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.

WetWeather Wins the Day

Unfortunately due to theweather Sunday’s Directors Shield, Bowl and PeteKennedy Memorial Trophy Competitions had to beabandoned, this has now been re-arranged for Sunday28th October.

Clickhere for the draw sheet.

Please tick the sheet if youcan play – this is located on the main competitionboard in the gents changing rooms or call Graham orReception if you are not available.

Please note that the WinterOpen scheduled for Sunday 28th October will still runon this day but with tee times available from 11amonwards.

Howeverthose playing in the Directors Shield, Bowl or PeteKennedy will need to play this open on Saturday 27thOctober if they wish.

Winter Rules 

WINTERRULES NOW APPLY

Any ball lying on a closely mownarea may be lifted and cleaned, then replaced within6 inches of where it lay, not nearer the hole.

The ball must be marked before beinglifted.

Quiz Night - Friday 12thOctober

A great night was enjoyed by 40 plusmembers and guests.

The quiz was hosted veryprofessionally by Laurie and Lynn Bryant with anexcellent range of questions - just the ones to makeeveryone think "I know that - if only I couldremember.......".

Overall winners were Happy Daze withGraham and Sue Fullagar, Chris and Mary Myall andStuart and Glynis Weston.

Looking forward to the next one!

SeniorsOctober Stableford 

On Thursday 11th Octoberstotal of 65 seniors took part in the monthlyStableford.

The best scores were postedin Division 2 with Al Cubley scoring 40 points winningby one from Derek Breaker and Graham Woods. Division 1was also a close affair with Barry Reynolds winningthe Division by one point. Full

Results were: -

Division1: 1st – Barry Reynolds (39), 2nd Ian Walton(38), 3rd – Rob Bruce (37)
Division 2: 1st – Al Cubley (40), 2nd – DerekBreaker (39) (cb), 3rd – Graham Woods (39)

Seniors Match

The seniors played the last match ofthe season at Silverstone GC. Silverstone gainedrevenge for their defeat earlier in the year atKirtlington with a 4 to 2 victory. Five of theindividual matches were close being decided oneither the 17th or 18th hole.

Kirtlington winners were MikePrice/Bill Keys (2 and 1) and Ian Walton/Roy Smith 1up. Dave Musson/Clarrie fought back in the captainsmatch from 5 down after 12 holes to lose on the17th, Graham Fullagar and Pete Milton lost 1 downand Ian Gordon and Tony Bastable lost 2 and 1. GerryShaw/Jim Darch suffered a heavy 8 and 6 defeat.

In the final analysis the seniorsunder Stuarts captaincy had a very successful seasonwinning 15 matches and only losing 8, with anunbeaten home record.

Final statistics Played 24 Won 15Lost 8 Drew 1. Points for 77.5. Points against 66.5.

GentsMidweek Medal - 10/10/2018

Gents Midweek Medal 30players, CSS at 69.
Top 3: 1st Gary Quainton Nett 65 2nd Giulio ViglienoNett 67 3rd John Day Nett 69 (CB) Lowest Gross GaryQuainton 70.

Clickhere for full results.

Gents MidweekStableford - 17/10/2018

Gents Midweek Stableford(17th) 34 players, CSS at 37 Pts. The clear winnerwith a fantastic score of 44 points was MikePhillington.
Top 3: 1st Michael Phillington 44 Pts 2nd Steve Beahan39 Pts (CB) 3rd Gary Quainton 39 Pts.

Clickhere for full results.

Gents Match

On Saturday the Gents played afriendly with Bicester Golf Club – final result wasa draw 2 ½ each. Winning teams for Kirtlington wereJoel Thornett & Chris Williams 1 up along withAndy Woodley & John Parsons 1 up, gaining a halffor Kirtlington were Trevor Graham & ClubCaptain Stan Green.

Gents Winter Pairs Draw

The Winter Pairs draw has been madewith 31 teams taking part this year.

Clickhere to view the full list of groups.

All matches to be played by20/01/19.

LadiesTuesday Stableford - 16/10/2018

18 players, CSS at 35 Pts.

Top 3 were: 1st JackieThompson 38 Pts (CB) 2nd Barbara Williams 38 Pts 3rdChristine Clark 34 Pts

Clickhere for full results.

Ladies WeekendStableford

4players took part. 1st Sarah Fisher 30 Pts 2nd JulieHodges 29 Pts.

UpcomingJunior events

Next week’s Junior Openlooks to be the largest field we have had in recentyears - there are still a few spaces still availableon both Main Course and the Blenheim 9 Hole.

Clickhere for more details

JuniorHalf Term Offers Monday 22nd October – Friday 26thOctober

£20 OFFFootJoy ContourFIT shoes

What'snot to like about this fantastic offer? Pickyourself up a pair of FootJoy's most comfortablegolf shoes for £20OFF their normal price, allwhilst getting rid of your old pair.

Itdoesn't matter the age, condition or brand of golfshoe that you want to trade-in. In all honesty, theworse the shoe the better!

Foremost Competition Winner

Well done to Alan Hunt who won theGlenmuir Ryder Cup Jumper & Polo Foremost Golfcompetition which ran in September! 

UsefulLinks

Kirtlington Golf ClubWebsite : http://kirtlingtongolfclub.com/

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

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