On the weekend of the 29th & 30th July 2017 WGCNC hosted its second golf camp for junior girls in the region to develop their game of golf.

Twenty One girls booked in to attend the Port Macquarie camp. It was great to see a small group of girls travel from North Sydney again. Thank you to JNJG for supporting their attendance, and Michael & Joan Flaherty who travelled with the girls for the weekend.

James Single (Professional Port Macquarie) & Amelia Mehmet-Grohn (Coffs Harbour), kindly assisted Brendan Barnes (Sawtell) with coaching on the Saturday, together with the assistant of WGCNC representatives Jan Swift & Verelle Miller.

The morning session consisted of stretching & warming up exercises as a full group on the range, the girls then split into two groups.

Brendan & James took the more experienced girls for tuition on grips, setup, alignment & 7 Iron swing basics, followed by shots 25-100m.

Amelia took our beginners and practiced through game based exercises short game accuracy.

After lunch the girls headed back to the putting area were they had tuition on putting technique, alignment, reading greens and games based practice for distance control.

Brendan, James & Amelia then took the girls out onto the course to practice shot selection, etiquette and scoring in preparation for the tournament the next day.

This also included bunker practice on the third hole by Amelia.

To conclude the day, we conducted an informal interview with Amelia and allowed the girls & parents to ask questions of her experience at College in the USA and her journey to get to this stage of her golfing career.

Our night activity was organised at Port’s local indoor rock climbing & laser tag centre. This was fantastic and all the girls appeared to really enjoy the evening and interacted well together.

Sunday morning we again gathered at Port Macquarie Golf Club for breakfast prior to participating in their tournament.

We had fifteen Girls participate in the 18 hole competition, three girls in the 9 hole competition & three girls in the 4 hole competition. Everyone enjoyed the tournament with plenty of support & prizes for all participants. During the 18 hole presentation I also presented Madeline Laws-Farrell (Port Macquarie) with the 2017 Emma De Groot Scholarship which she was thrilled to receive.

Again the camp would not run successfully without the commitment of WGCNC, JNJG, Brendan Barnes & James Single, for which the girls and their parents are very grateful.

I would also like to thank Port Macquarie Golf Club, especially Chris Farrell for their assistance in organising this camp & tournament.

I look forward to our next camp organised for the 2 & 3rd December 2017 at Taree.

Catherine Robinson

WGCNC – Co-ordinator Junior Girls

Five of our junior girls participated in Forster’s Junior Tournament last
Sunday – 13 August 2017

Overall Net Winner – Maddision Butterfield (Frederickton) – Impressive 62
Net (89 Gross)
Girls Net Runner Up – Ella Scaysbrook (Port Macquarie) – 68 Net (91 Gross)
Placed 8th Overall – Quedesha Golledge (Kew) – 71 Net (91 Gross)
Placed 9th Overall – Madeleine Laws-Farrell (Port Macquarie) – 71 Net (87
Gross)
Placed 14th Overall – Vanna Limeburner (Kew) – 78 Net (103 Gross)
Thanks,

Catherine Robinson
WGCNC Junior Co-ordinator

Hollie Fuller (Grafton) & Vanna Limeburner (Kew) competed in the North Coast PSSA Golf Championships qualifier at Yamba Golf Club today.
Hollie shot 98 Gross and Vanna shot 107 Gross, finishing first and second. They were selected into the North Coast PSSA Golf team to play the State Championships in Camden Sydney next month 5 & 6 September.
Hollie got the North Coast PSSA girls Champion Medallion.
Attached picture shows girls just after their round.

Catherine Robinson
WGCNC Junior Co-ordinator

18 Hole Gross:
Winner – Pyper Hollis (Kew) – 83 Gross / 72 Nett

18 Hole Nett:
Winner – Ella Scaysbrook (Port Macquarie) – 99 Gross / 75 Nett

9 Holes:
Winner: Bryella Golledge (Kew)
Runner Up: Bella Harvey
Encouragement Award: Peyton Berry

4 Holes:
Winner: Tammy Farrell (Port Macquarie)
Runner Up: Emily Castiglioni (Port Macquarie)

Catherine Robinson
WGCNC Junior Co-ordinator
20 Moseley Drive
Boambee East NSW 2452
Ph: 02 6658 3512 Mobile: 0418 406444
Email: robbosc@esc.net.au

Recipient – Madeleine Laws-Farrell

Club: Port Macquarie

The support from the De Groot family has been incredibly generous over a number of years and is continuing with their Scholarship for 2017.

Rob & Gail De Groot from Coffs Harbour feel it’s their pleasure to play a small part in promoting & progressing the junior girls in our area.

The scholarship is awarded to a junior girl in the WGCNC district (Woolgoolga to Bulahdelah) to support them financially to develop their game of golf. The financial assistance given each year can be used to either buy equipment, or used for golf lessons etc. to assist in their development.
The De Groot’s have had their own daughter Emma progress from a junior in the CNC district to now being a professional on the LPGA tour. They understand the commitment required from parents to support their child to develop their game of golf and this is their way of giving back to the sport and the CNC district.

This year the Scholarship is being awarded to Madeleine Laws-Farrell from Port Macquarie Golf Club. Madeleine (Age 14) has been involved with junior golf since coming to her first WGCNC Camp in 2013 at Wauchope as a beginner.
Today she is a regular participant in golf both at her club, all WGCNC Camps and JNJG events.

Some of her highlights in her budding golf career have been:

1) Selected in a team to travel with JNJG to New Zealand in 2015 – Quote “had an awesome tour, learnt loads played some good golf which including her first birdie & also first birdie attempt on a par 5, made some great friends & saw an amazing country !”

2) Madeleine played at the JNJG State Age Championships last year for the first time and was the only player in the entire field (both boy and girl) to finish the week under par, claiming the Girls Junior Salver for her impressive -15 score.
Madeleine played again in this year’s JNJG State Age Championships on the Central Coast and was quoted “I loved every second with my favourite people around the sport I love the most”.

Her mannerisms both on and off the course are exemplary and shows maturity beyond her years.

Her current GA handicap is 13.9 with her goal this year to become a single figure golfer.

The WGCNC Committee have endorsed the De Groot’s selection and now on their behalf I would like to present Madeleine with her Scholarship.

Congratulations Madeleine

Catherine Robinson
Junior Co-ordinator

A huge field of more than 260 players converged for the 2017 NSW Junior Championships at Toukley GC and Shelly Beach GC.

June Song (Avondale) held off spirited fight backs from Cassie Porter (Queensland) and Grace Kim (Avondale) to win the NSW Junior Girls Title at Toukley. Song was brilliant all week, recording four straight under par rounds, to finish the tournament at -7 and win by three strokes. Song never surrended the lead on Friday, and wrapped up the tournament with an eagle on the par 5 12th hole. Porter was one of the finds of the tournament, with the 14 Year Old firing her second four under par round for the week, to share second. Porter had six birdies, whilst Australian Girls Amateur Champion Grace Kim had four of her own as the girls finished locked at -4.

The JNJG State Age Championships were also straightforward, with Claire Shin (Concord) winning the 12 Years and Under Division by a whopping 48 shots. Brielle Mapanao (Stonecutters Ridge) and Annika Rathbone (Bankstown) won the 13 Years and 14 Years Divisions, whilst Song was also crowned JNJG State Age Champion in the 15 Years Division. Kim picked up the 16 Years Title, whilst Concord Junior Doey Choi won the 17 Years Division in her final JNJG State Age event.

Two of our local girls – Pyper Hollis (Kew) & Madeleine Laws-Farrell (Port Macquarie) participated in the event and both thoroughly enjoyed the event and experience.
Madeleine: “I loved every second, I spent the week with my favourite people around the sport I love the most”.
The girls results were as follows:
Pyper Hollis:

Rounds of: 92/84/96/98 – Total: 370 (Net: 322)

NSW Junior Championships – Placed 44th

NSW Girls Country Junior Championships – Placed 14th

Girls 15 Years Cup Scratch – Placed 8th

Girls 15 Years Cup Nett – Placed 7th

Madeleine Laws-Farrell:

Rounds of: 95/97/101/95 – Total: 388 (Net: 324)

NSW Junior Championships – Placed 46th

NSW Girls Country Junior Championships – Placed 17th

Girls 14 Years Cup Scratch – Placed 5th

Girls 14 Years Cup Nett – Tied 5th

Well done to both girls.

Thank you,

Catherine Robinson
WGCNC Junior Co-ordinator
20 Moseley Drive
Boambee East NSW 2452
Ph: 02 6658 3512 Mobile: 0418 406444
Email: robbosc@esc.net.au