Sundays Mixed Competition has been cancelled.
No carts or scooters premitted on course.
Course will be reassessed Monday morning.
Men’s Captain
Patrick
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New Local Rule E-11
⛳ New Local Rule — Holes 5 & 14
A Simple Change to Keep the Game Fair
There’s a new Local Rule to be aware of at Club Banora, and it applies specifically to the timber netting post positioned to the front left of the 5th and 14th tees.
The new rule is Local Rule E-11, and while it is very simple, it’s important that everyone understands exactly what happens if your ball comes into contact with the netting post.
🏌️ What Is Local Rule E-11?
Any ball that comes into contact with the timber netting post to the front left of tee #5 or tee #14 will require the shot to be replayed — with NO penalty.
In other words:
🎯 Hit the post = Replay the shot, no penalty!
There is no penalty stroke and no need to play the ball from where it finishes.
Simply replay the shot from the original location.
🤔 Why Is This Rule Needed?
The timber netting post is there for a practical reason, but it can create an unusual situation when a golf ball strikes it.
A ball hitting the post can produce an unpredictable result, potentially giving the player a significant advantage or disadvantage that has little to do with the quality of the golf shot itself.
Local Rule E-11 provides a straightforward and fair solution.
Rather than trying to determine what happened to the ball after the contact, the rule simply says:
Contact with the post = replay the shot.
And importantly, there is no penalty for doing so.
📍 Where Does the Rule Apply?
The rule applies to the timber netting post located:
- To the front left of tee #5
- To the front left of tee #14
It is specifically the timber netting post that triggers the rule.
So, if your ball comes into contact with that post, remember that Local Rule E-11 applies.
⚠️ What Should You Do?
If your ball strikes the timber netting post:
- Stop play on that ball.
- Confirm that the ball has contacted the relevant timber netting post.
- Return to the original location of the shot.
- Replay the shot.
- No penalty stroke is added.
It’s as simple as that.
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📢 THE NOTICE BOARD HAS RISEN! 🏌️♂️
A Historic Day at the Club!
Stop the presses, cancel the emergency meeting and alert the clubhouse bar…
THE GOLF NOTICE BOARD IS BACK! 🎉
After what can only be described as an extended period of administrative maintenance — or, for those of us who prefer the truth, it fell over and nobody could be bothered putting it back — the legendary notice board has finally been re-erected and put back into service!
Yes, folks, it is standing.
It is upright.
It has notices on it.
We can hardly contain ourselves.
📌 A New Era Begins
The newly re-erected board is ready to carry the weight of important golfing information once again.
Please use it responsibly.
Pin things up.
Read things.
Remove things when they’re no longer relevant.
🎉 Welcome Back, Old Friend!
So let’s take a moment to appreciate this magnificent achievement in club infrastructure.
The notice board is standing proud once again, ready to inform.
📢 THE BOARD IS BACK!
Long may it stand.
And if anyone sees it starting to lean…
KEEP WALKING. 😂⛳🍻
Happy Golfing
Men’s Captain
Patrick
Toilets out of order.
Toilet block located after the 2nd hole is temporarily out of order.
Please plan your round accordingly.
2026 MATCHPLAY RESULT
🏆 The Legend of Brent McLennan
There are some days in golf when the stars align.
There are some days when the putts drop.
And then there are days when a 32-handicapper named Brent McLennan walks onto the first tee, looks across at a 9-handicapper named Jarod Brown, and thinks:
“Yeah… I’ve got this.” 😂
Welcome to the 2026 Club Banora Matchplay Championship—a contest that had all the ingredients of a classic David vs Goliath battle.
On one side stood Jarod Brown: the golfing equivalent of a finely tuned sports car. Handicap 9. Reliable. Dangerous. Capable of hitting golf shots that actually went where he intended.
And on the other side stood Brent McLennan: handicap 32.
Thirty.
Two.
A number so large it practically needed its own postcode.
But Brent had something Jarod didn’t have quite as much of—shots.
And plenty of them.
The Battle Begins
From the opening hole, it was clear this wasn’t going to be a walk in the park for either man.
Jarod knew he had to play his best golf. Brent knew he had to… well, essentially just keep turning up and let the handicap system do some heavy lifting.
Despite the enormous handicap difference, Jarod battled brilliantly and refused to let Brent’s army of shots dictate the match.
And after nine holes, unbelievably, the match was all square.
At this point, everyone watching was thinking the same thing:
“Surely Jarod has this under control?”
Apparently, nobody had told Brent.
Then the Magic Happened…
As the back nine unfolded, something strange began happening.
The shots started appearing.
And they weren’t just appearing—they were appearing at exactly the wrong moments for Jarod.
A hole that looked like it belonged to Jarod suddenly had a little asterisk next to it:
“Brent gets a shot.”
Jarod stared at the card.
Brent smiled.
The golfing gods chuckled.
And somewhere, deep in the bowels of Club Banora, a handicap calculator whispered:
“This is going to be fun.”
The 32-handicap magic had officially been activated.
Every time Jarod looked like he was gaining momentum, another shot seemed to materialise. Brent was no longer simply playing golf—he was conducting a carefully choreographed symphony of handicap-induced chaos.
Jarod fought valiantly, keeping the match alive far longer than anyone might have expected.
And that deserves enormous credit. Then came the moment when the handicap shots started doing what handicap shots were designed to do—cause maximum emotional damage to the bloke giving them away.
Playing off 9 against a player receiving 23 shots is no small task. Jarod showed tremendous resilience, skill and determination to stay in the contest for so long.
But eventually, the relentless combination of Brent’s golf, the pressure of matchplay and those precious handicap shots proved too much.
The Final Verdict
Golf can be cruel.
Golf can be strange.
And occasionally, golf can be absolutely hilarious.
Because when the dust settled, Brent had defeated Jared on the 16th Hole.
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Jarod deserves huge respect for an outstanding battle and for keeping the match alive deep into the contest. Both players should be congratulated for producing an amazing match that had everything—drama, pressure, brilliant golf and, of course, enough handicap mathematics to make a university professor reach for a calculator.
But as they say in matchplay:
There can only be one winner.
And this year, that winner is…
🥁🥁🥁
BRENT McLENNAN!
🏆 2026 CLUB BANORA MATCHPLAY CHAMPION 🏆
Congratulations, Brent! Club Banora champion—the ultimate golfing fairytale.
The shots have spoken.
⛳ Well played, Brent. Well played, Jarod. What an absolute belter of a match!
Mens Captain
Patrick
