16th June 2008
Breaking News………………
Coming soon, Supporting statement from Lee Westwood !
Summer Final 2008 – Celtic Manor
The highest priority for The British Junior Golf Tour is to supply the best venues and championship course for players to experience. It is this experience of the variety of top venues that with allow our juniors to grow, and develop their game.
With this we are proud to announce that the UK Summer Final 2008 will now be held at Celtic Manor, playing the Roman Road course on Weds 27th August, and The Montgomerie course on Thursday 28th August.
This 2010 Ryder Cup venue will again be another top resort that the top UK players will be able to experience on The British Junior Golf Tour.
Fantastic Results from the USKids European Championships
The British Junior Golf tour players bought home 10 trophies,
and 5 of them 1st places - Outstanding Results
Full Report on the Competitions Page
Tour Shop - Coming Soon
A Tour shop is on its way and will include lots of fantasic items from some new supporters of the Tour.
We will be selling Bushnell Range Finders - Fantastic peices of equipment - Cheaper than anywhere else, so please contact us if you are thinking about purchasing one.
Explanar Training Systems, both junior and adult sizes will also be available at reduced rates for members, so again please contact us for information.
There will also be a range of Tour merchandise, so watch this space!!
Great Girls on Tour !
Just a quick update on the fantastic increase in girls signing up for annual membership, we are working hard to build up the girls tour, so come you girls out there!
The following girls have all signed up for a 12 month membership !
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Emily Price |
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Grace Connelly |
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Claire Olney |
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Georgia Oboh |
| 8 |
Hannah Screen |
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Ellie Darnell |
| 8 |
Natasha Yesinkas |
| 8 |
Hannah Evans |
| 8 |
Soraya Bell |
| 10 |
Alice Hewson |
| 10 |
Chelsea Mae Laundon |
| 10 |
Bethany Griffin |
| 10 |
Sounisa Bell |
| 12 |
Chloe Ann Dorward |
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Megan Amis |
| 12 |
Rachel Williams |
| 12 |
Bayley Baker |
| 12 |
Emily Slater |
| 12 |
Aimee Wilson |
| 14 |
Annah Khan |
| 15 |
Adria Brandon |
London Golf Show 2008
Outstanding Success !
Lee Westwood comes along to The British Junior Golf Tour
stand @ The London Golf Show
29th April 2008
The British Junior Golf Tour are proud to be associated with Explanar Junior.
To view BJGT players in action at The London Golf Show Masterclass click on the videos below.
18 April 2008
Caddie Bibs
From our original stock of 100 bibs we have only 40 remaining, so if you have one please return it to us.
New! Caddy Bibs For Sale
As worn at our Winter Series Final - see photo gallery for loads of images taken by Dephoto.
You can now purchase your very own Caddy Bib, and have it personalised with your own name. We are placing our next order in 14 days so get your order in soon.
Send us an email with the exact name required and payment for £19.99. Paypal (below) or Cheque.
NB: Plain caddy bibs will be provided at all events and it is not compulsory to buy one - ONLY if you want your own to take home with you with your name on!
CADDY BIBS - A number of loaned caddie bibs need to be returned, if you have one that does not belong to you please bring with you at the next event.
18th April 2008
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Callaway World Junior Championship 2008
Steve Adams - Tour Director will be travelling with & supporting his whole team ! |
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Boys Team 2008 |
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Girls Team 2008 |
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Luke Groves |
15-17 |
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Tom Kisby |
13-14 |
Jessica Sewell |
13-14 |
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Josh Thorley |
11-12 |
Ashleigh Greenham |
11-12 |
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Charlie Strickland |
9-10 |
Bethany Griffin |
9-10 |
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Joshua Taylor |
9-10 |
Sammy Fuller |
9-10 |
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John Paul Ralph |
9-10 |
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Tiger Adams |
7-8 |
Claire Olney |
7-8 |
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Harry Goddard |
7-8 |
Martha Lewis |
7-8 |
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Zac Jenkins |
7-8 |
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Dominic Clemons |
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Annabel Fuller |
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** Adams Cup 2008 **
** North 12.5 V South 8.5 **
Northern Captain - Louie Pett
Here are some pictures very kindly taken by Leonie, much better than mine, which will be shown later !
If you view in the Carosel view and scroll quickly, it looks like a video and the Champagne & Kids captures the fun fantastically on the kids faces !
Dont forget your feedback is great on the guestbook.
4th March 2008
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British Junior Golf Tour PowerPlay Tournament |
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03/05/2008 |
South Essex G.C. |
Essex |
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08/06/2008 |
Cotgrave Place Golf Club |
Nottingham |
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26/07/2008 |
St Thomas Priory Golf Club |
Staffordshire |
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04/08/2008 |
New Forest Golf Club |
Hampshire |
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00/09/2008 |
The Vale Golf Club |
Worcestershire |
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Sept 08 |
TBC |
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The British Junior Golf Tour will be running the Official Junior National Powerplay 6 date tournament, with a National UK Final scheduled for October 2008. You do not need to be a BJGT member to play.
Each competition is a 9 holes event with 2 flags, for full details please click the above Powerplay Image to be re-directed to their website.
At each competition, the top 2 players overall, regardless of age, will qualify for the UK Powerplay Grand Final, to be held over the Brabazon Course at The Belfry, and will include overnight accommodation.
You can compete in as many PowerPlay competitions as you like.
Handicaps
We have for a trial period been issuing BEST NET trophies according to handicaps over 18 holes. Any cut we make to a handicap is purely for The British Junior Golf Tour events and is NOT for official CONGU records.
It has been decided to continue with the BEST NET handicaps for the remainder of the Winter Series, but there after we will revert to Nearest the Pin trophys.
Handicaps will only be used thereafter to assist with groupings and ensuring players are paired with similar abilitys.
2nd March 2008
Payment & New Players
Following a number of No show's at some golf events, new players will be withdrawn from the start sheet if full payment has not been received prior to the event starting. With winter competitions reaching maximum capacity, it is unfair on players who wish to play but are unable due to the field being full, only then for players to not show up.
Furthermore new players with be required to submit their handicap certificate if registering for 18 holes.
We are delighted to say we have seen a huge increase in the numbers of girls joining The British Junior Golf Tour.
We always welcome girls of all abilitys and ages to come along and play, where possible we will introduce a girls only field and with increasing numbers this wont be far away.
So well done to the girls who are setting the standard and to all you girls out there the message is Girls ON Tour ! We want MORE !
! NEWS JUST IN !
U.S. Kids Golf have announced a new major international competition, the U.S. Kids Golf European Championship.
The tournament will be played May 27-30, 2008 on five of Scotland's historic golf courses in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.
For full information please visit
The British Junior Golf Tour have been allocated 3 places per single age group.
We will be announcing shortly which players have quailified for this event.
Success at The Golf Show 2007 NEC Birmingham
Steve .........doing I'm a little teapot on stage at the NEC !
A huge PR success at The Golf Show 2007 at the NEC Birmingham
With 5 youngsters coming along each day to participate in the live stage show, mingling with celebrities, our British Junior Golf Stars certainly got a taste of being in the limelight.
Joining BBC WM’s Jenny Jones on stage, each of the youngsters talked about their experiences playing on the British Junior Golf Tour. No nerves on stage for this talented bunch!
Following their stage interview, each junior was able to spend time with The Belfry’s very own Gary Alliss. As the crowds drew in to admire the pure natural talents and abilities of each of the youngsters, Gary was able to give each of them a few tips to help them along their way.
“You have some extremely talented kids here ! “……… quote from Gary Alliss
After another photo opportunity the team of youngsters then made their way to the indoor range / arena to participate in the trick shot show with non other than Trick Shot artist Dean Davis, who had the kids showcasing their shots to thousands, then performing golf shots while down on their knees.
With the British Junior Golf Tour going from strength to strength, we had non other than snooker legend Willie Thorne offering his services to come along and meet up with more of our youngsters at an event very soon.
We now look forward to a very exciting winter tour and with the London Golf show just after our Winter Final, we hope to be exhibiting from our own stand and bringing more of our team of youngsters to the stage.
Thanks to all the youngsters who took part we hope you enjoyed your time, and you will be able to view your photos in our online gallery.
NEWS as on the NEC Website
Eighteen of the UK's most promising youngsters will be on stage at The Golf Show, NEC Birmingham, next week.
The youngsters are fresh from the UK national final of the British Junior Golf Tour which was held for the second year at The Belfry.
The British Junior Golf Tour is the UK's only national junior golf tour for players aged five to 17.
Since its inception in 2005, the tour has expanded to include 80 events so far this year, with an impressive 30-competition winter tour underway, playing through to April 2008.
Player-of-the-year Josh Thorley is an example of how playing competitive golf with your peer group can bring on your game.
Since joining the tour in 2005, with a handicap of 25, he won his age group in the 2006 final and the 2007 winter final, and has just added the overall 2007 tour title to his collection. He now plays off a handicap of 9.8.
Steve Adams, the director of the British Junior Golf Tour, said: "So far in 2007 we have had more than 1,000 rounds of golf played and the tour is growing fast.
"Kids are making new friends and playing some wonderful golf, and we are sure in a few years they will be taking the European Tour by storm."
Our many thanks go to
Nirav Khiroya & Partners
Excelsior Homes
who so kindly sponsored Trophies and Prizes at the UK National Final held at The Belfry on October 26th.
Many Thanks for supporting The British Junior Golf Tour......photo's to follow
The Callaway World Junior Championship
15th - 18th July 2008
The British Junior Golf Tour are pleased to announce we will be taking our 3rd team to the USA's most prestigious junior golf competition in July 2008.
We have been guaranteed 12 places, one for each age group for both BOYS & GIRLS. 15-17 / 13-14 / 11-12 / 9-10 / 7-8 / 6 & Under.
NB: winners will be required to meet the Callaway set scoring average in order to satisfy entry criteria. If in doubt please speak to Steve
Boys
The winners of each age group ( 14,12,10,8,6 ) from our UK Grand Final at The Belfry in Oct 2007 will be selected for The British Junior Golf Tour Team 2008.
Please note : As we play from your age as of 01/07/2007 and The Callaway age will be as of 19/07/2008 it is possible for winners to move up an age group for the World Championships.
Should 2 winners both then fall into the same age group for The World Championships, we will submit BOTH players to The Callaway Committee to select who gets the place.
It is possible for other finalists to submit applications via The British Junior Golf Tour to compete in The World Championships but places cannot be guaranteed.
The Girls will play in the age groups for which they are trying to qualify for the World Championship.
Therefore, your age group for the final will be determined by your age on 19th July 2008, ( NOT 1st July 2007 ) . This will be the age category you will play in the World Championships should you qualify.
If you have any queries or questions about this please contact us as soon as possible.
British Junior Golf Tour Team 2007
The British Junior Golf Tour Team 2007 - Callaway World Championships
Ben Easson
Elliott Leonard
Josh Thorley
Ben Sheehan
Tiger Adams
Xavier Schwarz
Lewis Brown
Bethany Griffin
Congratulations to all who played
Junior World Golf Championship 2006
San Deigo 11th - 14th July 2006
The British Junior Golf Tour are pleased to announce that several of our players are travelling to San Deigo for the above World event. We would like to wish each & every one the best of luck.
Good Luck to
Age 6 & Under
Tiger Adams
Alex Doig
Zachery Jenkins
Age 8 & Under
Aidan Kovenklioglu
Age 13 -14
Michele ( Mick ) Forgione
Listen in to Steve & Tiger's radio debut on BBC Radio Northampton !
