DCGS Match Play Champion

Caolan Smith Is DCGS Match Play Champion

Congratulations to Caolan Smith on winning the Match Play Championship at Portrush Valley Links. Caolan defeated James Fallon emphatically with a 5&3 victory to claim the coveted title before the Halloween break.

Caolan has been progressing excellently since the beginning of term with his stroke average consistently coming down week by week and this result is evidence of that. Also very well done to James on his performances leading up to the final.

... James and Caolan on the first tee prior to their match	... Caolan tees off on the tricky par 5 fourth hole	... Caolan putting for birdie on the par 4 fourteenth hole

Halloween Break at DCGS

It was another fantastic Halloween break here at the DCGS training camp. The training campers and Transition Year students teamed up to make and excellent and fun filled week of games and activities.

Well done everyone involved on all the effort and learning that took place, some valuable lessons. Keep up the practice and we look forward to seeing you all improve over the next few months.

... Young superstar Katie Poots tees off on the 2nd hole at our DCGS Training Course	... The training camp attendees and Transition Year students pictured together during the week	... Transition Year student William Matthews tees off on the par 3 second hole on the DCGS Training Course

Winter Training Trip

We are near to finalising our winter training trip to Spain in January.

We are going very nice resort about an hour from Alicante airport this year which boasts 6 golf courses and excellent practice facilities.

Please see the link to the resort - http://www.intercontinentalmarmenor.com/en/golf-courses-mar-menor-resort.html

We will be flying out on Tuesday 23rd January from Belfast to Alicante and then flying home on the return flight on Saturday 3rd February.

It is once again expected to be a hugely successful trip and it is one that is hugely anticipated from the students already.

Guest Speaker Visit

Kinesiologist Alan Kane will be with us this week as our guest speaker to chat to the students about the physical and mental benefits that they can establish through the correct therapy.

Alan will work with a number of students and you's them as examples in a case study to illustrate the benefits of the therapy and how it can immediately improve performance on and off the golf course. 

We all await Alan's visit on Thursday with great interest.

Parents Evening

We have scheduled a parent teacher evening for Tuesday 21st November.

If you would like to make a booking to meet with Andy, Stuart and Gary McKeegan from NRC please let me know.

The first available appointment slot will be 4:30pm. Each appointment will last approx 30mins (15 mins with education and 15 mins with golf).

I know it will be difficult for some of you to attend so if you’d like to chat at a time other than Tuesday evening over the phone or Skype please let us know.

New Addition To Driving Range

We now have our new automatic ball picker installed at the range which will aid us greatly with our retention of range balls on a daily basis. The picker picks up approximately 300 each time before coming back to base to drop them off onto the convey belt and into the ball washing machine.