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Shires Tour @ Mkt. Harborough GC - 25th September 16’

A blustery and at times wet day greeted the Shires tour at another new golf course for the tour in Market Harborough.
The event was the last qualifier for the order of merit prior to the Grand Final at The Leicestershire and it proved to be quite a contest.
With Theo Brown unable to attend the event it was left to Jordan Darnell to represent the club in Gold division, putting woes contributing to
a round of 32pts for our junior captain.

Silver division is probably the most keenly contested division with several of our juniors battling it out on the day, Ashleigh Critchley was
leading the OOM going into the round and managed to hold off her main competitors with a very good 37pts to claim the top spot in the
Order of Merit.
Josep Hyde overcame a poor mid section to his round finishing with 35pts and the nearest the pin prize, Ed Keech didn’t find the greens to
his liking and despite putting together a good score on the front 9 slipped away on the back 9 to post a disappointing score however he did
claim the 'Longball' prize by some margin.
Sam Underwood led the way for the Kettering juniors in Bronze division scoring a very good 36 points, whilst Gracie Murray didn't find her
top game on this occasion mustering 28 points.

Six of our juniors represented the club in Copper division, solid scores for James Attwood, Ben Atherton, Finn Smith, Chelsey Sharp, William
Wilkins and Ruby Smith were the order of the day on this occasion.
Lewis Critchley played really well at times scoring 31 points and finishing just outside the top three.

Shires @ Woburn Sands & Aspley Guise - 11th September 16’

Our juniors had a relatively quiet day at Woburn Sands & Aspley Guise GC, but some good performances garnered a few top positions.
Jordan Darnell scored 33 points in Gold division, Ashleigh Critchley finished 2nd on 39pts, Joe Hyde was 4th on 36pts & Jake Sheridan won
nearest the pin, all in Silver division.
In Bronze Division we had Sam Underwood finishing 2nd on 37pts and Gracie Murray 5th on 34pts.
William Wilkins 22 pts, Ben Atherton 19 pts and James Attwood 16 pts all had decent rounds in Copper division.
Last, but not least, Lewis Critchley shot a brilliant 47pts over 9 holes in Diamond Division to take 2nd spot just one point behind the winner,

Sonny Lennon also had a great round, shooting 36 points.

Shires Grand Final @ The Leicestershire - 23rd October 16’

Showers greeted the players on Grand Final Day played on a course in fantastic condition, The Leicestershire is an unusual
course in the fact that there are no par fives, a fact that obviously suited 2017 junior captain Theo Brown. Theo put togeth-

er an excellent round of golf scoring 37 pts to win Gold division, Jordan Darnell played fairly well but couldn't find a putt in
scoring 32 pts.
Theo Brown
Our silver division representatives all had day to forget on the course with our Bronze division player
fairing only slightly better with Gracie Murray 33 pts and Sam Underwood 32 pts breaking the 30 points barrier.

Ben Atherton, James Attwood and William Wilkins all had good rounds in Copper division but didn't quite make it into
the top positions.

Lewis Critchley It was left upto Lewis Critchley to round off a mixed day with a top performance in Diamond division amassing 44 pts
to take third spot, Sonny Lennon finished in the top 10 with a creditable 28 pts.