June Snapshot

The condition of greens on 7/8/17 has again become a seasonal concern primarily due to their locations and the poor growing conditions that come with excessive shade, lack of airflow, and, in some instances, tree roots. Identifying the reasons for these issues is somewhat the easy part, but achieving a solution is an ongoing challenge due to vegetation & environmental regulations that apply in these areas.

The upgrading of drainage between holes 1/10/18 will commence on Monday 10^th June (and is expected to finish Tuesday). The improvements will include the addition of new access pits. Minor repairs to the causeway on hole 7 are also planned as part of the contractor's scope of work.   

As the Team moves into its Winter Maintenance program, we have prioritised an audit on the bunkers, focusing on drainage and sand depths, tree trimming to improve airflow and light throughout the course and inspecting sprinkler heads for effectiveness.   

After some tight losses in 3 of the first 4 matches, the Ladies were able to steady the ship securing 2 wins and a half out of the final 3 games to ensure the result with Royal Queensland would end in at 3.5 - 3.5 and the valuable tie that would secure the overall title.

The Ladies Sapphire Weekday Pennants wrapped up on Friday the 31^st of May. Our ladies had a solid season, finishing 4^th overall, culminating in a narrow loss to Virginia 4 points to 3. 

Congratulations to all the Ladies who represented Keperra so magnificently throughout the season and of course winning the Pennant.

Defending Champions Matt Dowling and Gavin Chapman were looking to add to their already impressive tally of 9 times Foursomes Champions, spanning all the way back to their first title in 2005.

After the first 18 holes the defending champions had a narrow 2 shot buffer over perennial rivals Daniel Butler and Luke Simpson.

However proving to be a dark horse was the combination of Jarrod Mann and Michael Carruthers who also shot 78 in the morning round after being 9 over through 12 holes.

What was promising to be a tight tussle ended up a runaway victory with Mann and Carruthers shooting a fine round of 2 under 70 to finish with a 6 shot victory over the Defending Champions.

A Grade

The A Grade Final was contested between number 4 seed Jarrod Mann and 10th seed Luke Brumpton. Luke had an impressive run to the final defeating 2 previous Club Champions. Jarrod performed consistently throughout the event, despite getting pushed to extra holes in his semifinal. In the end however, it would be Jarrod prevailing, going on to record a 4 & 3 victory.

B Grade 

Will Carty and Paul Argent would contest the B Grade Final with both players narrowly surviving their semifinal encounters, Will winning 1up whilst Paul required 20 holes to finally get past his opponent. The Final however, wouldn't require an additional holes with Will going on to record a 2 & 1 victory over Paul.

C Grade

The form from the Club Championships obviously continued for our C Grade contestants, with the #1 seed, Trent Bucholz going up against the 2 seed, in Mark Harrington. Both players were taken to the 19th in their semifinal matches and this theme would continue in the final with 20 holes being required to determine the winner. Mark would get the job done at the end of the day, going on to secure the title.

Congratulations to all those who took part in this year's event, and of course to our deserved champions.

The final round of the Ladies Midweek Championships took place in May, with all 3 grades being tightly contested.

In the fight for Midweek Gross Champion, it came down to a battle between 2, with Jemma Leonard holding a narrow 1 shot lead over defending Champion Angela Gordon, going into the final round. After a tightly contested front 9, Angela looked to put her foot down with back-to-back birdies on holes 10 and 11, however Jemma played steady golf down the stretch as Angela struggled with the challenging finish of holes 16 through 18. In the end it was Jemma who would prevail by 2 shots to secure her first Midweek Gross Championship.

In the Midweek Nett Championship, it was Ally Maguire who would take the spoils with a total of 144 nett. It was a day to remember for Ally as she also took out the A Grade and Senior Nett Champion titles.

Congratulations must also go out to the following players who managed to win in the following categories.

B Grade Gross - Pat Connor 197 gross

C Grade Gross - Sue Collins 219 gross

B Grade Nett - Jill Garvey 157 nett

C Grade Nett and Veterans Champion - Ruth Turnbull (a special mention must go out to Ruth who was competing in her first ever Midweek Championships and enjoyed an extremely successful debut).

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