Juniors

The ethos of Eastbourne Downs Golf Club is to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for young people to learn and experience the game of golf.

The junior section plays an active part in the in the social and playing diary of the club, involving the youngsters in their own junior competitions as well as integrating them into social competitions within the main section of the club. Indeed a number of the current crop have progressed to such a level that they have recorded successes in some of the major club competitions and also played for the clubs ‘A’ Team in the Davies & Tate Trophy.

A number Eastbourne’s finest golfers have served their time at the Downs, from the irrepressible Tony Teague to today’s team who are the current Downland League champions. The junior section can also boast the current club champion in 17 year old Chris Larkin, who sadly will be joining the adult ranks next year. In 2006 Jon Hart Bradley Turner and James Redmond represented Sussex in the National Boys Championships at the celebrated Woodhall Spa course in Lincolnshire

In 1979 Eastbourne Downs juniors started a relationship, which few could have imagined would still be going strong today. An exchange with the Jönköpings Golfklubb in Sweden is one of the highlights of the junior calendar, with the junior team visiting Sweden in the 2007 season to try and retain the Derek Westgate Shield won in 2006 when the Swedish club visited England, this bi-annual event is sponsored by Caffyns Volvo.

If you are looking for a friendly club with a challenging golf course, why not come along!