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Island teenager wins two trophies at regional junior golf event
A junior golfer is celebrating a double trophy win in the regional junior championships. Henry Oatley, from Osborne Golf Club, clinched the U16 handicap title and the Willard Trophy at the Hampshire Junior Championships at Hockley Golf Club in Twyford Down. The 19-handicapper from the Isle of Wight delivered a standout performance with a nett-par 66, putting him five under by lunchtime. But the competition was interrupted by a thunderstorm, forcing organisers to temporarily halt play and shelter competitors in the clubhouse. Once play resumed, Henry finished the remaining nine holes in just 31 strokes, two ahead of Romsey's Harrison Yeates. His round included four birdies in the first five holes, helping him secure the Willard Trophy. Henry's round also featured six birdies, two nett eagles, three bogeys, and a double bogey on the final hole. READ MORE: Island teenager scores maiden hundred for Hampshire U18s His performance placed him four shots ahead of Wellow's Tiago Fernandes, the newly crowned U14 Champion. Stoneham's Jamie Prewitt, who also shot a nett 66 in the first round, finished five strokes behind Henry on the back nine. He is the first Isle of Wight golfer to win the U16 handicap title since Campbell Laird of Shanklin and Sandown in 2019, and only the third in the competition's history. The only other Isle of Wight winner was Ryan Harmer in 2013 while at Freshwater. Henry was the Isle of Wight's sole representative across all five age categories this year. The Pechell Trophy was claimed by Conor McKenna of Royal Guernsey, who shot two under to beat defending champion Albie Beeston of North Hants. Shanklin's Conor Richards was the last Isle of Wight player to win the title in 2015, also at Hockley. The first was R Underwood from Freshwater in 1975. Jordan Sundborg of Shanklin remains the last Isle of Wight golfer to win the men's county championship, having done so in 2017. He also won the U14s Championship in 2011, the only Isle of Wight winner in that category since its inception in 1951.
CTV News
06-08-2025
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Almonte, Ont. canoeist brings home 3 gold medals from junior world championships
A 17-year-old girl from Almonte is back home after capturing several gold medals at the junior championships in Portugal. CTV's Dylan Dyson reports. A 17-year-old girl from Almonte is back home after capturing several gold medals at the junior championships in Portugal. CTV's Dylan Dyson reports. There's something special in the water at the Carleton Place Canoe Club – or rather, on the water. Almonte native Isabel Lowry, 17, has returned home from the International Canoe Federation Junior & U23 World Sprint Championships in Portugal, where she won three gold medals. 'It was really amazing. It was a great experience,' Lowry tells CTV News. 'And it was my first big time international medal.' The young paddler, who only took up the sport in 2020, led Canada to victory in the C1, C2, and C4 events; also known as the solo, pairs, and four-person canoe races. Lowry claimed her first gold in the short C2 event, confidently winning by a boat's length. 'The start felt really solid, really powerful. We were halfway through, and I just saw that we just kept moving further and further away from the competition,' she said. 'A 200-metre is a very quick race. So, if you don't have a perfect stroke every stroke, then it's really hard, you don't have a lot of time to gain it back.' Lowry's solo event was a short time later, where she was on the hunt for another medal from the start, leading the final and winning by a nose. 'It was like a very tight turnaround. Like, it's not very common, but I was off the water for like five minutes, maybe not even. I literally finished my race, my coach told me like, okay, good job, do another one. I was like, okay.' And even after winning two golds, Lowry's appetite wasn't satisfied. 'I was really excited about what had happened. But I was like, I just want another one, you know? So, I got another one.' Isabel Lowry Isabel Lowry, 17, won three gold medals at the International Canoe Federation Junior & U23 World Sprint Championships in Portugal. (Dylan Dyson/CTV News Ottawa) The 17-year-old recalls how during the C4 event, which was a four-person 500-metre race, she and her Canadian teammates fell behind early, but made a late push for victory. 'The Ukrainian boat, the Chinese boat, and the Hungarian boat, they were all ahead of us for a bit. And then at the end I just found another gear and I was like, 'I want another gold medal,' so I just kind of found another gear. The girls caught the vibe and picked it up and we won by, I think a second and a bit, which is really great.' Lowry's longtime teammate and part of the C4 team was 16-year-old Madeleine Beauregard of Ottawa, who can now also call herself a gold medalist. 'Isabel, who strokes our boat, she's absolutely insane,' said Beauregard. 'She brought us an incredible finish, and I was honestly in the back just trying to make us go straight, trying to stay in the boat.' The canoe club's success brings a lot of pride to head coach Patrick Lester, who says two other club members also had impressive showings at the world championships. 'The athletes that we have are mostly almost entirely juniors,' says Lester. 'They're a really close-knit group of friends that, when you have that kind of environment, that atmosphere, it makes it easier for them to show up to practice and do the work and have fun doing work.' Lowry and the Carleton Place Canoe Club are now preparing for the upcoming Canada Games in Newfoundland, with the Almonte paddler's sights set on many more gold medals to come. 'I want to take it one regatta at a time and not freak myself out too much, so just one step at a time. But I think the Olympics is the end goal for sure.'
