Cudmore-Cheney Challenge
Congratulations to the Victorian Girls who won the 2010 Cudmore Cheney Challenge.
L to R: Julienne Soo, Melissa Hui, Kylie Alton, Emily Smith, Johanna Wyllie and Elly Briggs
2010 Cudmore Cheney Challenge Results
Congratulations to the girls who were selected to participate in the border team for the 2010 Cudmore Cheney Challenge.(please see names below) Good luck.
Congratulations to Kylie Alton for winning the Audrey Mclaren Trophy on the first day of competition with 35 points, for full results please see below.
Day 1 -Results
Day 2 - Results
Day 3 - Results
Overall Results
2010 Border Team Announced!!
The 2010 Border Team was announced at the conclusion of the Victorian Junior Championship on Friday 2nd October. The team of six will travel to the 2010 Cudmore Cheney Challenge which will be hosted by the Port Fairy Golf Club from January 18 - 20.
The team includes:
| Name | HCP | Home Club |
| Emily Smith | 14 | Murray Downs GC |
| Melissa Hui | 13 | Sorrento GC |
| Johanna Wyllie | 11 | Bairnsdale GC |
| Elly Briggs | 13 | Pakenham GC |
| Julienne Soo | 3 | Woodlands GC |
| Kylie Alton | 13 | Melton Valley GC |
More information regarding the 2010 Cudmore Cheney Challenge will be posted here shortly!
2009 Cudmore-Cheney Challenge
Michelle Marcola from Northern Golf Club has taken out the Audrey McLaren Trophy on the opening day of the Cudmore Cheney Challenge. Michelle finished off her round with 40 Stableford Points at Robe Golf Club, for full results on the Cudmore Cheney Challenge:DAY 1 Click here.
DAY 2 Click here.
DAY 3 Click here.
Overall Results Click here.
The Victorian team to contest the 2009 Cudmore Cheney Challenge at Robe (SA) from January 18 - 22 was announced at the conclusion of the 2008 Future Champions Series on October 5 at Kingston Heath.
The Border Team for 2009 include:
- Katharine Bunting - Elcho Park Golf Club - Handicap 12
- Ruby Curtin - Amstel Golf Club - Handicap 13
- Sienna Lambert - Cohuna Golf Club - Handicap 3
- Bianca Ling - Kingswood Golf Club - Handicap 13
- Michelle Marcola - Northern Golf Club - Handicap 12
- Melissa Taylor - Yarra Yarra Golf Club - Handicap 8
The Victorian Border Team attended a training session with WGV Assistant State Coach Nicola Moult on November 9 2008 at Long Island Golf Club.
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About
The Cudmore Cheney Challenge (Border Challenge Matches) for junior girls were first played in 1967 at the Naracoorte Golf Course following a challenge from Mrs Mary Cudmore of South Australia to Victoria's, Miss Burtta Cheney M.B.E.. Both ladies, outstanding golfers in their own right were nurturing a wealth of junior talent in their respective states. Miss Cheney conducted the first junior girls golf camp at Anglesea in Victoria to assist in selecting her team.
In the inaugural 'Challenge Matches', each team comprised five (5) players U21 years of age. South Australia won the inaugural matches 5/2. The original competition was an outstanding success and was repeated the following year at Horsham Golf Club in Victoria. Teams were increased to six (6) players and on this occasion the result was much closer, with the Victorian team eventually winning 5/4. Two girls in the original Victorian Team later went on to have course records and eventually turned professional: Penny Pulz and Sandra McCaw (nee Williams).
Teams still comprise six (6) players although girls must now be U18 years of age. The competition involves both singles and foursomes handicap matchplay and is held at a Border Club in South Australia and Victoria each alternate year. In Victoria, the Western District has hosted the matches on twelve(12) occasions and the Wimmera District four(4).
The Border Matches have proved a wonderful training ground for promising young golfers for over thirty years. Names such as Jane Crafter, Anne-Maree Knight, Kate MacIntosh, Jane Lock all appear in the record books of the event in years gone by. Many representatives from these teams have gone on to win numerous State and National titles. In total the Border Matches have produced twelve (12) Australian Amateur Championships, seventeen (17) Victorian Amateur Championships, thirteen (13) South Australian Amateur Championships and two (2) NSW Amateur Championships. Jane Crafter, the former Australian Open Champion was a member of the South Australian Border Team in 1971, 1972 and 1973.
