WGI Pennant Results Monday 18th March.

At Kiama, our Silver Pennant team won 4/1 against Worrigee Links.

At Kiama, our Bronze Pennant team won 3/0 against Shoalhaven Heads.

Our Gold Pennant team had the bye.

by David Ransom

As captain and manager of our White Horse Cup Pennant team I can say that I am proud of the efforts of each member of the team who represented the club with distinction.

The White Horse Cup was the first Pennant competed for in the Illawarra and has run every year since 1934. Jamberoo has competed in this competition since the inception of our club in 1981.

We have a proud history having won the Cup twice. Our first win was in 2015 followed by another in 2016, and have competed in the finals in 2017, 2018 and 2021.

Our two teams have special names, being the ‘Magpies’ and ‘Cowpats’.

The cowpats won their section and played the semi-final today against the Links Shell Cove.

Conditions at the Moss Vale course were atrocious with soaked fairways and constant rain, but the match had to be played. Starting at 12.15, one hour after the scheduled tee time, a very close tussle took place between two very even teams.

In the end the Links secured victory with 4.5 wins to our 2.5 wins ending our season.

I personally would like to thank all the players who represented us so well throughout the season.

Stef Tinworth, Matt Tedeschi, Andrew Ransom, Peter Young, Peter Francis, Phil Gosling, Rob Young, Steve Oppert, Noel Laman, Shane Townsend and Dave Ransom.

For those interested, today we won two games easily, lost 2 games on the 18th and two on the 17th and would have won the squared match if it was allowed to continue.

Winners today were Matt Tedeschi 5/4 and Stef Tinworth 4/3 who both played excellent rounds of golf.

Peter Francis and Shane Townsend lost on the 18th green while Noel Laman and Andrew Ransom lost on the 17th green.

Phil Gosling squared his match after 18 and had to start a playoff which had proceeded to the 20th hole with Phil about to win that hole and the match when they were called in and the match declared a half.

Shane was 5 down at the half way point against his big hitting opponent and managed to get it back to square after 16. Andrew also struggled early and was 4 down at the turn. He too got it back to even but a pair of evil lip outs on 16 and 17 cost him his match.

Well played team. Better luck next year.

Veterans News.

by Col Booth, Lance Fredericks, Jamberoo Veteran Golfers Committee.

TREVOR BELL MEMORIAL SHIELD

The Trevor Bell Memorial Shield is an inter club team competition run by the IVGA (Illawarra Veteran Golfers Association). The competition is run each year from April through November with one spare month allowed for washouts. The seven clubs, comprising the IVGA, field teams of eight players to play each round. The Shield winner is the team with the highest aggregate of the seven rounds best six of eight Stableford scores.

Eligibility:

To represent Jamberoo in the Trevor Bell Shield competition the following criteria must be met:

• Must be a member of Jamberoo Veteran Golfers
• Must be affiliated with the IVGA and NSWVGA (automatic)
• Must have a valid Golf Australia handicap.

Note: The Trevor Bell Memorial Shield is open to both male and female members.

Competition Fees:

Competition fees for each round (usually $20 – $30) are set by the host club and are designed to cover green fees and competition prizes and may also cover light meals and a drink. For each round of the Competition there would normally be prizes for the first four placings and a small ball comp.

Nominations:

A nomination form will be placed on the “Veterans” Notice Board three or four weeks before each round. Any eligible member is free to nominate for a place in the team. Name, Golf Link No and Phone No required.

Schedule for 2024 (Dates may be altered subject to weather)

Round             Host Club                    Date

  1                    The Grange                 8 Apr 2024

  2                    Kiama                          6 May 2024

  3                    The Links                    17 June 2024

  4                    Jamberoo                     11 July 2024

  5                    Port Kembla                5 Aug 2024

  6                    The Vale                      16 Sep 2024

  7                    Wollongong                4 Nov 2024 (Includes Presentation Lunch)

The Nomination form has been placed on the Veterans Notice Board for the first round. Please put your name on it if you are interested in participating.

Match Committee News.

The first Honour board event of 2024 was contested last Wednesday being the Just Bathrooms 4BBB Cup.

Winners on the day were Shane Townsend and Dave Ransom with a grand score of 48 points.

The team of Colin Cuthbertson and John Anthony with 45 points were placed second on a countback from Bernie McGlinchey and Ron Chilby.

Thank you for the support of Just Bathrooms in sponsoring this worthy event.

No Monday Veterans Event this week.

With the playing of the WGI Gold Pennant round at Jamberoo on Monday it is not possible to hold the usual Monday Vets stableford.

Those wishing to have a hit are welcome to play in the Wednesday competition where a Vets division will be contested as well as the usual Stableford.

Jamberoo White Horse Cup team set to represent the club in the GOLFNSW (Illawarra) pennant semi-finals.

Congratulatios to the’Cowpats’ on winning their section and progessing to the Semi-finals. They will play against the Links Shellcove at Moss Vale commencing at 11.16 am this Sunday.

Good luck to the team.

4 Person AMBROSE    16-3-2024.

It is planned to be a 4 person Ambrose this Saturday in 2 divisions.

Division 1 will be for teams with a team handicap of 10.25 or less.

Division 2 will be for teams with team handicaps greater than 10.25.

Handicap:     1/8 combined daily handicaps (Show individual daily handicaps on card). All women golfers attract an extra 4 shots to their daily handicap.

Rules:

1. All players tee off on all holes.
2. Select the best ball to play as you walk to the balls so as to keep play flowing. 
3. The chosen ball is marked, all players place their ball within one club length (10cm on Putting Green) of the selected ball mark and play their next shot.
4. If the position of the selected ball is in the rough, sand bunker or a penalty area then the balls must be placed and played from the rough, sand bunker or penalty area. This process continues until the team has completed the hole.
5. At least three tee shots from each team member must be used and shown on the scorecard.
6. The scorecard must be signed by the marker and one other team member.

Prize Structure: Overall nett winner, then division 1 and 2 winners, then gross winners in each division.

Aces Galore.

What a special day it was today with the very unusual occurence of two aces on the same hole in the same competition.

The 7th hole!

First in was Toby Bartle who claims he “did not see it go in”. Well I hope he was surprised to see it in the hole. Toby had a near miss not so long ago when the ball went into the hole only to rebound out off the rim of the cup.

Today it was different and better! Toby’s first ace.

Great shot Toby.

An hour later it was Chris Leckey’s turn to knock it in.

This was Chris’ third ace and his second on the 7th.

To make it better Chris also won today’s stableford with 37 points, one better than second place!

A special shot to remember.

Both Toby and Chris receive 6 balls in recognition of their wonderful achievement, entry onto the Club’s hole-in-one Board and a special prize from GolfNSW as well as having the successful ball mounted onto a permanent trophy.

Congratulations to both gentlemen.

Women Pennant Results

Judi O’Brien, Womens Captain

Gold has started the pennant season in fine form – two wins from 2 starts

Monday 11^th March vs Shoalhaven Heads at Gerringong

Elizabeth Armstrong won 5/3

April van Woerkom won 6/5

Kay Brennan won 6/4

Pam Middlebrook won 7/5

Dell Brand won 1 up

Well done

Silver lost a close match

Jenelle lost 5/7

Lyn Kuskey lost 2 down

Jenny Strong won 3/2

Margaret Cook won 2 up

Lidia Waine lost 2/4

Bronze had a drawn result

Marie Smith lost 1/3

Barbara Costello squared

Lorraine Southwell won 4/2

Good luck to all teams next week.