Juniors Review /

Two Course Records and Sullivan's Championships.
Andy Sullivan put aside the dissappointment of finishing poorly in the Carris Trophy to take his place alongside four times winner Steve Webster and three time holder Paul Broadhurst to take the Warwickshire Boys and the U-21's Trophies at Sutton Coldfield GC on Monday 25th July. The win was all due to a course record 65 in the morning.
Another year - a different golfer.
Last year started badly for Andy Sullivan when he missed playing in the McEvoy, and matchplay success for the Boys 1st team apart, it was not a good year – a lack of confidence and a rising handicap. Andy stayed on in education, starting a two year College course last Autumn, unlike many of his fellow Junior Team members who opted for more time for their golf. For Sullivan though, quality rather than quantity and a belief that 2003 was just one of those years saw the Purley Chase star return to winning ways by 3 shots over the field with a 71 at Henley, just one shot off the Amateur Course record.
Recognise the name?
If you read this feature you will be able to enlarge this photo of the winners names engraved on the McEvoy Trophy. J D Rose was leading the Masters last weekend. M Pilkington has as European Tour pedigree and eleven years ago our own Steve Webster was winning at Copt Heath, the start of a successful amateur career before going on to almost continuous high placings on the European Tour Order of Merit. A Warwickshire name will not be on the trophy this year.
Win No 4 – as convincing as any
Chairman of Warwickshire Junior Golf, Brian Fish now knows his Team is just one match away from the Final of the Midland Junior Team Championship after an 11-4 thrashing of Shropshire and Herefordshire – away at Patshull Park. Having scraped a narrow lead (3-2) in the foursomes, Warwickshire Boys were more than convincing in the singles ….
Warwickshire crowns its youngest ever champion – Jamie Carney
The 1st ever Warwickshire Schools Championship was held on Tuesday 12th August over the excellent 9 Hole course at Lea Marston. Using a format developed for use by the English Schools Organisation, it was a championship where handicaps did not count. The best player was going to win and that was Jamie Carney, but it was very close.
Warwickshire Schools 2003
With rain promised for lunchtime, competitors in the 2003 Schools should have had plenty of time to complete their rounds. Those first off had almost a dry round but for many, the early arrival of damp conditions pushed a fair few to higher scores. It was the players who were striking the ball well who managed to keep playing well, notably Lucy Powell whose nett 65 was good enough for the Wales Trophy for the best Net, by just one shot from James Parker-Cooper and Russell Heritage.