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Jonny Ingram

2008/09 Juniors' Captain & Vice Captain

Adam Hatcher

18 October 2009 - West Hove Golf Club Junior AGM - report by Ken Stafford, Junior Organiser
"Ken Stafford (KS) chaired the meeting and introduced the past Junior Captain, Jonny Ingram, new junior captain Adam Hatcher, incoming vice captain Ryan Stafford, assistant junior organiser Mick Phillpot and Captain Andrew Macgregor-Boyle.
Andrew Macgregor-Boyle (AB) welcomed parents and juniors and expressed how proud both he and West Hove were of the Junior Section. AB continued by listing achievements in which some of the juniors had completed such as Dan Milligan, Jonny Ingram and Lewis Jackson all representing West Hove within the PAV IT Inter Club Championship and in addition, all juniors who took part in the winning of the Dockerill's Junior Brighton League. AB continued by expressing his gratitude to Ken Stafford who did an extremely good job carrying on from past junior organiser Tim Ingram. AB finally thanked everyone for showing their support to the junior section and club for attending the meeting.

Junior Organisers Review – KS stated that another successful year for West Hove Junior’s had occurred and that he wished to express his thanks to his predecessor Tim Ingram for all of the hard work he had put in. KS continued by thanking Mick Phillpot (MP) for his help and hard work in the Junior Open. KS also thanked Megan Bibby and her team for the help and support they had put in to assist the junior section to another successful campaign. KS concluded by finally thanking Jonny Ingram and Adam Hatcher. KS continued the review by stating that a number of West Hove’s juniors had represented Sussex at various levels including; Lewis Jackson, Dan Milligan and Jonny Ingram representing the County in the U18’s County trip to La Manga where Jonny won the overall competition. KS also stated that Dan Milligan and Lewis Jackson performed well in the prestigious Faldo Series; in addition that Lewis Jackson had gained a scholarship to America. KS pointed out that Dan Milligan, Max Card and Jack Smith all won senior competitions. KS also stated that the girls of the junior section had a successful year in which Sophie Kennard won the nett prize and Rosie McGrory won the 18 hole event in the Ladies Club Championship. In addition Sophie Kennard also won the Caroline Leigh Trophy, KS pointed out that the year was highlighted by winning the Dockerill's Junior Brighton League. KS finally thanked the juniors for their hard work and commitment and asked the attending juniors to give a round of applause to their parents who had supported every single junior member.

Ken Stafford then introduced leaving captain Jonny Ingram (JI) who wanted to say a few words. JI thanked KS on a successful job in organising the junior section in which KS took on half way through the year. JI continued by thanking all of the juniors who supported competitions and those who played well on a consistent level and whom took part in winning the Dockerill's Brighton League. JI concluded by wishing incoming captain, Adam Hatcher the best of luck leading the junior section to a successful season.

The election of incoming captain Adam Hatcher (AH) and vice captain Ryan Stafford took place with all attendees in favour of those selected. KS invited AH to speak. AH expressed his gratitude for all of the hard work all juniors had put in throughout the year and congratulated KS on leading the team to win the Junior Brighton League. AH finally wished luck to those juniors who are leaving at the end of the year.

The prize-giving then took place with KS introducing the winners and AB and MP awarding the juniors with their prizes."
The award winners were as follows:

6 September 2009  -  West Hove Juniors have won the Dockerill's Junior Brighton League for a fourth time!
Our Junior Section has once again excelled in the 'JBL' (as it is affectionately known) by winning this prestigious competition for the fourth time in the last six years. Our previous wins came in 2004, 2005 and 2007.
West Hove won the this year's league by a comfortable 19 points from Brighton & Hove GC with Mid-Sussex GC in third place. In today's event at Singing Hills GC we scored 95 points to finish second to the host club's 101. Our scores today were:- Jonny Ingram (Captain) 32, Jack Smith 32, Adam Hatcher 31 and Greg Andrew 28. (The final league positions are shown below the photos.)
Ken Stafford, the Junior Organiser, said he was very proud of his team and congratulated all of those who played throughout the season. The first prize of £300 will be donated to our Junior's chosen charity The Rocking Horse Appeal, with Brighton & Hove GC donating their second prize of £200 to Asthma UK and Mid-Sussex GC donating the third prize of £100 to Leo House (a home for terminally ill children). WELL DONE EVERYONE.

Photo courtesy of David Andrew
Michael Phillpot presenting Jonny Ingram, the Juniors' Captain,
with the Dockerill's JBL Cup

Photo courtesy of David Andrew
From L to R: Frankie Ingham, Jack Smith, Adam Hatcher,
Jonny Ingram (Capt), Ken Stafford (J.O), Greg Andrew

19 July 2009 - The 2009 West Hove Golf  Club Junior Open was narrowly won by Jonny Ingram
This increasingly popular 'Junior County Order of Merit' competition attracted 49 players from golf clubs all over Sussex. Like last year, it was played in particularly windy conditions hence the 'competition scratch score' being 73 which is 2 more than the new 'standard scratch score'.

This year's event was won by our current Juniors' Captain Jonny Ingram on count-back from Reece Coaker of Chartham Park GC, both players shooting a very creditable 76 in difficult conditions. The net prize-winner was West Hove's Frankie Ingham - the only player to beat par!

Thanks are extended to the S.C.G.U. members Anup Vasant (Secretary) and Michael Phillpot (committee member) together with West Hove's Junior Organiser Ken Stafford for their hard work during the day. Thanks too go to Club Captain Andrew Macgregor-Boyle who presented the prizes.  click here for photos

The top 4 in each competition were as follows:

3 July 2009 - West Hove's Juniors are making satisfactory progress in two inter-club competitions.

The Dockerill's Junior Brighton League
On Saturday 20 June our Juniors came third in their league match at Hollingbury Park GC and this was good enough to put them into first place in the league, but there are many more matches to play. A further report will be given after the next match at Mid- Sussex GC on 12 July.

The Sussex County Golf Union's Inter-Club Foursomes
Another team of Juniors beat Copthorne GC 2.5 to 1.5 in this competition for the Alan Covey Cup.  Our winning team comprised the following Juniors:-

The team must now play at home against Bognor Regis GC in the quarter-finals.

1 July 2009 - Lewis Jackson will soon be satisfying an ambition by starting a golf scholarship in the USA.  He writes:

“I am going to Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, this summer and start my studies on 19th August. I intend to study a sports based degree which will take 4 years although I will have general studies for the first year, I think, which is apparently standard over there. I have managed to obtain a scholarship from the university which amounts to about 50% of the cost of studying and living there. This scholarship is part academic and part golf.

I will play for the Harding 'Bisons' Golf Team and the coach is Dustin Howell. The Harding golf team has 8 players and I will be one of 4 new players this year. The team has members from all parts of the US and currently has a South African player. Harding University play in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division 2 in the Gulf South Conference (the US is so big their sports areas have to be divided into many 'Conferences'). They play 10 team matches each year, 5 before Xmas and 5 after culminating in a regional Championship which I think involves teams from Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, Alabama & Florida.

There are around 3,500 universities in the US and Harding is listed in the top 10% academically so I am very pleased to have been accepted. They have around 7,500 students from every state in the US and others from 40 countries around the world. I am the first British golfer to be accepted and as far as I am aware will be the 2nd British student at the university (there is another boy from Leicester who I met when I visited the campus last year but he does not play sport and he already lives in Arkansas).

I am really looking forward to going, but as the prospect gets closer the more apprehensive I become. However, it is what I have always wanted to achieve since I was about 14 years old and am looking forward to meeting lots of new people from all over the world. I know a few people who have gone out to the US to study and play golf. Some love it and some don't like it at all and come back. I am hoping I love being there and enjoy the US university experience but am realistic and realise that things may not be all they appear but I intend to take it one year at a time and I will give it my best shot.

I will be taking my new coach in the US a little piece of home by giving him both a West Hove and a Sussex County Golf Union tie - and who knows, he may even come across for a visit in the future (something he has already intimated) and I can welcome him to my home club!”

West Hove's Juniors consolidate 2nd place in the Dockerill's Junior Brighton League.

The "JBL" is a competition for junior golfers between 9 local golf clubs. Teams of 4 play at each of the venues throughout the summer with the best 3 Stableford scores counting towards the team total. West Hove’s Juniors have won this event three times in the last five years and finished 3rd overall last year.
The third match this year was played today (26 May) at West Hove and our best 3 scorers were Adam Hatcher with a splendid 41 points, Greg Andrew with 36 and Charlie Watts with 35 (giving a team total of 112). Jay Stally was the fourth West Hove member. Mid Sussex continue to lead the table but this latest result means West Hove are now only 5 points behind in 2nd place.

Free Golf Taster Sessions at the Club's Darren Cook Golf Academy.

There will be four free golf taster sessions for juniors (under 18) at 1pm & 2pm on Saturday 25 April 2009 and Saturday 2 May 2009.
Each session is for an hour and the only cost is a nominal administration fee of £1.00 - equipment is provided. Numbers will be limited to ten per session so if you, or any junior you know, would like to take advantage of this tremendous offer please telephone our Pro' Darren Cook NOW on 01273 413494. Don't miss your chance as these events are very popular!

4th & 5th March 2009   -   Jonny Ingram, Lewis Jackson and Dan Milligan this time visit St. Andrews.

Having returned home from Spain only recently, these 3 junior members packed their bags again - but this time to visit "the home of golf" in Scotland. They had been selected as part of a 4-man team to represent their college in the British Colleges Sport Open Golf Championships. The competition was played over two rounds on the 4th and 5th March on the magnificent 7,049 yard par 72 Kittocks Course (formerly known as The Devlin) in Fairmont St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. All three boys played very well in bright, but cold and blustery, conditions and their college, Chichester College, finished as runners-up.

14th - 21st February 2009  -  Jonny Ingram, Lewis Jackson and Dan Milligan visit La Manga.

The Club is proud to report that 3 of our juniors returned home this weekend from a week’s golf in Spain where they acquitted themselves very well. They were part of an elite group of 20 Sussex junior golfers selected by the Sussex County Golf Union to receive special coaching and skills training at the famous La Manga golf resort.

The West Hove trio excelled and on the Tuesday Jonny won the competition with a 75 and Lewis and Dan were joint second on 79. Over the course of the week points were awarded for the best individual placings in competition and for skills tests. Jonny, having won two of the competitions, won the overall individual championship and Lewis came joint third. Dan may have done better had he not been poorly for three days. On the final day the S.C.G.U. squad played their annual match against the local Murcia team and the Sussex boys won 10-0, the first ever ‘whitewash’.

The golf was obviously very serious, but on a lighter note the boys were subjected throughout the week to ‘fines’ for inappropriate behaviour. On the first day Dan was fined for bringing hair straighteners with him and Jonny was fined for wearing sunglasses on his head in the evening! On the second day Dan was fined for actually using his hair straighteners and Jonny fined for not wearing his tournament leader’s hat and for leaving his wedge on the 17^th. On the other hand, day three saw Lewis win the ‘energiser of the day’ award for his positive attitude.

The Club is very proud to have 3 boys chosen for this prestigious week – all 3 of them are a credit to their club, not just for their playing ability but also for their behaviour and attitude.        click here for photos

Some Useful web sites for Junior Golfers

Get Into Golf: This web site contains a variety of information to help juniors and adults take up golf including details of FREE Golf Coaching venues, equipment, costs, membership vacancies, coaching tips and much more.

The Bunker: The EGU and EWGA have designed this website for junior golfers and young beginners who want to start playing this great game.