TELEGRAPH JUNIOR GOLF The best of the TITLE SPONSOR best in junior golf travel to Abu Dhabi oss Mitchell returned a nine-under-par 63 round Sunningdale given Ross what he calls “the best of golfing starts”. when the ball hit the flag and stopped an inch away. New to tie Nick Faldo’s record and to take the top slot among When he was 12, Ross was invited to become a cadet member at the main Ross, who is currently playing amateur golf on a full-time basis, knows the qualifiers for the prestigious Abu Dhabi Junior Golf course at Sunningdale where he developed his game alongside Stiggy he will have his work cut out if he is to win the event itself. All ten of the Championship presented by The Daily Telegraph. The event Hodgson, winner of the championship in 2007 and 2008. qualifiers have first-class credentials, with Tom Lewis having captured the Rtakes place from November 27-29 and the 18-year-old Mitchell has already Mitchell, who has had two top five finishes in the Ian Poulter Invitational English and British Boys’ championships in the one summer. plucked from the Internet everything there is to know about Abu Dhabi in championship at Woburn, put in some Faldo-like preparation for the Speaking on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, Ahmed Hussein, general and the golf course in particular. Sunningdale qualifier, working morning, noon and night. When the big day the Deputy Director General, said that their new sponsorship would bring “I can’t wait,” said the Ascot amateur. “It’s going to be the best week.” dawned, he had the satisfaction of knowing he had done his homework and numerous benefits to the emirate, not just on the tourist front but in terms of Yet when Mitchell teed up at Sunningdale, he was thinking less of Abu was correspondingly relaxed. building on the country’s sporting credentials. Dhabi than of his grandfather, Colin, who had died a few weeks earlier. Asked to name the shot which his grandfather would have liked the most, He went on to describe the Abu Dhabi Junior Golf Championship Colin had been among the artisan members at Sunningdale Ladies GC and he opted for his six-iron to the 176 yard sixth. He knew from the moment it presented by The Daily Telegraph as “another step forward in our campaign he, in tandem with the lady members of that delightful little venue, had left the club that the shot was a good one but there was further confirmation to establish ourselves as a destination for major international events.” BOYS’ LEADERBOARD (Top players in countback order) FINALISTS CLUB WHERE QUALIFIED SCORE ROSS MITCHELL SUNNINGDALE GOLF CLUB -9 TOM LEWIS ENGLISH BOYS’ U18 CHAMPIONSHIP AT MOOR PARK GC -6 JACK McKENZIE CANTERBURY GOLF CLUB -6 JORDAN AINLEY STONEHAM GOLF CLUB -5 TOM IBBERTSON COVENTRY HEARSALL GOLF CLUB -5 TOMASZ ANDERSON HERTFORDSHIRE GOLF UNION AT LETCHWORTH GC -5 BEN HERBERT ESSEX GOLF UNION AT THORNDON PARK GC -5 RYAN FRICKER ELFORDLEIGH GOLF CLUB -5 BEN LUDLAM ROYAL WINCHESTER GOLF CLUB -4 MYLES ANGELL CLEVEDON GOLF CLUB -4 GIRLS’ LEADERBOARD (Top players in countback order) WINNER CLUB WHERE WON SCORE HEIDI BAEK SUFFOLK COUNTY LADIES’ AT IPWICH GOLF CLUB -3 JESSICA WILCOX BLANKNEY GOLF CLUB -2 HANNAH TURLAND HIGH POST GOLF CLUB -2 GEORGIA HALL FERNDOWN GOLF CLUB -2 MICHAELA CHIVERS FARRINGTON GOLF CLUB -1 SOPHIE GODLEY LINDRICK GOLF CLUB -1 ALEXANDRA PETERS NOTTS GOLF CLUB -1 HOLLY CLYBURN SPONSORS INVITE For the latest list of competitions, please visit 2008 champions Carly Booth and Stiggy Hodgson with Ahmed Hussein from the ADTA www.telegraph.co.uk/abudhabijuniorgolf Win tickets to Abu Dhabi with Etihad Airways o celebrate the opening of its new premium lounge and move to Terminal 4 at London Heathrow from September 30, Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United TArab Emirates, is giving one lucky Telegraph reader Emirates and the largest of the seven emirates. the chance to win a pair of flights to Abu Dhabi. 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