IT WAS Chris Steele’s day in the sun on Tuesday 23 December when he won the Gloucester Veteran Golfers event by a country mile in sweltering conditions. The event was an Individual Stableford sponsored by Max Shepherd. It was also a novelty event with players only able to use three clubs and a putter instead […]
Big Scores in Christmas Golf
THE annual Loveys IGA Christmas Cheer at the Gloucester Course always signals Christmas is nigh and this year was no exception with Liam Walmsley leading the way on Saturday 20 December. The event, played in worm to hot conditions, was an Individual Stableford attracting a good-sized crowd of players and some top scores with the […]
Nightingale wins women’s golf
THE course was looking greener after the recent rain when the Gloucester Golf Ladies played their last event for the year, with the 12-hole Summer Competition last Wednesday, 17 December. Rhonda Nightingale was the player of the day, winning with 27 points. Balls went to Susie Higgins on 25 points, and Karen Howarth and Moya […]
Higgins, Peters win four ball golf
SALLY Higgins and Gary Peters combined well for a Four Ball Aggregate Stableford win at the Gloucester Veteran Golfers outing on Tuesday 16 December. The event, sponsored by Gai and Greg Falla, was played in cool and cloudy conditions and managed to attract a good field accordingly. The winners were Sally Higgins and Gary Peters […]
Significant milestones at Gloucester’s 235th Parkrun
Kim Haschek celebrated completing her 100th run. On the move. Getting started. IT WAS an overcast day, with the ground still damp from the welcome rain during the week, for Gloucester’s 235th parkrun last Saturday. There was a buzz in the air and not just from the hundreds of flies which were hanging around to […]
Wand Wins Vets Golf
THE Gloucester Veteran Golfers turned out in sweltering conditions on Tuesday 9 December not sufficiently so to deter Derek Wand from scoring a solid win. The event, attracting a good field in the conditions, was an Individual Stableford sponsored by Debbie and Peter Sate. The winner was Derek Wand, 41, with runner up on a […]
Macdonald, Murray, Badham in Golf Wins
SATURDAY 13 December the Gloucester Golf Club played an Individual Stableford with wins to Steve Macdonald, Brendon Murray and Andrew Badham in the three grades. The day itself developed from a cooler cloudy morning to a warmer steamy day for the later starters. The winner in A grade was Steve MacDonald with 36 Stableford points. […]
Women on Wednesday
AFTER the penetrating heat of the previous day, the Gloucester Golf Ladies were glad to play under cloudy skies for their Summer Competition last Wednesday 10 December. Johanna Ware achieved a Stableford score of 36 points to storm home in Division 2, which would have been a good score over 18 holes but was even […]
Gloucester hosts regional croquet Christmas
LAST weekend the Gloucester courts were alive with colour as Gloucester members were hosts for the Mid North Coast district Christmas luncheon. Some 30 players from Taree, Forster, Port Macquarie and Gloucester met. Included during the day was the presentation of trophies for friendship days held during the year. It was also opportune time to […]
Markey Wins Women’s Golf
THE sun was shining again last Wednesday. 4 December, for the Gloucester Golf Ladies’ Summer Competition, an Individual Stableford event over 12 holes. There was plenty of run on the fairways as the grass dries out, while the water levels in the dams are getting low enough to expose those balls that were duffed off […]
