We had a great day today at Fulford under glorious golfing conditions to stage the first junior event of the season.  We had a field of 30 players from across the union yielding 10 teams who fought hard over the testing Fulford course which was in superb condition.    

As the teams returned their scores the lead changed regularly but in the end the Oaks B team triumphed with a magnificent 72 points from the sibling pairing of Aston and Darcey Kidd.  The York A team of Murphy Riddell and Ewan Schofield came a narrow second with 69 points whilst the Oaks A team finished third with 66 points.

Congratulations to Ewan Schofield who recorded the best individual score of 42 points.  

Manks thanks to the large number of parents and Junior Organsiers who attended in numbers to support their teams.  A special thank you to Steve Wood the new YU president who engaged with many of the teams out on the course today and Mike Ward who ensured the figures all added up and made sense in the end. 

A final thanks to Fulford who were excellent hosts with Pat experting starting everyone off and JP for ensuring all scores were correctly recorded.

York Union are very excited to announce two changes to the summer schedule.  We are introducing the York Union Summer Golf Championships, to be played at Forest Park Golf Club on Sunday 29th June.  There will be three competitions on the day - best gross (Thompson Trophy) best net low handicap 0-12.4 (Crossley Trophy) and best net 12.4 - 26.4 (Fletcher trophy).  This competition fits perfectly into the schedule with Championships already in place for Ladies, Seniors, Juniors alongside the Open and the Amateur (for the best golfers in the Union), we now have an event for all male golfers scratch and below to 26.4 handicap with 3 main prizes.  

Following discussion with the Junior organisers we are also moving the Seward Trophy for Juniors to encourage more entrants and open the event to a wider field of Juniors.  It will played for as part of the 36 hole Junior championship - this year being held at Malton & Norton on Wednesday August 13th.  Juniors will be able to enter the Seward Trophy only (just playing 18 holes).  More details will be available nearer the time. 

The sun shone on the final ladies event of the winter at Heworth GC,  but the course (as per usual) proved to be a very tough test as only one of 12 pairs managed to beat par in a betterball event. 

Julie Smith and Lucy Astle from Tadcaster GC played well for 36 points and will be rueing their blob on the 5th - however they came in 2nd place and took home some prize money.  Claire Fletcher played the round of the day - making a strong start with partner Elaine Arnott, 3 under after 4 holes including a 2 on the 2nd.  They gave the shots back through the middle of the round - but a strong finish (3 under in the last 5 holes) ensured a comfortable win for the Kirkbymoorside pair.  

An excellent day, made better by the weather and they excellent hosting by Heworth GC - with the ever dependable Eddie Travis on starter duties and Nicky behind the bar ensuring people were fed and watered.    

Roll on the summer comps - available to book now !!!!