'Last Friday' Clubhouse drinks will be held this Thursday due to a pre-booked event on Good Friday. It promises to be a splendid kick-off to the warm long weekend ahead. Join in from 5.30pm.
Easter GOlf Events
We wish all members and delightful and safe Easter. The weather forecast looks wonderful for golf - but please remember to be heat-aware.
Click the links to read a little history about each event.
Easter Sunday 31 March – Gatehouse Trophy (first played 1975) (Mixed Canadian foursomes) Entries are open. Timesheet
Easter Monday 1 April – T.E. BostockMemorial Trophy (first played in 1963) and Graham Trophy (>65years first played in 1972) (Men), Thornthwaite Easter Bogey Cup (Women). Entries are open. Timesheet
Pennant
Various dates
Two rounds of the men's 2024 pennant season have been played so far with Div.1 and Div.3 winning both and sitting on top of their respective ladders.
Women's Friday pennant began last week with teams in Div.1 Div.2 and Div.3. The Div.1 team and the Sunday pennant team started their seasons with wins.
Women's Div.1 play at Barwon Heads on Friday 5 April
Women's Div.2 play at Barwon Heads on Friday 12 April
Women's Sunday pennant play at Barwon Heads on Sunday 14 April
School Holiday Junior Clinics
Several dates from Tuesday 2 April 2024
Don't forget that Jordan will be offering his popular 60-minute junior clinics in the April school holidays for those aged 8-16 years old. There will be plenty of ball hitting and lots of fun games.
Clinics are limited to six children per session and are only open to junior members and children or grandchildren of members. The cost of each session is $25 per junior. Call the golf shop to book.
Both events include a $45 lunch and $5 competition fee.
Sprague Cup
Entries open Saturday 20 April
Presented
by Mrs. Marion Sprague and family as a memorial for her late husband, the Leslie
Sprague Memorial Cup was first played in 1946.
Please recall the new condition of playrequiring all players to have a minimum of four cards in their GOLF Link history within the previous 12 months to be eligible to participate. The four rounds do not need to have been played at Barwon Heads.
Last year's Downing Ambrose winners Tony Walker, Geoff Southby and Stephen Gough - the first three person winners of the trophy since its inception in 1981.
ANZAC Long* Weeked Events
*Anzac Day falls on a Thursday this year.
Thursday 25 April 2024 - Downing Ambrose Trophy 1pm shotgun
Saturday 27 April 2024 - Services Cup (red tees) Anzac Cup (blue tees).
Sunday 28 April 2024 - Div. 3 Men's Pennant at Barwon Heads. Come and support the team.
NB: Thursday 25 April 2024 - A $15 competition fee (includes $10 donation to RSL) will apply for the morning mixed gender Stableford shotgun and the afternoon Downing Ambrose event.
Those eligible (70+ years) are encouraged to enter the events on Monday 6 May: either the Barbara Parsons Trophy (happy 103rd birthday for today, Barbara!) or the Jeanne Heweston Trophy. Entries are now open. (The Women’s Golf Sub-Committee will select the players to represent the Club for the Bramerton and Marrum Cups.)
Volunteer spotters required. We would greatly appreciate your assistance, so please put your name down on the volunteer timesheets (hole, position and time are beside each cell). Each booking is for two hours.
Bramerton Cup volunteers, Tuesday 7 May - Click here.
Marrum Cup volunteers, Thursday 9 May - Click here.
This year’s annual snooker and pin pool (billiards) interclub event was held at The Australian Club on Thursday 7 March. The margin belies the close results in many of the matches...
