Horsham - 12 August

They played in atrocious weather but all stuck at it. The under 9's and below played from short tees down the fairway and everyone played well on a tricky tight course .I'm afraid I didn't count but I would guess there were 25-30 competitors.

 

Some of the Tigger Tour gang at Lindfield

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under 12's Championship at Boars Head GC yesterday.

All their performances were exceptional given the short amount of time that most of them have been playing golf, especially given that this was not just an ordinary event but a Sussex County Championship. The young junior section is expanding rapidly and these boys are leading the way. The experiences they are gaining against much more experienced opposition, will hold them in good stead for future competitions.

Henry Jackson and Joe Setten (handicaps 36) played well and returned scores of 29 points. Both boys felt they could have had better scores so that is good for the future.

Thomas Haynes (36) and Connor Dixon (23) recorded excellent scores of 33 points.

On this occasion our best performer was George Tillman (36) who finished 7th with 36 points, and returned with Hill Barn's first trophy for many years from a junior county championship for his best back nine of 22 points.

I attach a copy of the full results, list of prize winners and photo.

Keep enjoying your golf and making Hill Barn proud of you!

Sussex County Tigger Tour - Lindfield (Red tees u'9's and older.Par 3 for U'8's and younger)

Tuesday 5th August

I am pleased to report that Hill Barn youngsters had another successful time at the second event on this years tour. This time we had 6 youngsters competing in the event out of more than 30 juniors from all over Sussex. Together they once again won 3 out of the 8 age groups.

Once again they all performed well and did both themselves and Hill Barn proud.

Tom Haynes was 1st in the under boys 12's with his 58. Henry Jackson competing in his first event (and in only his second game on a full sized course) scored an excellent 65.

Connor Dixon once again won the U'11 boys age group with a 59.

And Penny Brown's 72 saw her again return as winner of the girls U'10 age group.

In the U'9's Milo Liau, must be congratulated as he had only previously played on par 3 courses, Milo turned up at Lindfield believing he was playing on a par 3 course. He teed it up off the reds, got on with it, and finished the 9 holes with a brilliant 73. Well done Milo.

The standard in these events is getting higher as each week goes by, this week the best score off the reds tees was an amazing 44 from one of the experienced U'9' boys.

In the boys U'7 event the standard was also high and Rae Bicknell's 58 saw him finish in 3rd place.

This Thursday (7th August), 5 of the Boys will be playing in the Sussex U'12 Championship at Boars Head GC. Good luck to Tom Haynes, Joe Setten, Henry Jackson, George Tillman and Connor Dixon. Play well, enjoy yourselves and learn from the experience.

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Sussex County Tigger Tour - West Chiltington (Par 3)

Tuesday 29th August

I am pleased to report that Hill Barn youngsters had a very successful time at this event. We had 6 youngsters competing in the event out of more than 30 juniors from all over Sussex. Together they won 3 out of the 8 age groups.

They all performed well and did both themselves and Hill Barn proud.

Joe Setten recorded the joint best score on the day with a 36 and returned as winner of the Boys U'12 competition. Tom Haynes was 2nd in the under boys 12's with his 43.

We also had the winner of the U'11 boys with Connor Dixon's 41.

Penny Brown's 50 saw her return as winner of the girls U'10 age group.

In the boys U'7 event the standard was exceptionally high and Rae Bicknell's 43 only gained him 3rd place. Also in the U'7 age group William Townsend, did superbly to shoot 54 in his first competition in the difficult windy conditions.

Our Junior section is very healthy but this isn't just for the 'older' youngsters, there is a lot going on with the under10 and 12 year olds. Keith Renwick is running a very popular coaching session on Saturday's, contact him for details on this if you have young children/grandchildren who are interested in playing golf.

We are proud to let you know that, representing Hill Barn, 5 of the youngsters Keith has been coaching played in a Sussex County organised event for U'12's, for non handicap golfers at Slinfold Park par 3 golf course  (11th May).

With a limit of one prize to each competitor, they all returned with Prizes;

Rae Bicknell was the overall winner

Tom Haynes won the U'12 event

Joshua Earl was runner up in the U'12 event

Penelope Brown won the U'10 event

Milo Liau was runner up in the U'10 event.

Keith and his wife Nicky went along to support the youngsters and with their parents they all had an enjoyable afternoon at Slinfold. Keith must be credited for the success of the youngsters especially those who only started to play golf when they first attended the lessons with Keith. You can contact Keith on 01903 235429

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