Filton Junior Section

Welcome to the Junior section. This section will be constantly kept up to date with junior news, competition results and all junior events throughout the coming year. Please keep in touch with any news by email here and they can be added to the website.

If you would like to become an Academy or Junior member of Filton Golf Club and take part enjoying all the great things we do here. Learn how to be a good golfer with:

• Lesson plans
• Club competitions
• Coaching nights
• League matches
• Away Trips

 

Download our Junior membership application form

Poster- Link

New Academy membership 2011

A new membership based around younger juniors is now on offer at filton golf club. This membership is open to anyone under the age of 14.

• Coaching on junior nights
• access to our short par 3 academy course
• access to the main course on junior competitions
• Use of clubhouse facilties

The new academy membership will give new juniors the experience and confidence they need to move forward in the game of golf. The aim of our academy is to bring juniors up to a good playing ability along with obtaining a CONGU recognised handicap, enabling them to compete in all junior and club competitions.

For more information please contact me here

 

Golf Mark Award

Filton Golf club were awarded the Golf Mark High Achiever Award. Andrew Chivers, Chairman of the Junior Committee commented that “over the last 15 months the Junior Committee worked hard and pushed for the highest standards that we could possibly achieve. As a Club the philosophy has changed and members now see the junior members as a crucial part of the Club’s strategy to increase its membership in the years ahead".

The numerous courses and form filling along with implementing new procedures into the golf club has not been easy, and of course we have been very fortunate to have so many willing members at the golf club wanting to help and give up their free time to become part of the Junior/Academy team, in what has been one of the many great success stories at Filton Golf Club.

With guidance from our PGA Teaching Pro who oversees the coaching sessions, we were able to form a new Academy membership and without any advertising it was an instant success. This accreditation is testament to the hard work that the Junior Committee and Golf Club have put into providing a safer, securer and friendlier environment where junior golfers and academy members can learn to play golf and have some fun. The Junior Committee feels very proud of this achievement and with this high accolade we can keep moving forward building a secure future for Filton Golf Club.

 

 

New Team Event for FGC Junior Open

 

Filtons Junior Open was a huge success and the course and weather was fantastic. We also introduced two new team trophies this year with a gross and nett prizes being The maurice Stagg Trophy and The 1909 Cup.

The shock of the day was that one of the Filton teams actually won both gross and nett trophies. Congratulations to Mitch Waite, George Boyes and Luke Derrick on their success in our first team year.

George Boyes didn't stop there, in fact he also took the Filton nett Cup and the Open nett cup, so congratulations to him. The Open gross was won by Knowles Louis O'Reagan.

We also held a flag competition for our Academy members where they played off the blue tees and had a maximum number of shots, which when completed they put a flag in the ground. The furthest flag winning. Joe Waite won, with Mason waite in second place and Mackenzie Chivers coming third. This was a massive success and will be planning more of these through the end of this season.

Thank you to all the helpers on the day and to all of our competitors, and hope to see you all back next year.

 

 

Junior Captain/Vice 2011

Jonny Doidge is appointed junior captain for 2011, along with Mitch Waite as his assistant, and we wish them all the best for the season ahead.

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Coaching Nights 2011

Coaching will start on Monday April 4 at 530pm. I would really like to get your email addresses to put on our data base, so we can keep you all up to date with events and news. Please contact me here

Coaching Dates

05 September @ 530pm

19 September @ 530pm

26 September @ 530pm

 

 

 

 

 

Open Comps

There are many junior Opens that you can enter along with Adult/Junior Opens and lots more club events. Please feel free to download the entry forms below and enter these competitions. Any entry forms not available here will be in the junior folder which is inside the clubhouse.

All Jeff Hall Trophy events are important indicators to County Selectors of a player’s current ability and it is advisable for all competitors who aspire to County honors to ensure that they enter these events.The top 12 juniors will be invited to play in the Cotswold Trophy in October at Chipping Sodbury. The Player achieving the highest number of points from these six qualifying events plus the Cotswold Trophy wins the Jeff Hall Trophy and retains it for one year. The presentation is made at the end of the Junior Open Season - Max Handicap 18 .

Junior Club Opens 2010
Henbury -	Download
Bristol & Clifton-	Download
Shirehampton -	Download
Lansdown-	Download
Bath-	Download
Knowle-	Download
Long Ashton- Fri 29 July	Download
Filton- Mon 01 August	Results
Filton - Mon 01 August - Acadmey Flag Competetion	Download
Clevedon-	Download
Thornbury-	Download
Kendleshire- Wed 27 July	Download
Saltford - Mon 25 July	Download
Stinchcombe - Frid 12 August	Download
GGU Junior Events 2010	Link

 

 

 

 

 

Junior Team

Team Selection/Reports/Results

 

You can contact me if you have any questions by emailing here: Chivs

 

Bristol & District Junior Golf League 2011

http://www.juniorgolfleague.org

Date	Fixture	Time	Home/Away
Sun May 01	Thornbury	13:00	Home
Result 4-1 Win A great start to the season with a solid victory over Thornbury. Congratulations to the whole team who all played so well to pull off a win. Lukes match was very close, giving 5 shots from the start he took his apponent Ryan Clark up the 18th after coming back from a few down but unfortunatley lost. Thatch also lost but lost heavily to Simon Weeks who played out of his skin. Thank you to Thornbury for a great match.
Sun May 07	Saltford	14:30	Home
Result 4½-1½ Loss A very good match against Saltford who were really on form that day. Most of our guys were up early doors only to be turned around by Saltford on the back end. Filton unfortunatley gave alot of shots away, but that was no excuse as we took the early lead! A great win by our Captain Jonny with a 4&3 defeat over Aron Nyberg giving 9 shots away! A great battle with the last match of George Hilliam who came back from 2 down and clinched what might be a very important half point at the end of the season against Alex March.
Sun Jun 19	Clevedon	13:00	Home
Result- Half
Sat Oct 01	Kendleshire (W)	14:30	Away
Sun Sep 04	Bath	15:00	Away
Result - Half A great match away to Bath, with our Captain Jonny leading the pack and although giving a shot away he was on fire and finished his opponent off early doors with a 5&4 win - Very similar match with Mitch against a 5 handicapper and also winning 5&4. Luke was playing a scratch match and halved on the last, and Thatch with a convincing 4&3 victory. George B hel his own at Bath and was very pleased with a 3&2 loss after a very poor medal round the day before. Congratulations to our Rookie Tom McGee, who was thrown into the deep end. We introduced Tom to match play with any warm up games and he did us proud by keeping his match going until the 15th-from 5 down after 7 holes and losing 5&3.
Junior League Knockout 2010
Sun May 22	Tracey Park 15:00	Junior Knockout 1st Round
Result 2-1 A depleted team headed out to Tracey Park on a breezy, som emight say windy: others may say stronger, sunny afternoon. Mitch & George Boyes who gave a couple of shots to their opponents, finally succumed to a 3&1 defeat. Jonny (Billy Wilde on the bag) and George Hilliam who were giving even more shots finished the match off early doors with a 6&5 victory. The other point conceided by Tracey Park. Long Ashton here we come!
Mon July 18	Long Ashton	Junior Knockout 2nd Round
Result 2-1 A very tight match with a comedy ending which could have ended in disaster for the Filton boys. Here comes the Semi Finals
Sun Sep 18	Saltford	Junior Knockout Semi-Final
Result To be played at Clevdon GC at 2pm

 

Gloucestershire Junior Scratch League 2011

http://www.glosjuniorscratchleague.co.uk

Date	Fixture	Time	Home/Away
	Kendleshire	tba	Away
Result - 2-1 Loss
Sun Sep 11	Broadway	14:00	Away
Sun Jun 26	Minchinhampton	13:00	Home
Result - 2- ½

 

 

 

Sponsors

Wilts Wholesale Electrical has been owned by the Kingsbury Family since 1946. The company was established back in 1925 by an electrical contractor called the James Brothers. They had three shops in local Wiltshire towns and an electrical wholesale business in Trowbridge. This business held the franchise for Exide batteries that were used in large country houses before the mains supply was established. After the war, the current owners sold the Trowbridge operation to George Kingsbury and his partner Len Doel. They had both worked within the business and saw that it had potential as an electrical wholesaler. David Kingsbury started working with his father, George Kingsbury, in the 1950’s and they operated with just one branch until 1974 when the Gloucester branch was opened. The Trowbridge branch was originally situated in the town centre but moved to its current location in the mid 70’s where it has grown to what it is today – a 150,000 sq ft distribution warehouse plus the 160-person Support Centre. Filton Juniors are very proud to have Wilts Electrical as their sponsor.