Rutland Junior Open – sponsored by Savvi Travel
Ellie doubles up on Theme Park win
Fifteen year old Ellie Haughton won the 2015 Rutland Junior Open with a magnificent gross 71 to take first prize of a family day out at Drayton Manor Theme Park.
Playing off a handicap of 11, Ellie’s nett 60 also took first place for the nett prize; originally the same prize, Open sponsor Oakham based Savvi Travel kindly offered to swap this prize for another Theme Park of Ellie’s choice.
The Rutland Junior Open, hosted at Greetham Valley on Wednesday 5th August, witnessed a superb display of golf from a strong field of talented junior golfers. Prizes were offered for the top three in both the gross and nett competitions as well as nearest the pin prizes.
Gross Winners
1st Ellie Haughton (Greetham Valley) 71
2nd Sanjay Nithiyalingham (Burghley Park) 75
3rd Joe Carr (Burghley Park) 77
Nett Winners
1st Ellie Haughton (GV) 60
2nd Joe Carr (BP) 61
3rd Tom Haynes (GV) 63
Nearest the Pin winners
3rd Ellie Haughton (Greetham Valley)
8th Luc Affleck (Greetham Valley)
13th Ben Templeman (Thorney Lakes)
16th Tom Mowforth (Burghley Park)
Kay Batley of Savvi Travel was present, with Greetham Valley Junior Organisers Liz and Darren Haughton, to hand out the prizes. The event was a great success, benefitting from the superb presentation of The Valley course by the greens staff and the excellent array of prizes. Juniors interested in participating in the event next year should contact Liz or Darren to register their interest now.