Congratulations to Janet Melville, one of England’s most decorated and enduring champions, who has been inducted into the England Golf Hall of Fame in recognition of a remarkable career that spans elite amateur triumphs, senior success and decades of dedicated service to the game.
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2026 NCVLGA Championships - Headingley GC 19th - 21st May
Please click here to go to the NCVLGA website for full details of results & matchplay draws.
The Northern Counties 'End of Season' Golf Competition will be held this year on Sunday 5th & Monday 6th October at Worsley Park. Manchester. Lancashire.
The format each day is a Team Am-Am-Am-Am Stableford with any 2 scores to count. The price @ £170 each includes 2 x18 holes golf & also Dinner, Bed & Breakfast based upon 2 ladies sharing a twin room. Single room supplement available.
This is a great social event, an opportunity to meet old friends & make new ones.
Entries open on Saturday 21st February. You can book online via the NCVLGA website - See 'Contact Us & Links'.
Poster also sent to all Club Reps for posting on Club noticeboards for information.
Happy New Year to you all
Lets hope for some great weather for this year's competitions.
Please don't forget to sign up for the Yorkshire Seniors Monday Competitions & the Championship (at Ilkley GC) via your Club Members Representative before the 14th February closing date.
Also this year, Yorkshire are hosting the Northern Counties Veterans Championships (at Headingley GC) from the 19th-21st May. Handicap limits apply. Entries are open now until 1st March via the NCVLGA website or direct via championship@northerncountiesvlga.co.uk
Good luck for a successful golfing season
Fiona Wood
YSLGA Captain
Congratulations from all at YSLGA to Chris Pascall (Durham Seniors) who was NCVLGA Captain in 2018. She was presented with her MBE for services to golf by His Majesty King Charles on 9th December 2025. Please click here to read about her many golfing achievements
Emma Brown was the winner of the English Senior Women’s Order of Merit, thanks to a 3rd-place finish at The R&A Women’s Senior Amateur Championship.
Emma, 54, was pipped in the semi-finals of the English Senior Women’s Amateur, in what was another impressive year for the Yorkshire golfer.
She said: “I was delighted to win the Order of Merit this year. I only played two of the events but did okay in the English Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at the Nottinghamshire and then finished 3rd in the British Senior Amateur at Walton Heath which took me to the top of the OOM!
“I’ve struggled at the end of the season with a knee injury and very disappointingly had to miss the England team events. I’m certainly now looking forward to getting back out enjoying my golf in 2026.”
Congratulations Emma!!
2026 competition information is now available from your club rep. Click here to view the calendar.
The 93rd Annual General Meeting of the YSLGA will be held at Sand Moor Golf Club, Alwoodley Lane, Leeds. LS17 7DJ.
on Monday 20th October, 2025 at 11am.
Presentation of trophies will also take place at this meeting. All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you at the AGM.
The Agenda for the meeting and the 2024 AGM minutes are now available to download under the Annual General Meeting tab.
Congratulations to Karen Jobling, Julie Wheeledon & Lynn Wass who represented the Northern counties Veteran Ladies Golf Association (NCVLGA) at the Jamboree held at Kilmarnock Barassie Golf Club from August 6-8th 2025. For a full report, please see the NCVLGA website.
Congratulations to YSLGA Team members, Karen Jobling and Lynn Wass
Karen Jobling and Lynn Wass have both been selected as part of an eight-person team to represent the North at the upcoming Jamboree in Scotland in August. The event will be played at Kilmarnock Barassie Golf Club, where the North will be defending the title.
The team will play foursomes and singles matches against, Scotland, the South and the Midlands, over three days.
We are all very proud of both them and wish them and the team every success.
Full details of the squad, format and results each day can be found on the NCVLGA website or by following the link from the YSLGA website.
Julie Wheeldon
YSLGA Captain
Yorkshire were once again well represented with 28 players taking part in this event, more than a third of the field.
What a great week and well done to everyone involved.
Yorkshire had 6 players qualify for the top 16 and matchplay.
Karen Jobling (Richmond), Heather Butcher (Ganton) and Lynn Wass (Selby) all progressed to the second day and the morning Semi-Finals.
All four players fought hard with Karen losing to the eventual winner and Lynn eventually prevailing in a tight Yorkshire match against Heather Butcher.
Congratulations to Lynn on reaching the Final in her first Northern Seniors' Championship (pictured left with NCVLGA Captain Caroline Berry).
The Final watched by a good crowd (including lots of Yorkies) was hard fought and close throughout. Lynn was eventually beaten on the first extra hole by Lisa Chrimes of Lancashire.
Julie Wheeldon (A very proud YSLGA Captain)
Heather Butcher, Caroline Berry (NCVLGA Captain) & Karen Jobling
Lisa Chrimes of Lancashire.
Congratulations to Karen Jobling who won the Best Gross prize at Sandiway, Cheshire.
For full results see the NCVLGA website
Karen Jobling, Julie Wheeldon & Lynn Wass
Elaine Pearson, Alison Clark & Karen Jobling
Yorkshire features strongly in the English match play championship.
Many congratulations to Carol Simpson (Malton & Norton) on winning the Anne Howard Trophy for the over 60s at the above competition.
The English senior match play event was held Tuesday 13th May - Friday 17th May at the Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club.Yorkshire were well represented with 7 players in the Wendy Taylor flight and 3 in the Anne Howard (over 60 ‘s) flight.
It was a tricky course made even more so by the bouncy conditions.
With water on 13 of the 18 holes a lot of plotting was required.
Following the 36 holes of stroke play only Emma Brown (Malton & Norton) progressed to the top 16 match play, in the Wendy Taylor flight, with Karen Jobling, Richmond and Julie Wheeldon, Wakefield narrowly missing by one shot.
In the Anne Howard flight Elaine MacGregor Wakefield, Heather Staniforth, Hallamshire and Carol Simpson (Malton & Norton) progressed to the top 8 match play.
Emma had two comfortable wins on her way to the semi-final but was narrowly defeated 1up by Jackie Ewing (Newmarket Links).
Carol and Elaine met in the semi-final having both had tight matches in the morning, Carol fighting back from 3 down with 3 to play to win on the first extra hole.
Carol came out the victor of the Yorkshire derby and progressed to the final on the Friday morning, where she beat Kim Morris (Sundridge Park) 1 up.
Full results can be found on the England Golf website.
Good luck to everyone playing in the Northern Championships at Sandiway GC, Cheshire next week.
Congratulations to Emma Brown Malton & Norton Golf Club.
Emma once again took the Senior Championship with a score of 155 over 36 holes.
Full results can be found on the YLCGA website on the competitions page under 2025 County Championship.