For ANYONE wishing to play in our OPENS please see the FIXTURES PAGE for all dates of competitions.
{ Buggies are available by ringing the Pro shop on 02838841761 }
For members: The Wednesday Hat will be run every Wednesday Evening from 14th April to 8th September. Come along and enjoy fun golf with different formats and a lot of craic afterwards in the bar. Tee off from 4pm onwards.
The A.G.M took place on Thursday 28th January when our new President John Leckey, Captain James Magee and Vice Captain Leslie Warren took over their new positions. Other elected Officers were:
Hon. Secretary – Alan Hewitt.
Hon. Treasurer – Sam Curran.
There were two places on Council to be filled. Congratulations to Colin Mckillop and Paul Lappin who were both elected.
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We wish everyone an enjoyable and successful year.
A function for the outgoing Captain Eddie Harbinson was held on Saturday 20th February. This was well attended by members, which reflected the popularity of Eddie both as a member of the Club and all the hard work he had done in his year in office as Captain. This was a great night with some showing some fancy steps on the dance floor. The present Captain James Magee made a short speech outlining all of the above and thanking Eddie for all the help he has given him in his short time as Captain. There is no doubt as Past Captain he will continue to give advice where needed. Also present was Past President Andrew Walsh, who held office for two years and was a great ambassador for the club during his term. A presentation of flowers was made to both their wives to recognise all they have put up with while their husbands were ”enjoying themselves”.
To make Eddie’s night complete he was also drawn out for the Joker getting the £50 for a plain card {coincidence}.
Congratulations to Ross Dutton who had a hole in one yesterday 21st Feb at the 9th hole {winter 5th}. He hit an eight iron – one bounce and in for an ace.
The Johnston Shield is nearing the end of the qualifying stage and believe it or not it looks like the cut could be an average of 27pts. Weather permitting the matchplay will start on Sunday 28th February, 18 holes will be open for the matches, they will be: the same first 12 winter holes then normal 17-184-1-2. Please note that the last six holes -5-should only be used by those playing matches, this is to protect the course from the present weather conditions.
The qualifying stage is now over with 64 pairs making the cut, which worked out at exactly the average of 27pts. The top six pairs were:-
McDowell/Dennison with a best 5 from 6 cards score of 153. Moorehead/Nixon with the same score of 153. Magee/Quinn with 151. Pedlow/Chambers with 150. Moorhead/Swaffield also 150 and Bannerman/Maney again on 150. The matchplay will take form of 1st play 64th – 2nd play 63 and so on. This may seem rather easy for the top pairs, but history has shown that some don’t even get through the first round so they need to watch out.
With the Johnston Shield Matchplay well under way it has as predicted already thrown up some shocks with last years winners being put out in the first round. There will definately be more fancied pairs falling by the wayside as the competition progresses.
We had our first Ladies and Gents Open of the season on St. Patrick’s Day 17th March. Prize Winners were: Gent’s Winner – A. McMeekin (Greenacres) 42pts with 23pts on last 9. 2nd – J. Donaghy 42pts with 22pts on last 9. 3rd – N. Dickson 42pts with 19pts on last 9. 4th – P. Thompson 41pts with 24pts on last 9. 5th – D. O’Hare 41pts with 19 on last 9. Winner of the Ladies Prize was L. Saunders with 37pts.
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st March saw the Council Cup Qualifying Competition prize winners of the Club Competition were: Winners-A. Hewitt & R. Black Jnr. 82pts. 2nd – G. Guy & J D Campbell 80pts. 3rd – J. Weir & R. Megarity 74pts with 37 on the last 9. 4th -J. Donaghy & G.Haire 74pts with 35 on the last9. There was a hole in one by the partnership of Johnston & Strain.
The Wednesday Night Hat has been brought forward and started last week, it will continue each Wednesday evening right through the golfing season.
The Robert Weir Trophy was played onSaturday 27th and Sunday 28th March. The results were:
Winner – D. Revels 43pts with 21 on last 9.
2nd - J. Armstrong 43pts with 19 on last 9.
3rd - A. Hewitt 42pts with 23 on last 9.
4th – J. Devlin 42pts with 19 on last 9.
5th – S. Best 41pts.
6th – P. Hedley 40pts with 22 on last 9.
Seniors – J. Pedlow 37pts with 20 on last 9.
Gross – S. Paul 69
It should be noted that James Armstrong is one of our excellent juniors. Coming 2nd with 43pts shows the class of our up and coming junior players.
The Avondale Foods Easter Cup took place on Sat 3rd, Sun 4th and Mon 5th April. The overall competition was taken from two cards out of the three days, as well as this there were daily prizes for all three days. Unfortunately the weather turned nasty but it certainly did not effect the top scorers.
Prize Winners on day one were; 1st G. Moorehead on nett 64 – 2nd F. Sands nett 67 – 3rd A. Morton also nett 67. Day 2; 1st Aaron Latimer nett 66 – 2nd R. Black jnr nett 67 - 3rd also on nett 67 was J. Conn. Day 3; 1st N. Dickson nett 68 – 2nd M. Duffy also nett 68 and 3rd M. Headley nett 69.
Overall scores; 1st and winner of the Avondale Foods Easter Cup Stuart Cunningham with a combined score of nett 135 – 2nd B. Mallon 136 with 65 on last 18 – 3rd J. Quinn also 136 with 67 on last 18 – 4th J. Donaghy also 136 with 69 on last 18 – 5th C. McMullen 137 with 65 on last 18 – 6th E. Hughes also 137 with 69 on last 18 – Senior Prize went to Nelson Boyce on 139 and the Gross to Paul Topley on 141. What great scoring in very hard conditions.
The PGA Tankard was played on 10th/11th April. The results were:
Winner – J. McClean with Nett 64. 2nd – Andy Hewitt with Nett 65. 3rd – Drk Armstrong with Nett 66, and 31 on last 9. 4th – D. Jameson with Nett 66 and 31.5 on last 9. 5th – G. McCann with Nett 67 and 31.5 on last 9. 6th – R. Black jnr with Nett 67 and 35 on last 9. Seniors went to J. Patterson with Nett 67 and gross to Paul Topley with gross 73.
A Mixed Greensomes sponsored by the Spar Tandragee was also played on Sunday 11th April. The results were:
1st W. Sloan {Kilkeel} & L. Morrow {Tandragee} with 41pts, 2nd C. Black & S. A. Black with 40pts and 3rd M. Bannerman & Jeanette Donald with 39pts.
The Tommy Conn Trophy was played on 17th April. The results were:
Winner – K. Nixon with 46pts. 2nd – R. Black jnr with 42pts and 24 on last 9. 3rd – C. Percy also 42pts but with 20 on last 9. 4th – K. Craig with 41pts and 24pts on last 9. 5th also on 41pts W. Kemps but with 21 on last 9. 6th – G. Geddis with 40pts and 22 on last 9. The seniors prize was won by L. McRory with 41pts. C. McGladdery won the gross prize with a gross score of 72.
A Club 4ball scramble was played on 18th April. Results were:
Winners were G. Gray/R. Black/W. Rountree/A. Hewitt on a score of 55.9. 2nd R. Megarity/E. Fleming/J. Weir/M. McCooe with 56.7.
Would any fourball with a starting time between 8.30am and 10.30am who would be willing to swap tee times to 11. 07 please contact Garfield Sherman on 07759604980
Details of new temporary catering arrangments can be found on the catering page.
The final of the Johnston Shield was played on Sunday 30th May when Earl Moorehead and Emmett Nixon were victors against Philip Dennison and Dennis McDowell. Although Earl and Emmett were never down in the match things were very close up to the 11th hole, but they then won four holes in a row and the eventually won 4 & 3.
What is the 400 club for? The aim is to help support the development of all levels of golf within the Club and to consider initiatives to help the Club expand and become more successful.
Monthly draws take place throughout the year with cash prizes; these may be supplemented by bonus draws with bumper cash and special prizes.
To subscribe you only need to pay £10 per month (standing order) or a ‘one off’ payment of £100 per year. You will then be allocated 10 numbers, which will be entered into the 400 Club Draw each month. You can buy more than one ticket.
If you wish to enter the 400 Club Draw then either;
(1) You can get a standing order form from the Hon. Sec. Tandragee Golf Club, when completed return to the Hon. Sec.
(2) You can pay by cheque made payable to Tandragee Golf Club Development A/C or
(3) Cash can be payed to the Hon. Sec. Tandragee Golf Club or
(4) You can download an application form on the membership page of this website.
Monthly news and winners will be displayed on this page of the website.
It is anticipated that the first draw will take place on 17th July at a BBQ night.
The Autism Initiatives Open Stroke competition was played on Saturday 19th June.
In first place was John Weir with net 63 – 2nd Bill Fyfe net 64 and 3rd Michael Cromie also net 64.
An Open Stableford competition took place on Sunday 20th June.
First place went to Martin McCracken with 41pts – 2nd Leslie Holland 40pts and 3rd Clark McAllister 38pts.
An Open Mixed Greensomes took place on Sunday 4th July. Winners were Jack and Ruby Harvey who didn’t even have an argument in their round of 40pts. Second were Basil Brown and Kate Acheson with another good score of 39pts and third Craig and Sally Ann Black with 38pts.
As can be seen on the fixtures and Ladies Branch pages the Open Mixed on 12th July has now been changed to a Gents and Ladies Open.
Ulster Interprovincial Team.
Congratulations to Adam Brown who was selected to represent Ulster in the Boys Interprovincial Championships at Ballinrobe Golf Club on 20th – 22nd July. The team was announced at the completion of the Ulster Boys Championship at Armagh Golf Club when Adam finished in 6th place.
New Course record.
In the July Open Stableford competition held on 10th July Stuart Paul recorded a new course record with a great score of gross 64 in soaking wet conditions. The round included two’s at the 4th and 5th holes.
400 Club Draw – The first draw was held on 17th July – Results: 1st Prize Winner of £650.00 was Noel Hyndes – 2nd Prize Winner of £250.00 was Liz Fleming and 3rd Prize of £100.00 went to Martin Hayes.
Don’t forget you can join the 400 Club at any time and you will then be included in the next draw.
As can be seen on the Junior section page the Fred Daly Team have reached the semi-final stage which will take place on the 8th August at Kock Golf Club, the final will also be on the same day. Team Captain Dympna would like to see as many members possible to turn up and support the team. Details of the quater-final match on the Junior section page.
Check your name and number for the 400 Club Draw.
Anyone joining after the first draw will be allocated their numbers at the next draw.
CAPTAIN’S DAY.
Club Captain James Magee had his big day on Saturday 31st July. Despite the weather forecast it turned out to be quite a good day with very little rain. It was a long day for James being there from early morning to see off most of the 260+ members and visitors. After the golf everyone enjoyed a drink and an afternoon snack provided by the Captain.
A few of the fourballs greeted by the Captain with the earlybirds shown in the 1st photo teeing off while most were still in bed (rather them than me).
The evening function started with a lovely meal, followed by the Captain’s speech. He said it was a great honour to be Captain of such a great Club, and went on to thank the caterers for the fantastic meal, the green staff for the condition of the course, Maurice and his Bar Staff and everyone who had worked so hard to make his day such a success. He made special mention of Ashley in the office, Dympna and Angela in the Professional shop, his Vice Captain, President, Hon Treasurer, Sec. Manager and all members of council for their work during the year.
Most importantly was thanks to his wife Lorraine and family for their support, patience and understanding during his year as Captain.
This was followed by the Prize Giving which took some time due to the vast array of prizes on offer. The main Prize Winners were:
Ross Dutton accepting the Junior Prize for Peter Cromie.
Karen Shaw, Winner of Ladies Gross Prize.
Lynn Rooney, runner-up Captain’s Ladies Prize.
Sonya Rowe, Winner of Captain’s Ladies Prize
Willie Quinn, Winner visitors Prize
Brian Hazard, Winner Seniors Prize
Vice Captain Leslie Warren, Winner Council Prize
Stuart Paul, Winner Gross Prize.
Colin Percy, Runner-Up Captain’s Prize
Stewart Cunningham, Winner Captain’s Prize.
Captain and his wife Lorraine.
Captain, Lorraine and their two sons Richard and Christopher.
Other Prize Winners were: Nearest the pin on the 5th hole Ross Dutton – Longest Drive Randolf Loney – Team Prize Denver Jamison, Trevor Gillis, Alan Davidson and Raymond Black Jnr.
8th nett Philip Dennison – 7th nett Nigel Duffy – 6th nett Trevor Gillis – 5th nett James Armstrong – 4th nett Jim Carson and 3rd nett John Weir.
After the Prize Giving there was the useual dance with some great music, the dance floor filling up very quickly and the drink was flowing. I am sure there were plenty like me not too well on Sunday morning
The whole day went brilliantly and was a credit to a very popular Captain.
400 Club.
The second draw in the 400 Club will take place at a BBQ on Saturday 18th August. The BBQ will run from 5pm and music will be supplied later.
There will be two extra competitions not on the fixtures page:
Friday 20th August – President’s Trophy – Mixed Greensomes, members only.
Friday 3rd September – Olive James Trophy – Open mixed Greensomes.
400 Club
The second draw took place on Saturday 14th August, winners were:
Mrs B. Richardson – £650. 00
Mrs A. Curran – £250. 00
Mr S. Walker – £100. 00
The next draw will take place on 18th September.