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ACT Trip to Cobram 2010
The ACT representative team went to Cobram last weekend for their annual clash with Victoria and then to participate in the Cobram Barooga Open.
The match against Victoria started on Friday morning with foursomes matchplay. One Victorian Colt failed to show giving that match to the ACT, but the only pair to win their match was Kacper Gancarz and Jackson Stuckey with a 1 up result. David Crawford and Ross McLoughlin lost their first 4 holes, but came back strongly to square their match.
The afternoon consisted of singles matchplay in which Victoria dominated winning all 14 matches. The highlight was Rory Bourke scoring birdies in his first 8 holes and then another one to finish his match on the 11th to win his match over Adam Robinson 9/7. The best of the ACT players were Allan Haughie and Ian Gibson, who led their matches for most of the day before failing towards the end with Gibson losing 2 down and Haughie 2/1. David Crawford was trailing all day but never let his opponent get away before going down 2/1. Most of the Colts lost their matches at the 16th hole.
Final result was an easy 18.5 to 2.5 win to Victoria. The difference between the teams was their preparation. Most of the Victorian squad are just about full time golfers, while the ACT team is part-time and regularly complete 2 competitive rounds in a day, whereas the ACT basically only do so twice a year – in this event and the District Championships.
For the next two days players competed in the 72 hole Cobram Barooga Open. Three ACT players finished in the top 20 behind the winner, Victorian squad member Nathan Holman from the Woodlands club who had 282 for the four rounds. The best ACT players were Allan Haughie and Matt Skiperdene (equal 15th) with 300 and Mick Gerstenberg (19th) with 301. Adam Robinson was just behind with 303. Among the Colts, Ben Burden and Jordan Ayre both started well with 151 and 150 respectively on the first day, before finding 6 rounds of golf in three days a little too much and finishing with 307 and 314.
View PDF of 72 hole results
Resutls for ACT representative team vs Victorian representative team
| ACT |
Result |
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Victoria |
Result |
| Sean Crilley/Phil Ferreira |
Forfeit |
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Anthony Houston/James McMillan |
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| Kacper Gancarz/Jackson Stuckey |
1 up |
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Ryan Lynch/Ben Ford |
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| Ben Burden/Jordan Ayre |
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Todd Sinnott/Ryan Woodward |
3/2 |
| David Crawford/Ross McLoughlin |
SQ |
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Nathan Schneider/Daniel Popovic |
SQ |
| Allan Haughie/John Mihaljevic |
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Ashley Umbers/Geoff Drakeford |
7/6 |
| Ian Gibson/Matt Skiperdene |
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Lachlan Cain/Nathan Holman |
3/2 |
| Mick Gerstenberg/Adam Robinson |
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Terry Vogel/Rory Bourke |
3/2 |
| Sean Crilley |
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Replacement |
4/2 |
| Phil Ferreira |
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Anthony Houston |
6/4 |
| Jordan Ayre |
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Ben Ford |
3/2 |
| Kacper Gancarz |
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Ryan Lynch |
3/2 |
| Ben Burden |
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Todd Sinnott |
3/2 |
| Jackson Stuckey |
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Ryan Woodward |
3/2 |
| Ross McLoughlin |
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Nathan Schneider |
6/4 |
| David Crawford |
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Daniel Popovic |
2/1 |
| John Mihaljevic |
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Terry Vogel |
6/5 |
| Ian Gibson |
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Geoff Drakeford |
2 up |
| Matt Skiperdene |
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Nathan Holman |
7/6 |
| Mick Gerstenberg |
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Ashley Umbers |
5/4 |
| Allan Haughie |
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Lachlan Cain |
2/1 |
| Adam Robinson |
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Rory Bourke |
9/7 |
| total |
2.5 |
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18.5 |
ACT v Vic @ Cobram-Barooga 2009
The Victorians sent a strong team to play against the ACT (Seniors & Colts (U/23)) with three of the top 40 in the Australian Men’s Ranking and three in the top 40 Australian Junior Rankings.
The Colts played extremely well against their more experienced opponents. From three foursomes matches and six single matches, the ACT only suffered 1 loss with a further 3 ties. The highlight being Steve Boden’s 3 and 2 victory over the second ranked Australian Junior and Kaspar Gancarz’ hole in one during his singles win.
The Senior’s had three wins from 8 matches in the singles and one from 4 in the foursomes. The highlight being Mick Gerstenberg’s 3 and 1 win over the third ranked Australian amateur.
The overall result was a draw with 10.5 wins to each team, which is the ACT’s best result against Victoria in recent times.
View Results—Single matches | Fourball matches
Cobram-Barooga Open 2009
The Cobram-Barooga Open was held last weekend over 72 holes. The winner was Victorian squad member, Ashley Umbers, with a 5 under par score of 283. All members of the ACT Senior and Colts squad entered the tournament with a number of good results. The best was Allan Haughie in 8th position with a 3 over 291. Other good results were posted by Mick Gerstenberg in 12th with 293, Adam Robinson in 18th with 295 and Matt Skiperdene in 23rd with 296. It was a good result by the ACT team, who are not used to playing 72 holes over 2 days and having already played 36 holes against Victoria the previous day.
ACT Monaro District Championships 2008 results
PDF of all completed scores | A Grade winners | B Grade winners
A Grade Winners
| CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENTS |
NAME |
CLUB |
SCORE |
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A GRADE OPEN CHAMPION |
Jono GANN |
Goulburn |
141 |
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JUNIOR CHAMPION |
Mark BUICK |
Royal Canberra |
147 |
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SENIOR MASTERS CHAMPION |
Bryan KELLY |
Fairbairn |
152 |
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OPEN RUNNER-UP |
Adam ROBINSON |
Federal |
145 |
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OPEN THIRD |
Luke BARTLETT |
Goulburn |
147 |
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JUNIOR OPEN RUNNER-UP |
Cameron HAINS |
Federal |
164 |
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SENIOR MASTERS RUNNER-UP |
Tony Gover |
Royal Canberra |
157 |
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| 36 HOLE NET EVENTS |
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36 HOLE NET OPEN WINNER |
Mike WILLIAMSON |
Belconnen |
142 |
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| 18 HOLE GROSS EVENTS (WINNERS) |
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18 HOLE GROSS WINNER (Round 1) |
Chris Hartas |
Royal Canberra |
72 |
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18 HOLE GROSS WINNER (Round 2) |
Shaun SMITH |
Yowani |
71 |
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| 18 HOLE NET EVENTS (WINNERS) |
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18 HOLE NET WINNER (Round 1) |
Surend DAYAL |
Queanbeyan |
69 |
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18 HOLE NET WINNER (Round 2) |
Wayne BUICK |
Royal Canberra |
70 |
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| DISTRICT CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS |
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| CC |
District Champion of Champions |
Bryan KELLY |
Fairbairn |
152 |
| CC |
Junior District Champion of Champions |
Mark BUICK |
Royal Canberra |
147 |
B Grade Winners
| CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENTS |
NAME |
CLUB |
SCORE |
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B GRADE CHAMPION |
Jordan McCOLL |
Goulburn |
167 |
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B GRADE RUNNER-UP |
Philip SYKES |
Goulburn |
185 |
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| 18 HOLE GROSS EVENTS (WINNERS) |
NAME |
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SCORE |
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18 HOLE GROSS WINNER (Round 1) |
Peter FLEMMING |
Royal Canberra |
91 |
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18 HOLE GROSS WINNER (Round 2) |
John GALLIFORD |
Fairbairn |
97 |
ACT MONARO DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION ACT Seniors Championship 2008
11-13 November 2008. Final leaderboard for all contestants. View Photo of winner.
| THE CHAMPIONSHIP |
| All players |
Name |
Club |
Score |
| 1 |
SENIOR CHAMPION |
Brad DOOLAN |
Tuross Head |
223 |
| 2 |
SENIOR RUNNER-UP |
Bryan KELLY |
Fairbairn |
224 |
| 3 |
SENIOR THIRD |
Bill BANKS |
RCGC |
225 |
| AGE CATEGORIES |
| (Division 1: Ages 55-59) |
Name |
Club |
Score |
| 4 |
SCRATCH WINNER |
Grahame MacDONALD |
Nudgee |
229 |
| 5 |
HANDICAP WINNER |
Ken LAMB |
NSW |
212 |
| 6 |
SCRATCH RUNNER-UP |
Lindsay ELLIOT |
Blackwood |
231 |
| 7 |
HANDICAP RUNNER-UP |
Dennis MATHER |
North Ryde |
219 |
| (Division 2: Ages 60-64) |
Name |
Club |
Score |
| 8 |
SCRATCH WINNER |
Chris COATES |
Royal Queensland |
228 |
| 9 |
HANDICAP WINNER |
Paul DAY |
Kooinda Waters |
216 |
| 10 |
SCRATCH RUNNER-UP |
Vince CLARK |
The Lakes |
231 |
| 11 |
HANDICAP RUNNER-UP |
Les BROWNE |
Lond Reef |
218 |
| (Division 3: Ages 65 and above) |
Name |
Club |
Score |
| 12 |
SCRATCH WINNER |
Tony WEBB |
Cronulla |
237 |
| 13 |
HANDICAP WINNER |
Brian BAKER |
Cronulla |
217 |
| 14 |
SCRATCH RUNNER-UP |
Maurice KOOP |
The Australian |
243 |
| 15 |
HANDICAP RUNNER-UP |
William ROACH |
Cumberland |
221 |
CANBERRA GOLFERS PREVAIL IN 2008 ACT MONARO DGA SAND GREEN CHAMPIONSHIPS |
Twenty six golfers contested the 2008 Sand Green Championships at Bombala over the w/e 13th -14th September 2008. Canberra Senior Golfer and ACT DGA Captain Tony Gover took the major prize of the Open Championship with steady rounds of 78 and 76 (total 154) on two contrasting days. Saturday was warm and sunny and conditions were good for golf, Sunday blew a gale and the squally rain made golfing conditions quite testing. Canberra Junior golfer Cameron Haines took 2nd place overall and also won the Junior Trophy, with scores of 84 and 75 (total of 159). His prodigious driving was the main key to his success; when he masters the running-chip approach shot that is essential to play sand green courses he will be hard to beat. Three locals – T Gronow, Pepper Thompson and Korie Elton shared third place on 161.
Local Junior golfer Vince Moore (18h/c) decimated the competition in the handicap B Grade Division with startling nett scores of 67 and 63 (on the par 71 course); he beat the runner up J Ward by a hefty 11 strokes. The Bombala handicapper is likely to be busy before next week’s Club Championships. |
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| Canberra visitors on the practice green next to Bombala Club House prior to Competition on Sunday (L to R): Ben Hogan (Bel), Tony Gover (RCGC), Kacper Gancarz (Yow), Cameron Haines (Fed), Conner Deck (MCC), photo – Jim Jackson. |
ACT GOLFERS PERFORM WELL AT COBRAM-BAROOGA, August 2008
Fourteen of the best golfers from the ACT-Monaro DGA travelled to the Murray Valley to take part in the Annual Cobram-Barooga Men’s Open on the weekend of 2/3rd August 2008. This group comprised eight seniors and six colts and between them they recorded some very impressive results. This 2 day (72-hole) event, played on both the Open and Old Courses, has been held for many years and attracts the best amateur golfers from the Murray Valley Region and Metropolitan and Country Victoria. Over 90 golfers took part, most of them playing off a handicap of 4 or less. The event was won by Leighton Lyle (the brother of current USA touring Pro Jarrod Lyle) from Shepparton Golf Club, with a four-round score of 287 strokes (1 under par). Second place, just two strokes behind Lyle, was shared by three golfers including the long-time Cobram-Barooga Club Champion (and green keeper) Terrence Vogel.
Royal Canberra (and Boonie Doon) golfer Chris Hartas (h/c +1) and Goulburn’s Mick Gerstenberg (h/c +2) recorded fantastic results for the ACT; neither of them had played on either of these courses before and the variably cold, blustery and showery weather made playing golf a challenge. Both players finished on 293 in equal 6th place. The next best ACT-Monaro players were Kane Orr and Richard Eves from Belconnen Magpies Golf Club in equal 18th place with scores of 302. Full results for ACT players are given in the following Table: |
Place |
Name |
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Rnd1 |
Rnd 2 |
Rnd 3 |
Rnd 4 |
72 HOLES |
6th |
GERSTENBERG |
MICHAEL |
73 |
74 |
73 |
73 |
293 |
6th |
HARTAS |
CHRIS |
74 |
71 |
75 |
73 |
293 |
18th |
ORR |
KANE |
78 |
75 |
77 |
72 |
302 |
18th |
EVES |
RICHARD |
78 |
74 |
72 |
78 |
302 |
26th |
THARLE |
ANDREW |
77 |
74 |
74 |
79 |
304 |
32nd |
ARMSTRONG |
DAVID |
76 |
79 |
75 |
77 |
307 |
32nd |
STUCKEY |
JACKSON |
77 |
76 |
73 |
81 |
307 |
36th |
HAUGHIE |
ALLAN |
79 |
76 |
79 |
74 |
308 |
47th |
HARRIS |
SCOTT |
78 |
79 |
83 |
74 |
314 |
55th |
FOGG |
SCOTT |
80 |
82 |
81 |
76 |
319 |
64th |
FARRELL |
JASON |
77 |
81 |
78 |
84 |
320 |
68th |
PEAD |
MICHAEL |
76 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
322 |
77th |
RAINSFORD |
JOSH |
82 |
83 |
81 |
88 |
334 |
79th |
COCHRANE |
NICK |
80 |
78 |
78 |
100 |
336 |
On the day before the Men’s Open the ACT-Monaro Team also played a match-play challenge against a team of eight Seniors and six Colts from Victoria. The Victorian Manger was using this event as a means of picking the last few players for their Representative Sides to play in the National Interstate Series. Although it was essentially a friendly match between the two “States” with Foursomes in the morning (on the West Course) and Individual Match-Play in the afternoon (on the Old Course), few of the Victorian players eased off as spots in Representative Sides are keenly fought for.
The full results are shown below, but the highlights include the Colts Squaring their challenge 3 – 3 in the individual match-play event; and the wins by Orr and Eves (Number 2 Senior pairing) and Stuckey and Haughie (Number 2 Colts Pairing) in the morning foursomes. |
SENIORS FOURSOMES
Mick GERSTENBERG (Glb) and Chris HARTAS (RCGC) LOST to Ashley UMBERS and Tommy PROWSE 2 and 1
Kane ORR (Bel) and Richard EVES (Bel) BEAT Michael MOORE and Kieran PRATT 3 and 2
David ARMSTRONG (GC) and Andrew THARLE (RCGC) LOST to Brandon RAVE and Toby WILCOX 3 and 1
Scott HARRIS (GC) and Scott FOGG (GC) even with Terry VOGEL and Jeremy CROSS SQ.
RESULT ACT 1.5 VICTORIA 2.5
COLTS FOURSOMES
Nick COCHRANE (GL) and Jason FARRELL (GL) LOST to Geoff DRAKEFORD and William HUME 1Down
Allan HAUGIE (RCGC) and Jackson STUCKEY (RCGC) BEAT Nathan HOLMAN and Anthony HOUSTON 5 and 4
Josh RAINSFORD (MCC) and Michael PEAD (RCGC) LOST to Sean ONG and Jason LEE 3 and 2
RESULT ACT 1 VICTORIA 2
INDIVIDUAL MATCHPLAY FRIDAY PM
Seniors
David ARMSTRONG (GC) LOST to Kieran PRATT 3 and 2
Richard EVES (Bel) LOST to Brandon RAVE 2 and 1
Mick GERSTENBERG (Glb) LOST to Ashley UMBERS 1 DOWN
Scott HARRIS (GC) LOST to Jeremy CROSS 2 and 1
Chris HARTAS (RCGC) and Tommy PROWSE SQUARE
Kane ORR (Bel) LOST to Michael MOORE 1 DOWN
Andrew THARLE (RCGC) BEAT Toby WILCOX 2 and 1
Scott FOGG and Terry VOGEL SQUARE
RESULT ACT 2 VICTORIA 6
Colts
Nick COCHRANE (GL) LOST to Anthony HOLMAN 4 and 3
Jason FARRELL (GL) even with Geoff DRAKEFORD SQUARE
Allan HAUGIE (RCGC) BEAT Jason LEE 3 and 2
Jackson STUCKEY (RCGC) BEAT Anthony HOUSTON 3 and 2
Michael PEAD (RCGC) even with William HUME SQUARE
Josh RAINSFORD (MCC) LOST to Sean ONG 3 and 2
RESULT ACT 3 VICTORIA 3
This event is likely to become a permanent feature of the ACT-Monaro’s representative Program; it will replace the Rich River Classic (formerly held at the Rich River Golf Club near Echuca at about this time of the year) which has been discontinued. The Challenge against Victoria and the four rounds of the Men’s Open offers fairly intense golf competition at a very high level for the cream of ACT-Monaro Golfers. |
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| ACT Senior Team relaxing after last round at Cobram-Barooga. L to R: Chris Hartas, Andrew Tharle, Richard Eves, Dave Armstrong, Scott Harris, Kane Orr, Mike Gerstenberg, Scott Fogg. |
ACT Colts team before the matchplay L-R: Tony Gover, Alan Haughie, Jason Farrell, Nick Cochrane, Michael Pead, Jackson Stuckey, Josh Rainsford |
ACT Monaro District Golf Association vs Illawarra District Golf Association Match results—Final results (22kb.pdf)
Results from NSWGA KENO Mixed Fourball
The District Final of the NSWGA Keno Mixed Fourball was played at Coolamatong Golf Club on Sunday 1 June 2008.
Winners: Carol and Ron Tanner, Murrumbidgee Country Club—46 points ocb.
Second: Liz and Jeff Clark, Queanbeyan Golf Club—46 points.
Third: Rodney McIntosh and Allana Arnall, Crookwell Golf Club—45 points.
ACT MONARO JUNIOR—COLTS CLASSIC—Gungahlin Lakes Friday 18TH JAN 2008—Final results (44kb.pdf)
2007 ACT Monaro District Golf Association District Championships
A-Grade, B-Grade, Junior and Senior District Championships—Capital Golf Club—11 November 2007—Final results (78kb.pdf) | All scores (40kb.pdf)
R.C.G.C Junior Open 2007—Final results (2 page 60kb.pdf)
Junior Week of Golf Results—Final results (44kb.pdf)
Inter-district match results
ACT Monaro District Golf Association vs Newcastle District Golf Association 16–17 June 2007 at Goulburn Golf Club (24kb.pdf)
ACT Monaro District Golf Association vs Victorian Golf Association 31 August to 2 September at Rich River Golf Club (24kb.pdf)
MFS NSWGA Men’s Fourball District Final played at Goulburn Golf Club, Sunday 5 August 2007.
Winner: G Van Vliet & P Stevens (Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club) 44pts.
Runner-up: S Hugg & G McLennan (Queanbeyan Golf Club) 43pts.
Third: S Maloney & M Newman (Capital Golf Club) 40pts ocb.
Past Results
Photo Gallery
| 2006 ACT Senior Champion |
2008 ACT Senior Champion |
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From left to right:
Tony Gresham, Maryanne Gore and Jim Hourigan (DGA President). Click on picture to view larger image |
2008 Senior Champion Brad Doolan receives the trophy.
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