Alex Peters (14) becomes youngest

Notts county champion

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Fourteen-year-old Alex Peters has become the youngest winner of the Nottinghamshire women's county championship. She took the title at Sherwood Forest, following in the footsteps of her mother, Ann, who is a previous winner.

They are the only mother and daughter to have both won this championship. What’s more, Alex shot scores of six-under par 67 and 71 in qualifying and has now cut her handicap to +1.

Alex, a member at Notts’ Ladies, was the top qualifier for the knock-out stages. She won her first two matches on the 13th and closed out her semi-final on the 15th.

In the final she met former British champion Janet Collingham and, after a tight tussle, emerged as the winner by one hole.

Alex, picture above by courtesy of Tom Ward, is a member of the English Women’s Golf Association Under-18 Squad, and has enjoyed a string of successes already this season. She won the girls’ title at the Fairhaven Trophy, the Nottinghamshire girls’ championship and, partnered by her mum, the prestigious Mothers and Daughters competition.
Lyndsey Hewison

Press & PR Officer

English Women's Golf Association