The one and only Garry Dowding, The Club Champion for the past 3 years running, Foursomes Champion, Mixed foursomes Champion, +2 Marker and a good bloke and great mate and golf teacher, although it hasn’t helped me recently but I’m sure everyone knows Garry or has at least heard Garry on the course or seen him out on the practice range.

In the many years I’ve known Garry and played golf with Garry, I’ve never seen a more confident and consistent player. If you ever see a spare spot in a tee slot with Garry’s name, make sure you join and see Garry play. Garry makes the golf of golf look so easy and most of the time its always a fun round when your in Garry’s group.

Garry Dowding will be competing in the NSW Amateur Championship in Sydney next week. The field size for the Championship will be 264 players (132 men, 132 women). Within this Championship, Garry will contest the NSW Medal. The NSW Medal is played over two courses. It is two rounds of 18-holes stroke play for the men’s field, played over two days. The field is divided between the two venues for the first day’s play with players changing venues for their second round. The winner of the 36 holes stroke play section of the Championship is the winner of the NSW Medal. The leading 32 players from the NSW Medal will advance to the 3^rd & 4^th Rounds. Within that event the NSW CHAMPION of CHAMPIONS will be decided, which is all the Club Champions from each nominated club.

Garry will be heading down to Sydney this week to play a few practice rounds at the below courses in preparation for the NSW Championship.

27^th January – Round 1 at Oatlands Golf Club – Sydney

28^th January – Round 2 at Strathfield Golf Club. – Sydney

It’s my honor as Men’s Captain of Club Banora to announce we will be sponsoring Garry to represent Club Banora at this event. We have covered his entry fee’s and a box of ProV1’s with “GD” on them.

Good Luck GD and we all wish you the very best and the whole Club is behind you. In your own words Garry, “Positive thoughts bring’s positive outcomes”

Men’s Captain

Patrick

A pleasant day with just a few misty showers. 41 starters 34 finishers, rundown 32pts. all in.

Winner Steve Archdeacon (26) 38pts on c/b from Owen Snelling (28) 38pts.

N.T.P.S. 2nd. Stuart Irving + House 7th. Steve Archdeacon + House 12th. Pat Hayes + House. 16th. John Kraus + Brent McLennan.

Raffles. $50 Graham Hopkins + Ray Mills $25 Terry Gosling.

Well done to all winners. Good golfing and mental health.

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

4 Person Ambrose

Winners: (55.62) Pauline Benny, Sam Benny, Desley Harrington and Garry Dowding

Runners Up: (55.75) Lisa Smith, Terry Smith, Colleen Kelly and Ryan Modini

Ball rundown to all in field.

A great day was had by all. Nobody left empty handed. A big thank you to all involved on the day and for all the wonderful donations.

One of our golf bags was won by Brian and Marilyn Brown who put the bag up for auction, this auction fetched $150 and that money has been donated to Twinnies Gives. The winners of the auction John Sulejmani handed the bag back for us to run a raffle during 2026 with the monies to be donated to Twinnies Gives.