A little bit of drizzle but not enough to stop 29 keen combatants to go out and have fun. Rundown 35pts all in.
Winner Wane Lloyd (11) 39pts. R/U. Otto Brendon (35) 38pts.
N.T.P.S. 2nd. Brian Penny + Ken Davey 7th. Mark Jessop + house.12th. Wayne Lloyd + house 16th. Kim Thackery + John Bell.
Raffles $125. Neil (BUZZ) Armstrong.
Well done to all winners, good golfing and mental health.
Cheers Capt. Dave. (H2O is still the GO,GO,GO.)
Don`t forget no golf next Monday. (Australia Day)
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 3rd & 4th 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.
27th January – Round 1 at Oatlands Golf Club – Sydney
28th 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
⛳ Saturday Highlights
Another great day on the course delivered strong scoring, close finishes. Well done to everyone who featured across the divisions, ball rundown, and special events.
It was a mixed day for everyone I feel, some had no issues and broke their handicap with ease, while others struggled to get 30 points of more. People shanking the ball, throw in a few air swings and a lot of birdies. Today we had 21 Birdies in today’s field which is a record and goes to show how well the course is playing. Full Credit to Brendon and the boys for doing excellent job out there. Hopefully the plastic owl on the 18th will keep away the birds from eating the greens.
We had another successful competition day with Ryan Modini correctly filling out his score, way to go Ryan !
🏆 Winners by Division
Division 1
Brendon Marshall claimed top honours with an excellent 43 points off a handicap of 14. Sam Benny followed up with a solid 39 points off a handicap of 9, taking the runner-up position. Sam had an amazing front nine with 25 points and then came the handbrake on the back nine.
Division 2
Nick Lawler set the pace with an impressive 44 points off a handicap of 22. David Kammer matched the score on 44 points off a handicap of 28, securing second place on countback. Those are amazing scores Gents and well done. David I think you lost about 2.5 off your handicap, while Nick Didn’t lose anything.
🎯 Ball Rundown
🏅 NTPs, Pro Pin & Raffle Winners
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Men’s Captain
Patrick
Overall Division
Top honours were shared by Tony Waller (8.75) and Francis Watego (8.75), both producing excellent net totals of 65.25 to claim the top vouchers. Close behind were David Von Itzstein (8.75) and Kenneth Davey (8.75), matching the score and taking out the runner-up prizes.
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.)
A great day of golf produced some outstanding scores across the divisions, with strong performances at the top and plenty of tight finishes throughout the field. A strong field today with 89 in the field, this included 3 women. Welcome Katrina Springfield, Louise Carpenter and Vivienne Sulejmani. It was a beautiful day, the rain held off but conditions turned out to be hot and steamy out there. Big shoutout to Brendon and the team for giving us another beautiful Saturday course. Greens are rolling well and plenty of run on the fairways.
Another big shout out to Ryan Modini who correctly signed his card correctly today, way to go Ryan!!!
🏆 Winners by Division
Division 1
Aaron Garland (9) led the way with a polished score of 39 points to take the top prize. Close behind was David Wallis (16) who posted a solid 38 points to claim the runner-up spot.
Division 2
Robert Myers (28) delivered the best score of the day with an impressive 40 points to secure first place. Gary Pettit (32) followed up with 37 points to take second.
🎯 Ball Rundown
📍 NTPs
🎯 Pro Pin
🎟️ Raffle Winners
Congratulations to those members who have successfully qualified for next month’s MEDAL OF MEDALS on the 7th of FEB.
Men’s Captain
Patrick
The Men’s Stableford competition held on Wednesday, 7th January 2026 was another successful event, with some impressive results across all divisions. A solid field and players fought hard for the top spots, and there were some fantastic winners in both the place getters and ball rundown categories, along with a few lucky participants taking home special prizes. Let’s dive into the highlights!
Unfortunately there was one DQ in todays field and its a friendly reminder to please sign your card. In this case the markers signature was correct in where it was signed but it slightly overlapped into the player signed box. On submitting the card into the computer, the computer would of taken that overlap from the markers signature as the players signature and wouldn’t of produced the message “Player card not signed” as a warning prior to submitting. Please check and double check your card before submitting that card.
Men’s Captain
Patrick
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.
Myra Biggar Best Dressed
Ken Mount Best Dressed.
Here’s to a year of growth, gratitude, and beautiful new memories. May 2026 be filled with love, laughter, good health and the courage to chase your biggest dreams.
Happy New Year.
Cheers Katrina
Welcome back to a new year of golf. A warm day with 50 players and no rain. Rundown 33pts. all in.
Div. 1 winner Pat Hayes (9) 39pts. r/u Stuart Irving (18) 37pts.
Div. 2 winner Joe Jovaisa (36) 38pts. R/u Steve Archdeacon (26)35pts.
N.T.P.S. 2nd Robert Sheppard + house 7th. Tony Waller + Owen Snelling 12th. Kim Thackery + house 16th. Pat Hayes + Bob McElveney.
Raffles. $25 Wayne Lloyd $50 Tim Pooley + Terry Trevitt.
Well done to all winners, good golfing and mental health.
Cheers Capt. Dave.( H2O is still the GO.GO.GO.)
It’s good to be back! Another year. A strong field of 68 played the January 2026 Monthly Medal. The course held up well despite the rain we had over night. Full credit to Brendon and the boys for keeping the course looking its best. For those who saw that close Pro Pin marker on the 7th, rumor has it that the player missed the putt for birdie and someone broke the long-standing Shanks per round record today. It’s only the beginning of 2026 and it can only get better for those players who found the first round back an uphill battle. Jokes aside, it was good to be back playing and seeing everyone after what seemed a long break from last year.
I hope everyone had a Merry and safe Christmas and saw in the new year with a BANG!
Liam Henzell (12) took top honours with a superb net 68, edging ahead of Kim Hall (12) on 69. Brian Springfield (9) claimed the gross prize with a solid performance.
Simon Woolley (17) led the way with a winning net 71, followed closely by Brendon Marshall (13) on 72. John Faust (13) secured the gross prize.
Bill Mann (20) produced the round of the division with a net 68, while Bob Myers (23) followed on 70. Kym Fiora (20) picked up the gross award.
Men’s Captain
Patrick
