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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 3^rd & 4^th 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.

27^th January – Round 1 at Oatlands Golf Club – Sydney

28^th 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

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.)

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.

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.)

Last day of the year with 46 players, very warm but some good scores in. Ball rundown 35pts. all in.

Div. 1 winner Jeff Trichter (18) 40pts r/u Bill Mann (18) 38pts.

Div. 2 winner Stephen Caine (26) 40pts. r/u Rod Jackson (28) 38pts.

N.T.P.S. 2nd. Graham McKenzie + Stephen Caine. 7th. Jeff Trichter + House.12th. Bill Mann + Vince Robshaw.

16th. Graham Hopkins + Owen Snelling

Eagles nest went off to Bill Mann 12 balls coming your way. Back to 1 ball for the New Year..

Raffles. $25. Tony Waller + Stephen Caine + John Kraus. $50 Terry Trevitt.

Well done to all winners, good golfing and mental health. Merry Xmas and a happy New Year,see you all on 5th. January. 2026.

Cheers Capt. Dave.(H2O is still GO,GO,GO,but RED is goooood)

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What a great day to finish of our year! No sign of rain everyone was there that could possibly make it including our retired friends! The course was looking great, with our Xmas tree and curvy line flowers in the sand and no mowers!! Our golf game went smoothly , shotgun start everyone on time nice quick fun game! Then it was time to party! A lovely lunch thankyou Sharon!Plenty to drink served by Barry and Russ, thankyou for looking after us , a lovely choice of sweets – thankyou ladies. Presentation of the days prizes followed by presentations of our annual special events and finishing of with our super raffles!! I hope everyone enjoyed their day a lot of work behind the scenes by a lot of people.

The winners were Chris Mills and Alison Blair 66 points . Runners up were Mary Swanson and Daphne Andersen with 68 points everyone received a ball so no rundown! Nearest the Xmas tree was won by Vivienne Sulejmani and Thelma Roffey. Nearest the Curvy Line was won by Vivienne Sulejmani and Marlene Wyatt. NTPs were won by Denise F Culpitt, Lisa Smith, Alison Blair, Diane Hughes, Liz Edwards and Denise F Culpitt. The ProPin was won by Marlene Wyatt with a generous add on by Barry!

Its only 1 sleep away. The Men’s Christmas party is near. Make sure you get there bright and early for a breakfast snag. Barry will have the BBQ going by 7am. We did have plans to have another BBQ behind the Ladies 11th tee block but with the weather being uncertain, the decision has been made to have that BBQ in the outdoor area at the Island house. after you finish the front 9, you can stop in for a burger and top up the esky.

With such a large field, it will be slow going. please be patient and respectful of all players and please drink responsibly out there.

Records show 20 Players booked in who haven’t paid and that cut off was today at 5pm. Hopefully those 20 players will still have a spot tomorrow as numbers are limited, and the waiting list is long. This information about the Xmas party has been on blog for 2 weeks and alot of signage within the club. If you are paying tomorrow, Its CASH ONLY, no excuses.

Have Fun, bring your best Christmas shirt and enjoy the day.

Men’s Captain

Patrick.

A nice day, 42 players with rundown 33pts. all in.

Div. 1 winner. Martin Dobney (20) 38pts. on c/b from Tony Waller (22) 38pts.

Div. 2 winner Ken Wood (29) 36pts. r/u Terry Gosling (30) 34pts.

N.T.P.S. 2nd. house 7th.Nick Davis + house. 12th. Tony Waller + house.16th. Nick Davis + Owen Snelling.

Raffles $150. Neil Armstrong.

Good golfing and mental health.

Cheers Capt. Dave.

LADIES RESULTS AND NEWS DEC 4

We played our second last Thursday for the year beautiful conditions , not too hot, no rain! And the course getting better all the time!! A fun day today a Texas Stablefordand the winners were: Alison Blair,, Maren Cooper, Mary Minogue and Lyn Simpson. With 146 points. The runners up were: G lenda Ballard, Yvonne Morrison, Marilyn Berryman and Kathryn Colsell with 130 points.
In the rundown we had Denise F Culpitt, Chris Mills, Dorothy Robertson and Desleigh Dobney with 127 points and Pauline Ryan, Peggy Williams, Kaye Mills and June McFadden with 121 points.
NTPs were: 2nd Div 1 Alison Blair Div 2 Denise Melling. 7th Div1 Denise F Culpitt Div 2 Denise Melling . 16th Div1 June McFadden Div2 Marilyn Berryman ProPin Vivienne Sulejmani $31.

This coming week Thursday 11th Dec is our last Thursday for the year XMAS PARTY DAY shotgun start 7.30am for 8 am . $30 pay to Barry. This will be for your golf Xmas lunch and a Xmas drink!There will be lots of raffles , hams and wines. Also presentation of our SPECIAL EVENTS that you have been playing for all year. Decorate yourselves , decorate your tables !!

See you all there

Liz and your hardworking committee

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