Author: Patrick Tregellas

Just a reminder the nominations of the pennant event closes this Friday. Please ensure you have your name on the sheet in the island house.

Div 1 Winner: Wayne Stone (18) with 37 points. Runner up on a count back is Jimmy Cardoo (18) with 37 points.

Div 2: Danny Minogue (23) with 41 points. Runner up Terry Trevitt (25) with 38.

Rundown went to 35 all in.

Pro Pin: Graham Hopkins $74

2nd: Michael Byrne, Rick Downes.

7th: Kevin Barett, Brent McLennan.

12th: John Bryant, Paul Dickison.

16th: Graham Hopkins, Paul Dickison.

RAFFLE: Michael Byrne, Perc Dempsey, Walter Fisk, john Mcloughlin and Bryan Penny all taking home $25

CAPT

Patrick

The 4th and final round of the Men’s Club Championship will be held on Saturday 27th.

Congratulations to everyone for making it this far. We have certainly had a good run with the weather and conditions.

The top 4 best gross scores from each grade will play in the seeded groups as per below. If you can’t make this time slot. Please advise me ASAP. Some players might be affected by these changes. Please ensure you check the booking sheet prior to Saturdays round. We had to shuffle a few people around to make the seeded groups work.

A Grade- 10:24am Garry Dowding, Patrick Tregellas, Jared Brown, Grant Treloar.

B Grade: 10:30am Joseph Lehkyj, John Faust, Liam Henzel, Avnija Sulejmani. 

C Grade: 10:36am Will Salter, Jimmy Woods, Peter Lindeblad, Wayne Stone.

Good luck and happy golfing

Patrick

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Round 3 – Men’s 2025 Championships / Daily Stroke

A Grade- Winner Kim Hall (11) with 71 – Runner up: Jared Brown (9) with 72.

B Grade- Avnija Sulejmani (13) with a score of 70 – Runner up: Joseph Lehkyj (13) with 73.

C Grade: Bob Myers (28) with a 66 – Runner up Will Salter (20) with a 72.

Single Stableford Competition

Winner: Mark James (16) with 40 points and a eagle on the 10^th Hole. Binned it from about 120m out. Runner up: Kevin Bartlett (14) with 37 points.

Ball Run downs – Stableford 34 points all in / Stroke 73 all in.

Pro Pin: Mark James $75

2^nd: Dave Callard, Dean Stockwell, Aaron Garland.

7^th: David Kammer, Darren Hubery, Patrick Tregellas

11^th Charlie Huff

12^th: Mark James, Robert Myers, Arron Garland.

16^th: Franky Watego, Neil Armstrong, Patrick Tregellas.

Raffle: Walter Fisk, Patrick Tregellas, Wayne Muir, Luke Hammond wining $25, David Wallis and Dave Harrod taking home $50 each.

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Patrick

The signage has fallen down off the notice board but the following local rule applies.

The signage should hopefully be back up by the end of this week. Until then please see the following ruling and attached documentation.

E-5 Alternative to Stroke and Distance for Lost Ball or Ball Out of Bounds

Purpose. When a provisional ball has not been played, significant issues with pace of play can result for a player needing to take stroke-and-distance relief for a ball that is out of bounds or cannot be found. The purpose of this Local Rule is to allow a Committee to provide an extra relief option that allows a player to play on without returning to the location of the previous stroke. 

The Local Rule is appropriate for general play where golfers are playing casual rounds or playing their own competitions. The Local Rule is not appropriate for competitions limited to highly skilled players (that is, professional competitions and elite amateur competitions). For guidance on when and how this Local Rule may be used in order for scores to be submitted for handicapping purposes, consult the rules or recommendations contained within the Handicap System operating in the local jurisdiction. 

Where a Committee has introduced such a Local Rule for general play, and removes it for competitions, it should ensure that all players are aware of this before play begins.A Committee may introduce such a Local Rule for all play on the course or only for one or two specific holes where it may be especially useful (for example, where players are unable to see the landing area and therefore may not know whether or not to play a provisional ball). 

This option allows the player to drop in a large area between the point where the ball is estimated to have come to rest or gone out of bounds and the edge of the fairway of the hole being played that is not nearer the hole.The player gets two penalty strokes when using this relief option. This means that the relief is comparable to what could have been achieved if the player had taken stroke-and-distance relief. 

This Local Rule cannot be used for an unplayable ball, or for a ball that is known or virtually certain to be in a penalty area.If a provisional ball is played and neither the original ball nor the provisional ball can be found, then the Local Rule may be applied for the provisional ball that cannot be found.

please click and download the Pdf below for a clearer understanding of the rule

Club Banora Golf Committee

Div 1: Winner was Stuart Irving with 39 points. Runner up was Bronte Smith wirh 37 points

Div 2: Winner Max Jessop with 42 points, Runner up was Peter Malone with 37 points.

Pro Pin: Ross Telfer $69

2nd: Nigel Luxton, Denis Crowe

7th: Shane Vanderlight, David Kammer.

11th: Brendon Marshall.

12th Ross Telfer, Jim Story.

16th: Nigel Luxton, Paul Dickison.

raffle:

Leigh Bradley, Graeme Johnson, Perc Dempsey, Alan Simpson all winning $25

Capt Patrick

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

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