Kirtlington Golf Club

HiAll,

I hope 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.

Competition news

DirectorsShield, Bowl and Pete Kennedy Memorial TrophyCompetitions

On abeautiful misty morning on Sunday a total of 69players participated in the Directors Shield, Bowl andPete Kennedy Memorial Trophy Competitions.

Thanksto Dan Leggett for this great photo of themist on Sunday morning

Greenkeeperspreparing the course early Sunday morningat first light– headlights needed!

Followingthe golf it was fantastic to see so many playersremain for the presentation. All three comps on theday were incredibly close and all decided oncountback!

DirectorsShield winner Steve Booker Nett 64 (CB)2ndTrevor Graham Nett 643rd Jack Stevens Nett65

DirectorsBowl winner Jack Stevens Gross 70 (CB)2ndSam Chick Gross 70

PeteKennedy Memorial winner Mike Price Nett 65(CB)2nd Sam Chick Nett 653rd Trevor ButlerNett 66

Seniors report

KGCSenior Pairs Open 2017

This year we had 68 playerstaking part in Kirtlington Senior Pairs Open. It wasfantastic to see so many new teams joining us thisyear with 46 visiting players in total plus lots ofreturning visitors along with this being wellsupported once again by our members section.

Here are the results andsome photos from the presentation.

Members Top 3

1st Place (pictured left) Glenn Marshall &Robin Wyatt 41 Points
2nd Place (centre picture) Tony Whitlock &Peter French 40 Points
3rd Place (pictured right)Tony Perella &Ashley Cawte 40 Points

VisitorsTop 3

1st Place (pictured left) D. Elliot & K. Grove(Henbury GC) 43 points
2nd Place (middle picture) P. Williams & S.Polley (Shrivenham Park GC) 42 Points
3rd Place (pictured right) J. Stabler & K.Abbott (Scraptoft GC) 41 Points

WinterRules Now Apply

Any ball lying on a closelymown area may be lifted and cleaned, then replacedwithin 6 inches of where it lay, not nearer the hole.

The ballmust be marked before being lifted.

Competition news

Orderof Merit Winner

A big well done to KevinCrumell winning the Gents Order of Merit – it wasincredibly close finishing level on points with MarkEdgar with the winner being decided on competitionswon throughout the year.

Gent’s Results

In the Midweek Medal onWednesday 31 players took part with anothercompetition being decided on Countback for both theNett and Gross!

1st Gary Quainton Nett 65(CB) Lowest Gross 71(CB)
2nd Nolan Aselford Nett 65
3rd Glenn Marshall Nett 67

Gent’s Winter PairsDraw 2017/18

TheWinter Pairs draw has been made with 40 Teams takingpart this year comprising of 8 groups of 5 teams! Clickhere to view the full list of groups. Allmatches to be played by 14/01/2018.

CharityGolf Day Update

The HummingbirdCharity golf day which was held on Friday22nd September managed to raise anincredible £4,878.60!

Thankyou to everyone that took part.

SeniorsNews - Thursday 5th October:Seniors Monthly Stableford

Well played the winners.Division 1 - Ian Gordon. Division 2 - Trevor Roberts.

Detailsof all competition scores are available onMasterscoreboard. Clickhere to get there

LadiesNews

In theLadies EG Medal on Tuesday 9 players took part. Thewinner was Christine Clark Nett 73, in 2nd placeJackie Thompson Nett 77 (Lowest Gross 86) and in 3rdwas Maggie day Nett 78 and on the Saturday TraceyRussell won the Ladies EG Medal with a Nett 80.