Golf 2007

Captain: Phillip McAuley                                                         
Vice Captains: Adam Brown/ Chris Barber
Teacher in charge: Mr R Beggs

The Winter League

This year we had a very successful winter league campaign. The team of Richard McCrudden, Phillip McAuley, Adam Brown and Chris Barber progressed through the group stages beating Dunluce, Limavady GS and St Pieus. In the quarter final we had an extremely close match against St Columbs College. In a nail biting finale we managed to win by one hole and set up a semi final against Wallace High School in the Semi Final. Unfortunately the boys were unable to repeat the heroics of the ¼ final in this round and eventually lost 3 matches to 1.

Ulster Schools Golf Championships - Kirkiston Golf Club

The senior golf team consisting of Richard McCrudden, Phillip McAuley, Chris Barber, Adam Brown and David McFaul took part in the Ulster School Golf Championships held this year at Kirkiston. The team finished 5th overall out of 42 schools competing. This was a respectable performance however was not good enough to qualify for the match play stage of the competition.

Ulster Schools British Heart Foundation Golf Competition

Team 1 (Left to Right) D McFaul, R McCrudden and R McGee

Team 2 (Left to Right) C Barber, P McAuley and A Brown

This year we took part in the Ulster Schools British Heart Foundation Golf Competition staged at Moyola Golf Club. This year we entered 2 teams, the 1st of Richard McCrudden, Ryan McGee and David Mc Faul finished in 8th place and the 2nd team of Phillip McAuley, Chris Barber and Adam Brown achieved a very creditable second place narrowly missing out on qualification for the national finals to be held at the Belfry.

NEBSSA Golf Competition

This year we entered 2 teams into the qualifying event for the NEBSSA Golf competition at Ballycastle. The A team of A Brown, C Barber, S McCaffery and C Grossie qualified in first place. The B team of C McKay, S Cameron, D McColgan and R Bell came in 5th place and failed to qualify for the final.

In the final at Castlerock the A team romped to victory with a total of 116 pts. Dunluce came second with 94 pts and Ballymena Academy came 3rd with 92 pts. C Barber also recorded the highest individual score of the day 42 pts, with S McCaffery coming 2nd with 39pts.

Left to Right: C Grossie, C Barber, A Brown and S McCaffery

Golf Coaching Course at Royal Portrush Golf Club

Thirty four boys from Year’s 8-10 took part in a golf coaching course on Wednesday afternoons. The course was taken by Darren and Chris, the Assistant Professionals at R.P.G.C.

Within the group there were a wide range of abilities, from relative beginners to boys who had represented the school in competitions. All however gained tips from the experience and improved as a result.

At the end of the course there was a competition around the pitch and putt at Rathmore G.C. This was won by C Grossie who went round in a score of 30.

List of boys who took part: DANIEL FAITH-CROTHERS, MATTHEW SKEET, LEE SUTTON , MARK BLAIR, ANDREW BURKE, ADAM FULLERTON, JONATHAN McNABB, AARON O’NEILL, DAVID REID, JOSHUA ROBINSON, ROBBIE McELDERRY, PETER McQUILKEN, KALUM STEELE, CALLUM DOUGHERTY, AARON FIELDING, DYLAN KNEELAND, J Mc ALLISTER, RYAN BOYD, SIMON CURRY, CRISTIAN GROSSIE, DALE LERWILL, JACK TAGGART, JACK DUNSEITH, ANDREW ELLIOTT, STUART FULTON, ANDREW THOMPSON, STUART THOMPSON, JORDAN DUNLOP, AARON TAYLOR, ALEX BARR, LUKE BRADLEY, CALUM McCLEARY, ANDREW RICHARDSON.

Mr R M Beggs