Over 100 golfers and guests gathered at Irvine Ravenspark on Monday 7th November 2005 for the 37th annual Ayrshire Junior Golf League dinner, to honour the succesful teams and individuals from the 2005 season.
The impressive guest list included
GRAHAM EWART Scottish Golf Union President
IAN GUTHRIE Ayrshire Golf Association President
IAN BUNCH Secretary, Prestwick Golf Club
JIM PETTIGREW Captain, Prestwick St. Nicholas Golf Club
MILTON MURRAY Captain, Irvine Ravenspark Golf Club
DAVID REYNOLDS National Playing Fields Association
GRAHAM ROSS Coaching Professional
GREGOR HOWIE Coaching Professional
TOM FERGUSON Vice Captain, Prestwick St. Cuthbert Golf Club
SAM COULTER AJGL Honorary Member
ROBERT F. GRASSOM AJGL Honorary Member
IAIN HARVEY AJGL Honorary Member
RUSSELL CAMERON AJGL Honorary Member
CHARLES McGREGOR AJGL Honorary Member
ALASTAIR GRAHAM AJGL Honorary Member
ALASDAIR J. MALCOLM AJGL Honorary Member
League Chairman RICKY MAGEE (Caprington) presided over events which included an excellent meal and well supported raffle.
The evening culminated in the presentation of awards for the season, with a special presentation being made to WESCOT CREDIT SERVICES in recognition of many years of practical support given to The League. The award was accepted on behalf of the company by AJGL Honorary member, Bob Grassom.
David Reynolds of the National Playing Fields Association took on his now traditional role of presenting the first trophy of the evening, the Macrobert Thistle Junior Golfer Of The Year Trophy.
Despite some notable performances from other players in the county throughout the season, the very worthy winner for the second successive season was announced as STEVEN McEWAN (Kilmarnock Barassie) whose achievements during the year included wins in the Scottish Boys Strokeplay event, the AJGL Champion Of Champions Trophy and a number of other events and culminated in selection not only for his national team but also to represent GB & I in the match against the Rest Of Europe for the Jaques Leglise Trophy.
As Steven was unable to attend the dinner, due to a previous commitment to a coaching event in Portugal, the trophy was accepted on his behalf by his father TOMMY McEWAN.
In what proved to be an outstanding season for the Kilmarnock Barassie club, trophies won by club teams and individuals presented at the dinner included
THE MATT LYGATE TROPHY (Ayrshire Boys Team Champions)
THE PRESTWICK CIRCUITS TROPHY (Robert McKnight)
THE AYRSHIRE BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP (Jamie Mackay)
THE AYRSHIRE BOYS MATCHPLAY TROPHY (Euan Brown)
Order of merit - 6th place (David Currie)
Order Of Merit - 3rd place (Steven McEwan)
ORDER OF MERIT TROPHY WINNER (Jamie Mackay)
WALLACE THORNTON TROPHY
UNDER 16 KNOCKOUT TROPHY
CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY (Steven McEwan)
Although Kilmarnock Barassie secured many of the trophies other clubs also had good performances throughout 2005
BALLOCHMYLE followed up their early season success in winning the ANDREW D. NIMMO TROPHY and the CARRICK TROPHY (David Robertson) with a semi final spot in the AJGL CHAMPIONSHIP
AYR BELLEISLE continued their good form of recent years with a semi final place in the AJGL CHAMPIONSHIP, whilst PRESTWICK ST. NICHOLAS, represented by Donald Hawthorn and Ryan Crane, took the keenly contested SILVER JUBILEE TROPHY at the annual convenors outing.
The ORDER OF MERIT trophy competition was again keenly contested this season, and created much interest amongs the junior golfers of the county. With generous support once again from Wilson Sporting Goods, and the hard work of Andy Clift and Ian Walker, the prize table for the Order Of Merit event was as impressive as ever.
The top 7 places, in reverse order, this season were :-
235 pts - DAVID CURRIE (Kilmarnock Barassie)
250 pts - JOHN SHANKS (Ardeer)
275 pts - CRAIG McLAUGHLIN (Largs)
305 pts - GRAEME GIMSON (Prestwick St. Cuthbert)
350 pts - STEVEN McEWAN (Kilmarnock Barassie)
375 pts - STUART ROBIN (Prestwick St. Nicholas)
660 pts - JAMIE MACKAY (Kilmarnock Barassie)
The presentation of prizes culminated in the awards to the runners up and winners of the 2005 AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Runners up in 2005 were ARDEER, who reached the final for a third successive season, and were bidding for a third title win in a row, before being ousted in the final match.
The 2005 league champions, winning the title for the first time since joining the League in 1988 were WEST KILBRIDE, and the winning team were present to accept the trophy from the SGU President, Graham Ewart.
The evening concluded with a vote of thanks, proposed by League Vice Chairman, Robin Baker (Troon Welbeck)
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