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01.07.2010: HOLLY HAS 2ND CONSECUTIVE TOP 30 FINISH: Holly Aitchison from The Bedfordshire turned professional in January 2009, and we continue to follow her progress on the Ladies European Tour. Last week Holly posted her season's best finish in Portugal, claiming joint 28th spot. This week she has gone even better with a joint 25th place finish in Tenerife. Holly is now 88th in the European Money list. Nice one Holly, keep going! |
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31.05.2010: TOP 12 FINISH FOR SAL AT ST. ANDREWS: Bedfordshire's Sal Shayler teed up against some of the top amateur golfers from the home nations in the 2010 St. Rule competition in St. Andrews. The field consisted of many plus handicappers and full time amateur golfers, but Firefighter Shayler proved that you can work full time and still compete at the very highest level. Her scores of 74 - 78 - 75 earned her joint 12th position and would all have counted towards Team England's total. Previous winners of this prestigious tournament include household names Annika Sorenstam, Catriona Matthew, Maria Hjorth and Mel Reid. [Editor's note: Sal, please don't turn pro before County Week.] |
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08.05.2010: LAURA IS THE NEW COUNTY CHAMPION: John O'Gaunt's Laura Collin equalled the course record en route to winning the 2010 Ladies County Championship from Sally Shayler from Bedfordshire, reversing the final result of 2009. Despite the terrible weather, a sizeable crowd watched a thrilling final between the number 1 and 2 seeds. Click here for the full report and all the prize winners. |
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08.05.2010: LYN WINS THE COUNTY CUP: The 4 qualifiers for the County Cup semi-finals, Lyn Allen, Sheila Fairey, Heather Nolan and Jill Brown had braved rain, winds and a trolley ban in qualification earlier in the year, and then faced almost the same for the finals. Lyn had the better of the all-Bedfordshire semi final while Heather pipped Jill in the 2nd semi. The final saw both girls producing some fine recovery shots and good golf, with Lyn winning on the 16th. Well done Lyn! |
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01.05.2010: MICHELLE WINS SCRATCH LADDER: Michelle Fontayne-Geary from South Beds went one better than last year to take the 2010 Winter Scratch Ladder. In a carefully timed run-in, Michelle edged out Katherine Carragher from John O'Gaunt and took the top spot. Well done, Michelle. |
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29.04.2010: MORE SILVERWARE FOR FIONA: Fiona Cooper (Sharnbrook Upper) continued her impressive early season form in winning the Bedfordshire Schools Girls County title and the Forrester Salver. Click here for the full report. |
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26.04.2010: LIZI QUALIFIES FOR DAYTONA: Lizi Sweetnam from Leighton Buzzard finished 5th in the Region 2 NJCAA National Championship to qualify for the 4 round Championship final due to be held at the LPGA International course in Daytona Beach, Florida later in May. Click here for the full report |
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19.04.2010: FIONA WINS PAST CAPTAINS SALVER: The first Junior event took place at the Bedford Golf Club on Sunday 19th April for the Past Captains Salver which allows competitors up to age 21. The conditions were windy and the greens very fast but despite this there were some excellent results. Elena Tizzard from Leighton Buzzard took 3rd place on countback from Lucy Mills from Wyboston, the runner up with 37 points was Louise Eddy from Leighton Buzzard but the overall winner of the Salver, with a super 38 points, was Fiona Cooper from Bedford & County. |
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17.04.2010: HOLLY MAKES 3RD CONSECUTIVE CUT: Holly continued her excellent start to the 2010 season by making her third consecutive cut. Playing on both the Ladies European Tour and the LET Access Tour, Holly has played 3 events so far this season and has comfortably made the cut each time. She finished joint 22nd in the Dinard Ladies Open this weekend to consolidate her 47th place in the Moroccan Open and joint 4th place in the Le Riou Open in Nice. Holly now travels to Turkey for the Turish Ladies Open on 7th - 9th May. Well done Holly, keep it going. |
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12.04.2010: CLAUDINE TAKES ON NEW ROLE: BLCGA is pleased to announce that Claudine Tate from Dunstable Downs, has kindly agreed to assist Shirley for the remainder of the year. Claudine will take over the role at the AGM. Shirley is continuing to manage the Knock Out Foursomes but other County Competitions will be handled by Claudine. Claudine can be reached by email here. Congratulations, Claudine and good luck in the new role! |
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08.04.2010: SALLY AND BRIDIE ARE EAST REGION CHAMPS: With only 10 weeks to go to County Week, our established foursomes partnership of Sally Shayler and Bridie Quinn sent out a timely reminder to the other counties that they are a force to be reckoned with. Two solid rounds of 3 over par 75 were enough to beat the rest of the field by 4 shots. Nice one girls! |
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09.04.2010: LIZI WINS IN KANSAS: In a playing programme that has been significantly affected by seasonally unusual weather conditions, Leighton's Lizi Sweetnam has emerged to win in her latest tournament in Kansas. She led from the start with an opening round of 76 at the Central Christian College Tournament at Turkey Creek GC in McPherson, Kansas. For the full story click here |
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06.04.2010: MICHELLE CLINCHES TOP SPOT: In a keenly contested top of the table tussle between the big hitting of Katherine Carragher and the tight short game of Michelle Fontayne-Geary, Michelle edged out as victor and now heads the ladder going into the final month. Can she go one better than last year and win the title? Watch this space... For the full ladder and rules, click here |
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31.03.2010: LYN SQUELCHES HER WAY TO VICTORY: 28 ladies entered the 2nd Division Spring Meeting at Bedfordshire Golf Club but due to heavy overnight rain, no trolleys were allowed on the course, so only 15 ladies played the 18 hole competition. Scoring was tough but home player, Lyn Allen, managed to tame the damp conditions to win the Janet Miller Trophy. Click here for the full results |
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29.03.2010: TOUGH START FOR JUNIOR TEAM: The Junior girls had their first match of the season against tough opposition from Hertfordshire at Knebworth on 29th March. Despite some very close matches Hertfordshire lst team won 5 -1 and their 2nd team took the honours 2 -1. Bedfordshire's next opponents will be Norfolk over at Royal Norwich on 6th June. |
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21.03.2010: HOLLY MAKES THE CUT IN HER FIRST EVENT IN 2010: Holly Aitchison's second season on the Ladies European Tour started last week in Morocco with a solid 5 over par performance, which easily made the cut and earned her a share of 47th place. Well done Holly. Holly plays in the new Access Series events this year, and is currently in France playing in the Terre Blanche Ladies Open. |
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16.03.2010: MEGAN HELPS HER TEAM CLIMB UP THE LEAGUE: Megan Birdsey from Caddington is enjoying her first year at Newman University in Kansas. Megan recently played in the Texan A & M invitation at Tanglewood, Texas where she had a top 20 placement out of a field of 90 girls, helping Newman University to a 5th place out. This moves them up to 31st position out of the 118 teams in division 2. |
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01.03.2010: LIZI ALREADY FEATURING IN US COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENTS: Lizi Sweetnam from Leighton Buzzard was among three English students who finished in the top 13 in a field of 64 players for the Red River Intercollegiate competition at Oak Hills Country Club in Oklahoma. High winds affected the scoring, with sophomore student Lizi posting a creditable 86 for 13th place. Lizi then went on to finish 12th at Eagle's Bluff in Texas, again in unseasonally bad weather. Nice to know you're getting the same stuff as we are back here! |
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18.02.2010: EGU/EWGA MERGER TALKS MOVE FORWARD: A press release was issued detailing the latest developments in the merger process between the English Women's Golf Association and the English Golf Union, together with a joint statement from the Chief Executives of both organisations. Click here for more details. |
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09.02.2010: PAVENHAM CLUB HOUSE RE-OPENS: Message from Pavenham county representative, Gwen Walpole: The members at Pavenham Park are delighted to announce that the new clubhouse is now open. It has been a long 10 months since the fire but worth the wait. The facilities are greatly improved. The changing rooms are larger and there is an upstairs function room with balconies overlooking the course.This winter has been particularly difficult with only a marquee to operate from and portaloos! so the ladies are especially delighted with our new premises. There is still some work to be done around the building but come the new golfing year we will be up and running in every way. |
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30.01.2010: HOLLY GIVES LIVE INTERVIEW: If you missed Holly's live interview on BBC 3 Counties Radio on Saturday 30th January, you can replay it on BBC iPlayer by clicking here. The programme is 2 hours long and Holly's interview starts at appriximately 1 hour 34 minutes. |
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01.01.2010: HOLLY RETAINS HER CARD: 2009-Holly made 4 cuts in her first season on the Ladies European Tour, but it was not quite enough for automatic retention of her tour card. Along with 166 other amateur and professional players from around the world, Holly went to Tour Qualifying School in La Manga in December. |
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23.12.2009: AMERICAN AIRLINES OFFER PASSENGERS EXTRA CUSTOMER CARE SERVICES: Following a recent overnight flight from Chicago International to London Heathrow, American Airlines have introduced optional super, double thick ear muffs and waterproof shawls to all passengers for their comfort and sleep-easy long haul flights. This follows an incident where 2 English teenagers inadvertently caused havoc by staying awake talking all night and spilling water drinks. Bleary eyed passengers disembarked and staggered through customs after Megan and Lizi came home for Christmas, having come from Oklahoma and Kansas on internal flights, they stumbled upon each other in the Chicago International Airport complex and discovered that they were booked on the same flight. American Airlines are still recovering from the experience and have reset their computer booking systems to block any repeat occurrence! |
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