Welcome to the Junior Section

The Junior Captain for 2019 is Morley Gill.

Morley has been a member of Fulford Heath golf club for a number of years and we are proud to have him as our 2019 Junior Captain.  His younger brother Oscar is also a member and they both play for the Junior Team and are ever present at junior and other club  events.  Morley and Oscar have great support form their parents and their granddad, Alan Ackerman, who has been a member for over 50 years!  We look forward to having a year with Morley as our Junior Captain.

Junior Section Update 2019

Firstly, congratulations to Morley Gill (Captain) and George Hughes (Vice Captain).

We have a busy season ahead for the Juniors and for the Academy.

We have entered a squad from the Academy into the Golf Foundation GolfSixes League again this year.

Fixtures are as follows :-

Venue Match 1 Time Match 2 Time
Bromsgrove GC Sun 30th June 3pm Sun 15th Sep 3pm
Hagley GC Sun 23rd June 3pm Sun 28th July 3pm
Fulford Heath GC Sat 11th May 2:30pm Sat 6th July 2:30pm
Warley Woods GC Sun 12th May 2pm Sun 29th Sept 2pm

Paul Aitkens runs the academy for us and plans for the GolfSixes squad are already in place.  Feel free to contact Paul for any further information via 07596 516720

In the Junior West Midlands League we have been drawn in a league with Droitwich, Redditch and Cleobury Mortimer.  Fixtures are as follows :-

Saturday 20th April – Droitwich (A) – 1pm
Saturday 22nd June – Droitwich (H) – 2pm
Sunday 21st July – Redditch (H) – 2pm
Saturday 27th July – Redditch (A) – 1pm
Saturday 3rd August – Cleobury Mortimer (H) – 2pm
Sunday 25th August – Cleobury Mortimer (A) – 1pm

In addition there are are number of inter club Junior and Academy trophy and shield events scheduled across the season as follows :-

Easter Cups – Junior and Academy event – Tuesday 23rd April
May Salvers – Junior and Academy event – Tuesday 28th May
Jim Gray Cup – Junior event – Monday 29th July
Junior Open – Junior event – Monday 30th August
Autumn Cups and end of year event – all Junior and Academy members – Saturday 19th October

Juniors Vs Scratch Team for the Livingstone Trohpy – TBC

Please add these dates to your diaries.  I have a WhatsApp Group in place for the Junior section for parents and/or Juniors themselves where we keep everyone posted on events etc. so please let me have your mobile contact details if you would like to be added if you are not already on there.

We very much encourage Junior and Academy members to arrange to play golf among themselves as well on a casual basis and when the clocks go forward and the weather is warmer we will start up the Thursday casual roll up evenings as well perhaps.

Finally, feel free to contact me at any time regarding Junior or Academy matters.

Dave Parker

Match Reports

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June
A Fulford Heath junior team comprising of Morley Gill, James Cope, George Hughes, Max Timmins, Remo Virgilio and Oscar Gill started their 2019 Junior West Midlands League campaign with a home match against a very strong Droitwich side on Saturday, with Max, Remo and Oscar making their debuts. They played well and gained valuable experience but in the end we lost the tie 2 matches to 1. Droitwich fielded 3 young girls in their team with handicaps of 5, 6 and 8 who’s golf was very impressive to watch. No doubt our team learned a lot from playing with them. James and Oscar had a fine win against one of the girls and her partner, well done both! We play again on July 21st with a home fixture against Redditch.
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21 July  Fulford Heath Juniors 2 – Redditch Juniors 1.  
A thoroughly enjoyable match between the 2 junior teams culminated in the first win of the season win for Fulford Heath Juniors.  James Cope and Oscar Gill remain unbeaten with a strong 6&5 win.  Santi Francolini and Pierce Cole were beaten 6&5 by a very good Redditch pairing but Morley Gill and Max Timmins secured the tie with a fine 5&4 victory.  With travelling reserves available from Redditch too, Remo Virgilio paired up with one of the Redditch parents to win a well contested reserves match 4&2 as well!  Well done to everyone involved.  Thanks to the Redditch team, Matt Clement – their Junior Organiser and visiting parents.  You are all a credit to your club.  We look forward to the return fixture against Redditch next Saturday.

If you are not a Member at Fulford Heath Golf Club and are now interested in becoming a Junior then please go to this page:  Become a Junior member