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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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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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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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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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