Emily Taylor and Rhys Pugh with their trophies at Fairhaven GC. Image by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography.

Rhys Pugh and Emily Taylor are the winners at

the Fairhaven Trophies junior tournament

REPORT FROM ORGANISER BOB THOMPSON
Following some great scoring in windy conditions, Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan) from Wales won the boys' championship with a three-under-par total of 285. He clinched the title with a final round of 71 at the Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire.
The girls' championship was won by Lancashire lass Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) after establishing a women's course record score of 72 in her final round to win by two shots from Brogan Townend, who beat Bronte Law for the runner-up position on a card play-off.
The boys' runner-up was Liam Harper with a score of 292, which was equalled by Scotland's Jack McDonald, who was placed third.
The course record of 68 created by Jack McDonald in the first round, on the 7015yd par 72 course, was equalled later by Harry Casey and James Burnett.
The boys' CSS was 75-74-75-75.
It was a great championship, played in a great spirit by all the players, and Fairhaven look forward to welcoming players to next years championship, which will be held from April 29 to May 1, 2011. Make a note of the dates now!
FINAL TOTALS
Boys CSS 75-74-75-75
Girls CSS 75-74-75-75
1 Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan) 285 70 69 75 71.
2 Liam Harper (Lydd) 292 73 73 74 72.
3 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 292 68 76 71 77.
4 Harry Casey (Enfield) 293 77 68 77 71.
5 James Burnett (Sleaford) 294 72 75 79 68.
6 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 306 83 73 78 72.
7 Tom Clements (Royal Norwich) 294 74 76 74 70.
8 Oliver Carr (Heswall) 295 73 75 73 74.
9 Max Orrin (North Foreland) 296 73 73 79 71.
10 Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 308 77 77 78 76.
11 Bronte Law Bramhall 308 76 79 76 77.
12 Luke Jackson Worksop 298 78 72 76 72.
13 Luke Johnson Kings Lynn 298 74 76 75 73.
14 Jamie Harrison Rotherham 298 72 73 77 76.
15 Craig Young Ashbourne 298 74 70 72 82.
16 Billy Downing Truro 299 70 75 80 74.
17 Matthew Fitzpatrick Hallamshire 299 71 75 78 75.
18 Paul Kinnear Formby 299 77 72 72 78.
19 Daniel Brown Bedale 300 74 70 80 76.
20 Toby Tree Worthing 300 72 74 78 76
21 Charlotte Thompson Channels 315 76 78 81 80.
22 Ian Redford St Andrews New 303 74 74 77 78.
23 Micheal Helyard Hessle 303 75 74 76 78.
24 Julian Taylor York 303 75 73 73 82.
25 Sebastian Von der Hoff (Trier) 304 73 74 80 77.
26 Paul Lockwood (Hessle) 304 77 72 77 78.
27 Jack English (Colchester) 304 76 71 78 79.
28 David Boote (Walton Heath) 304 74 74 76 80.
29 Nigel Colbeck (Moor Allerton) 305 +17 70 -2 75 +3 80 +8 80 +8
30 Will Jones (Oswestry) 306 +18 72 0 75 +3 86 +14 73 +1
31 Lucy Evans (Wrekin) 318 +18 81 +6 78 +3 82 +7 77 +2
32 Natalie Karcher (Lausanne) 319 +19 79 +4 77 +2 81 +6 82 +7
33 Jordan Smith (Bowood) 307 +19 74 +2 75 +3 78 +6 80 +8
34 Callum Shinkwin (Moor Park) 307 +19 73 +1 75 +3 79 +7 80 +8
35 Ross Dickson (Crews Hill 307 +19 74 +2 73 +1 80 +8 80 +8
36 Keiron Fowler (El Plantio) 308 +20 73 +1 73 +1 84 +12 78 +6
37 Dan Park (Kendal) 308 +20 72 0 77 +5 78 +6 81 +9
38 James Sandford (Saffron Walden) 308 +20 76 +4 70 -2 76 +4 86 +14
39 Nathan Kimsey (Woodhall Spa) 309 +21 76 +4 72 0 79 +7 82 +10
40 Conor O'Neil (Pollock) 312 +24 74 +2 76 +4 82 +10 80 +8
41 Sam Claypole )Horsley Lodge) 319 +31 78 +6 72 0 86 +14 83 +11

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Lancashire’s Emily Taylor won the girls’ championship at the Fairhaven Trophies – helped by a new course record in the final round. Emily (Royal Lytham & St Annes) rounded off the 72-hole tournament at Fairhaven Golf Club with a three-under par 72,compiled in a cold north-easterly wind.
The 15-year-old did exactly the same last month when she set a new course record in the final round of the Scottish U16 stroke-play championship to win that title at Strathmore. This time, Emily leapfrogged Brogan Townend (Pleasington) and Bronte Law (Bramhall) to win by two shots.
Brogan beat Bronte in a card play-off to take second place.
Bronte also teamed up with Matthew Fitzpatrick (Hallamshire, Yorkshire) and Kieron Fowler (Spain) to win the Nations Cup for England. They were six shots clear of their closest rivals.
and was equalled twice during the tournament.
Leading girls’ scores
Par 300 (4x75) CSS 75 74 75 75
306 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 83 73 78 72.
308 Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 77 77 78 76, Bronte Law (Bramhall) 76 79 76 77.
315 Charlotte Thompson (Channels) 76 78 81 80.
318 Lucy Evans (Wrekin) 81 78 82 77