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Following their good performances at the recent 2015 Australian Junior Age Division Championships held at the Capricorn Resort in Yepoon, both Brianna
and Josh Robards have been granted an exemption to represent Australia and compete in the Veritas World Junior 2015 AAU Junior Olympic Games – Golf
Championships. These Championships will be played in Southern California on the Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena and the Tustin Ranch Golf Course
in Tustin Ranch from July 18 – 24 2015.

Brianna can be seen here receiving her silver medal for placing 2nd in the Girls 15/16yo  Division at the Australian Junior Age Division Golf Championships
from legendary coach and mentor to Greg Norman, Charlie Earp, the Tournament Patron.

Played on a very difficult Championship course at Capricorn Resort from the normal tee markers, with 80cm first cut rough, many scores were recorded
in the 100’s.   Brianna had scores of 97, 89, 90 to finish 2nd.     Congratulations Brianna.

 

Josh played in the Boys 11/12yo Division at Capricorn Resort and had scores of 78, 83, 82 to finish a very creditable 5th.  Again, well
done Josh

As well as being selected to play in the Veritas World Junior 2015 AAU Junior Olympic Games – Golf Championships, whilst in the USA, Josh will
also be playing in the 2015 IMG Academy Jr World Golf Championships. These Championships are to be held from July 13-17 at the Sycuan Golf Resort
and Torrey Pines Golf Courses near San Diego, USA. These Championships were formerly known as the Callaway Jr World Masters.

Both Josh and Brianna will represent the Belmont Golf Club and their respective Newcastle District Associations and we wish them every success during
their time in America.

The Peter Porter Cup is now the first event on this year’s Representative Events calendar.

This year’s event will follow the same format as previously, with Fourball matches in the morning, then Lunch, followed by Foursomes matches in the afternoon.

There has been a change in the number and type of competitors – with 4 ladies from the NHDLGA joining the 8 men from the NDGA in attempting to retain the
Peter Porter Cup in this annual challenge match against the members from Newcastle Golf Club.

The 8 man team chosen to represent the NDGA is (Subject to availability)

Greg McMillan

Brayden Petersen

Blake Windred

Justin Ely

Ben Hillard

Steve Hassett

Mick Coutman

Brian Carmichael

Players are requested to contact Dave Hartney or Rod Carruthers to confirm their availability.

On Sunday May 17, players should report to NDGA Officials, Mick Dodd or Rod Carruthers at 6.30am – with play scheduled to begin at 7.00am.  Dinner
and a Presentation will follow the golf.

This year’s Junior Pennant series will be held as a Strokeplay event over 4 Rounds.

Teams will consist of 6 players – can be Boys and Girls – all must be members of an NDGA District Club and be aged under 18 years old on the
date of the 1st Round.

Clubs unable to field a full team of 6 players are encouraged to make up a composite team with another Club or field a team of at least 4 players.

Team scores will be based on the best 4 of 6 scores in both the Scratch and Nett events.   Prizes will also be provided for Individual winners
for each Round.

An Individual Order of Merit competition for both Scratch and Nett will be conducted in conjunction

Check the Event Calendar for details of each Round.

To view or download a copy of the Information Sheet and Guidelines, please click on the link.     NDGA Junior Pennants 2015 – Information

This year’s Pennant Dinner will be held on Saturday May 9.  This is a week later than the date shown in the Yearly Program and other publications.

The Dinner will be held at Newcastle Golf Club and you should arrive at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm meal service.

The cost this year will be $25.00 per person.  This will contribute towards the cost of the meal only, with the Association subsidising the balance.
 Wine will be served on each table.

Individuals will be required to pay for all other drinks.

As well as recognising and celebrating this year’s Pennant winners this night also serves as our Major Presentation night. The list of Events that we will
present prizes for include – District Champion, Junior District Champion, Champion of Champions, District Vardon winner, Junior Champion of Champions.

Get a group together – come along for a great night and help celebrate our Pennant winners and all aspects of golf in the Newcastle District.

12 year old Joshuaa Robards has been selected and approved to play in the 2015 IMG Academy Jr World Golf Championships.  These Championships
are to be held from July 13-17 at the Sycuan Golf Resort and Torrey Pines Golf Courses near San Diego, USA.  These Championships were formerly
known as the Callaway Jr World Masters.

Joshuaa will be proudly representing Belmont Golf Club and the Newcastle District Golf Association and his selection is a reward for his dedication
to improving his golf game over the past 3 years.

The NDGA is pleased to be able to contribute towards Joshuaa’s Entry Fee and related expenses and wish him every success during the Championship.

Congratulations – Well done Josh.

WARATAH AND MEREWETHER WIN THEIR DIVISION’s FINAL IN THIS YEAR’S A GRADE PENNANT SERIES.

Rain showers and windy weather made golf difficult for this yea’s Finalists, played at Belmont GC. Belmont GC was in excellent condition, despite the weather,
to host Waratah and Toronto in Division 1 with Merewether and Shortland Waters in Division 2.

WARATAH WINS 4th STRAIGHT TITLE

Waratah’s stranglehold on this event  continued with their 4th consecutive win of the Division 1 Pennant.  This year they defeated Toronto
in a closer match than the scores indicated.  The final score was 5.5 to 2.5.  Wins to Brian Carmichael, Mick Coutman and Capt Greg McMillan
set the foundation for the win but it was strong finishes and close wins by Ben Hillard and John Georgalis that swung the result in Waratah’s
favour.  Toronto was far from disgraced with wins to Robert Smythe and Jai Forrester – and still remains the team most likely to break Waratah’s
dominance of this event.

MEREWETHER VICTORIOUS IN DIVISION 2 FINAL

 

Merewether prevailed over Shortland Waters 5 games to 3.  Good wins at the top of the order to David Cook, Craig Jones and Josh Cook  set
the platform for the win.  Further wins to Ben Flaherty and M.Sullivan sealed the win.  Shortland Waters had wins to Capt Mick Albee, Luke
Iredale and Glen Laws in the middle of the order

To View or Download a copy of the 2015 Pennant Finals Results, please click on the link     2015 A Grade Pennant Finals Results

 

 

Now is the time to Register your Interest and/or Availability in being considered for selection in any of the NDGA Teams to participate in the Inter-District
and other Representative Events in 2015.

Please check details of all this year’s Representative Events via the Event Calendar on this Website to plan and confirm your availability.

This registration applies to Masters, Seniors, Colts and Junior categories. Please be aware that this year’s Inter-District events have been reduced
to having only 12 players from each District – 6 Juniors & 6 Others.  Others would include Masters, Seniors, Colts and also more Juniors.

Please use the contact Details on this Website to register your interest or availability with the Secretary.

It is intended to post the names of the Team Members chosen for each Representative Event on this Website at least 3 weeks prior to the event.  An
individual email or SMS message will also be used to contact each person chosen.

The 2015 A Grade Pennant finalists have been decided.  Following the conclusion of round 7 of this year’s event the results were very close on both
Divisions.

A count back of games were required in Division 1 after a drawn match in the last round saw Belmont and Toronto equal on 4 match points.  Toronto,
by virtue of a game score of 30 game points to Belmont’s 28 game points were declared the second team to join Waratah, who finished undefeated on
5.5 match points,  in the Division 1 Final.

Division 2 was a very close affair with Merewether finishing undefeated on top with 5 match points. In close pursuit were Shortland Waters on 4.5
match points, and Hawks Nest on 4 match points.  The hard luck story belongs to Pacific Dunes, who were undefeated after 5 rounds, only to
fail to score any match points in the final 2 rounds to fall out of contention.

This left Merewether and Shortland Waters to contest the Final for the Division 2 Pennant.

 

The Final for both Divisions has been scheduled to be held at Belmont Golf Club on Sunday March 22

Division 2 Final (Merewether and Shortland Waters) will tee off from 7.24am

Division 1 Final (Waratah and Toronto) will tee off from 7.52am.

NDGA Officials for the day will be Paul Cortaville and Rod Carruthers.

Round 7, the last round, of this year’s A Grade Pennant was played today in showery weather.  Newcastle GC hosted Division 1 with Karuah GC hosting
Division 2.

In Division 1 – Clear cut wins were recorded by Waratah and Muree over Charlestown and Beresfield respectively whilst the decisive match between Toronto
and Belmont resulted in a 4 all draw.  This meant that both Belmont and Toronto finished with 4 match points each.

This necessitated a count back to decide the Club to join Waratah in the final, with Toronto prevailing by 2 game points.

In Division 2 – Previous front runners Pacific Dunes lost a close match to Hawks Nest.  Merewether and Shortland Waters had good wins over Nelson
Bay and Tanilba Bay respectively.

With 2 losses in the last 2 rounds saw Pacific Dunes fall out of the race for a finals berth.  Merewether with 5 match points will be joined by Shortland
Waters, 4.5 points, in the Division 2 final.

To view or download a copy of Round 7 Results, click on the link    2015 A Grade Pennant Round 7 Results

To view or download a copy of the Final results after Round 7, click on the link    2015 A Grade Pennant Results Summary final

Summary

In accordance with the current rules, Beresfield and Newcastle will be the 2 Clubs relegated to Division 2 for next year’s Pennant Series.

Merewether and Shortland Waters will be the 2 Division 2 Clubs promoted to Division 1 for next year.

Round 6 of this year’s A Grade Pennant was played at Muree for Division 1 and Hawks Nest for Division 2 in ideal weather conditions.

Division 1.     In the top of the table clash between perennial finalists Waratah and Toronto saw Waratah prevail in a close match
5 to 3.  Charlestown had an easy win over Beresfield.   A decisive win to Belmont over Newcastle by 6.5 to 1.5 has kept alive their hopes
of reaching the final.  Belmont must beat Toronto in next weeks final round to achieve this, however.

Division 2.   In a critical match Merewether defeated Pacific Dunes 5.5 to 2.5.  Other matches saw Nelson Bay have a win over Tanilba
Bay and Karuah and Shortland Waters played out a 4 all Draw.

With only one round remaining, the leaderboard has become congested with Merewether leading on 4 points, from Pacific Dunes and Shortland Waters on 3.5
points.  Hawks Nest is still thereabouts on 3 points.   Should be an interesting last round next week.

To view or download a copy of the Round 6 results, please click on the link.     2015 A Grade Pennant Round 6 Results

To View or download a copy of the Results Summary after Round 6, please click on the link.     2015 A Grade Pennant Results Summary Round 6