Author: Patrick Tregellas

Another glorious day! The course is in prime condition for the Men’s Champs starting this week. Alot of nice indivdual scores coming thru. A big shout out to John Olsen who blitzed it with 41 points and that included 1 wiped hole. Must be the new shoes huh John 😉

Winners: Wayne Woodford & Ken Mount with 74 points.

Runners up: Roger Pettyfor & Maxwell Jessop on 73 points

Ball rundown went to 67 all in.

Pro Pin: Kim Thackeray $68

2nd: Rick Downes, Patrick Tregellas.

7th: Patrick Hayes, James Cardoo.

11th: Luke Hammond.

12th: Nathan Simpson, Paul Quinlin.

16th: Kim Thackeray, Daniel Minogue.

Raffle: Wayne Woodford $25, Denise Crowe $25, Terry Gosling $25, Tony Brown $50

The new fees will commence effective 1 October 2025 and will be;

Golf Membership                                    $610

Social Membership $535

Social Unlimited Membership          $1380

Golf Member/Junior/Social Playing Fee $13.50/$17.50

Comp Fee                                                   $4.50

TT Member/Guest/Vistor/Group      $24/$37

Golf Members after 3pm Free

The Twin Towns Board advised until last year the State Government’s ClubGRANTS scheme, that allows the club to apportion a percentage of our gaming taxes to local sporting infrastructure amongst other things, enabled Twin Towns to largely offset the losses by funding golf with gaming  tax attributable to Twin Towns gaming. Unfortunately Twin Towns havnt been able to secure that funding.

Please see the above increases and if your membership is due before the 1st October it would be a good idea to pay that early and save some money.

If you have any questions. Please direct them to golfcommittee@twintowns.com.au

Club Banora Golf Committee

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Beautiful weather and a nice breeze. 86 in the field today. Congratulations to the winners and the all those 3 putts. Some very interesting pins indeed.

Winners: Paul Pochodyla & David Killiom (4.25) with a score of 62.5

Runners up: Ryan Modini & Mitch Taylor (6.25) with a score of 64.25

Rundown went to 66.25 all in.

Pro Pin: Michael McKay $86

2nd: Nathan Simpson & Liam Henzel.

7th: Nigel Luxton & Jimmy Cardoo.

11th: Colin Norton & Patrick Hayes.

12th: Michael Mckay & Ian Cutter.

16th: Kerrod Kirkham & Wade Elphick.

Raffle:

Patrick Tregellas, Paul Quinlin, Ken Mount and Bryan Penny for $25 Each, Tony Brown $50, Ryan Modini $75

Capt Patrick

It was good to be back on the course again, full credit to Brendon and his crew working incredibly hard to get the course back to its best. Thank you so much for all the work you do. It was pretty hard going out there today with wind. I will make special mention of a Golfer I played with today. It was on the 6th Hole, bit of a tail wind behind us and Michael Tink-Hornett smokes his driver 298m off the tee to just before the front left hand side bunker. Michael’s second shot was a perfect low chip n run shot which landed perfect and then rolled into the hole for Eagle. 4 pointer! Well played Tink, showing some good form going into the championships.

Div 1 : Winner: Graeme Veivers (18) with 38 points. Runner up was Michael Tink-Hornett (7) with 36 Points.

Div 2 : Winner: Ken Walker (22) with 38 points. Runner up by count back was Timothy Pooley (32) with 38 points.

Ball run down went to 34 all in.

Pro Pin: Kyle Harrison $78

2nd: Ray Mills, David Harrod.

7th: Kim Hall, Kwok Alexander.

11th: Nick Davis

12th: Kyle Harrison, Martin Dobney.

16th: Michael Greening, Nick Davis

Raffle: Mark Jessop $75, Walter Fisk $25, Ray Mills $25

Just a friendly reminder to the morning players and all players really, please keep the pace of play. please ensure the group in front of you is not out of sight or fairways in front of you. It’s the responsibility of the lowest marker of the group to keep the group moving and not fall behind. It’s happening more and more that the afternoon field is teeing off 20 to 40mins later than there allocated tee time. This causes a ripple effect for all afternoon players, Wayne and Myself at the end of the day with finalizing results. The last thing I want to be doing is handing out warnings or incurring 2 stroke penalty shots. Next month being our Men’s Championship consisting of 4 rounds. It would be great if everyone was just aware of slow play and ready golf. Thanks

Up coming Events

30th August : 2 Man Ambrose.

3rd Sept : 4BBB Stableford Aggregate.

6th Sept : 1st Round of the 2025 Men’s Championships.

Captain

Patrick

Please refer to the below rules and definitions, with the course taking a beating with the on going rain and course conditions the below have been in place for some time and will always be enforced after weather event. Altho there is no signage out on course roped off areas. The roped off areas will always be a GUR status. Meaning please dont drive carts thru this area. The green staff are doing an amazing job to preserve the course and minimise damage.

G.U.R (GROUND UNDER REPAIR)

All roped off areas and areas with a white spray painted line around it on the course is classed as GUR (ground under repair)

You are not premitted to drive thru it. Players can either play the ball as it lies or take free relief, which involves dropping the ball within one club-length of the nearest point of complete relief, not nearer the hole.

If a ball is in GUR and also in casual water, the player can choose to take relief from either condition or both. If unsure, check with your maker who is scoring your card.

PREFERRED LIE

Purpose: Preferred lies are designed to allow for fair play when course conditions make it difficult to play the ball as it lies.

How it works: When a player’s ball lies in the “general area” (fairway, rough, etc.) and the club has implemented the local rule, the player can take advantage of preferred lies.

Procedure: Mark the ball’s position with a tee or similar object.

Lift the ball and clean it. Place the ball within the specified distance 1 card length of the original spot, not nearer the hole.

Key points: The ball must be placed within the defined relief area 1 score card length.

The relief area must be in the general area, not in a hazard or on the putting green.

Once placed, the ball is in play and cannot be moved again, even if the player is unhappy with the new position.

Consequences of improper use: If a player lifts their ball without marking it, or moves it improperly, they may incur a penalty stroke

Mens Captain / Secretary

Patrick

Medley Trial – Saturday August 23rd

Golf is changing worldwide and so are a lot of the ways we play the game we love. Almost every club in NSW and QLD are playing medley events in their daily program.

A medley golf competition is a format where men and women can compete together, often using different tees and handicap adjustments to account for the difference in playing difficulty. We will be playing a Single Stableford with 2 divisions (+2 to 18 & 19 to 46) The nearest to the pins will be set to divisions.

The aim of this trial is to encourage new members to our club, both male and female and allow Women who can’t make the mid-week comps a chance to play and be handicapped and to also fill those empty groups in the field.

The plan is to trial this Medley once a month to see how it goes and then make the call to see if it becomes a more common event in our program.

Men’s Captain / Secretary

Patrick Tregellas

Div 1: Winner by a countback.Brendon Marshall (12) with 43 points. Runner up: Michael McKay (15) with 43 points.

Div 2: Winner: Peter Malone (32) with 39 points. Runner up: Jon Chugg (23) 36 points.

Ball rundown went to 35 all in.

Pro Pin: Michael Druhala $77

2nd: Bronte Smith.

7th: Owen McCallum, John Cusack.

11th: Joseph Lehkyj $10

12th: Michael Druhala, Warwick Self.

16th: James Cardoo, Michael Druhala.

Raffle: Steve Wilkinson $75, Patrick Tregellas and Luke Hammond for $25.

Big Happy Birthday to Charlie Huff

Capt Patrick