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The junior girls enjoyed a winter fun competition at Wynyard Golf Club. The weather was kind and 5 teams of 4 girls played an American Scramble. There was some great golf and lots of laughter.

Lucy Nimmo from Chester le Street won the most improved golfer. She had a great season. She won the County Mixed Greensomes and the Junior County Greensomes.

10 year old Amy Burton from Wynyard Golf Club won the golfer of the year trophy this year.  She had a great season.  She won the George Crawford Trophy and the Appleby Bowl.

The junior girls had a wonderful two days at the Northern Counties Junior Jamboree at York Golf Club. After the first day's Stableford Competition they were joint first with Yorkshire and Cheshire.  The girls had some exceptional results. 

Unfortunately our match secretary Anne Deboo has had to resign from the committee due to ill health. Del Brady has kindly offered to oversee the matches for the remainder of the season.

When our match against Northumberland had to be cancelled because they could not raise a team we introduced a new competition, a Captain v Vice Competition Match.  Chester le Street had already agreed to give us tee times for our match against Northumberland and were very happy for us to use the

The Appleby Bowl, the first County Junior Competition of the year, was played at Hartlepool Golf Club on Sunday 14th April. The weather was brutal, high winds and bitterly cold.

The elite girls had another brilliant day's coaching at Wynyard on Saturday. They met the sponsors - Digital Office Solutions for a photo shoot before going on to coaching.  

We have lots of people to thank!!

The four clubs who will be involved with Girls Golf Rocks this year are Castle Eden, Darlington, Houghton le Spring and Woodham. Each club will host a taster day followed by six coaching sessions.