Sunny Skies & Solid Scores

After what feels like enough rain to qualify as a water-sports tournament, the sun finally decided to join us! It was glorious to see blue skies overhead, the fairways looking inviting and golfer’s balls actually running on the fair way rather than running for cover.

A huge thank you to the greens staff at Club Banora for presenting such a beautiful course for the 2026 Club Banora Golf Championship. The course was looking fantastic, and clearly all that hard work behind the scenes is paying off. Great job, team!

🏆 Winners by Division

Division 1

Aaron Garland produced a terrific nett 68 off a handicap of 6, taking the Division 1 honours and the $50 voucher. David Killion followed with a solid 70 off 8, claiming the runner-up spot and a $35 voucher. 🏌️‍♂️ The Temu Putter Has Arrived!

A special mention has to go to Michael Kemp, who appears to have discovered the secret to golf: buying a putter from Temu! 😂

Armed with his new bargain-basement weapon, Michael promptly went out and made four birdies. Four! At this rate, the greens staff may need to start checking whether the putter is actually legal or whether Temu accidentally sent him a tour prototype.

Whatever the price tag, the results speak for themselves. Four birdies with the new Temu wand — that’s one way to get your money’s worth! 🐦🐦🐦🐦

Division 2

John Tannahill took out Division 2 with an excellent 70 off a handicap of 29, earning the $50 voucher. Rick Downes was close behind with 71 off 24, securing the runner-up prize and a $35 voucher. Well played!

🎯 Rundown

• Ken Mount (16) – 70
• Brian Springfield (10) – 71
• Mark Stockwell (19) – 71
• Tony Waller (22) – 71
• Michael Kemp (6) – 71
• Bryan Penny (20) – 71
• James Wood (25) – 72
• Ryan Modini (8) – 72
• Peter Lindeblad (20) – 72

📍 NTPs

• Steve Wilkinson – Hole 2
• John Faust – Hole 2
• Charles Paton – Hole 7
• Tony Waller – Hole 7
• Philip Harris – Hole 11
• David Killion – Hole 12
• Chris Harding – Hole 12
• Patrick Ganet – Hole 16
• Rick Downes – Hole 16

🏌️ Pro Pin

• Charles Paton – $80 Pro Shop Voucher

🎟️ Raffle Winners

• Wayne Muir – $25 Voucher
• Rick Downes – $25 Voucher
• Brian Springfield – $25 Voucher
• David Wallis – $75 Voucher

Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who got out there and battled it out for round 2, With the sunshine finally making an appearance. It was good to see preferred lies off and the course slowly bouncing back. Next week, players will have the option to either continue in the Championship or opt out and play the single Stableford competition.

Bring on more sunshine, more birdies and, hopefully, fewer three-putts! ☀️🏌️‍♂️

Men’s Captain

Patrick

To day we played our last monthly medal for the year. Sadly the continuous wet weather restricted us to 4 Medal rounds but that was enough to finalise all of our Special Events. Results will now be compiled and forwarded to Wonens Golf NSW.

We were so lucky to have a perfect day for golf today and the Winners were as follows:

Div 1 winner – June McFadden nett 73 on c/back from Pauline Ryan 73.

Div 2 winners was Denise Melling nett 71, r/up Coral Rasmussen 72. G

Gross winners were – Div 1 Kay Mills 91: Div 2 Denise Melling 106

Putting winners – Div 1 Denise F. Culpitt, Div 2 Mary Swanson .
NTP 7th hole, Div 1 Denise F Culpitt; Div 2 Denise Melling

PRO PIN – $25 Christine Waghorn

NTP 16th hole – Pauline Ryan, Div 1: Div 2 Lyn Simpson.
Rundown – $5 On Card following ladies. –

Lyn Simpson 73: Kaye Mills 74: Peggy Williams 74:Nancy Douglas 74:Colleen Kelly 76: Maren Cooper 76: Denise F Culpitt 77: Pauline Benny 78: Dorothy Robertson 78.

Raffle Winners – $20 Pat Hodda, $15 June McFadden., $10 Dorothy Robertson , $10 Christine Waghorn . $10 Pat Hodda.

Today we welcomed a new member to the OBE Club. Happy Birthday to Glenda Ballard. Our OBE numbers just keep on growing !! 🥰🥰.

Next week we have Single Stableford event and the following week our Foursomes Championships over 27 holes

Enjoy your week, see you all next week out in the sunshine .

Pauline R 🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️

Wednesday Stableford – 5 August 2026

Another Wednesday competition is in the books, with some very solid scoring across both divisions. Mark Jessop produced the standout number of the day with an excellent 41 points, while Wayne Stone wasn’t far behind on 40. Division 1 was a much tighter affair, with Cem Okan and Peter Mitchell both finishing on 38 points.

There was plenty of action further down the leaderboard too, with four players recording 38 points in the rundown and a good spread of names collecting the NTPs, Pro Pin and raffle prizes.

Division 1 Winners

Cem Okan (13) claimed Division 1 with 38 points, taking home the $50 winner’s voucher. Peter Mitchell (14) also finished on 38 points to secure runner-up and the $35 voucher.

Division 2 Winners

Mark Jessop (21) was the star performer with a terrific 41 points, earning the $50 winner’s voucher. Wayne Stone (19) was right on his heels with an excellent 40 points, collecting the $35 runner-up voucher.

Rundown

• Keith Cooper (21) – 38
• Denis Crowe (20) – 38
• Kyle Harrison (13) – 38
• Steve Wilkinson (17) – 38
• Jim Storey (23) – 37
• Mark Kenny (12) – 37
• Shane Vanderlight (9) – 37
• Michael McKay (15) – 35
• Kevin Tooley (15) – 35
• John Faust (12) – 35

NTPs

• Hole 2 – Michael McKay – 2 Balls
• Hole 2 – Stuart Irving – 2 Balls
• Hole 7 – Peter Mitchell – 2 Balls
• Hole 7 – Perc Dempsey – 2 Balls
• Hole 11 – Bill Mann – 2 Balls
• Hole 12 – Cem Okan – 2 Balls
• Hole 12 – Keith Cooper – 2 Balls
• Hole 16 – Bronte Smith – 2 Balls
• Hole 16 – Denis Crowe – 2 Balls

Pro Pin

• Perc Dempsey – $83 Pro Shop Voucher

Raffle Winners

• Walter Fisk – $25 Voucher
• Alexander Kwok – $25 Voucher
• Nigel Luxton – $25 Voucher
• Ken Mount – $25 Voucher
• Greg Morrison – $25 Voucher

Congratulations to all our winners and prize recipients, and thanks to everyone who took part. With 41 points winning Division 2 and 38 needed just to get to the top of Division 1, there was certainly no shortage of good golf out there!

Loving the sunshine!

Men’s Captain

Patrick