Last Sunday we had the pleasure of hosting Wells GC Junior team coming to Long Sutton to play our juniors in the reverse fixture and a much needed strong finish to the season was required. We had our strongest team of the season out for our three games. Unfortuantly they only had 4 juniors for the game so we had one game with 2 vs 2 and 2 playing 1 player in the other games.

First off in our pairing was our Captain Jordan Watts and Haydn Gibson playing Wells Captain and another junior.  Jordan and Haydn both made successful birdies on 14,16 and 17 to win the match 2 & 1 in a well deserved win. Second out was our dynamic duo Rupert Edwards and Stacie Watts; they had a very simple task of dispatching their 28 opponent and beating him 4 and 2 even though they would have had a shorter walk back if they had won 4 & 3! Then in match three Will Ross and Cameron Barrett made short work of beating their opponent 4 & 3 even though Will took 4 shots to get down to the black and white post on the 1st hole he somehow halved the hole and from then on both Cameron and Will played well together and won the game with ease.

So a 3 - 0 win for Long Sutton Juniors on Sunday in a much needed win and it will give us alot of confidence of securing 3rd place in the junior division when the season is finally concluded in September. Just one more game which will be against Mendip GC at Long Sutton but the date has yet to be confirmed so I will give out notices asap when that game will be played .

Well done guys

Team Manager

Steve

Long Sutton Juniors Vs Wells

We had the chance in closing down Wheathill in our 3rd place fight, by travelling to Wells on Sunday for a much needed win.

In ideal cool conditions Haydn Gibson and Sam Agar respectfully won their first game in the season winning on the 18th making crucial pars to win the game. 2nd out was our Captain Jordan Watts and Cameron Barrett and they comfortably won their game 4 & 2 so ensuring we had won our first match of the season. Finally last out was Stacie Watts and Will Ross and unfortunately they put up a great fight from being dormie 4 down to only losing 2 and 1 as their opponents i.e. 20 and 26 made pars on the 17th to win the game.

Well done to the Junior Team in Winning Their 1st Match of the Season and We Have Overtaken Wheathill but Must Continue the Momentum Into The last Two Games of the Season against Wells and Mendip At Home to Ensure a Top 3 Finish This Season.

Steve

Junior Club Night Current Standings

Midway into the Season Junior Club Night  is bringing in some very competitive scores and it looks to be a very close finish to the season as Stacie Watts is holding onto her lead ahead of the chasing pack involving Cameron Barrett, Rupert Edwards and Ruben Stacey.

I would like to thank Nick Stacey, Colin Barrett and also Rupert and Stacie for their help while I have been away for a couple of weeks.

I will keep you updated on anything new for the Junior matches and events this summer.

Keep the good golf going everybody and also get some good results in the forthcoming matches in the Junior League.

Yours sincerely

Steve Stopforth

Junior Manager

Long Sutton Juniors had the pleasure of hosting Mendip Spring last weekend and it was a much better performance against their team on Sunday as we gained a 1 1/2 to 1 1/2 Draw.

In our first game Haydn Gibson and Jordan Watts halved their game in a very tight and close match and a fair result. In our second game Rupert Edwards and Nathan Boyle won their game 4 & 2 and Rupert is now the leading points scorer in the season for the Juniors so well done to him. In our last match James Todd and Cameron Barrett lost a very close game 2 & 1 as one of the Mendip Spring players holed a 15 foot putt for a birdie to win the game.

A much better result and we have Farrington at Home this Sunday - So Keep it Going guys and well done on the draw last week. 

Team Manager

Steve S

Last Sunday we headed to Farrington Golf Club for our next match of the season. In recent years it has proved to be very difficult for us going there and this year was no exception. We played in a strong wind and hard conditions and unfortunately the juniors lost 3-0. Things didn’t start brightly as they closed the course in the morning then at 10.30 they re-opened the course which did not help us at all as we lost a player due to other commitments.
 
Our stand in captain Haydn 'The Legend' Gibson and Rupert Edwards lost their first match of the game 2 and 1 against a solid 4 and 5 handicappers. Then Will Ross who was playing on his own put up a great effort but lost 6 and 5 to a pair of bandits according to Will who were playing off 8 and 12 so a great effort by Will but very unfortunate. Our last game was having a debut in the team and for Ruben Stacey and Cameron Barrett it was a tough ask playing a 9 and a 15 handicapper at a course they had never played before: they lost 7 and 5 - a great effort to these young lads.

Keep up the great effort and now our aim is to gain as many points as possible for the rest of the season so the next three matches are important in the junior league.
 
Our next game is at The Mendip on Sunday 19th June. Team sheets are up on the board for the juniors to tick for availability.
 
Team Manager
 
Steve Stopforth

Our Juniors had the pleasure of going to Mendip Spring last Sunday and we had high hopes after deserving results against Wheathill. We did not have the best result as we lost 3-0 in the windy and hard conditions, Haydn "The Legend" Gibson & Captain Jordan Watts Lost 6 And 5 as they were thumped by a 1 and 4 handicapper from Mendip Spring. Then in our second game Will Ross & Stacie Watts had the closest game between the three matches by only losing 2 & 1. Then In our final game James Todd & Cameron Barrett  our seasonal undefeated pairing was beaten 5 & 3 So Unfortuantly we lost 3-0 but we still have hope of winning the league as there's still a long way to go in the season.

 
Team Manager
 
Steve Stopforth 

 Our Juniors will be travelling to Mendip Spring on Sunday 29th May and we will be hoping to pull off a victory this time around after 2 draws in the first two games of the season aganst Wheathill, so a chance to redeem ourselves with hopefully a win at Mendip Spring
 
The Following Line Up for Sunday will be
 
1st Pair - Captain Jordan Watts & Haydn "The Legend" Gibson 

2nd Pair - Stacie "Steady Eddie" Watts & James Todd
 
3rd Pair - Cameron "Big Hitting" Barrett & Will "Hacking" Ross
 
Reserves will be needed for Sunday as well.
 
Steve

Our Juniors had the experience of playing in the Junior Jamboree which is held every year and we travelled to The Mendip golf club and it was a very tough day in the strong winds and rain at the start of the day.

 Our four players were our captain Jordan Watts, Rupert Edwards, Stacie Watts and James Todd. Unfortunately our captain Jordan Watts did not set the best score of the team only gaining 20 points so no brilliant start for us, then we had Rupert Edwards going out in the second group and he shot 30 points even though you’re a bandit!! Then we had James Todd who shot 27 points on his first round which was impressive and finally our amazing and steady eddie Stacie Watts went round in 35 points to lead our team with the best score so the lads basically got beat by a 13 year old girl!!!

At the end of the day Mendip Spring won the overall Jamboree and  we finished 3rd out of 8 teams.
 
Our next game is away at Mendip Spring which is 29th May so hope to see you all there
 
Steve

Junior Club Night Current Standings

A Great Start to the junior club night this season we have a seen the first hole in one within the last 3 years as Cameron Barrett holed his first shot on the par 3 7^th and he will receive a hole in one trophy at the end of season presentation. We have had the regular juniors turning up and we are looking to a very competitive end to the season this year as Stacie Watts is currently leading the table during the season.

I would like the thank Suzie and Steve Dobson for helping me this year as I have been away with other commitments and I will be at club night running it soon so I will keep you updated on anything new for the junior matches and events this summer.

Keep the good golf going everybody and also get some results in the forthcoming matches in the junior league.

Yours sincerely

Junior Manager  Steve Stopforth

Junior Match Report

The Juniors halved their match at home to Wheathill with the Legend Haydn Gibson and Sam Agar halving their match, unfortunately captain Jordon Watts and Nathan Boyle lost their’s so it was left to sister Stacey Watts and her Playing Partner Rupert Edwards to win their match to halve the overall match.

Juniors Draw First Match:

Long Sutton Juniors played away to wheathill last week-end and came away with match halved. The reserves winning gave them some sort of moral victory. This week-end we send a team to play away at Minehead in the first round of the KO Cup. 

The team selected to play is :

                                        Jordan Watts

                                        Haydn Gibson

                                        Sam Agar

National Abraham Trophy

Congratulations to Stacie on her great achievement of becoming the reserve player for the South West Area. South West Area includes Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire .

The National Abraham Trophy is a girls event which tries to find the most improved girl golfer in England based on handicap reduction. The competition will be held in Buckinghamshire and happens later this year.

We all wish her good luck.

Profile of Stacie Watts

Updated May 2011

Follow Stacie's progress this year in the new Somerset Girl's Order of Merit competition.

After 3 events she is leading the Order of Merit having finished fourth in the Spring Meet, won the best Nett girl at Weston-super-Mare, and was Nett runner up at Taunton and Pickeridge.

For Stacie's achievement in the National Abraham Trophy  - see report  in Junior News, Events and Results section of this website.

In February Stacie also played for Somerset against Somerset's under sixteen boys.

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County Golf 2010

Stacie has been busy at the Somerset Girls Golf Academy held once a month at Enmore Park Golf Club working with Sarah Burnell, indeed things going so well that she qualified and was invited to the 1^st team Girls county coaching sessions held once a month at Burnham & Berrow under the watchful eye of Russell Covey who is also the county’s 1^st team Ladies coach.

Stacie made her debut for Somerset against Gloucestershire defeating a very good opponent 2 & 1 on the championship course at Burnham & Berrow helping secure overall victory for Somerset ’s Girls against Gloucestershire. She next played for them against an all Boys select team from Taunton & Pickeridge, although she did not win their fourball match with her partner she did acquit herself very well gaining some valuable experience.

Stacie had a very credible finish at the Somerset Girls County Championship finishing 12^th at Enmore Park and went on to finish the year very strongly at the last county Girls coaching session in December winning a nine hole stableford competition with 22 points on the Channel course at Burnham & Berrow.

Junior Opens

Stacie played in seven Junior Opens in 2010 recording the best Nett girl at Windwhistle, Mendip and Taunton Vale Opens and had strong performances at Knowle (Girl’s Open) in the wind and rain, Wells, Cheddington and Ashley wood in Dorset.

Schools Golf.

Stacie played in the 2010 Somerset Schools Golf Association Championships at Long Sutton and was her school’s only representative that day. She finished as Long Sutton’s best placed junior which was very pleasing as conditions were very difficult that day for everyone.

Long Sutton Junior Golf 2010

Stacie made it into the Junior team as a reserve early in the season but quickly went on to be a regular in the team as her handicap came down through out the season. She also had a very good finish in our own Junior Championship where she was runner up in the Nett championship and fourth in the Gross competition.

Stacie is the reigning Long Sutton Junior Clubnite champion, a title won after a gripping season finale tussle with Will Ross and Rupert Edwards.

Summing up.

Stacie has had a fantastic year with her Clubnite handicap of 42 tumbling to her current CONGU handicap of 22.9 and she would like to thank Felicity and Graham, Andy Hayes, Tommy, Suzie, Steve, Sandra, Gill, Eliza and everyone else who has helped.

            Good Luck to everyone in 2011.

Junior Away Weekend 2010 Results

I like to thank everyone that came to the away weekend at Woodbury Park in October. The weather was fantastic for both days and the whole weekend was a huge success and the golfing standards were very high over the two days. Unfortunately the one and only cocky Haydn Gibson won the 2 day weekend ahead of myself and Rupert Edwards winning by 6 points so congratulations to Haydn and we will give him the away weekend trophy soon. Here are the official results from day one to day two and overall results.

Day One – 4Ball Better Ball Pairs And Individual Stableford E.G. (34pts)

1^st – Steve Stopforth (36pts) And Nathan Boyle (32pts) – 43pts – Win 12pts

2^nd – Phil Ross (30pts) And Rupert Edwards (32pts) – 42pts – Win 8pts

3^rd – Steve Dobson (28pts) And Haydn Gibson (35pts) - 42pts Back 6 – Win 6pts

4^th – Will Harris (38pts) And Ray Edwards (28pts) - 42pts Back 6 – Win 4pts

5^th – Dom Slade (27pts) And Gill Edwards (37pts) - 39pts – Win 2pts

6^th – Will Ross (35pts) And Suzie Dobson (26pts) - 39pts Back 3 – Win 1pt

Day Two – Team Bowmaker – All Scores Count

1^st – Haydn Gibson, Will Ross, Rupert Edwards And Phil Ross - Total 138 pts

2^nd - Steve Dobson, Will Harris, Ray Edwards And Nathan Boyle – Total 133 pts

3^rd - Steve Stopforth, Suzie Dobson, Gill Edwards And Dom Slade – Total 129 pts

Here are the results of the junior away weekend.

1^st-Haydn Gibson 89pts        2^nd- Rupert Edwards 84pts              3^rd- Steve Stopforth 83pts

4^th- Nathan Boyle 80pts        5^th- Will Harris 77pts             6^th- Will Ross 75pts

7^th- Steve Dobson 74pts         8^th- Gill Edwards 71pts                     9^th- Phil Ross 70pts

10^th- Ray Edwards 69pts      11th- Suzie Dobson 68pts                  12^th- Dom Slade 65pts

I hope everyone enjoyed there time down at Woodbury for the away weekend I hope to see you all again for another exciting trip with myself and the junior team. I will keep you all posted on the next junior away weekend which will be in October this year.

                                                Yours sincerely

                                                Steve Stopforth

JUNIOR NEWS

A warm welcome to the new captain of the Junior’s Jordan Watts.

This year sees our Junior’s playing in the East Division of the Somerset Junior Golf League.

We have been drawn away to Minehead in the KO cup which takes us right across the other side of the county.

Last year was certainly a re-building job but we finished a creditable second in the league with the winners Oake Manor, a further milestone was in some matches we actually had three girls representing the club well done to them.

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Junior Club night will start in April and again will be run by Steve Stopforth along with Steve & Suzie Dodson, please encourage all juniors whatever their capability to take part.

Monthly we will be running qualifying competitions for the juniors over both the 18 Hole course for the more experienced, and 9 hole for those just starting out in the sport.

For all dates see Junior Club Competition and matches sections on Junior webpage.

Captains Drive In - Saturday 13th November - Click here for full report.

See your Captain and Vice Captain with the other Club Captains and Vice Captains

Juniors' and Parents' Away To Woodbury Park Golf Club

Steve Stopforth, aided and abetted by Steve Dobson and Phil Ross, organised a trip to Woodbury Park G.C. on the weekend of 24th October. Steve and Susie Dobson, Phil Ross and Ray and Gill Edwards accompanied Steve, Hadyn (the Legend), Dom, (Little Nickie), Will Ross, Nathan, Will Harris and Rupert, (RP). The weather was beautiful both days and we saw the course in full autumn colour. I could so get used to refreshments half way round! Hot pasties, cakes, coffee...very welcome on a slow day.

Day 1 - Communication failure. Gill and Dom, Susie and Will R. heard “Better Ball” but not “KEEP INDIVIDUAL SCORES AS WELL”. Much head-scratching that evening!

Day 2 – Tee off wasn't until 12.20...Quit rooms by 10.00. Who didn't think that one through! But at least it meant there could be a mini pool tournament to fill in time. Ray slept through this...conserving energy for the golf.

As far as the results were concerned, mere mortals rather wished the Legend hadn't come...Nearest the Pin, Day 1 – Hadyn. Longest Drive – Hadyn. (If only that last bounce hadn't tipped Steve Stopforth's ball onto that fringe of grass. He was robbed). The Best Team was Steve Dobson, Will, Rupert and Hadyn. Best Individual, Hadyn. But he didn't win Nearest the Pin, Day 2. That was on the 18th, played across water in full view of the clubhouse – Gill Edwards was in the front team and put her ball 4 ft. from the pin (hurrah!) and remained Nearest the Pin as the Legend only managed 6ft from the pin and she beat Hadyn again because she sank her putt for a 2 spot! Gill Edwards Nearest the Pin in Two!!!

A jolly good weekend Steve and thanks for organising it. It meant I had to scramble to get back to the Club for my AGM in time but I wouldn't have missed that 18th hole for the world!

Gill Edwards

 Junior Championship

The Junior Gross Champion this year is Haydn 'the Legend' Gibson and the winner of the net prize was Will Ross.

They will go forward to the Champion of Champions Competition which will be held on Saturday October 2nd.

 The club proudly announces that it has achieved the prestigious  GolfMark  Award - a national scheme that identifies and recognises junior and beginner friendly golf facilities and, in addition, the club has been recognised by the EGU/EWGA as a High Achiever facility. To achieve Higher Achiever the golf club has met additional conditions over and above those minimum standards required for GolfMark.

The three key areas within the golf club which are assessed are: 

• Coaching & Playing
• Club Environment (including sports equity & ethics)
• Child Protection & Duty of Care

Long Sutton Golf Club actively promotes and encourages youngsters to take up golf and aims to make it fun and readily accessible for under 21’s

We are also recognised by Sport England as a ClubMark facility.