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Junior Section - Good News Item.

As a result of  years of practice and dedication, both Keane Hyde and Jack Marshall have been selected to play for Derbyshire Juniors  against Yorkshire Juniors at Buxton & High Peak on the 8th April 2013.  There are ten in each team, playing in foursomes in the morning and singles in the afternoon. Well done to both guys, it is a great honour to play for the County and also reflects well on New Mills as a Golf Club.  We will keep
you posted on how well they do.

Keane Hyde, Junior Captain 2013

Hello my name is Keane Hyde and I'm proud to be Junior Captain of New Mills Golf Club in 2013. I am 16 years old and have been playing golf for around 4 years now. I play off a handicap of 9 and I am looking to improve on that this year. I enjoy playing here as it is very welcoming and all of the members and staff are great with us juniors.

I also enjoy participating in the weekly junior competitions in the summer holidays which is a good opportunity to reduce my handicap and get to know the other juniors better.

I have not played in any junior opens recently but when the opportunities come this year I am going to enter them and also try to get other juniors from our club to participate in the opens and represent our club. I also take part in the mens competitions on a saturday with a few other juniors, as this gives us a great opportunity to reduce your handicap as well as making friends with some of the older members who are all very friendly and offer encouragement to us.

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Junior Competitions 

Sunday       29th May   Roy Townley Trophy     10am 

Thursday    28th July    Stableford                    10am 

Thursday      4th August  Medal                       10am 

Sunday         7th August  Mr.Captain's Day to Juniors  9.30am 

Tuesday       9th August  Junior Rose Bowl       10am  This is a change from date in the Club diary 

Thursday     18th August  Chadwick Trophy       10am 

Thursday     25th August   Junior Captains Day & Presentation Day 10am 

Sunday       28th August    Closing Medal          10am

Joe Bowers is on top of his game

On Wednesday 27 May 2009, Joe Bowers entered the Junior Open at Matlock Golf Course.

Joe Bowers had never played at Matlock Golf Course before but as a developing talent from New Mills Golf Club he looked forward to the challenge. The context was the Matlock Junior Open, and with it being the Daily Telegraph qualifyer he wondered about everything he'd heard about this testing and demanding course.

Stepping up on the first tee, donning waterproof trousers and a fleece and with his jacket tucked into his bag, he actually finished the round with no waterproofs and in just a t-shirt, probably wishing he had worn shorts. 

The golf seemed to follow the weather - bad to good as he shot a ropey 3-over par, 37 on the front nine with the second nine being a much better 2-under par, 34. With an unfortunate double bogey on the left dogleg Hole 12, which involved him calling a penalty, and missing an 'easy' three footer. He had to redeem himself and make up the two lost shots, and with an eagle on the short 478 yard, par 5 Hole 13, which consisted of a big drive down the right, a muscled 8 iron to 9 foot, and an easy downhill right breaking putt, he thankfully did so.