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 […]
Burnet Storms Home in Vets Golf
IT WAS Tony Burnet’s day on Tuesday, 2 December, when the Gloucester Veteran Golfers turned out for their normal weekly outing; he finished three points ahead of the field and played seven under handicap. The event was played in cloudy and moderately warm conditions on a course starting to suffer from the lack of any […]
Mitchell Starc (r) and Scott Boland have been lauded for their key partnership at the Gabba. Photo: Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS.
Gabba moment that gives Marnus confidence of kicking on
THE last time Australia went 2-0 up in the Ashes, they went on to blow a golden chance to win the series outright, but Marnus Labuschagne pointed to one passage of play from the Brisbane Test when asked how the team would stop history repeating. Mitchell Starc’s second player-of-the-match performance from as many Tests this […]
Thibault wins Vets Golf
TUESDAY 25 November saw the Gloucester Veteran Golfers with a good-sized field play in mid-thirties heat; none of which deterred Paul Thibault from a win with a net score well inside his handicap. The event was an Individual Stroke with a Putting competition run in conjunction, all of which was sponsored by Will Bosma. The […]
Blanch and Davies dominate golf presentation
THURSDAY night last, 27 November, the Gloucester Golf Club held its annual Presentation Night with Paul Blanch the standout performer in the major men’s events closely matched by Catherine Davies who featured strongly in the Womens and the Veterans competitions during the year. Paul Blanch had yet another stellar year with wins in the Club […]
