THE second and final round of the Glowing Shield staged by the Gloucester Veterans on Tuesday 11 November finished with a win for Anne Wand as the best of the Gloucester vets and for David Craig as the top Wingham player all of which no doubt contributed handily to Gloucester winning the Shield for 2025. […]
Stacey Groves, Paul Thibault, Dave Saunders.
THE top three players all had big scores at the Gloucester course on Saturday 15 November with players having to beat handicap to claim any prize at all. The three grades were won with stunning scores turned in by Stacey Groves, Dave Saunders and Paul Thibault. The weather was kind and the course favourable for […]
Dropped from the Test side, but Sam Konstas will get a look at England through the PM's XI. Photo: Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS.
SAM Konstas will return to the scene of where he made his case for Test selection last summer, with the axed opener given a chance to face England with the Prime Minister’s XI. Dropped by Australia’s selectors after a poor start to the summer, Konstas was on Monday confirmed as a big-name inclusion for the […]
Peter McIntyre, Carolyn Davies.
THE Gloucester Veteran Golfers turned out on Monday this last week to avoid the hubbub of the “race of the century” the following day and they did so in steamy hot conditions with only Peter McIntyre playing well enough to play inside his handicap. The event, which was sponsored by Carolyn Davies, was an Individual […]
Dave Mann, Wayne Maddalena, Stacey Groves, Steve Mercer.
THE was just half a stroke in it at the Gloucester Golf Club on Saturday, 8 November, and that half-stroke was enough for Wayne Maddalena and Dave Mann to claim victory. The event was a Two Person Ambrose sponsored by Gloucester Ceramics and played in warm conditions with the threat of a thunderstorm ever present. […]
The group before hit-off.
SATURDAY 1 November our courts were alive with players all day for the 4th District Masters Games. Although storms were predicted in the afternoon, we enjoyed next to perfect weather all day. Rain gear was only needed briefly. Thirty players from within our region had entered. This meant our courts would be double banked all […]
Carolyn Davies, Anne Maggs.
IT WAS a perfect day for golf last Wednesday, 5 November, for the Gloucester Ladies’ Individual Stableford, with the sun shining and a gentle breeze to keep the temperature down; it was a day in which Carolyn Davies and Anne Maggs storming home for a good win in their respective divisions. The great conditions were […]
Gloucester Tennis Club president Tony Kingston, Adam Feeney, Dane Fernandez and Ben Howen.
Gloucester Tennis Club president Tony Kingston, Adam Feeney, Dane Fernandez and Ben Howen. The Wyong crowd. THE Seven Sounds Gloucester Open experienced another successful year in 2025, attracting over 100 players and their families to the town. “More than 70 percent of the players come from outside the area, including Sydney, the Central Coast, and […]
Roy Crichton, Paul Coote, Craig McLeod, Dave Robbins.
SATURDAY, 1 November, the Gloucester Golf Club played their Monthly Medal, an Individual Stroke event sponsored by the Arkwood Family with Craig McLeod storming home with a net score six under handicap. The field was on the modest size and play was disturbed in the later stages of the day when a thunderstorm delayed play […]
DOING what others may consider crazy comes naturally to Ken McDonald, now 85. When he was 35, he rode over 3100 km on a bicycle from Adelaide to Darwin with two friends, averaging 200km a day. He then rode back to Adelaide with wife Brenda driving a support car, a Datsun Bluebird. That same year […]
