Alan Pell 
12 men played at Mooroopna GC on Tuesday for their end of year trip. The course had big fast greens and bunkers but the fairways were quite dry. So if you could avoid the tree lined areas it was easy? Winner of the Stableford comp was Steve Rumney(30) with 36 points from Michael Spagnolo(9) with … Read more
Saturday saw the playoff of Monthly Medalists for the board event – Gold Medal. Of the ten eligible, the winner was Terry Chaplin by one shot from Brian Simmons. This completed a very successful week for Terry who on Thursday at Dalhousie Veterans was named Player of the Year, with the best 10 scores for … Read more
Wednesday saw the start of the Summer Gender Challenge, which when completed will include 8 rounds of varying golf. With 19 men and 16 Ladies participating in this round, it was fantastic to see four lady nine holers joining us for the first time. Their score is doubled to include their results and with another … Read more
Wednesday saw 13 men contest a Par Event at Royal Yea. Winner of the day with an excellent +7 was Steve Rumney(32). Second was new member Paul Hildebrand(36) with +1 from Bill Dredge(21) and Ken Whitfort(7) on CB. Ken Whitfort was NTP on the 18th and Michael Sheather the Club Award.
Saturday saw the last round of the Sichlau Trophy Event and the Monthly Medal contested at Royal Yea. Twenty four men participated in the stroke and putting, with the course in excellent condition following recent green scarrofying. Winner of the Monthly Medal was Sam Wright(21) with a 69 nett. This was his second win in … Read more
Saturday saw the first round of the Murrindindi Masters played at Royal Yea. 91 competitors from Marysville. Eildon, Alexandra and Yea were involved, with several Yea players having success. Overall Masters leaders were Yew-Leong Kuan for the men with 41 points and for the Ladies Sabrina Stow also with 41 points both from Marysville. Yea’s … Read more
Wednesday saw the return of Dr.Martin Lowe to the golf course after recent overseas travel. His 86(16) nett 70 saw him win on CB from David Ngo(23). Third with 71 was Graeme Bryant(23) from fourth Rob O’Halloran(17) 74 on CB from Brian Simmons(10) and Ray Partridge(24). Rob O’Halloran won the putting on CB from Graeme … Read more
Transcript of an Address to the Golf Club by Tom Dignam. 22-11-98 Firstly I don’t want to bore you with statistics, etc. The President asked me if I knew anything about the beginnings of golf in Yea. I should, as I was living on this property when golf started here. Our house was near the … Read more
Wednesday saw 17 men contest a stableford pairs event as well as Individual Stableford. The pairs event takes the two individual points gained on a hole and combines them to earn a hopefully larger score per hole. ie. if both players get 2 points then 22 is recorded. If one scores less than 2 then … Read more
