Day 181 - Junior stars

A quiet morning, taken up with phone calls and grass cutting (amazing how that has grown back in the past few, wetter, weeks!) provided a gentle start to the week.

In the afternoon, it was time to head back to the Club: both Diana, the Lady Captain, and I had been invited to present the prizes on the occasion of the Junior Club Championships.  As things worked out, we arrived a bit earlier than necessary (yes, Juniors can play slowly too!) giving me time to lend a hand with the entering of some of the scores...

...which was an interesting process!  Some of the juniors are relatively new to the game (for the record, our Intelligent Golf software cannot cope with scores on a hole any greater than 19!) and others are on a massive leaning curve.  A couple of the younger lads recorded some amazing scores: one, off 36, shot a one over par 9 hole round in the morning and the other, aged 11, managed 3 under par in the afternoon off a handicap of 43.  As you might imagine, a few extraordinary handicap reductions followed!

Particularly exciting was to see that just under half the participants were girls, a great credit to all concerned. It was fun to see one young lady's eyes light up when she realised that  she was now a single figure handicapper.

And all credit too to the overall winner for the 3rd year in a row, Jeong Sim.  With such a wealth of young talent, watch out Jordan, Rory, Lydia et al!