Hannah Coles will be defending her WLCGA County Championship at her home course Maxstoke from Wednesday 5th, the qualifying day of 36 holes (top 16 go through), with the Matchplay section taking place on Thursday and Friday 6th and 7th May. Warwickshire have a very strong team and the Country Championship is sure be hotly contested. Felicity Johnson and Tracy Atkin will be out to reverse last years results which saw Hannah beat both for the first time in the semis then the final respectively, whilst Claire Dowling has seen some lucky omens for this year in how well she has started the season. Or could it be anyone from the 1st squad …. Your support will be very welcome and if last year is anything to go by, there might be 100 people out watching a great final around the old oaks of Maxstoke.

Andy Kearns will finalise his preparations for the Men’s 1st team season when he captains the team on one last friendly match against Somerset at Copt Heath GC on Sunday 2nd May. It could be a very good season and preparations have been very thorough.

There is only one European Tour event in the Midlands this year, the Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters at the Marriott Forest of Arden from 6th to 9th May.

Click HERE for a fact sheet on the whole week including details of the celebrities playing in the Pro-Am and all the off-course activities you can enjoy.

Make sure you are there to see a great field which will include Paul Casey and Darren Clarke – amongst others.

With an three day extension, any Junior who has not registered for the JoM this year will still be able to have awarded points from the Warwickshire Schools and the Boys Trials. This is the last extension to be given. Full results sheets with points will be available here on Monday 3rd so that players can see how the JoM Season will start.