards 84.
Best teams. 1 Ufford Park (Will Neal , Ollie and Josh Robertson). 2 Stowmarket (Luke Ambrose, Aran O’Doherty and Matthew O’Doherty).
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Newton Green captain with the club junior open winner Paul Waring (left) and runner up Jasper Johnson (right)
Prizewinners at the Newton Green Junior Open
The winning Stowmarket team with Alan Cunningham
Junior Roll Ups
The junior roll ups this year were sponsored by Rob Watts, and Jason Hornsby of Vopak.
Rob supplied two trophies for the winners and a fabulous selection of golf equipment for all of the participants.
Over the fifteen week period they played twelve rounds of nine holes Stableford and three short game skills tests.
We would split the playing groups into two categories 0-28 handicap and 29-54 handicap.
We recorded each of the players best five Stableford scores with their best two skills matrix scores to determine the winners.
Div 2 Results - 1st five positions only
Harvey Watts |
21 |
25 |
20 |
25 |
21 |
84 |
119 |
315 |
Alex Iveson |
22 |
24 |
19 |
21 |
25 |
104 |
91 |
306 |
Beth Nunn |
18 |
27 |
18 |
17 |
27 |
77 |
101 |
285 |
Alex Ashworth |
22 |
18 |
18 |
21 |
26 |
83 |
67 |
255 |
Ben Tatum |
19 |
20 |
21 |
27 |
23 |
73 |
43 |
226 |
Div 1 Results - 1st five positions only
Jed Seeley |
21 |
19 |
18 |
22 |
23 |
87 |
101 |
291 |
Alice Barlow |
8 |
21 |
18 |
16 |
14 |
86 |
91 |
254 |
Ben Uttridge |
13 |
|
15 |
15 |
|
107 |
86 |
236 |
Max Hemson |
18 |
18 |
25 |
19 |
19 |
51 |
78 |
228 |
Tom King |
18 |
18 |
20 |
19 |
20 |
73 |
54 |
222 |
Newton Green Youngsters Pick Up The Silverware
Newton Green Golf Club junior section celebrated another season of success when staging its annual Captain’s Day and trophy presentations at the club.
Incoming captain Tom King, was in fine form for the daying, winning the up to 28-handicap Stableford with 45 points, followed by Eloise Aldous 42 and Ben Uttridge, also 42. During the year Tom had won the D Salmon Trophy, with a net 66, and the KVR Trophy with 39 points.
His new vice captain, Jed Seeley, also picked up four club awards: the junior shield with a 66 net, the Newton Salver (three best net scores) 122 points, the Artic Cup 44 points, and the Mary Whittle Trophy, net 65.
In the day’s 21-54 handicap section played off shorter tees Harvey Watts scored 52, Jo Frost 48 and Alexander Ashworth 47.
The player of the year award went to Lewis Woodhead, who also won the Four Clubs Trophy, Bill Mills Trophy, Coaching/Skills Test, C List Shield, and the roll-up player of the year.
Club man of the year was Max Hemson, who also won the A Dodds Singles Knock-Out Trophy and Division 2 D Salmon Trophy.
The season included a number of youngsters again representing Suffolk at various levels, including 12-year-old Alice Barlow winning the county Ladies Golf Union bronze medal and also two adult competitions at club level – the Mabel Oliver Cup and the New Clubhouse Mixed Trophy.
She also won the Suffolk Ransoms Jacobsen Junior Academy Award and was best girl in the Newton junior open.
Alice Barlow and Eloise Aldous both represented Suffolk at under 12 level, while Daniel Aldous played for the county under 14s, and Adam Woodhead was Suffolk’s under 18 captain and also played for the men’s B team.
At club level Alice Barlow was also the most improved player and won the P Hawkins Salver, Young Player of the Year Award, Robinson Cup and the S Woodhead Doubles Knock-out with Lewis Woodhead.
Other club trophy winners were: J and M Clarke Trophy, Daniel Aldous and Ian Woodhead; Junior Handicap trophy, Patrick Cooper 37 points; Mary Whittle Award, Brad Hayward 37 points; Junior Shield Division 2, Logan Anderson 47 points; Junior scratch championship, Scott Edwards 168 gross; Junior open best score, Adam Woodhead 79 gross; H Wordley Cup (junior/adult foursomes}, Georgia and Simon Bearman 40 points.
Newton Green Golf Club Junior Open
MORE than 80 players took part in the Newton Green Golf Club Junior Open – again making it the largest event of its type run as part of the Suffolk English Golf Union 2010 Junior Series.
The day included a hole-in-one and, as the final event of the year, it also saw the county junior order of merit title being decided.
Chris Vince, of Purdis Heath, and Robbie Salter, Ufford Park, went into the day as joint leaders, and with neither figuring in the top places, they finished the seasons as joint winners, receiving the trophy from Ron Kent.
On the day the top prize of the Newton Junior Open title went to Same Trueman, of Woodbridge, who shot a 73, followed by Chris Bartram, of Diss on 74.
Trueman also shot the best net score of the day in the 1-10 handicap division with a score of 68, followed by Joshua Robinson, Ufford Park, 69, who beat Scot Edwards, of Newton, on count-back.
In Division Two (11-18 handicaps), winner was Nicholas Staff, of Thorpeness, with 42 points, followed by Jack Phillips, 38, and David Jennings 37.
In Division Three (19-36) Tom Fowler had a memorable day scoring a hole in one with a three wood on the par 3 sixth hole, which gave him five points in one shot and enabled him to come first with 42. He was followed by the day’s most successful girl, Alice Barlow, of Newton, with 40, who beat Jai Gayle, of Fynn Valley, on count back.
The winning junior team of the day was Newton’s Eloise Aldous, David Aldous and Sam Bishop with 115 points.
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Ron Kent, Chris Vince and Robbie Salter |
Paddy Lockwood, Eloise Aldous, David Aldous and Sam Bishop |
Paddy Lockwood, Tom Fowler, Alice Barlow and Jai Gayle |
Paddy Lockwood, Nicholas Staff, Jack Phillips and David Jennings |
Paddy Lockwood, Sam Trueman, Joshua Robertson and Scott Edwards |
Newton Junior open runner up Chris Bartram, Paddy Lockwood, Sam Trueman (winner) and club junior organiser Ian Woodhead. |
Tim Cooper Coaching Rolls On
Newton Green Golf Club continues to bring youngsters into the sport by way of free lessons offered by PGA professional Tim Cooper through his coaching academy.
Sport England and the Golf Foundation sponsor the initiative.
Youngsters featured in this picture have recently been awarded Golf Foundation level one certificates and level two passport certificates, with several poised to move on to become junior members of Newton.
A number of previous graduates of the course are now attending the Suffolk Golf Academy scheme, with one of its three teaching centres being based at Newton.
Further grants have now been made by Sport England to enable Tim Cooper to begin a new series of eight-week starter lessons for juniors, with details as follows:
Group One: 9-13 years, Saturday, September 11, 3-4 pm.
Group Two: 9-13 years, Saturday, January 7, 4-5 pm.
Other classes will also be running for juniors from the age of five years over a five week course, with all details available on 01787-313215.
Newton Green youngsters pick up awards
Twenty eight trophies were handed out when Newton Green Golf Club juniors held their annual captain’s day and prize giving.
Ben Uttridge, who recently raised more than £1,000 for Sport Relief with a 72-hole marathon, was named club man of the year; while Adam Woodhead, who picked up nine awards, also received a special achievement award for 31 trophies in six years.
The last year also coincided with him beating the junior course record by two shots and equalling the men’s record with a gross 66.
Another special achievement award went to Eloise Aldous for 10 trophies to date in her junior career, and it was announced D and D Aldous would again be sponsoring the junior section by supplying team jumpers and helping finance the club’s junior open and winter coaching programme.
The day was organised by Ian Woodhead, the junior organiser, with club captain Paddy Lockwood presenting awards.
Other awards: Captain’s day results. Division 1, Jed Seeley 88-19-69, Daniel Aldous 86-15-71. Division 2, Alice Barlow 37 points, Logan Anderson 36. Division 3, Alex Iveson 26 points, Calum Rice 20. Putting: Tom King.
Annual awards: Newton Salver, Eloise Aldous; Most improved player, Sam Bishop; P Hawkins Salver, Tom King; Young player of the year, Sam Bishop
Ben's Four Round Feat
A young golfer is expected to have raised more than £1,000 for Sport Relief as a result of a 16-mile, non-stop, four-round marathon.
The Golfathon was carried out by ten-year-old Ben Uttridge at Newton Green, where he is a member of the junior section.
Ben, who lives at nearby Assington, has a handicap of 25, and was in inspirational form for the endurance test, completing the feat in well under eight hours.
His grandfather, Ian Berry, also a member of the club, who helped steward the day, said: "Everything went perfectly and none of the generally very serious Sunday morning golfers that had to make way for Ben took exception at all. They went out of their way to waive him through, and many applauded and gave him money.
"We had expected Ben to take up to 10 hours, but he was much quicker. For the first two rounds he was playing to a handicap of around 18. He walked all the time, and did not resort to using a buggy. It makes you wonder whether we might not all be better off in just going up to the ball and hitting it, rather than making a lot of elaborate practice swings. By the end of the day more than £840 had been contributed and a considerable number of other pledges still have to be collected, which should see the amount raised go well into four figures."
Ben - ten - up for 72 holes
A YOUNG golfer is aiming to complete 72 holes of golf in a day in an attempt to raise £2,000 for Sport Relief.
Ben Uttridge, aged 10, will tee off at 7 am in the morning and hope to complete his marathon by 5pm.
If all his shots go straight he will walk 13 miles - possibly more if some of his strokes stray into the rough.
His Golfathon on Sunday, March 21, will be held at Newton Green Golf Club, where he has been a junior member for five years and now plays off a handicap of 25.
Ben, a pupil of Littlegarth School, Nayland, has recently been selected to receive junior county coaching organised by the Suffolk Golf Partnership.
His mother, Jackie, said: "Ben wanted to do something for Children in Need but didn’t get himself prepared in time. Because he is interested in golf he decided to support Sport Relief. He has always appreciated the things he has had in life and been keen to help others."
Ben, who takes on his four-round challenge the day before his 11th birthday, has set up his own web site, which can take pledges of support on www.mysportrelief.com/benuttridge
Newton hosts West Suffolk young golfer initiative
A NEW initiative aimed at uncovering young golf talent in west Suffolk is to be based at Newton Green Golf Club.
Three professionals and a leading amateur will run the nationally funded, part-time scheme from Newton’s golf academy.
Home professional Tim Cooper has been named as lead coach for the initiative run under the auspices of the West Suffolk Golf Partnership.
Bungay and Suffolk Water Park, near Ipswich, will be the other bases for the scheme elsewhere in the county.
Tim Cooper will be assisted by Haverhill assistant Ollie Rush and Suffolk Water Park based professional Shane Warren, along with Newton single figure handicapper Ian Woodhead, who takes a leading role in Suffolk junior golf and holds a Professional Golfers’ Association level one coaching qualification.
The initiative will open with a talent spotting day for youngsters that have already started the game or are about to take it up. This will be held at Newton on Monday, February 15. Details are available by contacting 01787-313215 or 07771-324752.
Thirty juniors, including those based in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, will be accepted for the monthly course stretching over six months. Three Newton youngsters, Ben Uttridge, Alice Barlow and Eloise Aldous, have already been pre-selected.
The coaching programme has been drawn up by Ian Woodhead as part of a new national strategy to encourage youngsters to join golf clubs and enhance their skills. Youngsters who shine will move on to the county under 15s squad, which will be managed by Ian from February.
Newton Green's junior event breaks all records
A RECORD 90 young players took part in the annual Newton Green Golf Club junior open, making it the largest event of its kind in Suffolk this year.
It was a case of the same again for the day’s main event, with Stowmarket’s Patrick Spragg, now at Stirling University, shooting a par round 69 to lead home Newton’s Adam Woodhead, 70, for the second year running.
In the handicap divisions, Max Hambling, of Ipswich, recorded a net 66 to take the 0-12 handicap section; with Jack Woods, of Stoke-by-Nayland, winning the 13-24 division with 47 Stableford points.
He was followed by Newton’s Eloise Aldous, 43, who also record the best score by any girl during the day, with the 11-year-old’s handicap now dropping to 18.
In the 25-36 division, Sam Little, of Gosfield, won with 41 points, followed by Newton’s Tom King and Ben Uttridge, both on 38.
In the team competition, the host club landed the first two spots, with 115 points from Adam Woodhead, Ben Mellon and Darren Aldous, and 113 for Eloise Aldous, Jed Seeley and Ben Uttridge.
Twenty six club members acted as stewards to keep the large field moving round the course in an event sponsored by D and D Aldous, Ian Poulter Clothing, Cobra Golf Equipment and Jonathan Lambert.
In addition, all holes were sponsored, allowing the day to net £1,000 to pay for junior coaching and winter gear for Newton’s junior members.
Club captain Steve Wordley with junior organiser Ian Woodhead presented the prizes.
Winner - Patrick Spraggs
Runner Up - Adam Woodhead
Best Girl - Eloise Aldous
Newton Green’s junior section for various reasons was reduced to only 14 members at the beginning of the year and the success that we had enjoyed in previous years at county level seemed that it was going to be difficult to replicate in the years to come. However the success of Tim Cooper’s junior coaching program and the club’s open day has seen several new juniors join the club and we are confident that we will continue to produce excellent club and county golfers.
At the present time we have 3 boys and two girls that receive county coaching at the different age groups and hopefully as the new club and coach program takes off in March next year we will be able to put forward a few more of our more talented golfers to the program.
Our junior team had a good season only losing in the semi final of the team cup after a play off to Ufford Park.
The juniors have seen new talent emerge this year and the usual Woodhead / Aldous domination for trophies has disappeared with seven juniors this year sharing the spoils.
Since late summer we have held the following competitions:
Junior Club Championship Winner Adam Woodhead
Junior Handicap Championship Winner Daniel Aldous
A.Dodds Singles Knockout Winner Alice Barlow
S.Woodhead Doubles Knockout Winners Alice Barlow and Jed Seeley
J.M. Clarke 1 Club Competiton Winners Sam and Simon Bishop
Adult & Junior Foursomes Winners Lewis Woodhead & Paddy Lockwood
Probably for the first time that I can remember we had a girl win the junior knockout, but even better than that the final was contended between two girls in Eloise Aldous and Alice Barlow.
The end of our summer season is nearly upon us as we look forward to our last two events before the New Year. We will be holding our Newton Green Junior Open on Monday 26th October with two times past winner Adam Woodhead looking to win for the 3rd time in four years. This will be followed on the Friday by the Junior Shield. Adam Woodhead will also be representing a ten man English Golf College Team competing for the College Cup at the Shire London Club on the 19th October, competing against The Junior Academy Ireland, The University of Lancashire and Independent Schools Assoc.
The continued success of the juniors within our club is very important and the junior committee would like to thank all of our members for their continued support in helping to promote our junior section.
