\n Florence Martindale, a Year 6 pupil at Newbarns Primary and Nursery School, has enjoyed a remarkable year on the golf course, highlighted by her impressive sixth-place finish in the Champion of Champions Golf Competition at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland.\n<\/p>\n
\n Competing in the Under 12 Girls category, Florence played 54 holes over three days, shooting the lowest gross score in her age group (+6) on the final day.\n<\/p>\n
\n Her strong finish secured her a top-six place and she will compete next year after winning a qualifier on the Ping Junior tour at Silloth on Solway.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite only just turning 10 three days before the age cut-off, Florence was the youngest player in her category, meaning she will be eligible to compete at that level for the next three years.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was a tough course because it was very windy but it was very fun as all my friends who play golf were there,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Her golfing journey also saw her qualify for the Faldo Futures Final at the British Masters Pro-Am at The Belfry, where she had the unforgettable experience of receiving personal bunker tips from golf legend Sir Nick Faldo himself.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was such an amazing day – I didn\u2019t play my best golf, but getting a bunker lesson from Sir Nick Faldo was really good,\u201d said Florence. \u201cHe was teaching me how to hit it further and helped me with my game.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Her dedication and hours of practice this season have paid off – she has cut nine shots off her handicap this season, now playing off 12.1. She is also continuing to improve her game with her Kendal-based coach.\n<\/p>\n
\n Florence, who is sponsored by Cumbrian-based The Big Golf Company, has also achieved the following:\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Two wins, six second places and one third on the Ping Junior Tour, finishing 3rd in the Girls Gross Order of Merit and runner-up in the Under 12 Girls Gross Final at Thonock Park – home of Ping Golf Europe.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Success on the Rob Rock Tour, with three wins in the Under 16 Girls Gross category, the latest was at the weekend.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Victories at Barrow Golf Club, including on Captain\u2019s Day.\n<\/p>\n
\n Interim Headteacher Victoria Fitzgibbons said everyone at Newbarns Primary, which is part of South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust, was very proud of Florence\u2019s achievements both on and off the course.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cFlorence is a wonderful example of what hard work, ambition and balance can achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florence Martindale, a Year 6 pupil at Newbarns Primary and Nursery School, has enjoyed a remarkable year on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-215160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}