County Championship & Spring Meeting 2017
Wollaton Park Golf Club was the venue for the NCLGA 2017 Spring Meeting and County Championship which took place over the weekend 12th – 14th May. The course was presented beautifully and was in excellent condition, with some fantastic scores being recorded. On Friday, the waterproofs came into use as there were a few heavy showers during the day, but the rest of the weekend was largely sunny and breezy and the spectators were treated to a great display of golf.
The weekend started with two competitions being run on Friday. The Spring Meeting 18-hole competition took place in the morning, with a further round in the afternoon making up the 36-hole qualifying competition for the Championship, with the top 8 gross scores going through to a match-play competition over the weekend.
Young talent shone through in Spring Meeting, with the two best nett scores of the morning going to two thirteen year olds. Rebecca Oates from Worksop recorded a nett 65, a full 7 shots below her handicap of 20 to win Spring Meeting, while Leonie Muir from Wollaton Park followed with a nett 69 to claim the runner-up prize. Wonderful scores from our future young stars.
Lauren Spray from Notts Ladies played very solid golf in both rounds on Friday scoring a gross 73 in the morning and 72 in the afternoon, but a great afternoon score from fourteen-year-old Libby Kilbride from Worksop pushed Lauren into second place for the scratch prize of the day. Libby took just 68 shots in the afternoon to break the Wollaton Park course record and win the overall 36-hole scratch competition with a score of 144, beating Lauren by one shot.
Temperatures plummeted for the first fixture of the season as 31 teams of ladies took part in the annual County Waltz, on 26th April at Stanton. Everyone was well wrapped up in winter hats and windproof jackets as they battled the wind and occasional hail during the day. But the cold weather did not dampen the spirits of the players and there were lots of smiling faces and rosy cheeks in the clubhouse at the end of the round.
Nottinghamshire’s Emma Anderson, who inspires new players to take up the game, has been honoured as England Golf’s Young Ambassador of the Year. Emma, of Sherwood Forest Golf Club received the award, presented in association with the Golf Foundation, at a glittering ceremony at Lord’s Cricket Ground. 
