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Juniors

West Hove Juniors are an important part of our Golf Club
and we boast a Junior section that is said to be one of the finest in the country.

Receiving Tuition from The Darren Cook Golf Academy

Receiving Tuition from The Darren Cook Golf Academy

WHGC Juniors

Receiving Tuition from The Darren Cook Golf Academy

Receiving Tuition from The Darren Cook Golf Academy

 

 

Jonny Ingram - Juniors' Captain 2008/09
Jonny Ingram

2008/09 Juniors' Captain & Vice Captain

Adam Hatcher - Juniors' Vice Captain 2008/09
Adam Hatcher

Jonny Ingram -
Juniors' Captain 2008/09
Adam Hatcher -
Juniors' Vice Captain 2008/09

 

WHGC JUNIOR OPEN 2009
 
Sunday 19 July 2009 at 11.30am
 

Entrance Fee £16.50 which includes a meal
 

WHGC Junior Open 2009  
Full details of the WHGC Junior Open 2009
are available with the entry form -
see link below
 
 
click here for Entry Form & Parental Consent Form

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Lewis Jackson wins both a Golfing and Academic Scholarship in the United States.

Following an eight day trip across ‘the pond’ to the USA with his father Steve, Lewis returned home today to announce that he had been awarded his dream golf scholarship at Harding University in Arkansas.

Whilst away, he ‘tried out’ playing golf with existing Harding University golf team members under the watchful eye of golf team coach, Dustin Howell. He duly impressed Coach Howell and was ‘signed up’ as the first United Kingdom player to represent the University in golf.

Lewis, who is still only 17, has another full year in the junior ranks. He joined West Hove in 2004 and made very rapid progress to become the Junior Club Champion in 2006. In 2007 he was appointed the Junior Captain and this year he won the Junior Championship for a second time. He is currently studying in his second year for a golf-related Sports Diploma at Chichester College with fellow West Hove member Brett Thompson. Other West Hove junior members Max Card, Jonny Ingram, Luke Giles and Dan Milligan also attend the College.

Scholarships such as this are not awarded without sound backing. So it was with great pleasure that dad Steve and mum Lindsey were able to rely on fantastic support from Lewis’s mentors - people such as Alan Covey (Sussex County Golf Union), Stuart Simpson (Course Manager at Chichester College), Tim Barclay (Headmaster at Hove Park School), Jason Gilroy (Lewis’ short-game coach), James Wilmott (Lewis’ swing coach) and our own Megan Bibby. They all provided references and testimonials which assisted in the process which enabled the University to grant a 50% funding, for the first time in their history, for both a golfing and academic scholarship.

Harding University is situated in the delightful town of Searcy and is nationally ranked within the top 10% of universities in the United States. It has welcomed several world leaders, such as George Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev and John Major to speak on campus in the past.

Lewis will start his 4-year Exercise Science Degree next August and will travel extensively around the southern States of America representing his University, known as ‘The Bisons’, in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics Association) Division 2.

Speaking from his home today, Lewis said he cannot wait to get started and follow in the footsteps of Stacey Rodger, another West Hove junior to win an American golf scholarship. He is grateful for the support shown by everyone at West Hove over the years and reported that his parents were absolutely thrilled – as are everyone at West Hove GC. We will, of course, follow Lewis’ progress in the years to come.

Please click on the link below to view the Harding University Press Release announcing Lewis’ appointment to ‘The Bisons’ golf team for 2009/10.

http://www.hardingsports.com/index.asp?path=mgolf                                                                                   
       report filed 26/11/08


 

A team from West Hove won the Sussex County Golf Union's Hatton Trophy on 31st October 2008.
Three of our Juniors, last year's Captain Lewis Jackson (handicap 1), the current Captain Jonny Ingram (4) and Sophie Kennard (22) partnered our professional Darren Cook at Seddlescombe GC in the S.C.G.U. Junior Am-Pro. This was a medal competition with the two best nett scores to count and they acquitted themselves very well scoring a 12 under-par total of 132 to win the Hatton Trophy.

The team from left to right are Darren Cook (Pro), Sophie Kennard, Jonny Ingram, Lewis Jackson
Photo courtesy of Nicky Reeves & Sussex County Golf Union

The team
from left to right:

Darren Cook - Pro
Sophie Kennard
Jonny Ingram
Lewis Jackson

 

 
 

The WHGC Juniors’ Section Annual General Meeting and prize-giving was held on 19th October 2008.
As usual it was very well attended and the Club Captain, Dennis Baker, was very pleased to welcome so many junior members and their parents before moving on to present the prizes. At the meeting Jonny Ingram was elected as Juniors’ Captain and Adam Hatcher as Vice-Captain for 2008/9.

The Club has been advised of further recognition of our juniors. Dan Milligan has again been selected by the English Golf Union's South Region to receive coaching at their headquarters at Woodhall Spa between 24-26 October and will play in a match against the South West Region. Lewis Jackson and Jonny Ingram have also been chosen to form part of the SCGU's Junior elite squad which will receive intensive training at La Manga in Spain early in 2009.

 

Lewis Jackson - (Juniors' Captain 2007/08) Jonny Ingram - (Juniors' Vice Captain 2007/08)

Lewis Jackson

In April 2008  Lewis nearly scored a hole-in-one at one of the most famous holes in the world.

click here for the news story
click here for photo of the event
click here for a video of the event

 

In July 2008 Jonny became the winner of the Nick O'Byrne Trophy with a net score of 131.

click here for the news story
click here for photo of his award
& see the article below

 

 

West Hove Golf Club – 2008 Junior Club Championship

Our annual Junior Club Championship was played over 36 holes today in wet and windy conditions.

Lewis Jackson, the current Juniors’ Captain, won the event with scores of 70 in the morning and 75 in the afternoon for an aggregate 5 over-par score of 145. Tom Coppard, a six handicapper, was runner-up with 148 beating last year’s Champion, Dan Milligan by a single shot.

The handicap competition was won for the second year running by Luke Giles. Playing off a handicap of 10, Luke scored 80 in the morning and 77 in the afternoon for an aggregate nett score of 137. Charlie Watts, playing off 12, was runner-up just one shot behind on 138 and Rory Crookshank was third with a nett score of 140.

Club Championship – (Gross scores)

 Lewis Jackson 70 + 75 = 145
 Tom Coppard 77 + 71 = 148
 Dan Milligan 72 + 77 = 149
 

Club Championship – (Nett scores)

 Luke Giles (10) 70 + 67 = 137
 Charlie Watts (12) 67 + 71 = 138
 Rory Crookshank (10) 73 + 67 = 140

 An 18 hole medal competition was run in the afternoon for those Juniors who had not qualified to play in the Club Championship.
 The winner was Jack Perrin with a nett score of 66 (100 – 34 = 66).

 Tim Ingram, Junior Organiser - 3 August 2008

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Sunday 20 July saw 41 Junior competitors take part in the 2008 West Hove Junior Open
All players who compete in our Open are automatically playing for an entry into the Daily Telegraph National Competition where the boy and girl with the 'best gross' go forward. This year, Dan Milligan (West Hove) and Tiffany Hewetson (East Brighton) were the two qualifiers. The results of the West Hove Junior Open are as follows:

West Hove Junior Open 2008

1st Dan Milligan   (West Hove) 70
2nd Jonny Ingram   (West Hove) 72
3rd James Sharp   (Hollingbury Park) 72 c/back
Winners of other prizes are as follows:
Nett Prizes Longest Drive Nearest the Pin
1st Frankie Ingham (West Hove) 66 Boys: Jamie Fenton (Brighton & Hove) 3rd James Ford (Copthorne)
2nd Greg Andrew (West Hove) 66 c/back Girls: Alice Barnes (West Chiltington) 7th Tiffany Hewetson (East Brighton)
3rd James Ashman (Bognor) 68     13th Lewis Jackson (West Hove)
          17th Tiffany Hewetson (East Brighton)

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 Jonny
Jonny Ingram, winner of the Nick O'Byrne Trophy

 

 

Our 16-year-old Juniors’ Vice-Captain, Jonny Ingram, played the rounds of his life today to become the runner-up in the WHGC Club Championship. Playing off 5, he shot a gross level-par 70 in the morning and followed up with a 71 in the afternoon, good enough for him to win the Nick O’Byrne Trophy (for the best net score in the Championship) by 4 shots with a fabulous net 131 (9 under par). The photo shows Jonny addressing the Members following his success.



13 July 2008

 

 

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The Sussex Schools' Golf Association Championship was held at West Hove Golf Club on 3 July 2008
The 34th annual championship of the Sussex Schools’ Golf Association was contested by 68 competitors  from eleven schools who were between the ages of 11 & 18. The winner of the team event was Patcham High School.

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The Dockerill's Junior Brighton League (JBL)

The Dockerill's Junior Brighton League (JBL) is a competition between 9 local golf clubs. Teams of 6 play at each of the venues throughout the summer with the best 4 Stableford points scored counting towards the team total. West Hove’s Juniors won this event in 2007, for the third time in the last 4 years, and have high hopes of doing well again this year.

The 3rd match this year was played at West Hove and our best 4 scorers were Dan Milligan with 40 points (with a 2 under-par gross score of 68), Rory Crookshank with 38, Jonny Ingram with 37 and Max Card with 36 (a total of 151). This was a splendid score, but we were pipped by a strong team from the Dyke who scored 153. They now lead the table by 27 points (
see below).

The match played at Hollingbury on 14th June was won by the Dyke - their fourth consecutive win. The hosts, Hollingbury GC, scored 139 and our 3rd place with 134 points was achieved by Jonny Ingram (gross level par 72 for 41 points), Luke Giles (34 points), Rory Crookshank (31 points) and Ryan Stafford (28 points).

The West Hove team won the JBL event at Mid Sussex GC on 7th August with an aggregate score of 149 points.
Team scores were: Adam Hatcher 40 pts, Luke Giles 40 pts (Individual winner 0-12 hcp), Ryan Stafford 34 pts, Tom Coppard 35 pts.

In the last match which took place at Singing Hills on 7th September, the West Hove team came 3rd with 127 points. This gave a respectful final score of 1178 points and in 3rd position this year, just 22 points behind the winning team, Hollingbury Park GC.
Click here to see a photo of the West Hove team receiving their cheque.

2008 JUNIOR BRIGHTON LEAGUE (JBL) - latest league placing

2008 venues --u East Brighton The
Dyke
West
Hove
Hollingbury Park Pyecombe Brighton & Hove Mid Sussex Hassocks Singing Hills TOTAL POINTS TO DATE Final
Position
 TEAMS 3/4/08 4/5/08 30/5/08 14/6/08 27/7/08 5/8/08 7/8/08 14/8/08 7/9/08
                       
BRIGHTON & HOVE  128  129  131  125  129  142 139  141  121 1185 2
EAST BRIGHTON  126  118  139  130  118  120 93  134  139 1117 5
HASSOCKS  107  119  98  65  55  0 59  158  102 763 7
HOLLINGBURY PARK  135  118  130  139  140  133 129  144  132 1200 1
MID SUSSEX  136  0  120  61  0  144 144  89  0 694 8
PYECOMBE  129  104  138  129  138  119 107  122  114 1100 6
SINGING HILLS  0  20  0  104  0  82 65  0  109 380 9
THE DYKE  148 134  153  140  101  97 144  125  113 1155 4
WEST HOVE  136  121  151  134