NDGA Archive

The annual match between the Representative teams from the Newcastle DGA and Hunter River DGA will be played at the new Scone GC on Sat/Sun July 27/28.

On Saturday the teams will play a 4BBB stroke matchplay event – with individual matchplay on Sunday.

The team chosen to represent the NDGA is – 

Seniors

David Alexander

Chris Turnbull

Greg McMillan

Luke Ferrier

Mick Coutman

Ben Hillard

 

Juniors

Brij Ingrey

Jake Riley

Hamish Ellison

Caleb Bromley

Jacob Dundas

Harry Cleare

 

Officials –   Don Nelson & Rod Carruthers

Belmont Golf Club was the venue for the Annual match for the Artie Mollett Shield, played on Sunday, June 2 between the Representative teams from the Central
Coast and Newcastle DGA’s.

Despite 35mm of rain on Saturday and overnight – Belmont GC was in excellent condition and with the wind speed dropping to near zero and only a light shower
of rain – provided great conditions for golf.

The format for this event was 6 x Seniors plus 4 x Colts plus 6 x Juniors. and Newcastle regards this match as their benchmark for the year – with the
Central Coast normally providing the closest competition across all categories..

Last year at Wyong GC, the Newcastle DGA team recorded a very close win by 1 point.  This year the result was more decisive with Newcastle DGA winning
by a margin of 12 to 4.

The Seniors played solid winning with a margin of 4.5 to 1.5.  4 Players having 3&1 or 3&2  wins.  The Colts category recorded a
3 to 1 margin win with 4&3 or 3&1 being common scores.

The Juniors emulated the Seniors by winning their division by 4.5 to 1.5.   Big wins to Caleb Bromley, Jake Riley and Harry Cleare anchored the
win.

To view or download a copy of the Result Sheet, click on the link   NDGA vs CCDGA Result Sheet

NDGA Captain Greg McMillan receiving the Shield from Central Coast Captain James Swanson

NDGA Representative Squad for 2019           Missing – Reece Green, Brij Ingrey, Josh Greenwood

 

 

The Annual match between the Lower North Coast DGA and Newcastle DGA was held at Horizons GC on Sunday, May 26.

The Juniors were playing for the Challenge Cup whilst the Seniors were contesting the Les Evitt Cup.

The NDGA team looking resplendent in their new uniforms – played accordingly and accounted for the Lower North Coast team with the Senior winning
all 6 matches, whilst the Juniors won all 4 matches.

Big wins to Michael Wade and Josh Greenwood led the way for the Seniors while scratch marker Harry Cleare in the Juniors recorded a good win despite having
to concede 11 stokes to his LNC opponent.  

To view or download a copy of the Result sheet, click on the link     NDGA vs LNCDGA Result Sheet

 

The NDGA has chosen the following team for the fist Inter-District match of 2019

This first match will be against the Lower North Coast DGA at Horizons GC on Sunday, May 26 – with tee off at 8.45am.

All players are expected to attend the Presentation and Lunch – following the golf.

The format will be 6 x Senior players and only 4 x Juniors.    Junior 1, 2 and 3 will play scratch matchplay with Junior 4 will play handicap
matchplay.

The following names are in no particular order – and the playing order will be determined on the day.

Players should report to the NDGA Official before 8.15am on the day- Stan Blackhall for the Seniors ; Don Nelson for the Juniors.

The team to play the next match on the following Sunday, June 2 against the Central Coast DGA will not be announced until after the match on May 26 – in
order to include the latest form in the selection process.

Greg McMillan will continue his long tenure as the Captain of the NDGA Representative team.

Seniors

David Alexander

Luke Ferrier

Josh Greenwood

Craig Jones

Greg McMillan (c)

Michael Wade

 

Juniors

Jacob Dundas

Josh Robards

Caleb Bromley

Harry Cleare

Congratulations to all these players – play well

The 2019 NDGA Schoolboys & Schoolgirls Championship was held on Friday April 26 at Nelson Bay GC

A great day – the weather was great – the course in great condition – and even lunch was great.   Thank you to Nelson Bay GC for hosting this event.

30 players took part including 3 that played in the 9 hole event.

 Utilizing some local knowledge Harry Cleare fired a 1 over 73 to take out the Schoolboys Champion title – from Oscar Gilson on 74 and Josh Robards
on 75

Kiana Toole secured the Schoolgirls Champion tile with a 88 – from Amy Squires with 95

Age Division Winners were – 

Boys 8-9       Jesse Linden  102

Boys 10-11-12   Nikhil Pillay  105

Boys 13      Jake Riley    86

Boys 14      Brij Ingrey    77

Boys   15-18     Harry Cleare   73

In conjunction the NHDLGA conduct their District Junior Girls Championship

The Girls Junior Champion was Kiana Toole and the Girls Junior Nett Champion was Amy Squires.

Congratulations to all of our Winners

To view or download a copy of the Schools Champs Result Sheet, click on the link   Result Sheet

Below are a collection of Photos from the Presentation

 

 

 

The NDGA Junior Pennants were conducted over 3 days – Monday, April 15 at Belmont, Tuesday, April 16 at Waratah and Wednesday, April 17 at Pacific Dunes.

Numbers were down compared to the last couple of year – but pleasingly we welcomed several newcomers to Junior Pennants  30 players registered
for the 18 hole event with 6 in the 9 hole competition.

Congratulation to all of our winners.

Overall, the girls were dominant – with Kiana Toole finishing first, Lanna New finishing second and Amy Squires third in the final results.

Team Green won the Selected teams category with Nelson Bay, who supplied 16 players, easily winning the Club Team event.

To view or download a copy of the Result Sheet, click on the link   Junior Pennants Result Sheet

Below are photos of the winners

Overall Winners

Day Winners

Members of Team Green

Nelson Bay – Winning Club Team

This last photo is of some of our Encourage Shield team from 2018 who made it all the way through to the Semi-Finals – being presented with their shirts

 

 

 

The NDGA has announced the names of those players chosen in the Representative Squads to play in the 2019 representative fixtures.

Congratulations to all those selected.

The Open or Senior Squad will be –

David Alexander

Justin Ely

Josh Greenwood

Luke Ferrier

Ben Hillard

Craig Jones

Chris Turnbull

Steve Hassett

Greg McMillan

Michael Coutman

Scott Telfer

Michael Wade

 

The Junior Squad will be – 

Jacob Dundas

Josh Robards

Caleb Bromley

Reece Green

Harry Cleare

Hamish Ellison

Brij Ingrey

Oscar Gilson

Ben Hawes

Jake Riley

Max Duffy-Smith

Brayden Brooks

It has been organized for the squads to meet at Belmont GC on Sunday May 5 at 3.00pm – for uniform fitting and to receive information about the 2019 fixtures.

It is proposed that the playing team for each of the Representative fixtures will be selected from within these squads

The Representative fixtures this year include – 

NDGA vs LNCDGA        Horizons      Sunday May 26

NDGA vs CCDGA         Belmont        Sinday June 2

NDGA vs HRDGA         Scone           Sat, Sun   July 27, 28

Regional Championships     Newcastle       Sat, Sun    August 17, 18

NDGA vs ACT-Monaro        Canberra       Sat, Sun    September 14, 15

NSW Country Championships      Bathurst         Sat, Sun  November 2, 3

This year the NDGA is introducing Representative Squads for both the Open and Junior Divisions. Each division will be 10 players – with the playing
team for each Representative fixture being selected from within the Squads.

Each player will be provided with a full uniform. A new Code of Conduct and other conditions will be introduced.

To view or download a copy of the Representative Squad – Expression of Interest Document, click on the link     Representative Squad – EOI

Note the cut-off date of April 15 for nominations.

 

The Final for the 2019 A Grade Pennant Series were conducted on Sunday March 10.

Shortland Waters GC hosted this year’s Finals 

The Division 1 Finalists were Merewether and Toronto.

A good win 5 & 3 to Scott Telfer (Merewether) and 3 & 2 Wins to Josh Greenwood and Jake Riley (Toronto) were the standout results in what was a
very close contest – with many matches finishing on the 19th, 18th or 17th holes.

The boys from Merewether prevailed in just about all of these close contests and ran out winners of this year’s Division 1 Pennant by 5.5 to 2.5

The Merewether team was knocking at the door last year – and finally broke through for a win this year.   Toronto was left to rue another missed opportunity.

Back (L-R): Ben Robinson, Angus Neil, David Cook, Scott Telfer & Matthew Lister

Front (L-R): Nicholas Zuccon, Craig Jones (c), Luke Ferrier, & Aaron Duffy.

 

The Division 2 Finalists were Muree and Newcastle

Muree went through the preliminary round undefeated and were a clear favorite to take the title.

Someone forgot to tell the lads from Newcastle GC – and they did the job on the day.

Clear wins to Josh Robards, Ben Dawes and Bruce Hill anchored the Newcastle team’s winning of the Division 2 Pennant.

Back (L-R): David Dunlop (Manager), Troy Stonestreet, Chris Turnbull, Greg Frazer, Oscar Gilson & Bruce Hill

Front (L-R): Bill Tonkin (c), Josh Robards, Ben Hawes & Daniel Matthews.

 

To view or download a copy of the Result Sheets, click on the link    Pennant Finals – Results

 

 

Round 5 and the last round of the 2019 A Grade Pennants was played on Sunday March 3

Charlestown GC hosted Round 1 in weather perfect for golf.

Tensions were high with 3 teams, Merewether, Waratah and Toronto, vying for the 2 Finals places.  As well as securing a team win – the results of
individual matches would prove critical in determining the finalists.

In the first match – Waratah had a close win over hosts Charlestown by 4.5 to 3.5 – and this would prove crucial in the determination of the Finalists.
 Then Merewether recorded a clear 5.5 to 2.5 win over Belmont – and this sealed Merewether’s place in the Final as the leading team.

The final match saw Toronto record a clear win over Pacific Dunes by 8 to 0 – and this margin was sufficient to propel them ahead of Waratah to secure
the second spot in the Final.

Despite Merewether, Toronto and Waratah all finishing on 4 wins for the series – the countback of Individual matches won, resulted in Merewether and
Toronto being our Finalists for 2019 in Division 1

 

Muree GC hosted Division 2 – again in good conditions for golf.

With the Finalists being already decided in this Division – the results from this round carried little value other than bragging rights

The NDGA Composite team recorded their first win for the series – with a close win over Nelson Bay by 4.5 to 3.5.   Good results for the Junior members
anchored the win.

Tanilba Bay and Hawks Nest played out a 4 all draw – that reflected their placing in the overall results.

Finally, in a dress rehearsal for the Final – Hosts Muree recorded a close win over the Newcastle team by 4.5 to 3.5 – to set up an enthralling contest
in the Final.

 

Division 1 Finalists – Merewether – Toronto

Division 2 Finalists – Muree – Newcastle

The Final will be held on Sunday March 10 at – Shortland Waters GC with Division 2 commencing at 9.00am and Divsion 1 following at 9.30am.

 

 

To view or download a copy of the Round 5 Results, click on the link      Round 5 Results

To view or download a copy of the Summary after Round 5, click on the link     Summary after Round 5