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ZONE 2 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
2010
The District hosted the 2010 Regional
Championships over the weekend of 21 & 22 August, 2010, hosted by
Muswellbrook Golf Club in their centenary year.
A quality field of of 108 low marker golfers
participated including representative teams from our neighbouring
Districts, Central Coast, Lower North Coast and Newcastle, vying for
the Jim Baker Shield.
A shotgun start was utilised on both days.
Conditions on Saturday were tough, with an icy westerly whistling
across the course keeping officials within the Clubhouse.
After the first 18 holes the leading score was 71
(one under par), shared by Mark Hale (Branxton), Brent Soutar and
Davy Morgan (Central Coast). One shot back on even par were local
Kymble Pascoe and Callan OReilly (Toronto).
As is the norm in this event the top eight players
are seeded for the final round on Sunday.
Play comenced at 7.30 am on Sunday in perfect
conditions for golf. The westerly wind had blown itself out and
under a warming sun conditions were conducive to low scoring.
Strangely, only one player performed in the benign
conditions. Callan O'Reilly came from one shot back to return a 7
under par 65 and win by the ridiculous margin of 9 strokes. Callan
turned 3 under par and the proceeded to add a further 4 birdies to
his bagful. His bending exercises on Saturday evening definitely
appeared to assist his Sunday golf, whilst others who trained with
him amazingly showed no benefit.
Runner up was John Fitzpatrick from Morisset Club
on 146. An opening round of 75 had him 4 off the leaders, but a one
under par 71 on Sunday saw him leapfrog the other leaders as they
floundered.
The Junior Champion was Clayton Bridges of Belmont
with a two round total of 150, 6 over par. His two rounds of
76 - 74 provided a one shot win over a fast finishing Nathan Waters
of Scone. Nathan was heading for an ordinary day after the opening 9
holes on Sunday, but five birdies in concussion on the back nine to
finish one over par for the round and runner up to Clayton.
Local identity Gary Mears won the Seniors
Championship with rounds of 77 - 76 = 153. "Budgie" was heard to
comment on the ideal pin placements. Derek Field of Scone quinella'd
the event for the District with his two round total of 155 to be
runner up.
Jarrod Hartman (Port Macquarie) took the 36hole
handicap trophy on 141. A closing round of 80 -67 edged out Toukley
& Central Coast stalwart Dave Willett on a countback.
The historic Sandy Cameron Shield for the best
Club team of four was won by the Muswellbrook No. 1 side consisting
of sMac Dawson, Scott Hayes, Kymble Pascoe and Andrew Partridge.
Their winning score was 449.
The inter district teams event for the Jim Baker
Shield was won in "Steve Bradbury" fashion by the Hunter River team
when the favourites Newcastle along with the Lower North Coast sides
has players disqualified due to simple technicalties, such as
failing to sign cards.
This took both teams out of the equation leaving
the Hunter River side to fight it out with the Central Coast, but
with a 42 stroke advantage after the opening day the Hunter were
untroubled to win the Shield.. A zealous local official later
calculated the results including the scores of the defaulting
players and found that the Hunter would have won it in their right
had they not been disqual
The full table of results are below:
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JIM BAKER SHIELD WINNERS |
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HUNTER RIVER |
DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION |
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INDIVIDUAL RESULTS |
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REGIONAL CHAMPION |
Callan O'REILLY |
Toronto |
137 |
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RUNNER UP |
John FITZPATRICK |
Morisset |
146 |
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THIRD |
Steve SLAPENDALL |
Newcastle |
147 |
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JUNIOR CHAMPION |
Clayton BRIDGES |
Belmont |
150 |
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RUNNER UP |
Nathan WATERS |
Scone |
151 |
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36 HOLE NETT |
Jordan HARTMAN |
Port Macquarie |
141 |
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RUNNER UP |
Dave WILLETT |
Toukley |
141 |
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SENIOR CHAMPION |
Gary MEARS |
Muswellbrook |
153 |
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RUNNER UP |
Derek FIELD |
Scone |
155 |
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1ST 18 SCRATCH |
Mark HALE |
Branxton |
71 |
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1ST 18 NETT |
Scott COLLINS |
Muswellbrook |
68 |
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2ND 18 SCRATCH |
Andrew PARTRIDGE |
Muswellbrook |
73 |
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2ND 18 NETT |
Drew GARLAND |
Gloucester |
69 |
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SANDY CAMERON SHIELD |
Mac DAWSON |
Muswellbrook |
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Scott HAYES |
Muswellbrook |
449 |
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Kymble PASCOE |
Muswellbrook |
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Andrew PARTRIDGE |
Muswellbrook |
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JIM BAKER SHIELD |
Hunter River |
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2010 MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS - BEN
OWEN CUP
Sweet swinging Maitland
member Peter Gibbs scored his first major District title when he
cruised around the course in 4 over par, 75 to win the 2010 Masters
Championship. On a slow track combined with slick greens and a few
tricky pin placements conservative golf was the order of the day.
Teeing off in the first group of the day, Peter
was able to maintain a level head to play to the conditions. His
round only included one birdie and tempered by 5 bogeys. Peter can
consider himself unlucky not to make the rep side for the Regional
championship but his decision to declare Newcastle as his home Club
has precluded his selection. Hopefully the Newcastle DGA selectors
will be watching his form.
Golf refugee, Robbie Logue (no home course), from
The Oaks Club, came in runner up one shot in arrears on 76. Steady
par golf interspersed with 5 bogeys were the story of his day. The
bogey 6 on the 15th hole, which is rated the easiest on the course
was a costly one.
Gary "budgie" Mears from Muswellbrook, appeared an
also ran after a front nine of 41. The back nine saw a fight back
and after the 16th hole was right in the picture, being one under
par for the nine, but fell away to 3rd place with a bogey bogey
finish, for a total of 77.
Recent retiree Mick Sarquis from Maitland is
showing the benefit of additional golf, when he returned a 68
to win the 18 hole nett event. An ordinary front nine of 44 followed
up with a triple on 10, double on 14 had him finishing amongst the
middle of the field, until he laid on two birdies on 16 & 17 to
provide the winning edge.
Another Oaks refugee, Ron Stewart was runner up in
the nett event with a score of 69 one ahead of Sooty. Balanced golf
of 9 over par on each nine provided a total of 89 strokes, nett 69.
Muswellbrook golf tragic Elie Raad came in 3rd
place for the nett event on 71 on a countback from Maitland member
Reg Crick.
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MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP |
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Maitland 8th August 2010 |
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Winner |
Peter GIBBS |
Maitland |
75 |
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Rob LOGUE |
Oaks |
76 |
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Third |
Gary MEARS |
Muswellbrook |
77 |
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Winner |
Mick SARQUIS |
Maitland |
68 |
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Second |
Ron STEWART |
Oaks |
69 |
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Third |
Elie RAAD |
Muswellbrook |
71 c/b |
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Fourth |
Reg CRICK |
Maitland |
71 c/b |
KING WARBURTON CUP - 2 MAN
AMBROSE C'SHIP
The final District event to played on The Oaks
layout, prior to the closure of the course, to enable major
renovations to the course layout to commence was played on
Sunday 18 July, 2010. In 16months time we look forward to returning
to the new layout.
Winners of the King Warburton Cup, were the ever
consistent Mark Hale and his partner Tony Lamb from the Branxton
Club. Their winning score of 63 was 9 under par for the 72 layout.
Ten birdies and a solitary bogey on the 4th hole provided the pair
with a 5 stroke margin over father & son team of Paul & Cameron
Benkovic. Their nines of 32 out and 31 in was red hot golf.
Paul & Cam got off to a slow start of even par for
the front nine but came alive with a stunning 3 under par on the
inward nine.
Division 2 scratch winners were Vintage members
Shane Walsh and Nev Peace on even par, 72 edging out another father
and son team of Mark & Dean Lauder from Paterson, who finished a
solitary stroke in arrears on 73.
Early Division 2 favourites Mal Newman & Dave
Parkinson failed to live up to their form and will be overlooked for
representative selection for coming rep events.
Two four markers, Muz Flannigan and Mark Harrison,
from The Oaks, took out the nett event in Division 1 with a 63 nett.
The pair actually had the second best scratch score (65) but were
awarded the nett on the basis of the trophy value.
John Goodwin (Kurri) and Mark Killick (Branxton)
paired up to win the Division 1nett runner up prize on 64¾
after a scratch score of 70.
Locals John Hickey and Dusty
Lawless are in a purple patch of late. Their winning score to win
the Division 2 nett trophy of 63¾ gave them a narrow win by one
stroke over Kurri "greenie" big Al Mudd and his partner Dean Latter.
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2 MAN AMBROSE CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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THE OAKS - 18th July 2010 |
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TROPHY |
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Div. 1 Scratch Winners |
Mark Hale |
Branxton |
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Tony Lamb |
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63 |
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Div. 1 Scratch RU |
Cameron Benkovic |
Muswellbrook |
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Paul Benkovic |
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68 |
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Div. 2 Scratch Winners |
Neville Peace |
The Vintage |
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Shane Walsh |
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72 |
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Div. 2 Scratch RU |
Mark Lauder |
Paterson |
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Dean Lauder |
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73 |
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NETT |
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Div. 1 Nett Winners |
Mark Harrison |
The Oaks |
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Murray Flannagan |
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63.75 |
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Div. 1 Nett RU |
John Goodwin |
Kurri |
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Mark Killick |
Branxton |
64.75 |
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Div. 2 Nett Winners |
Dusty Lawless |
The Oaks |
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John Hickey |
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63.75 |
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Div.2 Nett RU |
Alan Mudd |
Kurri |
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Dean Latter |
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64.75 |
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Ball Comp |
B Kelly - B Gardiner |
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C Ford - M Butler |
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J Knott - S Ling |
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B McLeod - B Scarr |
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P Rigby - A Gogerly |
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G Heyes - G Griozard |
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MIXED AMBROSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
SUNDAY 23 MAY, 2010 - SINGLETON
A capacity field of 92 players took to the course
at Singleton to compete in the Mixed Ambrose Championships.
Highlight of the day was a magnificent hole in one
by Missy Beavis of Maitland on the final hole. The pin was tucked
away behind the bunker in the back left of the green, in a seemingly
impossible position. After a few anxious moments looking in the
creek to the rear of the green for her ball, her playing partners
discovered it in the hole for an ace. Well done Melissa.
Winners of the 2010 Championship were Kurri
golfers Chris Ford and his mum Sue, Tricia "Killawarra" Wyper and
Tim Lawrence, with a record score of 57, 12 under par. An average
front nine of 30 was followed up by a blistering back nine of 27.
Four birdies and eagles on both par fives equated to an 8 under for
the nine.
Scratch runners up also hailed from Kurri,
providing the Club with the quinella. Andrew & Renae Wyper teamed up
with Kevin & Patsy Fielding to finish 4 strokes behind on 61.
The nett winners were David & Gail Smith and
Tracey & Steve Rachell from TheVintage club on nett 51 5/8.Hero of
the team was big hitting scratch marker Steve, who was assisted by
the ample handicaps of his playing partners. It was pleasing to see
The Vintage members supporting the District events.
Runners up in the nett were a "combo" team from
the Denman and Scone Clubs. Jake Teague, Errol Lockwood, Sue
Wilson and Vicki Pascoe combined to finish with a creditable
54 1/4.
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SCRATCH |
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Scratch Winners |
Chris Ford |
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Tom Lawrence |
KURRI |
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Sue Ford |
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Tricia Wyper |
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Scratch R Up |
Andrew Wyoer |
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Renee Wyper |
KURRI |
61 |
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Kevin Fielding |
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Patsie Fielding |
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NETT |
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Nett Winners |
D Smith |
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51.675 |
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T Rachell |
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S Rachell |
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G Smith |
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Nett R Up |
Jake Teague |
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Errol Lockwood |
SCONE \ DENMAN |
54.25 |
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Sue Wilson |
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V Pascoe |
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Nett 3rd |
Adele Curry |
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54.375 |
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Dave Curry |
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Sean Heffernan |
PATERSON |
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2010 SAND GREEN CHAMPIONSHIP
District Captain Dave Parkinson was
more surprised than anyone when he took out the 2010 Sand Greens
title at Merriwa. An
ordinary outward nine of 40 was backed up with a more consistent 38
on the back nine to take the Championship by a stroke. On current
form Dave has impressed the selector (himself) and is knocking on
the door for representative honours.
Michael Googe of Muswellbrook was runner up one
shot in arrears on a countback on 79 from tournament favourite
and sand green exponent Phil Ledgerwood of Murrurundi.
Peter Barwick of Muswellbrook was the nett winner
on a countback from second favourite, Howie Lane of Murrurundi. Mal
Newman of Singleton benefitting from a handicap blowout thanks to
the new system came in third on 67.
Special mention should be made of the Merriwa Lady
members who started the field, provided the entertainment and
refreshments at the halfway house on the course, provided a
delicious afternoon tea and completed the match results by the time
the District officials hit the Club house.
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SAND GREEN CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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Merriwa - 20th APRIL 2008 |
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2010 SAND GREEN CHAMPION: DAVE PARKINSON |
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Scratch |
Winner |
Dave Parkinson |
Kurri |
78 |
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Second |
Mick Googe |
Muswellbrook |
79 |
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Third |
Phil Ledgerwood |
Murrurundi |
79 |
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Handicap |
Winner |
Peter Barwick |
Muswellbrook |
66 |
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Second |
Howie Lane |
Murrurundi |
66 |
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Third |
Mal Newman |
Singleton |
67 |
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BAKER TRINDER
RESULTS
In one of the most keenly contested Baker Trinder
Shields the Hunter River junior side claimed victory when Nathan
Waters won the Shield on the third play off hole.
At the conclusion of the round robin series
Central North, Hunter & North West were tied on 4 points each from
two wins apeice. Central North & Hunter had 13½
games each whilst North West dipped out of the equation with 13
games.
North West could have won the
event but for one of their players conceding the 11th hole, which he
should have won, when he suffered a memory lapse and forget his
opponent had drowned one in the greenside dam. From that point the
match swung dramatically and eventually went to his opponent. Had he
maintained his momentum they would have finished on 14 games and won
the Shield.
In the final round the local
side were heading for a flogging, but comebacks from Cameron
Benkovic to square his match and Nick Gulliver hanging on grimly to
win his, plus a comprehensive 6/5 win by Dylan Perry was sufficient
to scrape into the playoff. The Shield had to be decided by
sudden death play off between the two number one players, Baxter
Ward and Nathan Waters.
The innovative officials
decided to make the 18th hole the playoff hole as they do in PGA
Tour events. This backfired when after two attempts no result
had been reached. The two players were then sent up the par 5 first
hole, where Nathan, with his opponent on the green in regulation,
fluffed his greenside chip onto the putting surface but made
amends by canning a twenty foot snake for birdie and a win.
Congratulations to the team on
the win. Special thanks to Scone for hosting the event at short
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SCONE Golf Club - 28th and 29th March 2010 |
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Saturday Morning |
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WESTERN |
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HUNTER |
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Tom Job |
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Nathan Waters |
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Jacob Ryan |
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Cameron Benkovic |
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Alex Burton |
14 |
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Dylan Perry |
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James Wheeler |
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Kyle Blinko |
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6/4 |
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Bailey Pendergast |
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Nick Gulliver |
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9/8 |
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Brady Connolly |
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Adrian Chomiszak |
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6/5 |
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Ben Stokes |
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Kade Hardy |
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6/5 |
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Baxter Ward |
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Angus Croft |
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Nathan Mann |
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5/3 |
Scott Kirby |
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Michael Handley |
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Luke Stahlhut |
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Nathan Bradburn |
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Toby Reynolds |
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Andrew Bowden |
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Toby Cooper |
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Zac Johns |
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3/2 |
Sam Cooper |
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Ben Koopman |
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5/3 |
Kurt Daly |
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Andrew McPherson |
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Angus Smith |
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NORTH WEST |
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HUNTER |
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Nathan Waters |
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3/1 |
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Cameron Benkovic |
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2/1 |
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Toby Reynolds |
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2/1 |
Kyle Blinko |
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Scott Kirby |
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0 |
Dylan Perry |
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Toby Cooper |
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Nick Gulliver |
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Kurt Daly |
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Kade Hardy |
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Sam Cooper |
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Ben Stokes |
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Angus Smith |
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WESTERN |
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Baxter Ward |
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7/5 |
James Wheeler |
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Nathan Mann |
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Jacob Ryan |
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Michael Handley |
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9/7 |
Alex Burton |
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Nathan Bradburn |
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5/4 |
Bailey Pendergast |
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Andrew Bowden |
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3/2 |
Brady Connolly |
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Zac Johns |
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3/1 |
Dayne Gardiner |
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Ben Koopman |
10 |
5/4 |
Brandon Barber |
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Andrew McPherson |
10 |
7/5 |
Tom Jobb |
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Sunday Morning |
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CENTRAL NORTH |
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HUNTER |
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Baxter Ward |
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Nathan Waters |
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Nathan Mann |
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0 |
Cameron Benkovic |
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0 |
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Michael Handley |
5 |
3/2 |
Kyle Blinko |
4 |
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Nathan Bradburn |
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Dylan Perry |
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6/5 |
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Andrew Bowden |
6 |
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Nick Gulliver |
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Zac Johns |
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Adrian Chomiszak |
5 |
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Ben Koopman |
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3/2 |
Kade Hardy |
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Andrew McPherson |
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Ben Stokes |
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NORTH WEST |
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WESTERN |
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Angus Croft |
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2/1 |
James Wheeler |
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Toby Reynolds |
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2/1 |
Jacob Ryan |
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Luke Stahlhut |
6 |
7/5 |
Alex Burton |
14 |
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Scott Kirby |
6 |
6/5 |
Bailey Pendergast |
17 |
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Toby Cooper |
8 |
7/5 |
Brady Connolly |
17 |
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Kurt Daly |
9 |
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Dayne Gardiner |
17 |
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Sam Cooper |
9 |
6/5 |
Brandon Barber |
18 |
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Angus Smith |
12 |
3/1 |
Tom Jobb |
24 |
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CENTRAL NORTH |
4 |
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13.5 matches |
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HUNTER |
4 |
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13.5 matches |
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NORTH WEST |
4 |
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13 matches |
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WESTERN |
0 |
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Playoff Hunter vs Central North |
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2010 JUNIOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS

The District
Junior Championships drew a disappointing
field of 53 young golfers to Kurri on Sunday 14 March, 2010. This
included young girls vying for the Newcastle Hunter Ladies Golf
Association, who combined their junior championships with our
Districts, for the first time.
The winner of the NHLDGA Junior Championship was
Aliza Huff of Belmont with a spectacular 77 off the stick, whilst
fellow clubmate, Layne Flannery won the nett event on nett 73.
The 2010 Junior Champion and winner of the Dave
Parkinson Shield was Cam Benkovic from Muswellbrook on 72, parring
the course off his 3 handicap.
Nathan Waters (Scone) has certainly hit his straps
this year and continued his form with 74 hits to take the Boys 16 -
17 years scratch trophy. James Towns from Maitland (no relation to
Geoff or Jono) returned the best nett score for the division, with a
fine 67.
Branxton's Adrian Chomiszak was successful in
winning the Boys 14 -15 years Scratch with an impressive 75 hits,
whilst Jack Clark of Singleton won the handicap trophy with a nett
68.
Isiah Wolferstan also hailing from Branxton,
returned the equal second best score of 74 to convincingly win the
Boys 13 and under scratch trophy. The "Mighty Midget" from Maitland
Hayden Gulliver scooped the net trophy with a nett 70, and took the
side bets off his big brother once again.
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Hunter River Champion |
Cameron Benkovic - 72 |
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CLUB |
SCORE |
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Scratch Winner |
Aliza Huff |
Belmont |
77 |
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Scratch Runner Up |
Jessica Kelly |
The Vintage |
89 |
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Nett Winner |
Layne Flannery |
Belmont |
73 |
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Nett Runner Up |
Tess McDonald |
Belmont |
84 |
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BOYS 13 and Under |
NAME |
CLUB |
SCORE |
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Scratch Winner |
Isiah Wolferstan |
Branxton |
74 |
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Nett Winner |
Hayden Gulliver |
Maitland |
70 |
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Nett Runner Up |
Ben Stokes |
Singleton |
72 |
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Nett Third |
Will Allison |
Wyong |
74 |
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BOYS 14 and 15 |
NAME |
CLUB |
SCORE |
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Scratch Winner |
Adrian Chomiszak |
Branxton |
75 |
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Nett Winner |
Jack Clark |
Singleton |
68 |
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Nett Runner Up |
Luke Walker |
Charlestown |
71 |
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Nett Third |
Tom Bateman |
Scone |
71 |
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BOYS 16 and 17 |
NAME |
CLUB |
SCORE |
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Scratch Winner |
Nathan Waters |
Scone |
74 |
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Nett Winner |
James Towns |
Maitland |
67 |
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Nett Runner Up |
Sam Buttenshaw |
Maitland |
69 |
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Nett Third |
Brodern Adam-Smith |
Muswellbrook |
71 |
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4 MAN AMBROSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
KURRI - 1st NOVEMBER 2009
Mark Hale continued his dominance of District
events this year, when he teamed with fellow Branxton members Peter
Callingham and Mick Ross, and just to top up the team in called in
the "big gun" Glenn Marcheff from Singleton for the District Ambrose
Fours Championship.
Their winning score of 17 under par, 55 was a
record for this event, which will stand for some time. To save space
it is easier to advise that the only pars (3 of) they had were on
the long second hole and the 8th & 14th par threes. Eagles on 7
(almost holed out) and 18 made up the balance of the round.
Apparently an eagle chance went begging on 12 when a relatively
short putt went begging.
The Scone team of Derek Field, David
O'Donnell, Wayne Phelps and Chris Waters were scratch runners on 11
under par 61. The team played consistent golf for their rounds of 30
out and 31 in. Birdies and pars made for a neat card.
Burglars from Maitland Adam Roy, Peters Gibbs,
Adam McKenzie and David Bell won the nett score trophy with their
round of 58 nett 54 1/4. Two mirrored rounds of 29 strokes each
nine, blemished by 4 pars cost the team any chance of a scratch
victory.
Popular runners up were the Aberdeen team of
Peter Cooper, Peter May, John Golledge and Tony Strong finished half
a stroke behind on 54 3/4. The team's individual handicaps ranged
from 11 to 18, but played like single figure markers for their 10
under par scratch round.
With record breaking scores such as these it
was obvious that it must have been a perfect day weather wise aided
by a course in tip top condition.
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TROPHY |
NAME |
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SCORE |
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