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A few days ago the 6 girls of the Cheshire Girls Junior Jamboree team battled hard over 2 days at Scarcroft GC in the Northern Junior Girls Jamboree.

The first day was a singles Stableford competition, with all 6 scores being added together to give a total team score. The first day was very windy with showers. Add in a very bouncy course and it proved really tough with most competitors finding it hard to score. Top performers for Cheshire on the first day were Jamboree Team Captain Isobel Smith with 39 points and Olivia Smith with 35 points.

The second day was foursomes matchplay, a new trial format for 2026 instead of the usual singles matchplay. It proved to be a great format for Team Cheshire with Captain Smith and partner Keira Saunders bringing in a superb 7&5 win. That was backed up by another fantastic performance by Oliva Smith and Isla May Handley who earned a hard fought draw after a ding dong battle against a fierce Lancashire pairing. Cheshires final pairing of Emma Barnes and Ewana Praveen again turned in a great performance, battling back from 5 down to lose only 3&2 on the 16th hole to a tough Northumberland pair.

Whilst our Cheshire team gave their best over the 2 days, it was Cumbria who took the trophy, much to the tears and delight of their Junior Girls Manager.

Huge thanks go to our players who behaved impeccably on and off the course and our county officials, Julia Wilkinson, Marjorie Griffiths, Den Burchell and Christina Hornsby without whom this trip wouldn't happen.

Here's to next year event at Houghton Le Spring, Durham.

Team Cheshire...

Marjorie Griffiths (County President)

Isla-May Handley

Olivia Smith

Cathy Day (Girls Manager)

Denise Burchell (County Captain)

Isobel Smith (Jamboree Team Captain)

Ewana Praveen

Keira Saunders

Emma Barnes

Julia Wilkinson (Team Manager)