Men's Veterans

 


Men's Veteran 9 hole competition is held each Thursday from 7.00am
The Vet's usual weekly competition fee is $5.00 for 9 holes and $10.00 for 18 holes and is payable by all visitors.

Men's Veterans Contacts

President: Col George
(02) 4471 6942

col,nola@westnet.com.au

Treasurer: Bill Forge
(02) 4472 4405

wforge@bigpond.com  

Captain: George Faith
(02) 4472 8889

 gfaith@bigpond.net.au

Secretary: Bob Sinclair
(02) 4472 1061
robmarg49@bigpond.com


LATEST RESULTS

The Men Veteran's competition held on Thursday, 16th May, 2013 was an individual Stableford event, played in 3 grades, over 9 holes for the Jim Palmer Memorial Trophy. We had 108 players participate in the day's competition and we played the White Nine (Holes 10 to 18). We also had a visitor join us for today's competition - Milton Wicks from Bega RSL Golf Club (NSWc).

 

Winners

A Grade (Handicaps 0 - 16)

First: Gary Shattles (10) with a score of 22 points

Runner-up: Robert Dawson (10) with a score of 20 points (c/b)

Third: Robert Sinclair (10) with a score of 20 points

 

B Grade (Handicaps 18 - 24)

First: Keith Neumann (18) with a score of 23 points

Runner-up: Garry O'Hehir (22) with a score of 21 points

Third: Ron Carney (18) with a score of 19 points

 

C Grade (Handicaps 26 - 36)

First: William Forge (32) with a score of 19 points (c/b)

Runner-up: George Faith (26) with a score of 19 points

Third: Tony Clift (28) with a score of 18 points (c/b)

 

JIM PALMER MEMORIAL TROPHY WINNER

The winner of the Jim Palmer Memorial Trophy for 2013 was Keith Neumann (18) with a great score of 23 points - Congratulations Keith!!

 

Batemans Bay Newsagency Nearest the Pin Prizes (14th Hole) 

A Grade: Robert Dawson (10) 370cms

B Grade: Peter Sammons (24) 426cms

C Grade: John Montifiore (30) 404cms

 

Other Prizes:

Balls went down to players with 15 points on a count-back. See Vet?s Notice Board for full results.

 

East Coast Carts Special Nearest The Pin Trophy 

The Special NTP Trophy sponsored by East Coast Carts was not won today and will jackpot to 10 balls for next week's competition.

 

Next Thursday 23rd May, 2013 the Catalina Men Veteran's competition will be a regular 9 hole Stableford event with an 18 hole competition to be held in conjunction.


PAYMENT OF 2013/14 MEMBERSHIP FEES

Would Veteran Members please note that annual affiliation fees are due for payment by 30th June.

Annual subscriptions this year will rise from $7.00 to $8.00 primarily due to a $1.00 increase imposed by MSCVGA.

Regrettably we have no option but to pass this on to our members.

Payment of fees can be made at the Vet's table each Thursday commencing 6th June.

 

AUSTRALIAN VETERAN GOLF UNION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013

The 2013 APIA AVGU National Championships will be held in Canberra from November 17 - 22. The event this year will be hosted by ACT Region Veteran Golfers and competitions will be held at Gungahlin Lakes, Gold Creek & Yowani Golf Courses.

For those interested, full details have been placed on Vet's Notice Board or contact Vet's Secretary. Entries will close on Sunday 14th October, 2013.

 

BBQ HELPERS

The next Vet's BBQ event will be held on Thursday, 27th June (Irish Fourball Event).

If you are able to assist with the BBQ on this day please contact Warren Harper on 4471 1010.

If you are able to help your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

NEW SPONSORSHIP - "YOUR SUPER SOLUTIONS"

We are pleased to advise that "Your Super Solutions" will be our new sponsor for a period of approx. 3 months commencing Thursday, 30th May. There will be a Special Sponsors Prize up for grabs in all 9 Hole competitions during the period of the sponsorship. The Special "Your Super Solutions" sponsorship prize will be awarded to the Vet's golfer who has the best score of the day (in all grades). We would like to take this opportunity to thank Your Super Solutions for their generous sponsorship of Veteran's golf at Club Catalina.

 

CATALINA VET'S PROGRAMME 2013/2014 - AMENDMENTS TO FIXTURES GUIDE
There are a few errors & omissions in the new Fixtures Guide recently issued by the Club that relate to Vet's events. Details of these are listed below:-

MARCH

Monday 18th

Vet's Open Day (4BBB) at Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemen's (Worrigee Links) - this is NOT correct. Event is actually on Wednesday 20th March

MAY

Monday 27th

Event shown is Vet's Open Day at Catalina - this is NOT correct. Event is actually on Thursday 29th August

JUNE

Monday 24th

MSCVGA Interclub Competition at Vincentia - event postponed from Monday 25th March

JULY

Monday 8th

MSCVGA Interclub Competition at Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemen's (Worrigee Links) is NOT shown in Fixtures Guide. This event is shown as being on Monday 12th August which is NOT correct

Thursday 18th

The event on this day (prior to Vet's AGM) is actually a 4 Man Ambrose which has NOT been shown in Fixtures Guide

Monday 22nd

Event shown is MSCVGA Interclub at Shoalhaven Heads - this is NOT correct. Event is actually on Monday 9th September

AUGUST

Monday 12th

Event shown in Fixtures Guide is MSCVGA Interclub at Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemen's (Worrigee Links) - this is NOT correct. Event is actually on Monday 8th July

OCTOBER

Monday 14th

Event shown is MSCVGA AGM at St Georges Basin - this is NOT correct. Event is actually on Monday 28th October

NOVEMBER

Thursday 7th

Event is shown as both 9 & 18 hole events (3 clubs plus putter) - this is NOT correct. This event is 9 holes only

REMINDER: Don't forget for all Vet's events (both 9 & 18 holes) we now hit off on the WHITE TEES.


 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Thursday - 23rd May
Vet's 9 & 18 Hole Stableford competitions
  
Thursday - 30th May
Vet's 9 Hole Stableford competition
 
Thursday - 6th June
Vet's 9 Hole Stableford competition. Final day to complete Vet's Matchplay Championships