John lands top role as region President
New man elected at helm of AGA
John Watt ( Prestwick St Cuthbert) was elected as president of The Ayrshire Golf Association at the AGM at Caprington Golf Club last week.
A retired bank manager, John is a long standing member of his home club and has worked at a number of local courses since his retirement, including Brunston Castle and Rowallan Castle.
He takes over from outgoing president John Rushbury ( Royal Troon).
The new vice president is Scott Gilchrist ( Loudoun) while Alasdair Malcolm ( Prestwick St Cuthbert) was re- elected as secretary/ treasurer for 2018- 19.
The retiring members of the executive committee were Robert Wilson ( Ballochmyle), Hugh McKenzie ( Troon Welbeck), Gordon Boyle ( Turnberry) and Iain Harvey ( Kilmarnock Barassie).
Peter Doyle ( Troon Welbeck) and past president Milton Murray ( Irvine) intimated their intention to stand down from the executive from the date of the AGM.
Robert Wilson, Hugh McKenzie and Gordon Boyle were all nominated and stood successfully for re- election. A number of vacancies for periods of one, two and three years remain.
The meeting unanimously elected Iain Harvey an honorary life president of The Association.
He served continuously on the Ayrshire executive since 1987, holding many positions, including president from 1996 to 1998.
Iain also represented The Association on the Scottish Golf Union Council for a number of years, prior to the amalgamation with the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association, which culminated in his election as Scottish Golf Union president for 2013- 14.
Harvey now joins Matt Lygate ( Troon Portland) and Leslie Crawford ( Klmarnock Barassie) as honorary life presidents of The Association.
Member clubs were advised that the Scottish Golf per capita subscription would rise for the forthcoming season from £ 11.25 to £ 14.50 following approval at a recent EGM of the national governing body.
Members also voted to accept the proposal from The Executive that the per capita payment payable to The Ayrshire Golf Association should remain at the present level of £ 2.60 for the forthcoming year.