On a very windy and cold day today, we held our 2018 Finals Day at Kingsfield Golf Club, Linlithgow. In total we had 118 boys and girls taking part, which with all the parents meant around 300 people attending.
Many thanks to everyone at Kingsfield Golf Club for their help on the day, the course and food were fantastic, special mention to Jane Allan, Robert Arkley and Lee Fraser for all their hard work and to Stephen's wife Helen, mum, Wilma and Janet Fleming and our many volunteers on the day for their fantastic efforts.
To my special assistants Stuart Johnston, Tracy Johnston and our merry band of volunteers, Louis Knowles, Lisa MacPherson, Jeff Little, Kirsty McAdam, Neil Gordon, Jim McDiarmid, Justin White, Niamh Johnston, Jake Johnston, Scott McAdam, Lyndsy Sturton, Natalie Fowler, Harry Fowler, Sharon MacPherson and Carol Knowles, without these people our events don't run, some of these people helped today but all have been a great help throughout the year, we as a Foundation salute you all.
Also many thanks to our ambassadors, Connor Wilson, Cameron Adam, Ruben Lindsay and Carys Irvine you have been a credit to the foundation throughout.
On top of our main event we also held our "Short Game" World Match Play Championship in which all of the children competed in , this was superbly run, as always by our Professional Jane Connachan and her assistant for the day Natalie Fowler. Our Professionals Jane Connachan, James McGhee and David Burns have done a fantastic job for the Foundation throughout the year and the proof of how good they are is shown not only by the scoring today but by the improvement all the boys and girls have made throughout the year, Well done.
The golf on the day was of an exceptional standard and befitting a finals day event, especially in very testing conditions. Score of the day was a fabulous level par 34 by Callum Kenneally in the Under 14's followed by Brodie Cunningham in the Under 12's with a 37. The leading scores in the Under 10 boys was Fraser Walters with an excellent 42 and Katie Graham in the Under 18 girls scoring 44
The winners of the 2019 Order of Merits were Georgia Foster in the girls Under 14, Tobin Witt in the boys Under 14's, Kiron Gribble in the Boys Under 12's and Fraser Walters in the boys under 10's, all four of them showing great consistency over the years events.
A special mention though must go to Logan Waddell who in the 9 hole flag event for the under 12's went round in 34 in very testing conditions well done Logan.
The most competitive and exciting section of the day though was the Under 10 Girls Flag event which had to go to a 3 way play off between Lauren MacAulay, Stella Walters and Maisie Band with Stella winning at the first extra hole
Full results were as follows:
STROKE PLAY Under 14 Boys
1. Callum Kenneally 34
2. Rory McCalfferty 39
3. Jake Johnston 40 (Count back)
Under 12 Boys
1. Brodie Cunningham 37
2. Cameron Mukherjee 39
3. Joseph Kelly 41 ( Count back)
Under 10 Boys
1. Fraser Walters 42
2. Aidan Lawson 43
3. Ryan Killorn 47
Under 18 Girls
1. Katie Graham 44
2. Jodie Graham 47
3. Georgia Foster 49 ( Count back)
FLAG EVENT
Under 14 Boys
1. Hugo Alderson
2. Scott McAdam
3. Ross Greenhorn
Under 12 Boys
1. Logan Waddell
2. William Barr
3. Ryan Pirie
Under 14 Girls
1. Katie MacKenzie
2. Eilidh Kilpatrick
3. Lauren Gammie
1. Rory Cunningham
2. Greg Anderson
3. Craig MacKenzie
Under 8 Boys
1. Oliver Gillie
2. Zac Gannon
3. Dylan Wardrop
3. Charlie Conway
4. Aaron Lawrie
Under 10 Girls
1. Stella Walters
2. Laren MacAulay
2. Maisie Band
"Short Course" World Match Play Section Winners
GALLACHER SECTION
Jake Johnston
KOEPKA SECTION
Arran Fitchett
WOODS SECTION
Jack Barnes
MATTHEW SECTION
Georgia Foster
MCINTYRE SECTION
Brodie Cunningham
MCILROY SECTION
JOEL WADDELL
BOOTH SECTION
LARISSA HOGG
LOWRY SECTION
ZAC GANNON
"Short Course" World Match Play Champion of Champions
WINNER BRODIE CUNNINGHAM
RUNNER UP ZAC GANNON
ORDER OF MERIT 2019 RESULTS
UNDER 14 BOYS
1. Tobin Witt
2. Callum Kenneally
3. Jake Johnston
4. Luke Abbott
5. Harry Bent and Oliver Mukherjee
UNDER 12 BOYS
1. Kiron Gribble
2. Cameron Mukherjee
3. Eddie Jackson
4. Blair Roberts
5. Christoper McManus
UNDER 14 GIRLS
1. Georgia Foster
2. Maisie Witt
3. Megan Fallon
4. Ava Paterson
5. Eva Woodward
UNDER 10 BOYS
1. Fraser Walter
2. Ben Wilson
3. Ryan Killorn
4. Matthew Ennis
5. Luke Wu
Well done to all the boys and girls who competed on the day. It was great to see so many kids and parents have so much fun. Many thanks to all who stayed behind for all the presentations, it has been a fantastic year and we look forward to seeing you all in our winter series and next year.