23.06.08: Pauline Pittman and Pat Anderson win 36 hole Stableford: With two stunning rounds of golf, Pauline Pittman and Pat Anderson left the rest of the field standing at their home course on 23rd June, winning the 36 Hole Stableford, and bagging the Lanaway Pictures. Click here for all the winners

10.06.08: County Week 2008: In the extended format, the Bedfordshire County Team did themselves proud at a very wet Newmarket, finishing joint 3rd. 3.8 inches of rain fell over the 5 days, and great credit must go to the Newmarket green staff in keeping the course open and playable. Click here for full report and pictures from the week.

03.06.08: 3 out of the top 6 places go to Bedfordshire in the South East Schools: Bedfordshire girls figured in the top six places of the NAS/UWT South East England Schools Championship held at Letchworth Golf Club, Hertfordshire during half term. Katie Burman finished 3rd, Lizi Sweetnam 5th and Megan Birdsey 6th - Champion was Heidi Beck from Suffolk with scores of 73/71. The County team were runners up to Essex in the Team competition. Katie and Lizi were selected for the S.E. Schools team to go to The Kendleshire GC, Bristol at the end of June for the NAS/UWT National Championship and Megan as a reseve in a final 'Pool' for additional individual places.

18.05.08: Laura joint winner of the Critchley Salver: We may be the smallest county, but we have the biggest talent: Laura Collin from John O'Gaunt was co-winner of the Critchley Salver, held at Sunningdale on 27th May. She had a dream start with 3 birdies in the first 5 holes in the morning to finish 3 under. She consolidated that in the afternoon with a fine level par performance, taking joint 1st place with Kerry Smith from Waterlooville. Our own Holly Aitchison from The Bedfordshire continued her excellent season finishing in 3rd place, just one shot behind.

10.05.08: Holly wins County Championship in Epic Battle: Families all over Bedfordshire have been cancelling their subscriptions to Sky Sports after realising that they only need go to County Championships to see professional standard golf being played. The pressure was certainly on The Bedfordshire's Holly Aitchison as she set about retaining the County Championship at her home course, but she came through to win a thrilling final against club mate Sally Shayler. Click here for details and full report.
 
10.05.08: Paula Collin Takes County Cup: Its tough to focus on your own semi-final when following behind you is your daughter, swapping birdie for birdie in the Championship semi-final, but Paula dug deep to win both her semi-final and final to take the County Cup on 10th May. Congratulations!

04.05.08: Holly in Top 10 finish at the Welsh Open: Bedfordshire's Holly Aitchison continued her excellent form at the Welsh Ladies Open Strokeplay event at Pyle & Kenfig on 3rd/4th May. Conditions were awful and scoring was tough, but Holly put together 3 great rounds to finish joint 9th, and with her England team mates took the Nations Cup. The Nations Cup event had teams of 3 from each country with the best 6 rounds out of 9 aggregated. The England girls contributed 2 rounds each, with Holly setting the pace on day 1. Well done!! Click here for full details

27.04.08: Fiona Cooper is Bedfordshire Schools High Handicap Champion: The County Schools Handicap Team Championship was held at the Bedfordshire on Monday 14th April in very cold wintry conditions. Fiona Cooper won the County High Handicap Girls Champion prize with 36 points with Georgia Testa in second place with 33 points and Molly Thorne third with 31 points. Click here for full report.

26.04.08: Holly and Laura put in great performances at Helen Holm: The Helen Holm Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship was played over Portland and Royal Troon, 25-27 April, and attracted a top class field from across Europe including our own superstars, Holly Aitchison and Laura Collin. Both had excellent scores in the first 2 rounds, easily making the cut. Holly shot 152 and Laura 149. Holly's 3 under par 72 in the final round pushed her up the leader board to 21st place, and cut her handicap to +2. [Editor's note: imagine shooting level par and being outside your buffer zone!!!]
No rest for the girls. They both head to Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club for the Welsh Open Strokeplay Championship on May 3 and 4 before popping home for County Championships and then on to the Scottish Open. Holly will represent England at the Nations Cup at the Welsh. Congratulations and good luck to both.

19.04.08: Juniors beat the weather and Norfolk: 
Bedfordshire took on Norfolk at Pavenham Park Golf Club on Saturday 19th April once again in very wet and cold conditions. The 1st Team won by 4 matches to 2 and the 2nd Team lost 2 matches to 1 but Bedfordshire were delighted with first time performances, and 1st caps for their county, by Vanessa Jay from Leighton Buzzard and Victoria Wally from Aspley Guise.  Click here for full report.

13.04.08: Megan Birdsey takes Junior Past Captains' Salver: County Junior Captain, Megan Birdsey, playing on her home course, took the Junior Past Captains' Salver with 34 stableford points. Click here for report and full results.  

01.04.2008: Lucinda Holden wins Janet Miller Trophy: Lucinda Holden from Beds & County won the 2nd Division Spring meeting with an excellent 98, and then followed it up with a resounding victory in the afternoon foursomes with partner Ann Coates. Click here for full results.