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THIS IS A NEW PAGE SO ANYONE WITH ANY INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING THE HOLT SHIELD PAST OR PRESENT PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL PRINT THEM ON THIS PAGE IF DEEMED APPROPIATE.
1991 - GEORGE STUART, THE FOUNDER OF THW COMPETITION DIED.
A COMPETITION IN HIS MEMORY WAS STARTED AND THE TROPHY WAS DONATED BY TREVOR RANKIN OF CREENISLAND GOLF CLUB.
1991 - ROY GABBEY, CARNALEA GOLF CLUB WAS THE FIRST WINNER OF THE SILVER MEDAL.
2009 - DERMOT HOEY PLAYED FOR ROYAL BELFAST AGAINST LARNE ON THE 26th MAY 2009 46 YEARS AFTER MAKING HIS DEBUT FOR SHANDON PARK WHEN HE WAS "A STRIP OF A LAD", IN 1963 WHEN THE COMPETITION WAS FOUNDED
2009 - STEVIE MULLEN PLAYING FOR LOUGHGALL AGAINST CITY OF BELFAST AT LOUGHGALL ON THE 28th JUNE 2009, HOLED HIS TEE SHOT AT THE 3rd HOLE IN A MATCH THAT HE WON.
2009 - Extension completed to the Holt Shield Trophy
In 2007 after 44 years of competition, the Holt Shield finally ran out of space to accept any further winners’ plaques. Last year, Trevor Rankin, Holt Shield chairman 1991/92 and a member of Greenisland generously donated and designed two extension shields to go along side the original shield.
The additional two shields have the capacity to record the winners for the next 38 years. Fortwilliam, winners in 2008, are the first club to have their name inscribed on a new shield.
The Holt Shield committee thank Trevor Rankin for his generosity and to Bobby Conroy, Holt Shield secretary, for arranging the designing and installation of the two centre silver plaques. Robinson Jewellers, Bangor, who supply the Holt Shield silver and bronze medals, were commissioned to make the silver plaques.
Future winning clubs are encouraged to display the shields in their entirety and to transport them with care to avoid scratching and damage.
2010 - ON THE 18TH APRIL 2010 LOUGHGALL'S PAUL LYNAS HAD A HOLE IN ONE AT THE 11TH HOLE DURING A HOME MATCH AGAINST KNOCK.
2010 - ON THE 25TH APRIL 2010 FORTWILLIAM' S STEPHEN BENSON HAD A HOLE IN ONE AT THE 10TH DURING A HOME MATCH AGAINST CLANDEBOYE. STEPHEN ALSO HAD A HOLE ON ONE IN A CLUB COMPETITION ON THE 10TH APRIL 2010 AT THE 12TH HOLE. TWO IN TWO WEEKS, NOT BAD.
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