Anaïs Jeanine Elise Oelius – Sport USA (2024)

Other activities I engage in outside of school and golf inlcude:– Playing flute in a harmony orchestra.– Weekly training with the local life guards (swimming and rescue training)– ReadingDuring my vacations I like to sail, scuba-dive and play golf.

I am a hardworking golf player, continuously pursuing to improve my game through training with my coach, with team and individually as well as playing rounds on the course.
I am a member of two golf clubs, Grevelingenhout in Bruinisse and Wouwse Plantage in Bergen op Zoom.
I enjoy training as much as playing tournaments.
I am a real team player and enjoy being around people, training together, both at my clubs in the Netherlands as well as during international golf camps in the UK. In 2022 I attended Nike junior golf camp where I trained for 7 days.
In 2023 I attended the Elite golf camp at St Andrews where I had training and played many golfcourses for 10 days straight.

My goal is to get a good university education while at the same time improving my golf game and making a difference for my team.

I value:
– team spirit
– work hard, play hard
– integrity
– loyalty
– respect

I started golf lessons at the age of 6, since I wanted to join my parents when they played.

In 2017 at the age 10 I started to play in the par 3 competition of the Dutch Golf Federation with a youth team of golf club Grevelingenhout. We became poule winner this season. I also started competing in youth tour in Zeeland (Zeeuwse onderlinge jeugd competitie) in 2017 and won my first 2 trophies (first price) in my category (<12y) in 2017. In 2019 I came in first in three of the tournaments and won the overall price for the season in the youth tour in Zeeland. In 2018 I started to play in the 18-holes competition of the Dutch Golf Federation with a youth team of golf club Grevelingenhout. In 2019 we became 3rd in our poule in the second youth division (1e klasse). Due to Covid-19 there was no youth competition in 2020. In 2021 I became first with my team from Grevelingenhout in our poule in the second youth division (1e klasse) and promoted to the first division (hoofdklasse), For an extra challenge I started to play in the youth 36-holes competition of the Dutch Golf Federation with a youth team of golf club Grevenlingenhout in 2022. In 2023 I was asked to come play for the first ladies team of golfclub Wouwse Plantage who competed in a 36-holes competition of the Dutch Golf Federation in the second division (1e klasse) for women. With my 5 team members I became the winner in our poule and we promoted to the first division (hoofdklasse). (See link for team scores and my contribution on: https://www.golf.nl/ngf-competitie?s=235420&l=2000&c=235518&g=235610&cl=14666&t=null&sc=l)(See link to news article which includes quotes from my team captain and myself on what made our team so strong: https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bndestem.nl%2Fsport%2Fna-leegloop-werd-het-team-hechter-dan-ooit-met-de-titel-als-beloning-ik-sloeg-20-meter-verder-af-door-adrenaline~a59b108d%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C0e47486c8c1747a2b49908dc004a8128%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638385567194072097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=W6Tsp7HsEUp6pTXSFpjU2fUjMZZ6H9mX2WE3mNe1fPU%3D&reserved=0) Based on the combination of our 2023 athletic achievement and our team spirit we were nominated for and won the title "sports team of the year" of the city of Bergen op Zoom. (See link for newspaper article on our winning the title "sportts team of the year": https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ad.nl%2Fbergen-op-zoom%2Fpeter-goossens-en-lotte-haest-sportman-en-sportvrouw-van-het-jaar-in-bergen-op-zoom~a134050a%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C2369c5b82c604d03599108dc00109547%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638385318417759180%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bjHRDL72hMcfLADqBTuHvO8ErkOxHbT8JBNB%2FUJ8fUM%3D&reserved=0)The same season (2023) I also joined the 36-holes competition in the second youth division (1e klasse) of the Dutch Golf Federation with a youth team of golfclub Wouwse plantage. Also with this team I became the winner of our poule and we promoted to the first division (hoofdklasse)(See link for team scores and my contribution on: https://www.golf.nl/ngf-competitie?s=235420&l=2040&c=244687&g=244748&cl=14666&t=null&sc=l)From 2021 onwards I have started to compete in various open youth championships in the Netherlands and since 2022 in the national girls strokeplay championships in the Netherlands.In 2023 I entered five matches of a youth tour called Dutch Kids Golf, where I finished second 2 times and won one tournament. I also participated in other open youth tournaments like: Nike youth open (T2), Noordwijks youth open (T8), Houtrak youth open (33rd), Haenen youth open (6th) and Batouwe youth open (5th).