News Articles 2008 Jen Marshall presents the Bucks Shield to Sharon Dale (left), Lady Captain of Buckingham and Di Hofman (right), Buckingham's Bucks Shield Captain
Members then heard reports from the members of the Executive and the Treasurer presented the Accounts for the year. Carolyn Howell finished her two-year role as County Captain and Vice Captain Sue Beresford (Harewood Downs) has taken over. After more than five years in the post Karen Platt retired as the EWGA Representative - the vacancy has been filled by Sue McKeon (Harleyford). Thanks go to Harleyford Golf Club for once again hosting the meeting and also to all the members who travelled through the wintry conditions to attend. BCLGA Junior Committee are pleased to announce that Zoe Fitz-Costa will be the Junior Captain for 2009 - she will take up the position from 1st January. Well done to Zoe and best wishes to her for the forthcoming year. DATES & FIXTURES FOR 2009 22nd October The dates and fixture details that have been confirmed for 2009 are now available on the website. Go to the "Fixtures" and "Junior Fixtures" pages (icons along the top of the Home page) and press on the "click here" line for the 2009 dates. Additional information will be added as soon as confirmation is received for any of the outstanding dates. JUNIOR CAPTAIN FOR 2009 - ZOE FITZ-COSTA 20th October The BCLGA Junior Committee are pleased to announce that Zoe Fitz-Costa will be the Junior Captain for 2009 - she will take up the position from 1st January. Well done to Zoe and best wishes to her for the forthcoming year. Zoe started playing golf at the age of 11 in 2003 at Wycombe Heights Golf Club. She joined her current club, Beaconsfield in 2004. In 2005 she won the Gill Batchelor Achievement Award and has played in Junior County Week since 2006. GERRARDS CROSS WIN INTERCLUB FOURSOMES 16th October Twenty six clubs were participated in the Interclub Foursomes, which were held at Stoke Park Golf Club on Thursday 16th October. Two pairs represent each club and play 18 holes of Medal Foursomes. The Interclub Foursomes Cup is awarded to the club recording the lowest nett aggregate score. Although it was a bright and sunny morning the playing conditions were difficult due to the wind, resulting in generally high scoring. Well done to the team from Gerrards Cross who were the winners with a score of 157½, and the Joint Runners-Up Flackwell Heath and Lambourne. The results:- WNNERS (Score 157½): Gerrards Cross - Gillian Kinnear & Shirley Green and Georgie Cairns & Lisa Allen JOINT SECOND (Score 159½): Flackwell Heath - Sue Lawton & Lin Ives and Lorraine Scevity & June Winter Lambourne: Denise Goodacre & Clare Coote and Pia Davis & Lorraine Matthews BEST PAIR (Score 73½) Weston Turville: Kathy Horabin & Tina Churchill The full Results can soon be found through the link on the appropriate line on the "Fixtures" page. COUNTY CAPTAIN THIRD IN BRENDA KING FOURSOMES 13th October The annual Seniors' Brenda King Foursomes were held on 30th September and 1st October. The 36 hole event was won with a score of 160 by a pair from Pleasington, with a Reading pair in second place on 162. County Captain, Carolyn Howell (Woburn) with Judy McCairns (Oxford Ladies) had a fantastic second day score of 79 to finish in third place on 164. The foursomes competition for seniors was started in memory of Brenda King, a member of Pleasington and a Past County Captain of Lancashire who helped to found the English Senior Ladies' Golf Association, which is now merged with EWGA. The salvers have gone to their Lancashire "home" of Pleasington for the first time. BURNHAM BEECHES WIN LEAGUE 12th October The Summer Scratch League matches have now finished - there were some very close results and a number of countbacks were necessary to determine the final positions in the Divisions. Well done to Burnham Beeches who are League winners with 23 points - Mentmore finished one point behind, beating Buckingham on countback to take the runners-up position. The Division winners were:- Premier: Burnham Beeches Division 1: Ellesborough Division 2: Chiltern Forest Division 3: Wavendon The full results table and final positions can be found in the "Competitions - Leagues" section. CHANGES TO MEDAL COMPETITIONS 5th October The LGU Medal competitions will cease to exist from 31st January. EWGA will run medal competitions from 1st Februar 2009 but there will be changes to the conditions of the competition. To read the details of these changes go to the EWGA website:- www.englishwomensgolf.org and follow these links: "jump to news headlines" "EWGA Medals - click here to view details of changes from 2009" "EWGA Medals 2009 onwards" " EWGA Medals conditions" EWGA EGM CANCELLED 4th October The EWGA EGM due to be held on 8th October has been cancelled following the resignation of the four non-executive directors. Below is the article that was posted on the EWGA website on 3rd October:- " The English Women’s Golf Association has cancelled the Extraordinary General Meeting called for Wednesday, October 8, following the resignation of four non-executive directors.~ The EGM had been due to consider a resolution to remove the four - Carola Babcock, Carolyn Baker, Jane Longhorn and Ada Parr - with immediate effect. The non-executive directors were members of the seven-strong EWGA management board. EWGA’s appointments committee will now seek to recruit a company secretary/finance director and, initially, at least one non-executive director to ensure that the management board can continue to operate according to the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Progress on these appointments will be announced on the website by 30 November 2008. The golfing activities of the association will continue to be delivered by the EWGA operational board. " EWGA chief executive Jim Robinson said: “The events of the last two months have been divisive and now we must all work together to ensure the association continues to move forward on behalf of our members.” To read more about why the EGM was called and the vote on the resoltion that was taken by the county, go to the following articles in the "Latest News" Section: - "IMPORTANT - EWGA EGM in ...... " - "Delegates Vote Against EWGA ...... " SENIORS' HOME INTERNATIONALS 3rd October Congratulations to Chrsistine Watson (Beaconsfield) who once again played in the English Seniors team in the Home Internationals, held at Little Aston, near Birmingham between 30th September and 2nd October. Having beaten Ireland on the first day, defending champions England defeated Scotland on the second day and then met Wales to decide the title. England had won this competition every year since it started and were bidding for their sixth consecutive victory. Their long reign as Seniors’ Home International champions ended when they were beaten 5-3 by Wales. For a full report and to see how Christine fared in her matches go to:- www.englishladiesgolf.org GOOD START FOR STEPH 2nd October Steph Gough has made a great start to her university golfing career, which has been acknowledged on the EWGA website. Below is a copy of the article posted on their website on 1st October:- " Buckinghamshire girls’ champion Steph Gough (Ellesborough) has made a good start on the college circuit. The 18-year-old freshman at Middle Tennessee State University scored top-ten finishes in her first two outings of the season. Most recently she was joint 14th in a strong field of 90 players for the Johnie Imes Invitational tournament at The Club at Old Hawthorn, Columbia, Missouri. One of Steph’s teammates is her club colleague Clara Leathers, a past Buckinghamshire champion, who is in her third year at university. " Well done to Steph and best wishes to her and Clara for the rest of the year. N.B. A more detailed account of Steph's achievements can be found on the www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk website - scroll down to the bottom of the list of items posted on Wednesday 1st October. INTERCLUB FOURSOMES 30th September The Interclub Foursomes are being held at Stoke Park Golf Club on Thursday 16th October. The Start Sheet can be found through the link on the appropriate line on the "Fixtures" page. SENIORS SOUTH EAST TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 29th September The Seniors South East Team Championships were held at Northwood Golf Club, Middlesex, on Monday 28th September. The Bucks team finished a creditable 4th out of the 10 counties participating. For a full report follow the link in the "Results" column on the relevant line on the "Fixtures" page. YORKS WIN COUNTY FINALS 26th September The County Finals were held at Long Ashton Golf Club, near Bristol from 15th to 19th September. Yorkshire retained their title with Herts, our old adversaries from the South East Division coming second. Warwicks, the winners from our new Midlands South Division, finished in third place. The results were:- 1st Yorkshire 5 points 2nd Hertfordshire 3½ points 3rd Warwickshire 3 points 4th Leicestershire & Rutland 2½ points 5th Sussex 1 point 6th Dorset 0 points WINTER COMPETITION NEWS 25th September WINTER FOURSOMES: The Draw has been made for this year's Winter Foursomes Knockout and can be found under "Competitions - Knockouts" WINTER LEAGUE: The details of the Winter League 2008-2009 can be found under "Competitions - Leagues" CHALLENGE CUP FINAL 24th September The Challenge Cup Final was an all Gerrards Cross affair between Georgie Cairns and Shirley Green. The match was played on their home course on Wednesday 24th September. From being 3 down Georgie fought back to bring the match to All Square after 18. Shirley won the first extra hole to take the title. A report and photos can be found via either: - the "Challenge Cup" results page in the "Competitions - Knockouts" Section or - through the link on the appropriate line of the "Fixtures" page in the "Results" column CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS' FINAL 21st September Congratulations to Mo Dawson (Stowe) who beat Vicky Frost (Buckingham) in the final of the Champion of Champions on Sunday 21st September. As both players are members of Buckingham the final was played there - the match went into extra time, finishing at the 19th. A report and photos can be found via either: - the "Champion of Champions" results page in the "Competitions - Knockouts" Section or - through the link on the appropriate line of the "Fixtures" page in the "Results" column BUSY DAY FOR SENIORS 18th September Thursday 18th September was a busy day for the Seniors: - Their annual Autumn Meeting was held at Harewood Downs - for a report and photos please follow the link on the relevant line on the Fixtures page. - The last match of the year was played, a friendly against Bedfordshire, at South Beds G.C. For details of their emphatic 6-1 victory, go to the "Seniors" page in the "County Teams" section. GPS MEASURING DEVICES PERMITTED 17th September At the B.C.L.G.A. Executive Meeting on 3rd September it was agreed to allow the use of GPS and other measuring devices in competitions:- "In competitions a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. If, during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect her play (e.g. gradient, windspeed, temperature, etc.) the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional function is actually used." N.B. This new ruling comes into effect for competitions starting from 1st October. BRONZE LEAGUE WINNERS 17th September Congratulations to the winners of all the Divisions in the Bronze League: - Division 1: Harewood Downs - Division 2: Weston Turville - Division 3: Harleyford - Division 4: Mentmore - Division 5: Datchet Sue McKeon, the Competitions' Secretary responsible for the Leagues, would like to pass on her congratulations to the above winners and her thanks to all those involved with the running of the Leagues at the 29 participating clubs. She looks forward to their continued participation next year. The final positions in all the Divisions of the Bronze League can be found in the "Competitions - Leagues" Section. N.B. There are still some outstanding results in the Silver League as the matches in the Final Round are still being played. DELEGATES VOTE AGAINST EWGA RESOLUTION 9th September At the Delegates' Meeting held on Wednesday 3rd September a vote was taken on the following resolution proposed by EWGA:- "To remove the non-executive Directors of the Company, namely Carola Babcock, Carolyn Ann Baker, Jane Longhorn and Ada Mary Millar, with immediate effect as directors of the Company.” The Delegates voted unanimously against the proposal. The County vote that will therefore be taken to the EWGA EGM, which has been called for 8th October, will be to vote against the resolution. To find out more about the resolution: - see the "EWGA EGM IN OCTOBER" item below, posted on 24th August - go to the EWGA website:- click on the following link:style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana">www.englishladiesgolf.org and then on the “Home” page, click on “Notice of 2008 Extraordinary General Meeting of EWGA". SUMMER COMPETITION NEWS 8th September KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS: The line-up for the final of the two Summer Knockout Competitions has been determined. Well done to the following: - Vicky Frost (Buckingham) and Mo Dawson (Stowe) who will contest the final of the Champion of Champions' Competition The Final will take place at Buckingham G.C. on Sunday 21st September, teeing off at 1.00pm. - Georgie Cairns and fellow Gerrards Cross member Shirley Green who will play each other in the final of the Challenge Cup The Final will take place at Gerrards Cross G.C. on Wednesday 24th September, teeing off at 11.30am.SUMMER LEAGUES: There are very few matches still to be played in the Summer Leagues. Final positions are now known in a number of the Divisions. Well done to Harewood Downs who have won the Bronze League. Go to the "Competitions - Leagues" section for the up to date Results Tables. THE LADY / JUNIOR COMPETITION 29th August The Lady/Junior competition was held on Thursday 28th August at The Lambourne Club. The winners of this year's 18 hole Greensomes competition for the Karchargis trophies, with an amazing score of 44 points, were the Ellesborough pair of Sue Clutterbuck and Louise Bowen. The results were: 1st Sue Clutterbuck and Louise Bowen (Ellesborough) 44 points 2nd Lina Mckenna and Tanya Kumar (Harewood Downs) 42 points 3rd Penny Napier and Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) 41 points on c/b 4th Irene Gregory and Amy Staniford (Datchet) 41 points For a report and photos, go to the relevant line on the "Fixtures" or "Junior Fixtures" page and click on the "Click Here" button in the "Results" column. EWGA EGM IN OCTOBER 24th August EWGA have called an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on 8th October at 2.00pm at The Plough and Harrow Hotel, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. The business of the meeting will be to consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following resolution:- "To remove the non-executive Directors of the Company, namely Carola Babcock, Carolyn Ann Baker, Jane Longhorn and Ada Mary Millar, with immediate effect as directors of the Company.” Following the re-organisation of EWGA that came into effect in January, there is one vote per county which is decided by the clubs within that county. Each club is required to arrange a vote of their members to determine the vote to be taken to a County Meeting. The county then takes the county Yes or No vote for each resolution to the EWGA General Meeting. County Delegates are responsible for ensuring that their club members vote on all EWGA resolutions, and then take their club’s vote to the county meeting. A special Delegates’ Meeting has been arranged for the vote to be taken – it is being held on Wednesday, 3rd September at Gerrards Cross G.C. at 2.00pm. It is a requirement that one third of all Delegates attend the Delegates’ meeting for the vote to be taken. The following details of the EGM can be found on the EWGA website:- - Notice of the Meeting - Letter to Clubs - Written representations from the EWGA President - Written representations from the 4 EWGA non-executive Directors - Written representations from EWGA staff - Minutes of various EWGA Meetings To view the above click on the following link: www.englishladiesgolf.org and then on the “Home” page, click on “Notice of 2008 Extraordinary General Meeting of EWGA”. All Delegates are asked to make sure that they are pro-active in gaining the views of their members on this important matter so that they can convey the vote of their members at the Delegates Meeting in accordance with their wishes. All members are asked that they give due consideration to the matter before casting their vote at club level. BUCKINGHAM WIN BUCKS SHIELD 24th August The Finals' Day of the Bucks Shield was held at Magnolia Park on Friday, 22nd August - in the semi-finals: - Buckingham beat Harleyford - Harewood Downs beat Richings Park Well done to Buckingham who won the afternoon final to take the trophy that they last held in 1999. For full report and photos go to the "Fixtures" page (see icon on the top left of page) and click on the appropriate line in the right hand "Results" column, "Click Here". For a summary of these forthcoming events with details of the closing dates go to the "FORTHCOMING DATES" page (icon at the top of the left hand buttons shown each page).
Junior County Week was hosted by Herts. from Monday to Wednesday, 18th - 20th August, at Aldenham Golf Club, near Watford. The counties participating were the five counties from the old South East Division I area. KNOCKOUT SEMI-FINALISTS 14th August The line-up for the semi-finals of the summer knockout competitions is: - Champion of Champions: Sue Beresford, Harewood Downs (H) v Vicky Frost, Buckingham Mo Dawson, Stowe (H) v Sally Wright, Datchet - Challenge Cup: Georgie Cairns, Gerrards Cross (H) v Lois Shoosmith, Ellesborough Shirley Green, Gerrards Cross (H) v Phillipa Cook, Woburn The semi-finals have to be played by 6th September. For full results of all the Knockout Competitions go to the "Competitions - Knockouts" Section. NEW FEATURES ON THE WEBSITE 15th August Two new features have recently been added to the website:- "FORTHCOMING DATES" - icon on "Home" page at the top of the left hand column of icons underneath "HOME". This new page gives at quick glance important dates to remember in the coming weeks, e.g. dates of future events or closing dates for entries. The "Club Details" Section has been completed. Useful details are given on clubs in the county: - Address incl. Post Code for satnavs - Name of Secretary/Manager and telephone number - Links to clubs' websites - 9 / 18 hole course information - Ladies Day, to help when offering dates matches etc N.B. Whilst all care has been taken to ensure that the details given are correct, please contact the Website Administrators if any information is out of date. PLAYERS LOGIN 7th July There have been a few queries re the "Players Login" section which appears below this "Latest News" section. For those who have not read the article "Notes on New Website", below is a copy of the explanatory note: Another feature that will be available soon is the facility for players in the county teams (ladies and juniors) to log in to update their player profile to keep the committee up to date with their contact details and playing record. This is the "Players Login" box that appears on the right of the Home Page under the "Latest News". Well done to all ten members of the County Squad who gelled well as a team. The Foursomes matches were particularly successful with some ver successful partnerships:- Nicole & Harriet won all 4 of their matches, Carole & Tash won their 3 matches ad Holly & Jess dropped only ½ point in their 3 matches. In the Singles Kelly was outstanding winning all 4 of her matches. Although slightly disappointed with the overall result, the week was a good experience for the young team who are surely destined to win the event in the not too distant future. For a full report, a message from the County Captain, and results of all the individual matches and the match results table, go to the "County Week 2008" Section.
This has been an exceptional year for Sue who was the losing finalist in the English seniors’ championship at Stoneham earlier this season. To see a full report on the event and to see how others from the county fared please go to:- www.englishladiesgolf.org
Welcome to the new County website, which we hope you will find easy to use and be able to find the information you require without any difficulty. We are most grateful to Holly Small and her colleague for all their assistance in getting this new site designed and up and running. It was important to get the site ready for County Week but it has meant that not all the pages have yet been added; new pages will come on stream on a daily basis. One of the most important features of the new site is that unlike the old website, it is very user friendly for us to work with. Also not only are two of us now able to update all the pages but in addition the two Competitions Secretaries will be able to put the results directly onto the site. Most of the information from the old site has been transferred including all the old News items. Previous years' details of competition results have not been uploaded but there is instead a new feature will be of interest to those who like to keep an eye on past events - an "Honours Boards" which can be found in the "Archive Articles" section. Another feature that will be available soon is the facility for players in the county teams (ladies and juniors) to log in to update their player profile to keep the committee up to date with their contact details and playing record. This is the "Players Login" box that appears on the right of the Home Page under the "Latest News". Below are a few notes about how the website works. There are icons along the top and down the left hand side - the majority of those on the left have drop-down sub menus. (a). Icons along the top:" (c). Icons on the left hand side:
We would welcome comments from members on this new website but please bear in mind that the site is still being built and so it may be that what you would like to see on the website is still being processed! Our contact details can be found on the "Contact Us" page. Phillipa Cook & Helen MinesCOUNTY WEEK DETAILS 16th June This year's County Week is being hosted by Northants. at Wellingborough Golf Club from 22nd to 27th June. The practice rounds take place on the Sunday with Bucks. teeing off at 10.30am. This will be followed by the Opening Ceremony. The matches are being played on Monday through to Friday - as there are six counties in our new region there are no rest days, all the teams having to play on each of the five days. The winning county will go through to play in the County Finals which is being held at Long Ashton, near Bristol, from 15th September. A schedule of all the matches plus tee times, and details of the squad can be found in the "County Week" Section. There is good news that two of our team have just won their Club Championships - congratulations to Carole Weir (Beaconsfield) and Nicole Whitmore (Woburn). The players would very much appreciate any support that fellow Bucks. ladies can give - remember to wear something red! Please note that Wellingborough is a Soft Spikes only course. Headline news will appear here in the "Latest News" Section as soon as it becomes available. Full Match Results will be posted in the "County Week 2008" Section as soon as possible after the end of each day's play.
At the B.C.L.G.A. Executive Meeting on 12th March the use of GPS measuring devices was discussed. Rule 14-3b. states that a player must not use any device for the purpose of gauging or measuring distance or conditions that might affect his play. (Penalty for breach of Rule 14-3: disqualification). The Committee may make a Local Rule allowing players to use devices that measure or gauge distances only.
All the Winter League matches have now been played. In the Premier League Ellesborough are the League Champions with 25 points and Buckingham the runners-up with 22 points. Well done also to Mentmore, winners of Division 1 with 30 points, and Weston Turville winners of Division 2 with 29 points.
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