The competition held on Anzac Day saw a great field of 38 players enjoy the day, course and fantastic weather. This competition marked the first round of our new Public Holiday Trophy with Jono McGleish taking an early lead with a round of 39 stableford points. 

The full list of winners can be found via this results sheet which will be available within the weekly section of the competition folder found on the bar.

There are 6 more competitions to be held on public holidays during 2016-17 and with the Public Holiday Trophy being based on your best 3 scores there is still plenty of time to enter the competition. Future days are as follows:

Round 2: MONDAY 13th June 2016 - Queens Birthday
Round 3: MONDAY 3rd October 2016 - Labor Day
Round 4: TUESDAY 27th December 2016 - Proclamation Day Holiday
Round 5: MONDAY 2nd January 2017 - New Years Day
Round 6: THURSDAY 26th January 2017 - Australia Day
Round 7: MONDAY 13th March 2017 - Adelaide Cup Day

On Monday 25th April the first round of the Public Holiday Trophy will be held. Competition will be stableford and open to all members and guests with an official golflink handicap with players able to play at any time during the day. There will be no online booking and the course will also remain fully open for green fee players.

Across the year there are 7 events scheduled for public holidays with the best 3 scores over these events counting towards the members final score. The member with the highest score (a count back will apply) from their 3 counting events will win the Public Holiday Trophy.

A separate competition with the normal voucher and ball rundown will be held for each individual event.

The club will be holding junior golf clinics at 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm on the following dates:

Sunday 15th May.
Saturday June 11th.
Saturday July 16th.

The clinics are open to members and non-members and are free for juniors aged 5 - 18, including a free sausage sizzle and can of soft drink afterwards.

Register using the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/junior-golf-clinic-registration-15109301327

Qualifiers and first round matches for the 2016 Handicap Matchplay Championships can be found in the document below. All players are to be present on the first tee at 8:30 am so that the details of the championship, rules and handicap information can be disseminated. 

Players will be booked into their specific start times on the online booking system and at the end of the match it is the winners responsibility to enter the winning result on the sheet within the club room.

UPDATED 14/5/16:

Semi Final results are below:

2016 Handicap Matchplay - Semi Final Results

Over the past 6 months the match committee has assessed the current grading and handicap ranges to try and ensure as even grading numbers as possible so that the weekly competitions are fair for all members. This assessment found that the average player numbers in the Saturday competition was 127 with this split across the grades as follows; 20 in A, 46 in B, 36 in C and 25 in D grade. 

In an effort to bring these grade numbers closer together the handicap ranges were altered and the data used to determine a more even split. As a result of this assessment the following changes will be made to the current handicaps within each grade.
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These changes will help to ensure that grades are more even and that each member is competing within a grading that has on average a similar number of players. The data shows that these changes will bring numbers broadly in line across grades with averages of 29 in A, 37 in B, 32 in C and 28 in D.

The same assessment was made for the Divisions played in during a Thursday competition of over 50 players and a minor adjustment of altering Division 1 to move from a 0-20 range to a 0-19 range will be made.

All of these changes will be in force for competitions from Thursday 7th April / Saturday 9th April.

Whilst these changes will affect eligibility for the Club Championships the Match Committee will review these rules and the competition in general to try and ensure the grading's within the Club Championships are also as fair as possible for all members.

An error has been made on the booking sheet for Saturday the 9th April 2016. No adjustment has been made for the change in daylight savings time and as such the first tee time is at 7:12 am, rather than an hour earlier.

This sheet will be adjusted and extra times will be added with the first tee time available at 6:16 am. All current bookings will be kept as is however the booking sheet WILL BE LOCKED ON THE MORNING OF TUESDAY 5th APRIL. The extra times will be added and the booking sheet will be reopened on Tuesday 5th April at 3:00 pm.

If you would like to alter your booking to an earlier time you may do so after 3:00 pm Tuesday. You do not need to do anything if you are happy with your current booking time.