Ihope you've all had a great week on and off the golfcourse and welcome to another edition of the KGCWeekly Newsletter bringing you up to date with all thelatest news from the club.

ThisFriday and Saturday

KGCSUMMER OPEN SERIES 5
AlternateDays
Friday 10th & Saturday 11thAugust
HandicapQualifier
Individual Stableford CompetitionOpen to Men, Ladies & Juniors
BookYour Own Tee Times (Pay on the Day)
Adult Members £5; Junior Members £3
Adult Visitors £30; Junior Visitors£15

ScratchLeague

In the Oxfordshire FoursomesLeague on Saturday Kirtlington played host to FeldonValley. Final score Kirtlington 2 Feldon Valley 1.

Winning Teams were: GaryQuainton & Jack Stevens 4&2 along with PaulSlade & Tom Stevens 1 Up.

http://www.oxfordshirefoursomesleague.co.uk/

This was also in this week’sOxford Mail golf round-up. Clickhere to view.

This Saturday the scratchteam visit Feldon Valley in the Knockout which is aGreensomes Format.

Gents V’s IvanhoeFriendly Match

In the second fixture of theyear our Gents team visited Ivanhoe losing 3 ½ - 1 ½The winning pair for Kirtlington were Chris Williams& Mark Ellis, with Les Holmes & Kevin Pykepicking up half a point. Aggregate score for the yearfinished 5-5 following Kirtlington’s victory at homeback in May.

Greens CentralSevens

On Saturday the Sevens GreenTeam played Magnolia Park at home. Final score was aresounding 6-1 victory for the Greens. Winning playerswere Paul Slade, Tom Stevens, Nolan Aselford, DuncanCooper, Doug Haynes & Marc Jordon.

http://www.centralsevens.co.uk/results/match-result.asp?matchid=2105&bc=kirtlingtongreenvmagnolia pk&backto=/results/Default.asp   

GentsCompetition News

The Weekend Medal saw 85players take part with the CSS at 68 on Saturday and69 on Sunday.

Well done to John Nicholsonwho won both Division 1 with a Nett 66 and the LowestGross of 76, the overall winner was Neil Butler with amagnificent Nett 64.

Top 3 in each division:

Div 1: 1st John NicholsonNett 66 2nd Andrew Jell Nett 67 3rd Bob Lomas Nett 69
Div 2: 1st Ray Cross Nett 65 2nd Peter Mills Nett 663rd Sean Glynn Nett 69 (CB)
Div 3: 1st Neil Butler Nett 64 2nd John Aslett Nett 663rd Peter Newin Nett 67

Lowest Gross: John Nicholson76

The Three Bears

TheThree Bears Trophy was held on Saturday 4th August – a9 Hole Texas Scramble on the main course.

LadiesStableford Tuesday 7th August; 14 players in the field(CSS 36 Points)

Top 3:1st Celia Harker 42 Pts 2nd Sue Hounslow 39 Pts 3rdVal Eadle 36 Pts (CB)

Upcomingcompetitions

RDA Charity Golf Day

Clickhere for full details of the event.

KGCFantasy Football League kicks off this Fridayevening

Some of our members have setup a KGC Championship League on the following link:

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/home

Code is 2728568-701936

This isopen to all to join. 

SeniorsAugust Stableford

On Thursday 2nd August atotal of 68 seniors took part in the monthlyStableford, the highest entry in a senior competitionthis year. In a low scoring day ten players carded 40points or more. The best nett result was from TrevorRoberts who carded 43 points  whilst in Division 1three players scored 42 points and the competition wasdecided by countback. Full Results were: -

Div. 1 1st Reg Mitchell42pts (cb) 2nd Bernie Blanchard 42pts (cb) 3rd ChrisMyall 42 pts

Div. 2 1st Trevor Roberts40pts 2nd Dave Basey 42 pts 3rd Roger Ham 41 pts

Seniors Match

KirtlingtonSenior Team won by the narrowest of margins 3.5 – 2.5when thy entertained Drayton Park on Monday 6thAugust. In the captains match Stuart Weston/ClarrieHaynes were locked in a close tussle with neither pairgaining more than one hole advantage.  On the 18thDave Russel the Drayton captain sank a 6 foot putt tohalf the match and in the process scored 76 for a nett64. The next four matches were shared, Tony Bastable/Laurie Bryant losing 4 and 3, Gerry Shaw/ Larry Bryantwinning 7 and 6, Geoff Smailes/Roy Smith winning 3 and2 and Pete Milton/Graham Fullagar losing 5 and 4. Itwas left to the last pair, Vice-captain David Mussonwith Jim Darch to gain the vital winning point 4 and 3to maintain the senior team unbeaten home record.

Clubchamps

Goodluck to all our Juniors playing today in their ClubChampionships and those juniors playing the BlenheimCourse –  we will have a full report in next week’snewsletter!

USKids Fun Day

The U.S Kids Fun Day was agreat success last year with over 60 juniors visitingthe event, playing games, entering competitions andenjoying the game of golf with their families!

We would love to see as many(or more!!) of you this year... FREE Entry onWednesday 22nd August from 12-3pm at Kirtlington GolfClub and EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Pleasespread the word with your friends and family

UsefulLinks

Kirtlington Golf ClubWebsite http://kirtlingtongolfclub.com/

Shop website: http://www.kirtlingtongolfshop.co.uk/default.aspx

SeniorsWebsite: http://kgcseniors.btck.co.uk/SeniorsNews