ROTARY CLUB OF ST ANDREWS KILRYMONT

 

THE TOOLSTOP POWER TOOLS INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHALLENGE

 

KINGSBARNS LINKS ON MONDAY 26^th OCTOBER 2009

 

 

 

THE ROTARY CLUB OF ST ANDREWS KILRYMONT organised another very successful Charity Golf Day played over KINGSBARNS GOLF LINKS on Monday 26^th October 2009. This was the eighth running of the event and, the record entry of 112 golfers was once again blessed with good weather and a gentle breeze which showed off Kingsbarns at its best. 27 Rotary Clubs from 7 Districts were represented. Rotarians travelled from as far as Berkhamstead in the south, Elgin to the north and Kirkcudbright in the west. They were competing in teams for The Chesterhills Claret Jug and, individually, for The Kilrymont Vase. 

 

The Chesterhill Claret Jug is played for between teams representing North of Scotland, South of Scotland and England on a match play basis and North of Scotland, ably lead by Jim Young from the RC of Elgin, emerged with a resounding victory.

 

Scott Goodwin from Hamilton off 14 won The Kilrymont Vase with 43 stableford points. Runner up with 39 points was Fred Morris from CardonaldCollege off 11 and Martin Landels (RC of Berwick-upon-Tweed) off 5, also with 39 points, took third place on BIH.  Sue Taylor playing off 20 (RC of Berkhamstead & Bulbourne) won the Lady’s Prize. Prizes were also won by Lars Christiansen (RC of Glenrothes) and Joe Herd (Buckie) for the most accurate drives at the 9^th & the 18th and Mark Morrison (RC of Bingley) for being nearest the 8^th hole. District Governor Bill Mcfarlane-Smith crowned a busy few days of Rotary activity by hitting his tee shot nearest the pin at the challenging short 15^th to win the use of a Honda S2000 for a weekend kindly donated by the West End Garage in Broughty Ferry.

 

TOOLSTOP, a website quality power tool distributor based in Hamilton, was the very generous sponsor of this year’s event and many other local businesses and individuals sponsored holes and donated prizes including;

 

DAVID DONALDSON -- STUART NIVEN & SON -- HOME IMPROVEMENTS -- CLUB CARS-- IAIN MACFARLANE LOWE (St ANDREWS STUDIO) -- KINGSBARNS GOLF LINKS -- GRADUAL PEAK LTD -- ANDREW YULE INSURANCE -- JOHN BIRRELL(FRUIT MERCHANT) -- DRYBURGH ASSOCIATES -- LITTLEFORD ESTATES -- NOEL KEGG LTD -- ST ANDREWS GOLF STORE -- D. M. MOTORS -- J. P. GILMOUR -- MICHAEL MATTHEWS (PAINTERS) – CAMBO HOUSE – B JANETTA – BLOOMS (FLORISTS) – CLEARWATER – RIACH (WOOD BURNING STOVES) – GRAHAM BUCHAN (BUILDER) – MELLIS (CHEESEMOMGER) – CROWN PAINTS – LEWIS MACKLE ( TITLIEST & FOOTJOY)

 

The event has raised around £5,000 and The Rotary Club of St Andrews Kilrymont is very grateful for the generous support from all the golfers, Kingsbarns Links and sponsors in making the event not only such a successful fund raising day but also a great day of fellowship at Kingsbarns. The main beneficiaries this year will be;

 

• WATER AID - District 1010’s preferred charity for 2009/10

 

• St Andrews Community Youth Organisations

 

• Rotary Foundation

 

• Rotary Club of St Andrews Kilrymont’s Charity Fund

 

At the event, Club President Grace Morris presented a cheque for £1000 to Rotary Disrtict 1010’s District Governor with a cheque for £1,000 for WATERAID.

 

Previous local beneficiaries have been Disability Sport Fife, The Family Room in the new St AndrewsCommunityHospital, The Cosmos Mini Bus Appeal and Rachel House (CGAS).