Ian Poulter Invitational 2015

My dream came true on Monday July 27th 2015. I took part in the Ian Poulter Invitational. We arrived and mam managed to hold up Poulter as we pulled in lol. We went in and registered and the got given Oakley sunglasses then I got to finally meet my inspiration Ian Poulter and get a professional photo taken with him and he complimented me on my IJP tartans. Then we picked up our goodie bag. I went out to do putting and chipping practice and then onto the range. After that we drove up to the 10th tee and after a sausage bap my turn came to tee off. The Marquess' course is absolutely stunning and superb condition. I played really well and only 2 small blips, came to one green and had a delicate chip on and as I was setting up Poulter arrived so that was a real nerve wracking shot but I did ok. He then came over to chat and also had a photo with me by my IJP bag and then held the flag for us while we all putted. He then said bye and moved on to the group behind and we carried on our round. I had a great chip in on a par 3 just before the end of our round. I shot 32 stableford points and had a fantastic time and loved the round and course. After the round as mam loaded the car to head back from the 10th Luke, Ian's son, asked me how my round had gone. After I had another photo with Ian and he signed my book (his autobiography). We then watched a clinic by Poulter and got to ask questions and I asked loads. After the clinic I personally thanked him for such an amazing opportunity and amazing day. Then it was prize giving and then we had to head home. Amazing day and fantastic memories.....dreams do come true :)

Royal Porthcawl Junior Open

This year Royal Porthcawl agreed to use the R&A adjusted rules for disabled golfers after id asked them if they would be willing to. So I played in the junior open, I really enjoyed the round, not an easy round as we had 6 club winds at some points so very brutal but I really enjoyed the round and didn't play too badly either :)

ISPSHanda Ladies Masters ProAm 2015

I was extremely lucky to be invited by Craig Thomas my coach to take part in the ProAm and play on one of the ISPSHanda teams. We had a morning tee time and we were a junior team playing along side Stacey Keating. We played really good golf and got some really good scores tho as the morning went on the temperature really took its toll and it was 34C by time we finished our round. We narrowly missed out on 3rd place. It was awesome to also catch up with friends female pro Whitney Hillier and also her partner Becky Brewerton's caddy Benji Brewer. Fantastic day :)

Practice.....

I've not really had the season id hoped for despite putting in a lot of practice but it doesn't stop me practicing more....plus there's been junior 1st team matches for Rhondda and also Brynmeadows.

Volunteering.

I still do lots of volunteering. Not as much has been at coaching as classes stopped until August but I've appeared on behalf of RCT Future Champions and done a small speech and gave an award at the Young Carers event. I also volunteered with Golf Development Wales at The Celebrity Cup which was cool and I even dressed as the mascot.

Blue box nights.

Sorry I've not kept up to date with my blog.

Every Wednesday evening now I join the Blue box kids when they play their comps, sometimes I take part too using just a Pitching Wedge and putter...great to be out encouraging the younger ones but also good to have to improvise with one club and also play a 250 plus yard hole off blues into wind with a Pitching Wedge.

Golf Update.

I have not been able to keep my blog up to date over the last couple of months as I have had so much revision work and exams to sit.

For those who don't know I currently play at Rhondda Golf club and recently took over as the junior Captain and I also play at Bryn Meadows and am the junior Vice Captain.

In the last couple of months I have played 2 WDGA events, I played at Alice Springs on the Monnow course. It is definitely not a course id choose to play at or pay to play at but even so I managed to win Closest to the pin.

The other event was at St Mellons in Cardiff, lovely course but I didn't bring my A game that day so struggled a lot, would like to go back and play it again now the pressure of exams is off my shoulders and mind.

I played for Rhondda's junior 1st team, we played against Creigiau at home and me n Cade won, we played The Vale at home and me n Cade won on the 18th with everyone watching. We also played The Vale away but got beaten by them. Cade was teamed with someone else at The Vale so I played with Nathan that time. We took it right down to 18 but they beat us on 18.

I played for Bryn Meadows first team. We played against Alice Springs and I halved my match (Gwent league play singles match-play) and I played against Green Meadows and won my match 5 and 4.

I have also kept up my volunteering. I volunteered at The Street Games event at Cardiff City Stadium with Golf Development Wales and I also volunteer weekly at First Swing Academy.

Welsh Disabled Golf Association Race to Wales Event 1......GreenMeadows Golf Club.

First event on this year, few new members there, really lovely course and some lovely holes, and great weather as well for the day. I played ok, not my best but starting to trust myself and my game again and having more fun on the course. I ended up coming 3rd with 32 stableford points. Play the course again soon with Brynmeadows Junior First team. Looking forward to the next one now at Alice Springs.

Principality Junior Wales Open Qualifiers.

The Celtic Manor Roman Road qualifiers were a week ago. I was really looking forward to them but unbelievably I got ill again the same as last year. I still went and gave it my best but had to pull out mid round as I was too unwell to continue playing.

National Inclusive futures Camp.

Not exactly golf but too awesome not to include. I am an ambassador and mentor for Swansea Inclusive Futures and 15 of us were invited to the National Inclusive Futures camp. What an absolutely fantastic, extraordinary weekend I had at the National IF Camp, I dont know where to start, i'll start by saying thank you to all the cities involved, not just because of the involvement, but also the respect and friendship they made with each other, for the first time, in a long time, I felt I was a part of something, always being involved with everyone, having laughs and smiles, feeling like I'm actually 'there', I absolutely loved seeing the progress we made especially in the group I was in, on the Friday, no one was talking, barely any confidence, but by Sunday, we all learnt valuable skills, confidence, respect, and most importantly, inclusion, on the Sunday, the last few hours we had left, because of how touched I was, I started crying, in the corner away from the others, then my team leaders came over to ask if im okay, explained to them that I was and I was just amazed and happy, by the end, pretty must most of the group ended up in tears, realizing we made a bond, a friendship, all over 2 and a 1/2 days, I can't express how happy I was over this past weekend at everyone I met, such amazing people, I loved seeing the smiles on everybody's faces... Key word there, everybody, there was full inclusion, whether your disabled or non disabled, there was full inclusion, like I said, I simply cannot express the sheer happiness I had over the weekend, and I sure hope there will be more!