Max Shepherd, Anne Wand.
THE Gloucester Veteran Golfers turned out in modest numbers on Tuesday 28 July with Anne Wand two under handicap for a handy win. The day itself could only be described as brilliant for a mid-winter day. The event was a Max Shepherd sponsored Individual Stableford and the winner with 38 Stableford points was Anne Wand. […]
IT WAS another fine sunny day on Sunday 26 July for the Gloucester Golf Club Mixed Foursomes Championships duly won by Rhonda Nightingale and Nathan McInnes. Foursomes is a 27-hole stroke event in which partners take alternate shots, and, as such, not every golfer’s “cup of tea”. This did not prevent a fair-sized field from […]
Trevor Sharp.
THERE was only a count back between Trevor Sharp and the field at the Gloucester Golf Club August Medal competition last Saturday, 1 August. The day was another cool, bright sunny occasion for the Monthly Medal, an Individual Stroke event sponsored by Arkwood Organic Recycling The Monthly Medal was won by Trevor Sharp with a […]
Getting started.
Father and son. Getting started. AFTER the frost of the week before, the crowd of 41 finishers was happy to bask in 7 degrees for the start of the 269th Gloucester parkrun last Saturday. Joining the locals were visitors from Newcastle, Central Coast and Brisbane. First male home was Oscar Evans, with Kate Richards the […]
Julie Kriss, Judy Sheely and Val Smith.
ONCE again a lovely warm winter day welcomed the ladies for three games of social play at Gloucester Bowling Club with the selectors issuing a novel challenge. Bowlers were charged with the task of counting the bowls of those who were closest the ditch without rolling into the same on each end. Two games of […]
WALLAWONG’s Sienna Newton soared to a new personal best in the Women’s Long Jump T38 Final during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to finish fifth in a quality international field. The 19-year-old, a product of the Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre, endured a long journey to represent her nation in the green and gold. According to […]
Alison Windeyer, Lesly Harrison.
IT WAS a small field for the Gloucester Golf Ladies last Wednesday, 29 July, although those who ventured out in the crisp morning air enjoyed a day of warm sunshine and some great scores with Lesly Harrison leading the field. The event was an Individual Stableford event and Lesly Harrison was on fire, racking up […]
Greg Young, Derek Wand.
THE weather was at its best for a mid-winter day at the Gloucester Golf Club on Tuesday 21 July for the Veteran Golfers regular outing, one in which visitor Greg Young took the top honour and its associated trophy home to Kurri. The event was an Individual Stableford sponsored by Anne and Derek Wand with […]
Daren Yates, Ryan Yates, Dave Robbins, Ben Veitch.
IT WAS a fine, sunny and warm winter’s day on Saturday 25 July, at the Gloucester Golf Club with Dave Robbinsd and Ben Veitch showing the way on a great day for golf even with the course playing a little on the heavy side. The event was a Four Ball Aggregate Stableford sponsored by the […]
ACROSS 10 days during the recent school holidays, Gloucester brothers Beau and Dane Laurie represented New South Wales Country at the Indoor Cricket National Championships held at Melbourne’s Casey Stadium. Neither Beau nor Dane are strangers to the game of cricket, but their achievements are remarkable considering that this was their first year playing indoor […]
