Lots has happened between May and the end of August.
Jord played in the Lady Captains Day with another junior and
they won.
Jord had the privilege of playing in the ISPSHanda Sponsors
day at Celtic Manor on one of the ISPSHanda teams and also took part in the
ISPSHanda clinic which was filmed by the BBC and Sky. He had a round of golf on
the 2010 course and then a meal after in the Samuel Ryder suite.
He continued to study for his GCSE Psychology and Maths. In
June he sat AQA GCSE Psychology, his first exam, at age 14. In August he picked
up his result and he got a C which we were very proud of.
He has played for his clubs junior 1st team in
all their matches which was one of his 3 goals for his golf this year. He also
won a number of mainstream comps and got a lot of handicap drops to finally at
the end of August reach his goal of a 15 handicap.
His interview about disabled rules that he gave to the
Celtic Manor’s PR guy about the Principality Open was used in a number of golf
papers and magazines including Fairways magazine.
He also had the privilege of playing in The Seniors ProAm at
Stoke by Neyland, he played with a lovely Pro called Pedro Linhart and they had
a great day and Jord played really good golf and the team came 3rd.
Jord was interviewed for an article in National Club Golfer
and Golf Management magazine.
He played in the Wales Disabled Open at Brynmeadows; he
didn’t have the best of rounds but did win Closest to the Pin.
Jord had Future Champions classes in Sport Psychology and
another in Nutrition.
Jord was a finalist in the R.C.T. Young Sports Person of the
year award for 2014.
We had the usual appointments at Camhs, ENT and Podiatry.
Jord was also a finalist in the Holly’s Ball Autism hero’s
awards in the Outstanding Personal Achievement in Sport award.
He played the Tenby Junior Open using the disabled rules for
disabled golfers and he won white box nett which was a huge achievement,
another goal he had was to win a mainstream competition this year.
He qualified for the Club Championship playoffs which we had
never imagined would happen at the beginning of the year and won both the
quarter finals and semi finals and played on Finals day this weekend in the
Juniors Nett Club Championship.
He had the fantastic opportunity to play in the Ladies European
Tour Masters ProAm at The Buckinghamshire. He got to meet up with the Pro he
played with last year Whitney Hillier and they chatted and took photos. In the
ProAm he played with Sophie Walker and 2 other disabled golfers on one of the
ISPSHanda teams. He played well but they didn’t place but he had a great day
and enjoyed the opportunity.
He volunteered at The Senior Open in Royal Porthcawl in the
Golf Development Wales tents helping kids with New to Golf and street games. He
also bumped into the Pro he played with at the Senior ProAm Pedro Linhart and
had a brief chat to him.
He played in Southerndown Junior Open as well using the
disabled rules and had a great round until the last hole so didn’t place but
did enjoy the round.
He went to see his coach aswell in the Summer break for a
coaching session.
He has started two iGCSE’s ready for June 2015, he is
studying iGCSE History and iGCSE Business Studies and is still studying GCSE
Maths and in November sits Higher Level GCSE Maths.