On Behalf of Greg’s daughter Toni. The family would like announce the passing Gregory Dawes. Greg was a past member of Club Banora and has sadly passed away this week. All members are invited to attend the funeral. Please see the below picture of for details.
Mens Captain / Secretary
Patrick Tregellas
Round 2 done and dusted. Blessed with another weekend of sunshine and good conditions. Today we saw alot of incredibly low scores and players beating their all time best rounds, which is a credit to the amazing course that’s being prepared for us by Brendon and his team. We have a pretty packed tight leader board going into the 3rd round next week. Let’s all hope the weather stays great.
A Grade – Winner,Terry Foster (9) with an amazing score of 67. Terry blitzed the first 17 holes and just had some bad luck on the last approach shot in. Up and down all day and so many greens in regulation. It was a really enjoyable round to witness Terry. Runner up was Mr Consistent Micky Kemp (8) with 69. Golf must be boring, being that good huh ay Kempy. Still amazes me that you dont warm up and never practice.
B Grade – Winner, Joseph Lehkyj (14) with a 67, nice round Joseph, Runner up, Luke Hammond (17) with 69.
C Grade – Winner, Ken Culpitt (24) with an outstanding score and the game of his life shot a score of 64. A huge shout out to Ken and congratulations. Its Kens first time breaking 90. Amazing round of golf!. Runner up, Dave Callard (25) with a score of 65. Sorry Dave you must of thought you had it wrapped up and in the bag with that score. Another outstanding round of golf. Well played Gents.
Ball run down went to 72 all in.
PRO PIN: Phil Coles $84
2nd: Sam Benny, Wayne Lloyd.
7th: John Olsen, Sam Benny, Phil Coles.
11th Wayne Lloyd.
12th: Jimmy Woods, Joseph Lehkyj, Garry Dowding.
16th: Luke Hammond, Sam Benny, Will Salter.
Raffle: Steve Salter $50, Wayne Muir $25, Michael McKay $25, Michael Kemp $50, Ray Mills $50.
Just another reminder. Please take the time to fix your diviot and pitch marks or if you have time, fix someone else’s.
Mens Captain / Secretary
Patrick
We played two seperate competitions this week! The first one was the Gold Medal Playoff played between the 12 monthly medal winners for the year. This was a stroke round , then the remainder of the field played a single stableford .
The winner of the Gold Medal for 2025 was Vivienne Sulejmani with 72 nett. The players in the rundown were : Diane Hughes 75 nett, Mary Swanson 76nett, Glenda Ballard 77 nett and Colleen Kelly 77 nett.
The remainder of the field played a single Stableford the winner was our newest member Dorothy Robertson with 40 points Runner up was Pat Hodda with 39 points, Rundown was: Pauline Ryan 35 pts , Marilyn Berryman 35 pts, Pauline Benny 35 pts, Myra Biggar 34 pts, Desley Harrington 34 pts, Chris Mills 34 and Marlene Wyatt 34 pts.
NTPs 2nd – div1 Vivienne Sulejmani , Div 2 Diane Hughes, 16 th – div1 Liz Edwards , Div 2 Glenda Ballard.
Coming up we have our Tombola Day this week bring along any saleable items : jams, plants, cakes and cookies, unwanted treasures, handmade items , wine etc.
See you all out on the course
Captain Liz and our hardworking team!
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Div 1: Winner Luke Hammond (16) with 40 points, Runner up was Stephen Smith (17) with 38 points
Div 2: Winner Neil Armstrong (22) with 43 points, Runner up was Kwok Alexander with 37 points.
Ball run down went to 33 Points.
Pro Pin: Graham Hopkins $66
2nd: Mark Jessop, John Edwards
7th: Graham Hopkins, Gary Roach
11th: Kyle Harrison
12th: Wayne Lloyd, Owen McCallum
16th: Maxwell Jessop, Jack Malone
Raffle: Neil Armstrong taking home the goods with $125. It was a nice day for your Neil.
CAPT Patrick
As we all know the 2025 pennant series was washed out again. We will be running an Eisenhower Cup event on the 26th October, a one day event where the pennant flags will be awarded to the winners.
The event will see all club teams, except division 1, of 7 players, compete against the other 3 teams in their division at the same venue. The format will be the best 5 of 7 Stapleford scores for each team to count, the team with the highest total will take home the pennant flag.
The number of players will be lower than earlier in the year as I know many like the match play experience. Players will still be able to play in a team environment with their mates, as well as a neutral venue, and in a competitive event.
You can have more or less teams than earlier more depending on player availability.
The nomination sheets will be on the notice board behind the score card entry computers. Please write your name and details. Once I have the entries, I will allocate teams into divisions. Most matches will start at 8.00am playing in mixed groups of 4 but a couple may be at 10.00am due to course availability.
Nominations must be received no later than Tuesday the 30th September, earlier much appreciated. This way a draw will be done with 3 weeks notice to host clubs and players can plan carts.
If you have any questions. Please email me on golfcommittee@twintowns.com.au
For those players not playing who originally signed up. It would be appreciated if you could return your shirt thanks.
Mens Captain / Secretary
Patrick
Firstly a big thank you to Brendon and his team for getting the course into perfect condition for our 1st round of the champs. I can’t thank you enough for the effort you put in on the course.
With the first round done and dusted, this week’s weather looks promising for another sunny weekend. Today we saw no preferred lies thru the green which hasn’t been the case for weeks.
Congratulations to the winners, its still a long way to go to the last round. For those who didnt have a great round. Just hang in there.
A Grade – (+2 to 13) Winner: Grant Treloar (8) with a score of 68, Runner up Michael Kemp (8) with a score of 70. Gross Winner: Garry Dowding (+2) 79.
B Grade – (13 to 19) Winner: David Wallis (17) with a score of 70, Runner up Ken Mount (16) with a score of 71. Gross Winner: Joseph Lehkyj (15) 88.
C Grade – (20 to 36) Winner: Colin Norton (23) with a score of 68, Runner up on a countback was Perc Dempsey (30). Gross Winner: Wayne Stone (21) 93.
Ball Round down went to 71 all in.
Pins
2nd: Jim Storey, Simon Gates, Ryan Modini.
7th: Casey Godfrey, Simon Woolley, Grant Treloar.
11th: Avnija Sulejmani.
12th: Aaron Garland, Simon Woolley, Neil Armstrong.
16th: Luke Coe, Dane Wilson, Patrick Tregellas.
Raffle: Perc Dempsey, Wayne Muir, Stevie Caine, Nigel Luxton, John Mcloughlin all winning $25 each and David Wallis taking home $75. It was a good day for you David.
Just a friendly reminder. Please repair or fix your pitch marks on the green, With alot of social players using our course currently, its up to the members to help out and repair what you can and if you have time. Come see me if you would like a free pitch marker repairer tool. Also divots on fairways. If you walking past one that stands out. Please empty some sand on it. There are plenty of sand bins around the course. You just never know, Your next or only drive for the day down the fairway might just land in someone’s unfilled diviot.
Happy Golfing
Capt Patrick
Another glorious day! The course is in prime condition for the Men’s Champs starting this week. Alot of nice indivdual scores coming thru. A big shout out to John Olsen who blitzed it with 41 points and that included 1 wiped hole. Must be the new shoes huh John 😉
Winners: Wayne Woodford & Ken Mount with 74 points.
Runners up: Roger Pettyfor & Maxwell Jessop on 73 points
Ball rundown went to 67 all in.
Pro Pin: Kim Thackeray $68
2nd: Rick Downes, Patrick Tregellas.
7th: Patrick Hayes, James Cardoo.
12th: Nathan Simpson, Paul Quinlin.
16th: Kim Thackeray, Daniel Minogue.
Raffle: Wayne Woodford $25, Denise Crowe $25, Terry Gosling $25, Tony Brown $50
The new fees will commence effective 1 October 2025 and will be;
Golf Membership $610
Social Membership $535
Social Unlimited Membership $1380
Golf Member/Junior/Social Playing Fee $13.50/$17.50
Comp Fee $4.50
TT Member/Guest/Vistor/Group $24/$37
Golf Members after 3pm Free
The Twin Towns Board advised until last year the State Government’s ClubGRANTS scheme, that allows the club to apportion a percentage of our gaming taxes to local sporting infrastructure amongst other things, enabled Twin Towns to largely offset the losses by funding golf with gaming tax attributable to Twin Towns gaming. Unfortunately Twin Towns havnt been able to secure that funding.
Please see the above increases and if your membership is due before the 1st October it would be a good idea to pay that early and save some money.
If you have any questions. Please direct them to golfcommittee@twintowns.com.au
Club Banora Golf Committee
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Well not much of a day to start the Championships but the drizzle stayed mostly away and we managed to get round 1 in. 2nd round and finals hopefully next week 8th Sept. Only 30 starters left to determine Club Champion and other grades, nett and stroke. Those not in it still a comp on the day. Today ball r/d 77nett all in.
Winner James Wood (21) 71nett from r/u Col Norton (20)73nett.
N.T.P.S.
2nd. Pat Hayes +house + house.
7th. Pat Hayes +Neil Armstrong +Derryk Russell.
12th. Nick Davis+ Graeme Johnson+house.
16th. Ray Mills+ Wayne Muir +house.
Raffles.
$75 Pat Hayes. $50 Wayne Howlett .$25 Wayne Muir.
Good golfing and mental health. We will try again next week.
Cheers Capt. Dave. (red o`clock time)
The brave souls who competed in Club Banora Foursomes Championship were greeted with a beautiful sunny day and a good dose of gusty winds. The greenkeepers had the course looking amazing after all our recent rain and made us work hard around the greens with some tricky pin placements. The competition was stiff and the scores were close. Our reigning Gross winners and runners-up from 2024 have held on to their respective trophies once again. And Brian Springfield must be feeling lucky having won Net Winner again although with a new partner (his wife) for 2025.
Gross Winners – Desley Harrington & Garry Dowding (Gross 120 /Net 106.25) ($75.00)
Gross Runners Up – Alison & Tony Blair (Gross 130 / Net 113.5) ($50.00)
Net Winners – Katrina & Brian Springfield (Net 107.75 / Gross 131) ($50.00)
Net Runners Up – Kaye Mills & Ross Telfer (Net 109 / Gross 136)($35.00)
| Player | H/C | Player | H/C | Team H/C 27 Holes | Gross | Net |
| Tony Blair | 11 | Alison Blair | 11 | 16.5 | 130 | 113.5 |
| Ken Mount | 16 | Diane Hughes | 30 | 34.5 | 148 | 113.5 |
| Patrick Tregellas | 1 | Colleen Kelly | 22 | 17.25 | 141 | 123.75 |
| Dale Park | 20 | Denise Melling | 32 | 39 | 158 | 119 |
| John Edwards | 24 | Liz Edwards | 27 | 38.25 | 150 | 111.75 |
| Greg Morrison | 17 | Yvonne Morrison | 44 | 45.75 | 165 | 119.25 |
| Brian Springfield | 9 | Katrina Springfield | 22 | 23.25 | 131 | 107.75 |
| Haydn Vincent | 26 | Myra Biggar | 31 | 42.75 | 160 | 117.25 |
| Garry Dowding | -2 | Desley Harrington | 23 | 15.75 | 122 | 106.25 |
| Ryan Modini | 8 | Louise Carpenter | 20 | 21 | 143 | 122 |
| Colin Hodda | 36 | Patricia Hodda | 24 | 45 | 169 | 124 |
| Martin Dobney | 24 | Desleigh Dobney | 28 | 39 | 163 | 124 |
| Ross Telfer | 21 | Kaye Mills | 15 | 27 | 136 | 109 |
| Keith Cooper | 23 | Maren Cooper | 31 | 40.5 | 160 | 119.5 |
| Ray Mills | 7 | Chris Mills | 29 | 27 | 148 | 121 |
| Avnija Sulejmani | 14 | Viv Sulejmani | 20 | 25.5 | 142 | 116.5 |
Well done to everyone another successful day was had. Everyone received a ball and tee and afternoon tea was served by Barry and his awesome team.
The winner of our wine draw kindly donated by Max Jessop – Ryan Modini.
Photos to follow next week.
Cheers Katrina and Captain Pat
