Year: 2025

MSG From NRDGA.

The weather Friday with forecasts for Saturday and Sunday has forced our hand, I must be a dreamer trying and hoping the weather forecast is wrong.

No full explanation required but course conditions, club bookings, carts, and player enjoyment considered.

After reviewing the above, I have decided to not use the possibility of 15th June. We will reschedule to October 26th 2025 where we were going to run a standalone 1 day team event, playing for the pennant flags.. More details closer.

Sunday POSTPONED
Capt Patrick

We have played our first two days and it looks like the weather will be kind to us for our last day on Thursday although it may be a bit cooler!
The field is getting smaller each day we play but there are prizes for each day so please come out and play. We have done the draw for Thursday including players who have missed a game . Please take your name out if you can’t play. If you are not going to play but will be there for lunch please let me know asap for catering.

Please come out and support your club!!

Finally got a game in this month. Lets hope for more in the coming months. 51 very happy golfers played with rundown 33pts. all in.

Div. 1 Brian Penny (17) 42 pts. R/U. Rob Sheppard (16) 39pts.

Div. 2 Dave Harrod (23) 40pts. R/U. Martin Dobney (23) 35pts.

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2nd. David Von. + John Bell.

7th. Ray Mills + Ken Davey.

12th. Graham Hopkins + Ken Davey.

16th. Robert Sheppard + House.

Raffles. $50. David Wallis + Stuart Irving + Ray Mills.

Congratulations to all winners, good golfing and mental health.

Cheers Capt. Dave. ( H.2O is stil the GO, GO, GO.)

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After a couple of false starts we have finally started our Championships. We couldn’t have asked for a better day and the course was prepared as well as possible after all the rain thankyou to Brendon Will and the team. Thanks to “someone” getting bogged on the practice fairway we now have the gate near the pool area unlocked for easier access for buggies.

We played our first of three rounds today, front runners in the gross were 1st Division Alison Blair 87, and Kaye Mills 94. 2nd Division Marilyn Berryman 107, and Glenda Ballard 109. Front runners in the Nett 1st Division Liz Edwards 73 and Vivienne Sulejmani 73 .2nd Division Marilyn Berryman 73 and Coral Rasmussen 74.

Daily Rundown balls went to Marilyn Berryman 73, Liz Edwards 73, Vivienne Sulejmani 73, Coral Rasmussen 74, Alison Blair 75, Colleen Kelly 76, Nancy Douglas 77, Peggy Williams 77, Denise Melling 77 , Glenda Ballard 77, Kaye Mills 78 and Christine Waghorn 78.

Don’t be despondent girls there are still two days to go , fine weather is forecast and some of our front runners are unavailable for all three days because of the date changes we have had to make so come on out and join us.

Special thanks to our hard working computer girls

Cheers from your committee

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Round 2 scheduled for 24th June has been cancelled. Below is the email from the NRDGA Captain. The decision was made at midnight on Wednesday.

I started the following at 5.00pm tonight,Thursday. Yamba had 21mm in the previous 2 hours, 7 hours later now 143 mm. Maclean maybe not as bad and Grafton 60mm. Courses north of Ballina have missed the rain fortunately. 

I have called off the 2nd round of the pennant. We have a few courses still closed, a few open with tee up. and even if they open a few without carts or are heavily restricted. We do not have enough courses with availability to reschedule matches

I notice we have had locally our annual average rainfall in less than 5 months. 1533mm or 61 inches.

We will now go to the Eisenhower Cup format on Sunday the 1st June. I am working on a draw and this will be circulated this week.

It has been suggested we look at moving the pennant, we have been down this track in the past but we always were trying for after September each year. With Club Championships, other major events and course renovations it never was a goer. The suggestion is we move it to a bit later, possibly July. In my almost 40years involvement in golf in the Northern Rivers we have had wet, and floods but I can only remember a couple being washed out and now 3 in 4 years  

Peter Moyle

NRDGA

Captain/Operations Manager

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Please let your team captain’s know if you are available for the 1st of June final – Capt Patrick

Club Championships are due to start tomorrow at this stage the weather looks OK all we can do is wait and see! There will not be a presentation tomorrow , we will give out the balls for the daily rundown and Barry will have the usual sandwich choice available!
$20 to play each day , no nearest the pins or Pro Pin and lunch is included on the last day

Good luck and good golfing to everyone

Captain Liz and the team

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