2016 Sponsors Golf Day and Awards Dinner
Jack Newton Junior Golf held it annual Sponsors Golf Day and Awards Presentation Dinner on Monday 5th December at Concord Golf Club. It was another great day despite the golf being reduced due to severe thunderstorms causing havoc in the area.
The Concord course was again in pristine condition and juniors, sponsors and club representatives enjoyed the golf until making a quick beeline for the clubhouse in the late afternoon. It was then time for everyone to get glammed up and ready for a wonderful dinner and recognition of the outstanding achievements of our talent juniors in 2016.
This year we celebrated JNJG's 30th Anniversary and were honoured to have the company of some special guest who had been involved in the foundation from its inception. Special 30 year guests included JNJG's first CEO Greg Mills, the first PGA member for the JNJG Board Max Garske, JNJG's first junior member Joanne Mills, and a dedicated past member and now Head Professional at Concord Golf Club Cherie Alison. Also joining us on the evening were our Hall of Fame members Bruce Nairn, John Higson and George Wing.
The theme for both the golf and dinner celebrated our 30 years as an organisation alongside The Masters Tournament. Throughtout the day those who attended learned lots about the history of the Srixon International as well as The Masters at Augusta. It was a magnificent evening but the highlight was recognising the juniors who have particularly excelled this year.
Celina Yuan ( The Australian) and Josh Armstrong (The Lakes) took home JNJG's highest honours when they were name 2016 Junior Girl and Boy of the Year. Both had a long list of achievements and both were thoroughly deserving of the honour. Belinda Ji (Concord) and Tom Heaton (The Australian) were awarded the 2016 Sub Junior Girl and Boy of the Year. These two have also achieved so much this year and we congratulate them on their efforts.
It was only the junior golfers who were winners on the night. We also had recognised dedication to junior golf by awarding Mr Doug Crosby OAM the Service to Junior Golf Award for his commitment to providing our left handed juniors with amazing opportunities for so many years. Shelly Beach Golf Club were awarded the Junior Club of the Year for their commitment and service to growing the game at the junior level.
The following awards were presented to these juniors on the night:
2016 JOM Pups Player of the Year – Joel Tyson
2016 JOM Tour Player of the Year – Mandy Szetu
2016 JOM Newcastle Player of the Year – Lachlan McDonald
2016 Junior Girl Rookie of the Year – Claire Shin
2016 Junior Boy Rookie of the Year – Harry Atkinson
2016 Most Improved Junior Boy – Jye Pickin
2016 Most Improved Junior Girl – Stephanie Kyriacou
2016 Outstanding Achievement – Joshua Gadd
2016 Outstanding Achievement – Jones Comerford
2016 Outstanding Achievement – Harry Doig
2016 Renay Appleby Memorial – Jason Hong
2016 Junior Girl Master of the Masters – Grace Kim
2016 Junior Boy Master of the Masters – Jordan Garner
2016 Titleist Regional Academy of Sport Athlete of the year – Luka Brucic
2016 Junior Vardon – Jason Hong
2016 Junior Jean Derrin – Celina Yuan
JNJG would like to congratulate all of those juniors who won awards this year. Your hard work and dedication paid off and we are very proud of you.
These award winners are just a small snippet of the wonderful juniors that play golf in NSW. We are so proud of each and every one of our JNJG juniors, every level, from all areas of the state. Without you all we wouldn't have our great organisation and so we would like to congratulate you all on a fantastic year.
We would also like to acknowledge our generous sponsors who make it possible for us to give the juniors these opportunities and also to the clubs, volunteers, parents friends and family who support our juniors. Without all of you we wouldn't function.
The Board and staff at Jack Newton Junior Golf would like to thank you all for a wonderful 2016 and we look forward to seeing you all on the fairways in 2017.
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year. Dont forget to get your entry in for the 2017 Harvey Norman Week of Golf.
