EAST REGION INTER COUNTY MATCH PLAY

East Region Womens & Girls Strokeplay Championships

Aug 12, 2026

The East Region Womens and Girls Championships were hosted by Bedfordshire at South Beds GC on Monday 10th August. 30 Competitors in the women’s & 22 competitors in the girls playing 36 holes in their respective categories.
Womens Championships
In the Women’s Championships, Jasmine Points from Bury St Edmunds became the new East Region Champion for 2026 continuing Suffolks run of East Champions. A 3 over par in the morning left Jasmine with some work to do after joint Leaders Josie Knights(Ipswich) & Katy Yates(Clacton) both shot level par. However, Jasmine took this all in her stride, and proceeded to shoot a 7 under par, which was declared a new course record at South Beds. A bogey free round consisting of 5 birdies and an eagle. Congratulations to Jasmine on her fantastic scoring!
Alice Barlow(BSE) came in third place with scores of +2 and +4, followed by Josie Knights in 5th place with scores of Level and +9, and Shannon Noble(Ipswich) with scores of +5 and +7. Shannon Noble also won the best morning Nett Score.
Girls Championships
 
In the Girls Championships, Josie Knights from Ipswich became the new East Region Champion for 2026 with scores of Level Par and +9, just 1 ahead of Hertfordshire’s Amelie Stewart. Congratulations Josie!
Shannon Noble placed 4th with scores of +5 and +7.
Hertfordshire won the Girls Team Event finishing 4 shots ahead of Essex.
Suffolk players all had very good results, with nearly all of them collecting from the prize table!

Shannon Noble, Jasmine Points and Alice Barlow

Jasmine Points Women’s Champion

Alice Barlow 3rd Place

Junior County Match Days 2026

Aug 8, 2026

5th–7th August 2026 | Fynn Valley Golf Club

The 2026 Junior County Match Day took place from 5th–7th August, hosted by Suffolk at Fynn Valley Golf Club.

The format consisted of six singles matchplay matches, played off scratch, with the girls going out in handicap order.

The first round of matches began on Wednesday afternoon, when Suffolk faced Essex. It was a very closely fought afternoon, with three matches going all the way to the last hole. Unfortunately, Suffolk lost the overall match 4–2, but the girls showed great determination and competed extremely well.

On Thursday morning, Suffolk played Hertfordshire and came away with an excellent 4–2 victory against a very strong county.

The afternoon saw us take on Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire, where the girls continued their strong performance with an impressive 5–1 win.

Friday morning brought another very close contest against Norfolk. The girls showed tremendous resilience to secure a narrow 3½–2½ victory.

Our final match of the event was against Bedfordshire. Once again, it went right down to the wire, with Suffolk eventually losing by the narrowest of margins, 3½–2½.

These results saw Suffolk finish in a fantastic third place overall. Congratulations to the winners, Essex, who remained unbeaten throughout the tournament.

The girls played brilliantly throughout the event, particularly on what was a tricky, dry course at Fynn Valley. There were some fantastic individual performances, and congratulations must go to Imogen and Abi, who remained unbeaten throughout all their matches — a fantastic achievement.

A huge thank you to Fynn Valley Golf Club for hosting the event. They went above and beyond to help us throughout the three days, and their support was greatly appreciated.

And, last but by no means least, a massive thank you to all the Suffolk Ladies who helped make the event run so smoothly. Your time, organisation and support were invaluable and helped make the week such a success.

Well done to all the girls for representing Suffolk so brilliantly. You should all be very proud of your performances!

Amanda Norman

 

Essex receiving the East Region Trophy from Suffolk president Carol  Deslandes.

 

L to R
Elizabeth Currie, Shannon Noble, Abi Hope, Josie Knights, Imogen Potter, Chloe Wignall.

Abbie on the way to another win

L to R
Josie Knights, Abi Hope, Shannon Noble, Issy MacDonald, Imogen Potter, Chloe Wignall

 

 

The girls showing off their tattoos of Amanda !

Enjoying a rest in the buggy