After having a successful summer, I have received a letter saying that I am in the England Ladies squad.

English Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship 2011 was played at Alwoodley Golf Club from the 2nd – 4th August 2011.

I was in the field amongst many players from a variety of different countries. There where also many players who play for their country at either u18 or ladies level.

I managed to get off to a good start with a 71 (-2 par). which put me in tied 3rd. This round included ; 4 birdies and an EAGLE!! The 2nd round was not as successful, i shot 77 (+4) which took down the leaderboard. The 3rd round was slightly better, i shot a 75 (+2) which brought me back up the leadboard, i had a nice finish to the round with birdies on both 17,and 18.

Then the weather got worse!!...The 4th round i shot a 77 (+4) which was good considering the weather conditions. I finished in 11th position which I was very happy with.

I played at Ellesborough Golf Club in the English Girls’ Close Amateur Championship 2011. My scores over the 4 rounds where : 75 76 72 70. 126 players played 36 holes over the course of two days and only 36 qualified. The people that qualify play 36 holes in one day. I qualified in tied 8th position. I played really good on the last day and worked my way up the leaderboard. I finished in 2nd place which was really successful as my final round included 6 birdies!

I am off to Ellesborough golf club, Henley On Thames. This is for the English girls u18 Championships.

I have been training hard for this event, so i am hoping it all pays off. The competition starts on the 26th-28th. There is 2 rounds, one on the 26th and one on the 27th, and then the people who have qualified have to play 36 holes on the 28th.

I have just been playing in the northern county match week. the counties that where competing in this event where: yorkshire, lancashire, cheshire, durham and northumberland.

I was playing for the Yorkshire ladies team. I played very well all week, winning the majority of my matches. I was very successful in my singles match against lancashire. The player who i was against is an england international golfer, who has represented and been part of many england teams.

I beat her 3 & 2, we both played some very good golf and was a close match but i managed to win. Yorkshire beat: cheshire, durham, cumbria, nothumberland but unfortunately lost to lancashire. This meant Yorkshire came in 2nd and Lancashire came in 1st.

Overall it was a very enjoyable 5 days and i have gained knowledge and a lot more experience, which will be useful for the future!!

I will be going to England training from tommorrow (31st May) Until Thursday the 2nd June.

Hoping the weather brightens up and looking forward to endure fitness, the golf, and the physio.

Both the u18 and the Performance squads will be at this preparation training.

Can’t Wait to get my AS level exams out of the way and then i can focus all my attention in preparing for the up and coming competitions in the summer.

England u18 training is in the half term, so a great way to practice and compete with the other members of the squad. Plenty of fitness will be involved as well which i will enjoy !

Lingfield was a difficult golf course and the windy weather conditions made it much harder, some very high scoring over the 2days of playing. I came 5th out of 44 boys and i was the only girl.Reasonably happy with the result but slightly dissapointed with my scoring. Its all a learning curve for the future!!