Junior Cowdy v Mannan Castle (2nd Leg)
Report from Team Captain – Dan Sloan.
After the first leg of this Junior Cowdy match against Mannan Castle, Kilkeel were 3-1 down and 4 holes behind. In the second leg last Sunday, this time at Kilkeel, the home side were led out by Charlie Crozier and Hugh Greene. It was a tough match all the way with no more than a hole in it all the way round and eventually finished all square.
After the first leg of this Junior Cowdy match against Mannan Castle, Kilkeel were 3-1 down and 4 holes behind. In the second leg last Sunday, this time at Kilkeel, the home side were led out by Charlie Crozier and Hugh Greene. It was a tough match all the way with no more than a hole in it all the way round and eventually finished all square.
Second out was Damien Grant and Liam Murphy who were always in control and had a great 5 and 4 win.
Third pair out was Sean O’Hare and Peter Fitzpatrick, this was a hard match where Kilkeel were behind in the front nine by 3 holes at one stage. Then Sean chipped in for a birdie at the eighth which seemed to rattle the Mannan players who eventually lost 4 and 3, a great turn-around from the Kilkeel pairing.
It all hinged on the last match with John Pat Trainor and Raymond Cassidy battling back from 3 down with some good golf from both men. They fought round to be 1 up playing 17 but it looked like possibly losing the hole, until ‘hero of the day’ John Pat sunk a putt from off the green for a par to send Kilkeel through.
A great team effort by all which results in a next round match against either Tandragee or Dungannon.
Juniors win at Loughgall.
Juvenile Convenor Lee Annett reported that the KGC Juvenile team of Louis Poland , Jonny Burns, Riley Houston, Charlie McComb and Christopher Poland travelled to Loughgall to compete in the first round of the Ronan Rafferty Trophy.
It was their first game representing the club (except for Louis) and they came away with an impressive 12.5 to 7.5 victory.
Well done to the boys!