Ladies News & Updates

Silverstone Golf Club Ladies Section were invited by Cold Ashby Golf Club to play in their annual challenge plate event.  The competition is between Cold Ashby and two other clubs, which are invited to play.  Six ladies represented our section at the competition on the 25 July.  Everyone enjoyed the day and the hospitality of the ladies at Cold Ashby.  The format is a stableford competition with each lady required to play off of 7/8 handicap.  The team with the highest score win the Challenge Plate.  Sharon Avann from Silverstone Golf Club won the award for the highest score for Silverstone,  with a very respectable 34 points.  The ladies from Cold Ashby played very well and retained the plate this year, but we hope to be invited back to have another go.

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 June Monthly News

Ping Women's Four Ball Better Ball 2010

All golf clubs affiliated to EWGA are invited to run a qualifying round of the PING Women's Four Ball Better Ball Tournament of England between January 1 and July 2 2010.  All club winners and runners up receive a prize from PING. The top 60 club winners in England Qualify through to the GRAND FINAL.  The next 72 best stableford scores qualify for the PLATE FINAL.

The qualifying round at Silverstone was on Wednesday 23 June, played as a four ball better ball stableford competitions, with each player receiving three quaters of their full handicap.  Gill Pedder and Janet Cox won the qualifier with 38 points and have qualified to represent Silverstone Golf Club at the Plate Final which will be held on 6 September 2010 at Gainsborough Golf Club, Lincolnshire.

The plate final will consist of 18 holes four ball better ball stableford.  All plate finalists will receive a goodie bag from PING.  Players will also have the opportunity to visit PING factory to see how clubs are made and there will be competitions throughout the day to win more prizes from PING.  The PING Custom Fitting Centre will also be available for anyone wishing to try any clubs.

The winners of the plate final will receive prizes to the retail value of £400 and shall hold the PING Four Ball Better Ball Plate for a year, 2nd placed players to the value of £200, 3rd placed players £100, 4th placed players £75, 5th placed players £50 and 6th placed players to the value of £30.

I'm sure you will join all of us in wishing Janet and Gill the best of luck. 

Cecil Leitch v Overstone(Away)

The last match of this season was played on 20 June against Overstone Park.  Silverstone lost 4/3. 

The overall results this year were brilliant and once again we have improved on the overall number of games won compared to last year.

Well done to all the ladies who played this year, it is a fantastic achievement to have won 21 games in total, (2009 we won 17 and 2008 we won 6 games).  A big thank you to you all and we look forward to playing with you in next year's competition.

The semi-finalists this year are: Whittlebury Park v Northnats County and Collingtree v Wellingborough.

The draw for next year (2011) is as follows:- 

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May Monthly News 

Cecil Leitch v Cold Ashby (Away)

In the return match v Cold Ashby away on Saturday 1 May 2010, we were only able to field a team of six players.  The team fought hard, but unfortunately we lost 4:3.  So far this year we have already improved on the total number of individual games we won all of last season - a great achievement by all of the ladies.

Cecil Leitch v Daventry (Away)

This match was played on Saturday 15 May 2010 away at Daventry.  The weather was not so kind to us, with us playing through rain and conditions which were more like the middle of Winter instead of Summer.  In tough conditions we lost 5:2, but the ladies remain very positive and are keen to continue putting into practice the lessons learnt from Rodney.

Mixed Competition v Cherwell (Away)

Sunday 9th May saw a mixed team from Silverstone travel to our sister club Cherwell for a friendly mixed competition.  Six pairings put their names down to represent the club and turned out in fine form to take on the team from Cherwell.  The weather was especially kind after the rain of Saturday and the course was in a lovely condition, even though it took some longer than others to get used to the slightly slower greens.

The meal afterwards was much needed and enjoyed by all.  We would like to thank Cherwell for their hospitality on the day as it could not be faulted and we look forward and welcome the return match next year. 

The winners - Silverstone, by 4 games to 2.

 The Bader Cup

Silverstone Golf Club Ladies Section were invited by Cold AShby Golf Club to play in their annual challenge plate event. The competition is between Cold Ashby and two other clubs, which are invited to play.  Six ladies represented our section at the competition on the 25 July.  Everyone enjoyed the day and the hospitality of the ladies at Cold Ashby.  The format is a stableford competition with each lady required to play off of 7/8 handicap.  The team with the highest score wins the Challenge Plate.  Sharon Avann from Silverstone Golf Club won the award for the highest score for Silverstone, with a very respectable 34 points.  The ladies from Cold Ashby played very well and retained the plate this year, but we hope to be invited back to have another go.