Kilkeel Golf Club

Fairway Credit 2012 Subscription Instalments

Juvenile round-up

A number of events were held over the half term for our Junior members at Kilkeel Golf Club. This kicked off on Friday 28th October with a Prize-giving and Halloween disco which was very well attended. Our Captain, Gerard Murphy and Lady Captain, Florence Sloane extended a warm welcome and invitation to all, and expressed their appreciation to all the organisers. Prizes were then presented for 1st, 2nd & 3rd by the Captain for all Juniors who had competed in the Saturday competitions. This event also saw the presentation of the RG Coulter Cup for the Kilkeel Golf Club “Junior Player of the Year”. The runner up was Kara Sloane who had put in an excellent performance, but the title went to Master Stephen Cooney who had won an outstanding amount of 1st places in the weekly competitions. The trophy was presented to Stephen by the Lady Secretary, Mrs Maire McKibben. A very big thank you is extended to all who helped sponsor the evening and to all the parents for their help and support throughout the year. Special thanks must also go to our new PGA professional Mr Jerry Scullion who has also made a major contribution towards the Junior Section On Monday 31st October we had a Junior Open competition for the Michael Trainor (Jnr) Memorial Shield. This was very well attended and saw participation from a large number of local clubs in the area and also from Kilkeel’s own Junior Section. The winner of the Memorial Shield was a young man from Dunmurry Golf Club, Peter Morgan with a score of 31 points over 16 holes. The winner of the Club handicap section was M O’Hare from Warrenpoint with a fabulous 23 points over 9 holes. We were honoured that Mr Michael Trainor(Snr) was able to come along to present the Shield on the evening and we would also like to thank sponsors Mr Jarleth McKibben and Mr Christy Quinn for supporting the event. The half-term programme of events ended with a coaching for the Juniors with our PGA professional Mr Jerry Scullion. The objective of the coaching session was to get the Juniors to not only recognise their game weaknesses but to provide a solution on how to take their game forward. All fundamentals were checked for each Junior and each given a lesson summary on how to move their game forward. Special thanks to our Hon Secretary,Mr Carson McBride who helped support this event. Saturday competitions will now be at the earlier time of 2pm, so come along and get that handicap down and win some prizes along the way. Junior Convenor Damian Sands

Weekly Notes

Kilkeel Golf Club hosted its second open week of the year and the first competition was sponsored by Digney Grant Insurance. The winner was Patrick Mallon with a score of 45 points. Owen Collins was second with 43 points with Roy Sloan a point further back in third. William Hanna won the gross prize with a round of 70 shots. Sundays competition was for ladies and gents and was sponsored by Desmond Brady Photography and SG Haughian Solicitors. Shane Lowey won the gents prize with 43 points. Jim O’Connor and Jeremy Murray both had 40 points in the fight for second place, Jim took the runner-up spot on the countback courtesy of a better back nine score. William Hanna took the gross prize with a round of 73. Margaret McBride was the winner of the ladies prize with a score of 35 points, Carol Sloan was second with 30 points. Mr RG Coulter MBE was the sponsor of Mondays competition and the winner was Eddie McDowell with a score of 41 points. Second place on the countback was William Sloan, also with 41 points, and third place went to Noel King with 40 points. The gross prize was won by Chris Carroll, who was visiting from Shandon Park GC and had a score of two under par 70. Tuesdays competition was another mixed event and was sponsored by Sawey’s Bookmakers. First past the post in the gents competition was Frank Reilly with 38 points. Second was Noel King with 37 points and Henry Flynn was a point further back in third. Glen Whyte won the gross prize. The ladies section was won by Ann Teggarty with 38 points. Second place was claimed by Glenda McKee from Warrenpoint GC who had 37 points, Bernadette Magee was third with 34 points. Boden Drylining were the sponsors of Wednesdays gents competition and the winner was William Hanna with 37 points. It was close for second with Jonathan Taylor and Chris Carroll both having 36 points, Jonathan just got the nod on the countback thanks to a better score on the back nine. Lyman Feron won the gross prize. Thursdays competition was sponsored by Mr H Nicholson and Robert Edwards took first prize with a round of 41 points. Sean Ross was second with 38 points with Seamus Ward a point further back in third. Glen Whyte picked up another gross prize thanks to a round of 78. Mr J McKibbin was the sponsor of Fridays competition and the winner was last years captain Christy Quinn with 39 points. William Hanna was second, also with 39 points, just missing out on the countback. Alan Henning was third with 38 points. Colm Cambpell Jnr took the gross prize with a round of one under par 71. The final competition of the week was sponsored by Moneydarragh Flexicare and it was tight at the top of the leaderboard with Michael Poland and Christy Quinn both having 40 points. Christy had to settle for the runner-up spot after Fridays win as Michael had the better score over the last nine holes. Robert Edwards, also a winner earlier in the week, was third with 39 points. Sean Ross won the gross prize with a round of 73. The final match of the SUSA seniors competition was held at Mannan Castle GC on Monday of last week, eight teams competed and the Kilkeel team finished a very credible third overall behind Greenore “B” and the winners from Ardee GC. A good day was had by all competitors as the weather conditions were very favourable and the course was in very good order. At the end of the year players in their sixtieth year and over will be invited to put their names forward to play in the 2012 competitions. There are two more competitions left this year for golfers over the age of 70, the final of the Kennedy Trophy is at Greenore GC on 4th October and Septuagenarians Trophy is on 10th October, also at Greenore.

Weekly Notes

In the recent gents stroke competition sponsored by Phillips Financial Planning, Chris Gordon was the winner with a fantastic score of nett 61. Chris, playing off a handicap of 17, got off to a steady start and a birdie at the 8th hole helped him to an outward nine that was five shots better than his handicap. It was a case of more of the same on the way home as another birdie on the 15th hole helped him cover the back nine in only 38 strokes which left him out on his own in first place. Second place went to Sean Leneghan (17) who was a shot further back with a nett 62, the highlight of his round being a birdie at the 15th hole. Michael Poland (12) just missed out on second place on the countback, he also had a score of nett 62 which included birdies at the 4th, 8th and 18th holes. Winner of the gross prize was Eddie McDowell, who had birdies at the 1st, 5th and 6th holes on his way to a round of 74.

The gents competition on Saturday past was sponsored by the club and it was tight at the top of the leaderboard with the winner only being decided after a countback of the scores over the last three holes. Ronan Kearney (11) & Gareth Russell (8) both had 41 points. Gareth has four birdies in his round but was undone by a double bogey at the last whereas it was Ronan’s consistency that won the day as his par at the last meant that he pipped Gareth to first place. Robert Stewart (5) was third with 40 points which included birdies at the 1st and 7th holes. Sean Ross was the winner of the gross prize with a round of 70. He got off to a flyer and mixed birdies at 1, 5 and 6 with six pars to hit the turn at three under, 8 eight pars and a bogey coming home gave him a great score of two under par.

Weekly Notes

Northern Bank were the sponsor of this weeks gents competition and there was a runaway winner as Cyril O’Sullivan left the field trailing in his wake. Cyril, playing off a handicap of 26, got off to a flyer with birdies at the 1st and 3rd holes and was 2 under par after five holes. He hit the turn with an amazing 27 points and only had to coast home from there to secure victory. Cyril could even afford to take it easy on the last hole as this was his only dropped shots of the day as he added another 21 points on the back nine to finish up with a fantastic score of 48 points. Second place went to Alan Henning (10) who also got off to a flyer with 26 points on the front nine, the highlights being birdies at the 3rd, 8th and 9th holes. He had a back nine of 19 points to give hime 45 points which on any normal Saturday would have given him victory. Dessie Boden (14) was third with 42 points. Dessie had 22 points on the front nine and 20 points coming home, the highlight of his round was a birdie at the 3rd hole as he put together a very steady round of golf. Winner of the gross prize was that man again, William Hanna, who had birdies at the 5th, 12th and 15th holes in a round of one under par 71.