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1983            History Page

No details are on record of the 1983 A.G.M. but Gordon Chambers was added to the committee. Davey Gore became Captain, Jimmy Bryans Vice-Captain Jim Bodles and Joe Weir made their debut and the outings and winners are as follows: Whitehead, 28/03 1st. Alex McDowell 32pts., 2nd Davey Gore 30pts., 3rd. Billy McClintock  30 pts., Greenisland 26/04 1st. Davey Gore 37 pts., 2nd. Peter O'Neill 35 pts. 3rd Alex McDowell 32pts., Cairndhu 25/05 Captains Day, 1st. Peter O'Neill 35 pts., 2nd. W. Crandles 31 pts., 3rd. Fred Young 31 pts., 4th. Eamon M^cAllister 31 pts., 5th. Wesley Wright 30 pts., 6th. Rod Herron 30 pts.,  Captain Davey Gore had the best score of the day, 38 pts., but unlike  a President, a Captain cannot win his own Prize, hard luck Davey,  Moyola 10/06 Vs 'Lumford for the 'Brodie Trophy, Individual scores were: 1st.Peter O'Neill 39 pts. 2nd. Davey Gore 37 pts. 3rd. Billy McLintock 35 pts., Match  Result  K/root 265, 'Lumford 263, Larne 23/06 1st. Fred Young 45 pts. 2nd. Davey Bell 40 pts. 3rd. Billy McClintock 40 pts., Fortwilliam 21/07, 1st. J. Mawhinney 39 pts.,2nd.  Ronnie Nelson 37 pts. 3rd Davey Gore 36 pts. , Whitehead 30/08 1st Jimmy Bryans 45 pts. 2nd. Billy McClintock 41 pts. 3rd. Charlie Magowan 37 pts., and finally Ballyclare 30/09 1st. Wesley Wright 40 pts. 2nd. Aaron Faulkner 40 pts. 3rd. Jim Bodles 37 pts. and Davey Gore was 'Top Dog'.

1984

No details of the 1984 A.G.M. either but Jimmy Bryans was Captain, Alex McDowell was Vice-Captain, the other officers were unchanged. The Prize format was changed to Overall winner, Low Section 0 - 20 and High 20+, the following is a list of outings and results,  Whitehead 28/03 1st. Fred Young 34 pts., Low Eamon M^cAllister 33 pts., High Davey Bell 30 pts., Greenisland 02/05 1st. Davey Beattie 42 pts., Low Alex M^cDowell 41 pts., High B. M^cVicker 40 pts., Ballyclare 25/05 Captains Day 1st. Fred Young 42 pts., Low Aaron Faulkner 37 pts., High Harry M^cGoldrick 31 pts., Ballycastle 12/06 Vs 'Lumford for the Brodie Trophy, Individual scores were: 1st. Holden Baxter 39 pts., High Joe Weir 24 pts., Low Rab Greer 31 pts., Match Result  K/root 312,  'Lumford 306, Larne 26/06 1st. N. Brown 42 pts., High Holden Baxter 40 pts., Low  Jimmy Bryans 38 pts., Cairndhu 25/07 1st. Davey Gore 41 pts., Low Alex M^cDowell 35 pts., High Jim Bodles 29 pts.,  Whitehead 30/08 1st. Fred Young 41 pts., Low Eamon M^cAllister 38 pts., High Joe Weir 37 pts., Masserene 27/09 Prize Giving, 1st. Ronnie Nelson 39 pts., Low Davey Gore 37 pts., High Jim Bodles 37 pts.

1985

In 1985 Alex McDowell was Captain, Ronnie Nelson was Vice-Captain, Davey Gore took over as Secretary, Peter O'Neill became Match & Handicapper, the first mention of this office, one can only assume it to have been part of the Secretary's  duties prior to this date. Gordon Chambers continued on the committee and the faithful Paul Dowdie continued as Treasurer. The P.G.A. Tankard outing is mentioned for the first time and the following are a list of outings and winners Whitehead 01/04 1st. Alex M^cDowell 42 pts., Low Ryan M^cClintock (Bandit) 38 pts., High Billy M^cClintock 35 pts., a clean sweep for the 'Macs', Cairndhu 16/04 1st. Wesley Wright 39 pts.,  Low Alex M^cDowell 38 pts., High Neil M^cIlwaine 38 pts., Moyola 10/05 Vs 'Lumford and Coolkeeragh for the Power Station Cup, Match result unknown, Individual scores however  were, 1st., Wesley Wright 31 pts., Low Jimmy Bryans 31 pts. High Neil M^cIlwaine 29 pts., Whitehead 10/06 Captains Day 1st Ryan M^cClintock 41 pts., the other Prize winners aren't listed but Alex M^cDowell the Captain,  Davey Gore and Eamon M^cAllister shared the next best score 39 pts., Larne 20/06 1st. Peter O'Neill 36 pts., Low Alex M^cDowell 34 pts., High Davey Gray (another Bandit) 34 pts., Ballyclare 02/08 P.G.A. Tankard,  1st. Aaron Faulkner 38 pts., Low Davey Gore 38 pts., High Brian Mongan 38 pts.,     (I'd imagine these cards were checked quite a few times), Kirkistown 27/09 Prize Giving, 1st. G. Thompson 37 pts., 2nd. Gordon Chambers 34 pts., 3rd. Fred Young 31 pts., 1st. Low Jimmy Bryans 31 pts., 2nd. Low Davey Gore 31 pts., 3rd. Low Ronnie Nelson 27 pts., 1st. High B. M^cVicker 29 Pts., 2nd. High Andy O'Hare 28 pts., 3rd. High Rab Greer 28 pts.. Alex M^cDowell won the 'Top Dog' and Kenny Kirby made his debut at this outing.

1986

In 1986 Ronnie Nelson was Captain, Wesley Wright was Vice-Captain and the other officers were unchanged. Norman Sittlington made his debut this year and the following are a list of outings: Whitehead 01/04 1st. Eamon McAllister 39 pts., Low Peter O'Neill 36 pts., High Holden Baxter 36 pts., Cairndhu 29/04 1st. Alex McDowell 39 pts.,  Low Davey Gore 35 pts., High Billy Douglas 34 pts.,  Royal  Portrush (Valley Links) 09/05 Vs 'Lumford & Coolkeeragh for the Power Station Cup  Result unknown, individual scores were: 1st. B. McVicker 37 pts., Low Kenny Kirby 35 pts., High Harry McGoldrick 35 pts., Whitehead 04/06 1st. Jim Sittlington 43 pts., High Billy Douglas 39 pts., Low Ryan McClintock 38 pts., Larne  03/07 Captains Day 1st. Lawrence Holly 44 pts., High Eric Nelson 43 pts., Low Kenny Kirby 38 pts., Ballyclare 02/08 P.G.A. Tankard no result, Dunmurry 27/08 1st. Geordie Lee 38 pts., High Harry McGoldrick 33 pts., Low Kenny Kirby 33 pts., Ardglass 03/10.Prize Giving, 1st. Andy O'Hare 53 pts., 2nd. Gordon Chambers 45 pts.,1st. Low Jimmy Bryans 44 pts., 2nd. Low Peter O'Neill 42 pts., 1st. High Brian Mongan 40 pts., 2nd. High Rab Greer  40 pts. and Top Dog Billy Douglas. This outing has some fame or notoriety attached to it but you'll have to ask the participants as to what took place. The Turkey Shoot is mentioned in November but no venue or Prize-winners are known. 

1987

 In 1987 Wesley Wright was Captain and Paul Dowdie was Vice-Captain. The rest of the officers were unchanged outings with winners were: Whitehead 30/03 1st. Harry McGoldrick 44 pts., Low Rory Houston 39 pts., High Billy McClintock 38 pts., Cairndhu 22/04 1st. Wesley Wright 37 pts., Low Rory Houston 35 pts., High Geordie Lee 33 pts., Larne 15/05 1st. Davey Beattie 43 pts., High Chris Draper 41 pts., Low Ronnie Nelson 39 pts., Lurgan 11/06 1st., Chris Draper 34 pts., High Neil M^cIwaine 34 pts., Low Aaron Faulkner 34 pts., another close scrutiny here I'll bet, Cairndhu 03/07 Captains Day 1st. Harry McGoldrick 44 pts., 2nd. Paddy McGarry 42 pts., 3rd. Mel Bacon 42 pts., 1st. High Holden Baxter 42 pts., 2nd. High Norman Sittlington 41 pts., 3rsd. High Jim Bodles 41 pts., 1st. Low Jim Holmes 37 pts., 2nd. Low Davey Gore 37 pts., 3rd. Low Fred Young 36 pts., Greenisland 03/08 1st. Jim Holmes 39 pts., Low Kenny Kirby 38 pts., High Gordon Chambers 35 pts. and Outing 'G' at an unknown venue and date 1st. Aaron Faulkner 36 pts., Low Wesley Wright 36 pts., High Paul Dowdie 33 pts., no mention of the Turkey Shoot or 'Top Dog'.

1988

1988  is quite an important date in the Society's calendar as for the first time there was to be a President. The first man to be honoured in this way was one of the founder members,  Billy McClintock. Paul Dowdie was installed as Captain and Peter O'Neill as Vice-Captain, with the other officers unchanged.  The following are a list of outings and winners: Greenisland 28/03 1st. Rod Herron, High Graham O'Neill and Low Colin Martin, Larne 28/04 1st Ronnie Nelson, High Paul Dowdie and Low Rod Herron, Whitehead 27/05 Presidents Day 1st. Billy McClintock (Pres.) 46 pts. 1st. Low  Eamon McAllister 44 pts. 1st. High Graham O'Neill 38 pts. 2nd High Holden Baxter 38 pts. 3rd High Paddy McGarry 37 pts. 2nd. Low  Davey Beattie 37 pts. and 3rd. low Davey Gore 36 pts., Cairndhu 28/06 P.G.A. Tankard 1st. Paddy McGarry, High  G. Thompson and Low  Rod Herron, Moyola 22/07 Captains Day 1st. Billy McClintock 40 pts. 2nd. Graham O'Neill 36 pts. 3rd. Davey Gore 35 pts. Best Gross Colin Martin 34 pts. 1st. High Gordon Chambers 34 pts. 1st. Low  Billy  Douglas 34 pts. 2nd. High Paddy McGarry 33 pts. and 2nd Low Rod Herron 30 pts. Ballyclare 24/08 1st. G. Thompson, High Brian Mongan and Low Rab Greer, Scrabo 09/09  final outing and Prize Giving 1st Billy Douglas 36 pts. High Gordon Chambers 35 pts. and Low Colin Martin 35 pts.. Rod Herron was the 'Top Dog', the Turkey Shoot was held at Larne on  11/11  and was won by Kenny Kirby 43 pts. 1st Low Davey Bell 42 pts. 1st. High Paddy McGarry 38 pts 2nd. Low Aaron Faulkner 39 pts. and 2nd High Davey Gray 34 pts.. 

1989

In 1989 Peter O'Neill was Captain, Gordon Chambers was Vice-Captain and Davey Beattie took Gordon's place on the committee, the other officers remained unchanged. Ten new members  joined that year and  all are still affiliated to the Society at the moment (01/02/00). The following is a list of these members, Henry Richmond, Willie Kirkpatrick, Steven Clarke, Junior Stevenson, Scottie Boyd, Bill Pedlow, Deric Montgomery, Ian Thornton, Colin Eagleson and Alan Wallace. I decided not to list these names in alphabetical order as Henry Richmond deserves to be out first, at least once anyway. There is a record of outings for this year but not of all winners, so here's what we have: Greenisland 29/03 1st. Fred Young 37 pts. Low Mel Bacon 35 pts. and High Paddy McGarry 34 pts. Ballyclare 21/04 1st. Bill Pedlow 38pts. Low Wesley Wright 37 pts. and High Davey Beattie 37 pts. Cairndhu 10/05 1st. D. Atkinson 41 pts. Low Deric Montgomery 41 pts. and High W. Lilley 36 pts. Clandeboye  31/05 Presidents Day winner Mark Hollis 47 pts. Fortwilliam 06/07 1st. Geordie Lee 47 pts. High Jim Bodles 40 pts. and Low Wesley Wright 36 pts. Whitehead 04/08 Captains Day, Winner Deric Montgomery, 2nd Joe Weir,  Killymoon 08/09 Prize Giving no winners, 'Top Dog' Davey Beattie and Larne at an unknown date in November, the Turkey Shoot was won by yours truly with 42pts.

1990

Gordon  Chambers was installed as Captain, Rod Herron as Vice-Captain and the other officers unchanged. At present I don't have a list of all Prize winners but I have winners for every competition the following is a list of outings and winners:  Down Royal Park 30/3 P.G.A. Tankard 1st. Scottie Boyd 47 pts. High Colin Eagleson 47 pts. and Low Billy Douglas 45 pts., Larne 26/04 1st. Holden Baxter, Low Billy Douglas and High Brian Mongan, Masserene 17/05 Captains Day winner Vinod Tandon, Whitehead 26/06 Presidents Day, winner Lawrence Holly, Cairndhu 30/07 1st. Damien Holly, Low Rab Greer and High Jim Bodles, Ballyclare 24/08 1st. Alan Rodney, Low Bill Pedlow and High Billy Rutherford, Kirkistown 21/09 Prize Giving 1st. Colin Martin 34 pts. 2nd. Davey Beattie 32 pts. 3rd. Ian Thornton 31 pts. and 4th. Davey Gore 30 pts.. Billy Douglas won the 'Top Dog' and at the A.G.M. which followed was somewhat controversially proposed as Vice-Captain but after a ballot Neil Fitzsimmons was duly elected. Two players made their debuts that year, Gerry M^cCorry and Steven Emmett. At present I have no details of the Turkey Shoot.