Wrexham Girls take championship by storm
Three Wrexham Golf Club teenagers took the Flintshire and Denbighshire Ladies’ Championships by storm last week when, as well as one of their number winning the championship, they collectively won the gross and net team prize for the local club.
Old Padeswood golf club hosted the championships last Wednesday and Thursday in what can only be described as excellent conditions on what was a golf course prepared to a first class standard. Chloe Williams, Jessica Jones and India Friswell won both the gross and net team championships and all three girls qualified for the match play stage of the championships. Sadly in the quarter finals, Jessica and Chloe were drawn against each other with Chloe edging her friend out on the last green, India also narrowly losing in her match against Beth Davies who has held the Championship for the last two years. Beth actually beat Chloe in last year’s final and this years final saw the two again playing against each other in what was to be proven to be a match of the highest standard.
Chloe was one down playing the fourteenth but managed to churn out four birdies in the last five holes to win by 3 and 1 on the seventeenth green. She became the youngest player ever to win the championship at this level.
The three girls combined their efforts to win the Minnie Bowler trophy for the best net team score as well as winning the gross total as well.
At the beginning of half term, Chloe had traveled up to Scotland to represent Wales in the Scottish under 16 Girls’championships. The Welsh team of three finished 4th of nine teams with Chloe taking 7th overall position on what proved to be very windy golf course indeed. The three girls are coached by Chloe’s father Paul Williams, professional at Wrexham golf club, with Jessica’s father Andre, a past county scratch golfer, adding to her practice sessions at the club.
Following their success at Old Padeswood, Jessica and Chloe then travelled down to Tenby for the very prestigious Tenby 36 holes Scratch event which is a Welsh Merit Award competition. Jessica scored 80, 82 for a plus 12 finish whereas Chloe put together a 76 and 78 for plus 4 and a fifth place finish overall, both girls ensuring that the state of North Wales girls’golf is in firm hands.
The Wrexham club’s Past captains had their playing day last Sunday in a Stableford event which was won by E Gwynn Evans with 38 points from Oscar Wyn Jones on 37 and Fred Whitehead who handed in 36