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August Snapshot

Gents Pennant Season

At the of time writing, the club is halfway through this year's BDGA Division 1 Pennant Season. This year Keperra is up against Brisbane, Royal Queensland and Indooroopilly Golf Clubs. Round 1 had Keperra hosting Indooroopilly, with 8 matches out of the 21 going to the 18th hole - it was going to come down to the wire. The team however fought hard and were able to come away with a 12-9 victory.

Week 2 saw the team venture to defending champions, Brisbane. This was always going to be a tall order to secure a win away from home and in the end, despite some good golf, Keperra went down 6.5 to 14.5.

Another tough away match for week 3 saw the team taking on Royal Queensland. Challenging conditions greeted players and in the end the home course experience was too much for the team to overcome with a 14 - 7 result to Royal Queensland.

This weekend Indooroopilly will play host to KCGC, with hopefully a repeat of the Round 1 result on the cards. For any Members looking to see some good golf and support the team, matches will start from 7am Sunday morning and we're sure the players will be extremely grateful to see some KCGC Members in the crowd.

Again the Club would like to thank Member Phil Wuersching from Jim's Test & Tag for his support of all our Pennant teams in 2024.

Course news

Members will have noticed the course and maintenance Team have been busy with the early stages of the selected Tee upgrades. These works are expected to continue over the next 4 weeks and ultimately will add much needed additional tee playing spaces. While the warmer weather isn't too far away, there is still an increased importance attached to repairing divots and pitch marks.

Wes Hinton Earns Cameron Smith SCholarship

Congratulations to Club Champion Wes Hinton (below right) who overnight was selected along with Kayun Mudadana for the 2024 Cameron Smith Scholarship. The pair will spend time with Smith at home in Jacksonville, Florida before travelling with him to attend the LIV Golf individual championship in Chicago this September. Click here to view the Golf Australia Article. On behalf of the Club, we wish to congratulate Wes along with long-term Coach Chris McCourt who has been with Wes since joining the Club in 2017.

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Annual Subscriptions

All members should have now received their 2024/2025 annual subscriptions via email.

If you have not received your Membership Subscription by Thursday August 10th - please contact the Club via email at admin@keperragolf.com.au. A reminder will be sent a fortnight before the end of August, and any members un-financial as at September 1st will have their booking rights suspended until payment is made. If you do not intend to renew, the Club would please ask that a courtesy email be sent to admin@keperragolf.com.au as there is a seeded allocation/wait list for all Provisional Members coming into the Club based on resignations.

Pay As You Golf has generously put forward a $150 house credit as a prize for any member, of any category, who pays their Membership fees before the due date (COB 31st of August). The financial member will be selected at random and notified on September 1^st.

For any member requiring assistance on the use of Pay As You Golf facilities, please contact PAYG via info@payasyougolf.com.au

gents Presidents Fourball

Saturday was the Final for this year's Gents Presidents Fourball. Congratulations to John and Charles Gould and David Gallagher and Craig McColl for making it through to this years final. After surviving 20 holes in their semi-final David and Craig were able to maintain their momentum and defeat the father and son combination 2 and 1 in a gripping final.

For final results see below:

2024 Presidents 4BBB MPLAY Final Results

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Mikayla wins brisbane junior amateur

Keperra's Mikayla Dyal has taken out the Brisbane Junior Championship held at Indooroopilly Golf Club. In cold and windy conditions Mikayla was able to bounce back from a first round 78 and record a second round 7 shots better in the afternoon, posting a fine 1 under par 71, for a total of 149 gross.

Congratulations Mikayla on adding to your already impressive record.

Sponsor spotlight - inspire Health

For a long time, golfers have understood that improving the way in which they swing the club leads to achieving better outcomes on the course. Whilst this has predominantly been through working with a club pro to better understand their technique, we have realised that a big element is factors like flexibility, strength, previous injury etc. Recognising this, we have been working with golfers to promote better movement and create a better, more effective and more sustainable swing.

Inspire has created a short questionnaire (taking approximately 2 minutes to complete), to help us better understand you, your golf game and where we may be able to provide any help.

Please feel free to complete this at your own leisure, and the team will be more than happy to provide you with tailored resources to assist you and your game:

SEE QUESTIONNAIRE HERE

Zac Litherland

KCGC Member & Inspire Business Operations Manager

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ladies corner

July Monthly medals were won by:

A Grade Weekend: Alison Terrey

A Grade Midweek: Chrissy Booth

B Grade: Susan Mortimer

C Grade: Jeanette Giudice

July Events

Christmas in July was on the VERY WINDY Tuesday 16th July. Ladies played a Las Vegas scramble. Looking forward to the great golfing weather continuing.

Both the golf and the best dressed was won by the same team of four super keen players: Catrina Daley, Robin Baker, Jennie Jahnke and Lily Rielly.

Upcoming Events

Open Day: We have our second and final Open Day for 2024 on Tuesday 27 August. It is an 8:30 shot gun start with a Canadian Foursomes format. Tangalooma Island Resort is again sponsoring. Thanks to them.

Gwen Osterlund Charity Day - 10 September.

Gillian Haussmann

Ladies President

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Employee Profile - Jack Jones

Although he has been working at the club for some time, we thought it timely to perhaps introduce or re-introduce Club Members to one of our valued Golf Shop Team.

Jack Jones has been a Member at KCGC for over 6 years and last year graduated from the Kelvin Grove School of Excellence in Golf. Since completing year 12, Jack has come on board as a part of the Golf Operations Team, commencing his 3 year PGA Traineeship. This involves Jack having to cover off a wide range of topics in the Golf Industry, such as Golf Management, Playing, Coaching and Repairs etc. Recently Jack was competing in an Associate Match as part of his playing schedule, at Nudgee Golf Club, although conditions were challenging, Jack managed to have a hole in one on the 3^rd hole!!!

So, if you do come across Jack in your travels around KCGC please say hello and make yourself known and maybe he can talk you through his hole in one.

sponsor spotlight - 2 to 1 Garage Doors

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