AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE ANNUAL DINNER - Greg Telfer named Junior Golfer Of The Year

At the Annual Dinner and Presentation Of Trophies of The Ayrshire Junior Golf League, held on Monday 5th November, Greg Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) was named the recipient of the Macrobert Thistle Ayrshire Junior Golfer Of The Year Trophy

Junior Golfer Of The Year
Greg Telfer

In a season where he reduced his handicap from four to one, Telfer won a number of local boys open competitions as well as the Ayrshire Boys Matchplay Trophy, on his way to taking the Ayrshire Junior Order Of Merit title, and helped his club win the Ayrshire Junior Golf League title for the first time in 29 years. His season ended in style with a win in the Scottish Boys Champion Of Champions event at The Dukes, St Andrews.

It was fitting that, in a year where the club was at the forefront of junior golf in Ayrshire, that the Annual Dinner was held at Prestwick St Cuthbert for the first time since 1989. The event was chaired by League Charirman Bobby Caddis (Prestwick St Cuthbert) and guests included SGU President Maurice Shields and Ayrshire President Milton Murray, along with Club Captain Bob Cord, coaching professionals Graham Ross and Richard Gordon, david Reynolds of The National Playing Fields Association and many of the Honorary Members of the Ayrshire Junior Golf League.

After the meal and traditional raffle, the presentation of trophies opened with David Reynolds announcing Greg Telfer's Junior Golfer Of The Year win and presenting the Macrobert Thistle Trophy to him.

League Chairman Bobby Caddis presented the remaining awards :-

Matt Lygate Trophy (Ayrshire Boys Team Champions) - KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
Andrew D Nimmo Trophy (Handicap Team Champions) - BALLOCHMYLE
Prestwick Circuits Trophy - EUAN WALKER (Kilmarnock Barassie)
Carrick Trophy - SCOTT FIGGINS (Irvine Ravenspark)
Ayrshire Boys Championship - EUAN WALKER (Kilmarnock Barassie)
Ayrshire Boys Matchplay - GREG TELFER (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
Ayrshire Junior Order Of Merit 3rd place - EUAN WALKER (Kilmarnock Barassie)
Ayrshire Junior Order Of merit Runner Up - DAVID WILSON (Troon Welbeck)
Ayrshire Junior Order Of merit Winner - GREG TELFER (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
Under 16 Knockout Trophy Runners Up - AYR BELLEISLE
Under 16 Knockout Trophy Winners - WEST KILBRIDE
Wallace Thornton Trophy Runners Up - ARDEER
Wallace Thornton Trophy winners - KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
Champion Of Champions Runner Up - LOUIS MURRAY (Troon Welbeck)
Champion Of Champions Winner - CALLUM GORRIE (Kilmarnock Barassie)
League Championship Semi Finalists - KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)
League Championship Semi Finalist - LOUDOUN
League Championship Runners Up - IRVINE
League Championship Winners -PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT

The evening concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Ayrshire Golf Association President Milton Murray