Derek Bardwell, Gai Falla.
THE Veteran Golfers at Gloucester played a strange event on Tuesday, 18 November, in the form of a Stableford Multiplier wherein the score for the pair at each hole is the multiplicand of the two individual scores. It’s a form of golfing quicksand during which, on this occasion, Gai Falla and Derek Bardwell prevailed. The […]
Three generations.
Three generations. Time for a chat. IT WAS a cool morning for Gloucester’s 232nd parkrun after hot days during the week, with piles of fallen bunyah branches providing evidence of the strong winds that had swept through the park. There were 35 finishers for the event, including visitors from Port Macquarie and Blackheath. Locals included […]
Bev Germon, Jenny Burley and Joan Ridgeway.
Bev Germon, Jenny Burley and Joan Ridgeway. Runners Up Cheryl Tull, Joy Hurworth and Suzanne Cross. UP early with the aim to get the Final of the Triples Championship underway before the heat of the day, the finalists, and the Social players were on the green raring to go by 8.30. The Championship score of […]
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 […]
