Captain Brian Lowry

Royal Portrush – Rathmore Course 21st June

Thanks to Brian we were able to play on and have the use of his home course facilities on the last day before it was closed to societies, in preparation for the Irish Open, to be played there at the end of June.

We got off to a prompt start on what was a wonderful day for golf, sunshine, a light breeze and the course, as usual, in wonderful condition combined to provide an excellent day of golf for all concerned.

To add to the golf a bit of celebrity spotting was the order of the day, Darren Clarke seen blasting drives off the practice ground and a close encounter with Peter Allis who spent some time chatting to the last fourball, wishing them well as they set off to the 1st tee.

We were royally entertained by our captain Brian who took the opportunity to show us the new trophy he has provided in memory of an Instonian hero of his youth.

‘John ( Jake ) Gordon’

It was agreed that this would be presented initially to the ‘Player of the Year’ with the intention to make it a trophy for younger members, provided we can encourage more to turn out regularly.

This years’ winner of the ‘Captains Prize’ and ‘The Thirteen Captains Cup’ was

Mark Lindsay 38 points

2nd Roy Latimer 37 points

3rd Maurice Markey 36 points

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Our first outing of the season on 25th May was the annual match against Methodist College Old Boys for the 'Old Rivals Trophy'.

This year we played the match at Shandon Park Golf Club, we didn't have the turn out that we had hoped for, however with a few new members we took up the challenge.

The weather was fine and the course was in excellent condition, leaving no excuses for poor play.  Although the scores did not quite match the good conditions Instonians managed to wion the day.  Taking the best 8 cards and totalling the Stableford Points we came out on top by 4 points and out President Maurice Markey was very pleased to receive back 'The Old Rival's Trophy' to take its rightful place in Shaw's Bridge trophy cabinet.

'The Quin Cup'

This is the oldest trophy in the society and was first played for in 1927 and has been played for, with a few exceptions, every year since

This year's winner was David Johnston with 37 points, second with 34 points was Gary Rainey and third place went to Willie Oakes with 32 points.

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Instonians Golf Society Programme   2012