TEEN STAR GETS SET FOR NEW SEASON

DELAMERE Forest Golf Club’s young star Immy Williamson has enjoyed a stellar career in golf since she began 10 years ago and after a superb season in 2022 she is now working hard in preparation for 2023.

The 15-year-old has been playing golf since the age of five and has a current handicap of +2.4.

She lives in Chester and is a student at The King’s School.

Her golfing achievements have been at club, county, national and international level and from the age of 11 she has been part of the England Golf Development pathway as a member of the England U18 Regional Squad.

In the past 18 months Immy has been selected to play for the England U16’s on five occasions and was part of the successful Girls and Boys Home internationals squad at Downfield.

In 2017 she was Cheshire U14 champion at the age of 10, Welsh Northern Counties U14 champion, third in the Wee Wonders National Championship at St Andrews and has already represented Cheshire U18’s.

The following year she won the Welsh

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Northern Counties U18 Championship

aged 11.

In 2019 she was then crowned Cheshire U18 county champion, Delamere Forest U18 junior champion and Royal Liverpool Golf Club’s Stanley Wicks junior champion.

In 2020 she retained her Delamere Forest U18 crown and in 2021 was Cheshire U18 junior champion again, Cheshire Ladies Championship runnerup and was selected to play to play for England U16 Girls v Switzerland.

Last year she was Cheshire Ladies Championship runner-up,she played for England U16’s v Spain in Madrid, part of Cheshire Ladies A squad who won the North Regional County match week at Heswall, selected to play for the England Girls U18’s squad at the R&A Home Internationals at Downfield, Scotland, selected to play for England Girls U16’s v Switzerland at Heswall,selected to play for England Girls U16’s v Ireland at Royal Birkdale.

Immy’s ambitions are to continue to work hard at her game and over the re- maining three years as a junior has ambitions to win a national event and also to continue to represent England at International level.

Ultimately she would like to go to the USA on a golf scholarship and go on to be a professional on the LPGA Tour. Immy said: “I would like to thank Cheshire Ladies and England Golf for their on-going support and opportunities as well as my family and the golf club.”

CAROLE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO SENIOR CAPTAIN’S ROLE

CAROLE Ryder is looking forward to the 2023 season in her new role as captain of Cheshire Seniors Ladies team.

Carole first started playing golf when she was 30, having been a keen hockey player. “I was a PE teacher and had always played lots of other sports too, tennis being the other main one.

“In 1992 I joined the gym at The Tytherington Club and came across golf by accident. I went to the driving range and I was hooked! I took lessons with the pro there at the time and pretty quickly got my handicap down to single figures.

“I first played for the county team in 2000 and went on to represent the county six times.

“We won the Northern Counties at Wilmslow in 2002 and then went onto the National finals at Hendon.

“Since turning 50 I have played for the Senior county team and have helped them to win the Northern Counties title several times.

“I’ve had a few personal successeswinning the MDLGA Lloyd Jones ScratchTrophy twice and also winning the William Bailey trophy.

“I was a member at Tytherington for 25 years and have very fond memories of my time there.I still have lots of friends there.

“I loved representing Tytherington in all the matches, but in particular the Bell Cup,which we won,and also the Manchester Alliance’s Archie Preston Mixed Foursomes, which we won on two occasions.”

Carole, who joined Prestbury in 2017, added: “As Cheshire senior captain for 2023,I’m looking forward to working on the county board and helping improve the golf experience for all women golfers in Cheshire.

“I will have the great pleasure of assisting the very talented senior team to retain the Richardson Trophy. I will do my very best to help the players win it for a seventh consecutive time.

“Golf is the most amazing sport. I have made life-long friendships and would like to thank all those friends who have been there for me over the past 30 years and I know will support me as senior county captain this year.”

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