30th May 2024
The Club regretfully communicates the passing of well-respected Member Cecily Turnbull. Cecily will be missed by her many friends at Keperra, and by the wider golfing community.
Funeral details:
Family and friends are warmly invited to attend Cecily’s Mass and celebration of life, to be held at Little Flower Catholic Church, 80 Turner Road, Kedron, on Wednesday 12 June 2024 at 10:30 am. By request, please feel free to wear bright colours.
27th May 2024
Saturday saw the culmination of this years Gents A,B & C Grade Matchplay.
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 a 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 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 years event, and of course to our deserved champions.
A Grade Matchplay Final Results
B Grade Matchplay Final Results
22nd May 2024
Keperra’s Weekend Ladies Pennant Team had it all to play for on Sunday 26th of May. Despite only requiring a draw to secure the title, there was a few forced changes to the team , with injury and other commitments requiring a reshuffle.
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.
Congratulations to all the Ladies who represented Keperra so magnificently throughout the season and of course winning the Pennant.
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The BDLGA Ladies Pennant season is at the pointy end, with solid performances from the Keperra Ladies holding them in competitive position overall.
Weekend Yellow Diamond Division
Last weekend in the Yellow Diamond Division, the Ladies played at Nudgee with KCGC winning 4-3. Mikayla Dyal (5/4), Caitlin Vanderkruk (1 up), Savannah Rains (10/8) and Melissa Mason (1 up) being victors. The girls are currently top of the table and a win or draw over Oxley seeing them take out the title.
Weekday Sapphire Division Zone 1
After a resounding victory of 7 to nil at home, Keperra was defeated by Nudgee at Sandgate on May 17th 4.5-2.5. Julie Watson (3/2) and Helen Blanchfield (8/6) were our winners with Zena Bell squaring her match. Keperra are currently third, 1 point behind Redcliffe. The last match is on May 31st at Nudgee against Virginia – The ladies can move up to second position with a win (and Nudgee beating Redcliffe).
Good luck ladies on your run home.
The Club would like to also acknowledge and thank Member Phil Wuersching and Club Pennant Sponsor Jim’s Test & Tag for his support of all our Teams.
21st May 2024
It is with much sadness that the Club shares news of the passing of long serving member Malcolm (Mal) Hovell. Mal enjoyed a long golfing career at Keperra, having joined in 1975, he was also one of the Leaders of the regular Tuesday Volunteer Group. He passed away suddenly this morning (Tuesday 21/5) at the age of 84.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and many friends at the Club through this difficult time.
Mal – pictured below in the centre with close friends and fellow volunteers.
The Club has been advised that the funeral will be private.
14th May 2024
The Club is saddened to learn that long term Member Ross Valentine recently passed away at the age of 76. Ross had been a member of the Club since 1985 and will be missed by his many friends at the Club.
Funeral details:
Monday 20th May at 11am
Pinnaroo Chapel, 285 Graham Road, Bridgeman Downs