Category: Committee

Quite a warm day, with 54 starters enjoying the conditions. Rundown 33 pts. all in.

Div. 1 winner Robert Sheppard (15) 40pts. R/U John Cusack(9) 36pts.

Div. 2 winner Terry Trevitt (24) 35pts. R/u Alex Kwok (35) 34pts.

N.T.P.S. 2nd. Nick Davis + House 7th. Kim Thackery + House.

12th. Nick Davis + Terry Trevitt. 16th. David VonItzstein + Alex Kwok.

Raffles. $50. David VonItzstein + Owen McCallum. $25. Rodney Jackson + John Bryant.

Well done to all winners, good golfing and mental health.

Cheers Capt. Dave. (H2O is still the GO,GO,GO,but red is good.)

Saturday’s Ambrose competition brought out some stellar performances and great camaraderie.  It was great that the rain held off until all had completed their rounds.

🥇 Winners 

Congratulations to Jack Malone and Cem Okan who took top honours with a net score of 60.75 (handicap 8.25).

Close behind were Tony Blair and Ken Mount with 61.25 (handicap 6.75), earning runner-up vouchers.

📋 Rundown Results

Here’s a list of those who made the rundown:

•     Tregellas, Patrick – Kemp, Michael – (2.50) – 62.50

•     Myers, Bob – Myers, Robert – (13.25) – 62.75

•     Benny, Sam – Treloar, Grant – (4.00) – 63.00

•     James, Mark – Olsen, John – (8.50) – 63.50

•     Killion, David – Pochodyla, Paul – (4.25) – 64.75

•     Kirkham, Kerrod – Elphick, Wade – (6.75) – 65.25

•     Bartlett, Kevin – Smart, Stuart – (8.00) – 66.00

🎯 NTPs, Pro Pin & Raffle Winners

•     Strickland, Nimai – $82 Pro Shop Voucher

•     Overton, Jason – NTP 2nd

•     Elphick, Wade – NTP 7th

•     Trevitt, Terry – NTP 12th

•     Woodford, Wayne – NTP 11th

•     Strickland, Nimai – NTP 16th

🎟️ Raffle Winners:

•     Fisk, Walter – $25 Voucher

•     Dempsey, Perc – $25 Voucher

•     Olsen, John – $25 Voucher

•     Byrne, Michael – $25 Voucher

•     Morrison, Greg – $25 Voucher

•     Quinlin, Paul – $50 Voucher

Men’s Captain

Patrick

Vets Xmas Party monday 1st. December 2025. Must have played 5 vet mondays to be eligible.

7.30 am for 8.00am shotgun start. 4 man ambrose, so get your teams in. Any donations for raffle welcomed.

Cheers Capt. Dave.

Golfers will be aware that, over recent days, there have been internet issues in the broader Tweed / Collangatta area. One of the outages impacted the Golf Website.

Special thanks to Twin Towns IT for their timely restoration of access for golfers. Needless to say, there were other matters that the IT team were resolving.

SADLY WE HAVE LOST ANOTHER EX-MEMBER FROM BANORA GOLF CLUB. MAX SMITH PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY NIGHT IN TWEED COAST HOSPITAL . HE WAS A MEMBER FOR MANY YEARS AND REPRESENTED THE CLUB IN NUMEROUS PENNANT MATCHES AS WELL A PRIVATE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD FOR MAX.

COMMITTEE CLUB BANORA GOLF

Greens Maintenance

The greens will be scarified twice initially. Once the scarify process is complete on each green a turf tender vacuum collects all the scarify mulch and then soon after this is collected the coring process begins. The vacuum then does another round on the greens to collect all the cores. The scarify mulch and cores will be used to fill in the bare patches around the course.

After the coring process is complete the greens are left to breath overnight and on the following day Gypsum is spread across the greens to add nutrient into the core holes and the soil. Once the Gypsum has been spread then the sand spreading begins to cover the greens. After the sand spreading is complete the greens will then be fertilized. An additional lighter sand spreading is conducted a week or so later.

Tee Boxes

All tee boxes will be cored after the greens and once all cored then the sand spreading process begins on the tee boxes.

Cart Paths

Major renovations are happening on the cart paths with a road base material that is applied with a bobcat and spreader attached. Once spread out on the paths a roller is used to compact the base and make a much more robust cart path. This will continue past the scheduled course maintenance.

Fairways and Rough

The fairways and rough will be maintained as per the current weekly schedule.

Sand Bunkers

All weeds and grass runners that are prevalent in the bunkers will be poisoned. General bunker maintenance will resume on Friday 14th November.

Tree Limbs

Tree limbs that are overhanging fairways and tee boxes will be cut back. There will be some that will be unreachable. Anything that is reachable with a pole say will be cut back. Low lying limbs in some of the rough areas will also be cut back. Any dead tree will be removed. This will be an ongoing process even after the scheduled course maintenance this week.

Photos of the different course works will be attached to the blog as the week progresses.

All the ground staff are looking forward to presenting a vibrant course for the warmer summer months ahead.

Regards,

The Shed

It was only a smart field today. The 3 putt club had their annaul trip away down south. Which took alot of regulars away.

Some of you may of noticed my handicap going from 4, 8.5, 10.2, 12.5, 16.2 and now 20.2. There is a problem with my handicap since the transition to the new system. GA is aware of the problem and its been happening randomly around Australia. Each time they go to amend it to the correct handicap. It just compounds the issue with the way they calculate the handicaps, Its not a simple fix apprently. Fingers crossed their techs can get it sorted sooner and later. But if you do need me for an ambrose off 20.2 let me know 😉

Div 1 Winner: Danial Lawler (14) with a score of 37 points, Runner up was Phil Coles (16) with a score of 36

Div 2 Winner: Tony Waller (25) with a score of 37 points, Runner up was Ryan McDonald (28) with a score of 36

Ball rundown went to 32 all in.

Pro Pin: Cem Okan

2nd: Danial Lawler, Steve Wilkinson.

7th: Brendon Marshall, John Tannahill.

11th: David Harrod

12th: Patrick Hayes, Terry Trevitt.

16th: Danial Lawler, Cem Okan.

Raffle: Tim Pooley $50 & Terry Trevitt $50.

Miss ya Wayno! I hope the nurses are taking good care of you.

Course closed this weeek till thursday. Green renos and alot of the paths getting repaired.

Men’s Captain

Patrick

last week we celebrated the 90th birthday of our long time member Myra Biggar , still playing golf twice a week

Fourth of November we enjoyed Melbourne Cup Day a few showers dampened spirits for a while then after the game we adjourned to the club “behind the curtain” for lunch , a Melbourne Cup quiz, sweeps and the race!

We played a Medley Fourball , the winners were Vivienne Sulejmani and Dot Robertson with 46 points and the Runners up were Vivienne Sulejmani and Kathryn Colsell with 44pointsAs Vivienne played as a swinger she only gets one prize (not two prizes as shown on the prize report)

Then Thursday 6th Nov we played a 2 stroke Canadian 🇨🇦 The winners were Kaye Mills and Pauline Ryan with 69 nett. Runners up were Marilyn Brown And Colleen Kelly with 73.25

No Golf next week so our Greens staff can do their renovations , the course is looking better all the time it’s very obvious everyone out there is on the lookout for things that will improve our course Thankyou boys!!!!

Only four more Thursday games till we are finished for the year so come on out and make the most of your membership! Because we certainly didn’t get our moneys worth in the first half of the year

Cheers to all from Liz and our hardworking committee

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Div 1: Peter McCray 38 points, Runner up: Nigel Luxton 37 points.

Div 2: Martin Dobney 36 points, Runner up: John Tannahill 35 points.

Ball rundown to 33 points all in.

Pro Pin: Max Jessop $64

2nd: Patrick Hayes

7th: Phil Coles, Mark Jessop.

11th: John Cusack.

12th: Steve Wilkinson, Dale Park.

16th: Sam Benny, Max Jessop.

Raffle: Neil Armstrong Taking home the goods with $125.

Men’s Captain

Patrick

Medley Single Stableford

Mixed Golf Sunday 9th November is SPUDS sponsor day. For those who don’t know Spud, let me introduce you. This is Spud, he oversees everything mechanical at Cricks. Nothing goes out without his approval. When it comes to golf he knows all the tricks and training methods to make you a better golfer. Don’t be fooled by his size, great things come in small packages.

Sunday Medley Single Stableford

$50 mens winner, $25 mens runner up

$50 womans winner, $25 woman’s runner up

Mens 7th Hole Pro Pin $50

Women’s 12th Hole Pro Pin $50

Mens 11th hole NTP $25

Woman 2nd shot 7th hole $25

Woman 2nd shot 16th hole $25

Men 16th Hole $25

All prizes supplied by Spud 🐶Gather your friends and let’s play golf. Spots still available. ⛳️🏌‍♂️