RESULTS FNQVGA CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 1 GORDONVALE

 A great field of 77 players (66 Men & 12 Ladies) travelled to Gordonvale this morning to play the first round of the Drummond Golf FNQVGA Championships. Perfect golfing conditions, with the Gordonvale predictable wind which kept things cool.  The golf course improves each time we play which is a credit to the Gordonvale Golf Club and its volunteers. Also thanks to Mel for getting our field going and for keeping us fed and watered.

We had one new member today Gazza Brown from Penfield Golf Club South Australia - welcome Gazza.

A big thank you to our major sponsor Drummond Golf for their generous support.

TODAY`s RESULTS:

MENS:

Division 1

Winner: Ken Berrigan on 68 nett (C/B)

Runner up: Neal Arnott on 68 nett

Division 2

Winner: Ian Tindall on 69 nett 

Runner up: Dave Horton on 70 nett

NTPs: 

No 5 Glenn Averkoff  No 8   Neal Arnott No 14 Darryl Chandler  No 17 Richo

Ball Rundown:

69 nett: Peter Brereton

71 nett: Peter Wyatt Kevin Walsh Phillip Smith Peter McMenamin & Chris Ireland

72 nett: Kojak Schofield George Grew Peter Edmonds & John Bawden

73 nett: Tom Finch John Pinfield & Brian Hughes

74 nett: George Studham Garry Castle Bert Smith Bob Adams & Ros Allen

LADIES

Winner: Doreen Law on 68 nett

Runner Up: Marg Finch on 72

NTPs: 

No 5 & No 8 Ali Gibson No 14  Di Diversi

 No 17 Liz Edmonds

Ball Rundown:

76 nett Lily Schirmer Liz Edmonds Cath Coverdale

NEXT WEEK

Round 2 FNQVGA Championships Gordonvale Golf Club and an 18 Hole Stroke Competition in conjunction. Tee off from 7am.

Ladies winner Doreen Law with President Pete

Ladies Runner up Marg Finch

FNQVGA CHAMPIONSHIPS 36 HOLES GORDONVALE TUESDAY 30 JULY AND TUESDAY 6 AUGUST.

The Drummond Golf 36 Hole FNQVGA  Championships will commence at Gordonvale Golf Club this coming Tuesday 30 July and conclude the following Tuesday 6 August. 

FORMAT: Two round of  18 hole Stroke play 

ELIGIBILITY: Must have played 3 individual rounds this calendar year

GRADES:     Mens.    Divided into three grades of approximately equal number decided on after                                                 nominations  are received at Round 1.

( Last year the grades were A Grade 0-15.4  B Grade 15.5-21.4 and C Grade 21.5 and above, if we get 50 starters. Handicaps remain the same for the 36 holes.

                      Ladies:    One grade. 

TEE OFF:     7.00am , nominations from 6.30am

DAILY COMP.: There will be an individual 18 Hole Stroke play in conjunction in our usual 2 Division  plus Ladies.

TITLE HOLDERS:  2023 played at Half Moon Bay.

MENS

A Grade      Gross                    Neal Arnott (with a 74 in final round)

                    Gross R/up            Peter Brereten

                    Nett Winner          Ken Berrigan

                    Nett R/Up             Dennis Vohland 

B Grade       Gross                  Des Jones

                    Gross R/Up           Bert Smith

                    Nett Winner          Peter Walters

                    Nett R/Up            Peter Doherty 

C Grade      Gross                   Barry Pike

                    Gross R/Up          Peter Johnston

                    Nett Winner         John Pilbin   

                     Nett R/Up           Jim Pinfield

LADIES

Gross Winner        Liz Edmonds

Gross R/Up           Doreen Law

Nett Winner          Lily Schirmer   

Nett R/Up             Kay Bergiel

 

RESULTS HALF MOON BAY TUESDAY 23 JULY 2024

 A satisfying field of 65 FNQVGA golfers (55 men and 10 ladies) enjoyed great conditions at Yorkey's this morning to play a single stableford sponsored by Chiropractics Works Cairns. 

Club President Peter  thanked everyone for playing as well as Brady and Felicity  for helping the field get away and making sure they were adequately fed and watered on return. 

Three Victorian visitors today, Bev Smith  and Jan Smith from Hepburn, as well as  Cheryl Warrior from Curlewis Golf Club  at the bottom of Port Phillip - no wonders they are up here enjoying the great weather.

Peter Walters conquers the 11th.

The odds of an amateur making a hole-in-one is roughly  12,500 to 1. The odds of a low-handicapper making a hole-in-one is 5,000 to 1. The odds of a professional golfer making an ace is  2,500 to 1. The odds for the  average golfer on a 180m par-3 is  150,000 to 1. So how did  Gordonvale Golf Club volunteer Peter Walters feel when he aced the 11th at HMB this morning - bloody marvelous! Peters first Hole-in-one after 148,768 attempts. Congratulations Peter.

If you stayed for presentation today you will notice that some of the results published below are slightly different . The ladies course has been corrected with the final results as below. 

Todays Results

MENS:

Division 1

Winner: Marcus Morse(40pts)

Runner Up: Steven Day (39 pts)

Division 2

Winner: Lionel Law  (40 pts))

Runner up:  Keith Schirmer (38pts)(C/B)

NTPs: 

No4  Roger Smith No 9 George Studham No 11 Peter Walters (HIO) No 16 Ross Ellen

Ball Rundown:

 

38 pts: Peter Walters Kenny  Berrigan Tom Finch

37pts: John Tehan James Pinfield

36pts:Trevor Barry Des Jones Tim Hollman

35pts: Dave Jackson Peter Clarke Pommy English

34 pts Steve Willis Peter McMenamin Al Clarke

33pts Ken Hudson Garry Castle

32 pts Roger Smith Ron Sylvester Bert Smith Neal Arnott

LADIES

Winner: Heather Forster (38pts)

Runner Up: Dee Kottnig (36)

NTPs: 

No 4 Heather Forster No 9 Marg Finch No 11 Marg Finch

No 16 Heather Forster

Ball Rundown:

33pts: Lily Schirmer Ali Gibson

32 pts  Jane Taylor

31 pts Bev Smith

30pts Marg Finch

26pts Jan Smith

Next Week FNQVGA Championships 36 Holes (Stroke) Round 1 Gordonvale, There will be an individual Stableford held in conjunction.  Tee off from 7am

Mens Div 1 Runner up Steve Day.

HALF MOON BAY TUESDAY 23 JULY

 Hopefully this glorious weather will keep rolling along until Tuesday at Half Moon Bay Golf  Club for an individual stableford event. 

Tee off from 7am

Sponsor: Change to program and Chiropractic Works Cairns is the generous sponsor for the day.

RESULTS MAREEEBA TUESDAY 16 JULY

A very good field of 69 players (55men and 15 ladies) enjoyed perfect conditions at the Mareeba Golf Course this morning.A thickish fog gave way to a sparkling morning.If you have something too sell, real estate wise, then this week is the week to sell it!

The team of Green keeper Karl , and volunteers Jim, Rod, Enid and Bernie ( hole placer and weed spotting) certainly have the Mareeba course in a commendable condition.  The greens are probably the envy of some coastal clubs. As you may know Mareeba is a good place to grow grass but it takes an expert to prepare a surface.

Thanks to Mareeba President Owen and his assistant Amelia for looking after us and making us feel welcome.

We had a visitor from South Africa Ralph Collis, as well as five new members Philip Smith from Exeter Tasmania, Jane and Michael Taylor returning from Hidden Valley, Wayne Pedersen from Atherton and Noel Webster from Cairns. Welcome all!

Thanks to our sponsors today Cazalys

 

TODAY`s RESULTS:

MENS:

Div 1

Winner: Danny Bradley on 38pts

Runner Up:Wayne Pedersen on 37pts

Div 2

Winner John Pilbin 40 pts

Runner Up Lionel Law  37pts

NTPs: 

No 4 Neal Arnott No 8 Danny Bradley No 11 Michael Taylor  No 13 Ian Tindall

Ball Rundown:

36pts: Ken Berrigan

35pts: Peter Edmonds Phillip Smith Tim Hollman

 33pts: Peter Johnston Rod Cade Garry Castle

32pts: Ron Blake Lance Pedrana Neal Arnott John Ward

31pts: Ross Ellen Tom Finch Ralph Collis Pommy English Jack Murray.

 

LADIES

Winner: Jane Taylor on 35pts(C/B)

Runner Up:Cathy Coverdale  on 35pts

NTPs:

 No  4  Heather Forster No 8  Jane Taylor No 11 Liz Edmonds 

No 13 Doreen Law

Ball Rundown:

33 pts Doreen Law Heather Forster 

30pts Lois Tait

29 pts Lily Schirmer Edna Atkinson 

Next Week Hals Moon Bay 23 July 2024 

 

Some early observers this morning 

Ladies winner today Jane Taylor with President Pete.

 

HEADS UP - MAREEBA

 There is a possibility that our EFTPOS machine may not be working tomorrow, so bring enough cash to nominate with , just in case.

MAREEBA TUESDAY 16JUNE 2024

FNQVGA golfers are invited to travel to the beautiful Mareeba Golf Club on Tuesday morning  for an individual 18 Hole stableford in the Consistency series.

Tee off from 7am 

Sponsor Cazalys

Happy golfers from a previous visit to Mareeba

 

GORDONVALE RESULTS TUESDAY 9 JULY 2024

The clouds lifted, the rain ceased , the sun came out and 58 FNQVGA golfers (9 ladies and 49 men) played a very pleasant 18 Hole single Stableford at Gordonvale Golf Club this morning. In spite of the rain over the weekend the course was in very good condition and the "all volunteer" greens team can stand up and take a bow for the remarkable development of the course in the last 6-12 months.Looking forward to coming back on 30 July for the first round of the championships.

Scoring was made difficult by the maximum use of the tee blocks on most holes, but the mention-able round of the day went to Tim Hollman who, with the aide of a few chip-ins recorded a winning score of 40 points in the Mens Div. 1. Well done Tim!

Big thank you to Mel and Josh for getting us started and watered at the end of the round, and the great welcome on the notice board as you enter the race track.

Mel and Josh at GGC today.

Our sponsors today were Brothers Leagues Club Cairns. Why not drop in to Fratelli's Cafe and Bar to catch up with friends?

 

TODAY`s RESULTS:

MENS:

Division 1

Winner: Tim Hollman on 40pts

Runner Up: Andy McKinlay  on 37pts

Division 2

Winner: Allen McFarlen on 34pts

Runner up: Alan Dwyer  on 33 pts.

NTPs: 

No 5 Roger Glover No 8 Andy McKinlay No 14 Skinner  No 17 Evert Van Kleef

Ball Rundown:

36pts: Peter Walters

35pts: Roger Glover

33pts: Darryl Chandler  George Studham  Danny Bradley Peter Brereton

32pts: Mark Davidson Ralph Collis

31 pts Kevin Walsh

30 pts Pommy English George Atkinson Dennis Vohland Glenn Averkoff

LADIES

Winner: Doreen Law on 29pts

Runner Up:Edna Atkinson    on 28pts (C/B)

NTPs: 

No 5 & No 8 Cath Coverdale No 14  Edna Atkinson

 No 17 Doreen Law

Ball Rundown:

28pts Cath Coverdale

25 pts Di Diversi Heather Forster

24pts Dee Kottnig

 Next Week Tuesday 16 July Mareeba Golf Club on one of its 300 day of Sunshine!

CALENDER CHANGES AND PROCEDURE REQUESTS

 

 There have been some minor changes to the Program in the rest of the year which have been updated on the Program 2024.

If you know members who work off a printed calendar could you please make them aware of the following dates:

10/09/2024     ATHERTON                  Consistency    Sponsor  DRUMMOND

17/09/2024    HALF MOON BAY        Consistency    Sponsor BROTHERS

22/10/2024     CAIRNS                                                  Sponsor Davidson Coaching

29/10/2024    HALF MOON BAY                                 Sponsor Rich Micchalski

 

GAME DAY

NOMINATING

When nominating to play in our comps the only number you need on your card is your FNQVGA number. This starts with 48--- and the rest will be a number less than 160. This will greatly assist  the match committee to get the filed off in good time.

RECORDING SCORE

Before you write your score on the board at completion of your round please enter your score either my MiScore App or at the FNQVGA Kiosk laptop. If you are not confident to do this yourself ask someone to help you.This will greatly assist  the match committee to complete the presentations  in good time.

GORDONVALE TUESDAY 9 JULY 2024

FNQVGA has a sneak preview of our Championship course for 2024 when we play a Single Stableford  this Tuesday  9 July  2024 at Gordonvale Golf Club which was opened as an 18 hole course on 21 April 1991. 

Tee off from 7.00am 

The Gordonvale Club has ample golf carts for hire.

Sponsors Brothers Leagues Club

RESULTS CAIRNS GOLF CLUB 2 JULY 2024

 The best field of the year so far saw 90 players (69 men and 21 ladies) enjoying the glorious conditions at Cairns Golf Club this morning when FNQVGA played an 18 Individual Stableford in the Consistency series. President Peter was glowing in his praise of the reception we received from the Pro Shop, Bar and catering and green staff. The course was a hive of activity as it prepares for the FNQGA Championships this weekend. Good luck to everyone involved.

Visitors and new members today were John Burns (Cairns),  Garry Brown and Ralph Collis, Keith Harrap from Hawks Nest NSW, Alan Dwyer from Tallebudgera and George Cooley from Kiama.

Get well wishes go out  to members Kay Cleland whose broken ankle resulted from a tussle with a bag of mandarins, and stalwart Russ Gill who has had a tussle with a plastic surgeon. Hope to see you both in action soon as possible

Today's sponsor was Drummond Golf Cairns, Australia's biggest. If you want the Welsh version of golf , drop in and see Steve- the happiest pro shop attendant around!

Today's Results

MENS:

Division 1

Winner: Ed Mackie on 41 pts (who also won the last time we played here)

Runner Up: Neal Arnott 34 pts

 

Division 2

Winner: Chris Ireland  40 pts

Runner up:  Ian Tindall  on 37 pts 

NTPs: 

No2  Vaughan Smith No 8 Shane Vale  No 14 Allan Dredge 

No 17Ken Berrigan

Ball Rundown:

35 pts Glenn Averkoff

34 pts Rod Sylvester Garry Castle

33 pts Alan Dwyer Mick Gossip Keith Schirmer Vaughan Smith

32 pts Brian Hughes Dave Jackson Jeff McGrath

31pts Eric Haworth John Pinfield Roger Glover John Bawden Peter Edmonds Ken Berrigan Steven Day John Hall
 

LADIES

Winner: Edna Atkinson  36 pts

Runner Up: Kathy Small   33 pts (C/B)

NTPs: 

No 2 Rhoda Pedrana  No 8Gail Wright  No 14  Rhoda Pedrana

No17 Doreen Law

Ball Rundown:

33pts Doreen Law

31pts Rhona Pedrana  Cathy Coverdale  Yvonne Gordon Gail Wright

30 pts Belle Gillan Dee Kottnig Di Diversi

Next Week 9 July Gordonvale Golf Club  

Mens Div2 winner Chris Ireland with Pres Pete

Ladies winner, the remarkably consistent Edna Atkinson.