Junior Leadership Group
The club is establishing a Junior Leadership Group for 2013 – in past years the club has usually appointed a Junior Captain. On behalf of the club we thank the following junior members for volunteering to help with the development and organisation of junior golf programs – Zach Barton-Browne, Hope Cohen, Aiden Dennis, Tim Hourigan, Joseph Looby and Callum Williams.
The future role of this group will be discussed with them in late July – we will then pass that information on to our junior members. Keep an eye out for the sharp new golf shirts!
Recent Results
The GLGC Junior Classic was held on Sunday 19th May. Jakub Gancarz (Yowani) took out the Boys title with a 75 while Hope Cohen was the girls champion with a 79. Lachlan Manuel (Fairbairn) was the boys nett winner with 76 on a count back from Gungahlin’s Jason Koesmarno. Zach Barton-Browne also performed well with a nett 78. Robert Taylor (Belconnen) won the boys Stableford competition with 35 points –Gungahlin’s Sam Wicks (33) and Aiden Dennis (32) both performed well.
The Men’s Matchplay Championship commenced on Saturday 15th June with three junior members participating. Unfortunately, they were all knocked out in the first round but the experience of playing in this honour board event is well worthwhile. Tim Hourigan lost to Kevin Flanagan 3/1 (Kevin was a member of the 2013 B Scratch Pennant Champion team). Nathan Potter struggled valiantly but went down 6/5 to Steve Wright. Callum Williams took Chris Murray (another member of the B Scratch Pennant-winning team) to the 18th hole only to lose one down.
The Junior Eclectic competition runs over each membership year and covers all nine hole junior competitions – players are automatically entered at no cost. Miclub calculates the best score by each player on each of the front nine holes and then applies a handicap of 50% of current handicap to give a nett result. The eclectic finishes on the last junior competition day prior to the Junior Presentation Day on 27th October 2013.