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Traralgon Golf Club’s professional Martin Clements is retiring after 37 years service.

To commemorate Martin’s service to Traralgon and the wider Gippsland Golfing Community a special ambrose day will be held at the Traralgon Golf Club.

The club will be holding a 3 person Ambrose event to celebrate his time with us. If there are any of your members who would like to join us in this celebration, please contact Marty at 5174 2460 or traralgon@oncoursegolf.com.au to book your place. The cost is $50.00 per team, and played in 6’s. Marty will be on the 5th tee to greet each group and to play a tee shot for them. There will be a BBQ available all day. Trophies and finger food at Presentations.

Time is 11.00am for 11.30am for a SGS. SUNDAY 1st JULY

Please book asap as places are filling quickly.

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Ladies Pennant Results

Pennant results for the EGWG Association can be found under the Pennant Tab and selecting Ladies Pennant.

Results can then be downloaded.

The East Gippsland Classic was completed today in calm, sunny conditions at the magnificently presented Lakes Entrance Golf Course.

After two days of high winds at Orbost & Bairnsdale Golf Clubs, the conditions eased today and was a blessing for those who participated.

Overall Classic winner was John Barron of the Box Hill GC with a GA H/Cap of 15.6. John accumulated 106 points to win on a countback from Bairnsdale Shawn McKenna.

Mens B Winner was Des Campbell (28.4) 100 points. from Richard Boyce (16.6) on 99.

Overall Ladies winner was Tia Tompkins (17.2) from South Pines GC with 93 from Audrey Gurtner (24.7) from the Orbost GC.

Tournament organiser Clive Storey thanked the host clubs and also thanked the major sponsor, David Pollard Accounting of Bairnsdale for his generous sponsorship.

See view details for all results.

The 2018 pennant draw has been released.

See the Pennant tab for further details.

| All Gippsland Championships were played at the Korumburra GC.

East Gippsland District juniors once again retained the Caruthers Hield when disappointingly neither West or South Gippsland Districts could field a team.

Overall Gippsland Champion was Steve Bromby who shot 74-68-142 of his one handicap.

Levi Sclater of Sale GC was the junior champion with 77-79-156

Other good results by East Gippsland golfers:

36 hole nett junior winner -Dylan Sclater 144 nett

18 hole PM nett winner Jack Simmons 72 nett

36 hole B grade nett winner Chris Shanahan 144 nett

The East Gippsland ladies 36 hole open was played at the Sale and Maffra Golf Clubs.

Congrats to Melissa Bransdon for winning the East Gippsland 2 day open with scores of 77 75 total 152

The 2018 EGDGA Junior team once again represented the District at the Golf Victoria Junior Country regions event. The team was represented by:

Levi & Dylan Sclater (Sale GC)

Angus MacPherson, Corey Hardy & Jordy Hay (Sth Pines GC)

Jack Hooper (Orbost GC)

While the results were not favourable the boys tried their best and were great ambassadors for their clubs and the EGDGA.

This week (3/4 March) the team will also head to Korumburra to play in the Gippsland Championships and defend the Caruthers Shield which is played against South & West Gippsland Junior boys.

Many thanks to Chris Shanahan, Clive Storey and Brett Wyllie who supervised the boys on the trip to Rosebud and will again supervise the team in Korumburra.

The 2018 Victorian Four-Ball Championship is well underway now with the 8th qualifier at Bairnsdale GC on the weekend. Winners were as follows:

Men’s Winner: Matthew Cutler & Grant Murray – 44 pts (c/b)

Men’s Runner-Up: Paul Monk & Chris Hudson - 44 pts

Men’s Third: Thomas Hollingsworth & Roger Oakley - 43 (c/b)

Women’s Winner: Julie Lambert & Marg McCallum - 40 pts

Women’s Runner-Up: Jenny O’Neill & Tracey Potter - 39 pts

Women’s Third: Jenny Gibbs & Helen Dennison - 37 pts (c/b)

Mixed Winner: Janet Gibson & John Hendy - 45 pts

Mixed Runner-Up: Martin Farrelly & Virigina Quist - 38 pts

Mixed Third: David Pollard & Johanna Wyllie - 36 pts

Over 100 golfers participated in the 26th Snowy River Classic - held over the 6th & 7th January @ Orbost Golf Club. Extremely hot day on Saturday didn’t deter the majority of the field and some excellent scoring was achieved. Cooler conditions on the Sunday was a welcome relief for many of the players. The 2 day Stableford Competition was hotly contested and the course was presented in excellent condition. Congratulations to 12 yr old Jack Hooper (36 h/cap) who scored 38 & 43 points for a total of 81 to be the Men’s overall winner. Jack has only recently taken up the game and practices hard. He is a promising lefty and had been invited to represent East Gippsland DGA in the upcoming Junior Country Regions. Well done Jack, I’m sure we will see plenty more results like this from you.

The ladies winner was Audrey Gurtner (28 h/cap) who scored an impressive 42 pts each day for a total of 84. Audrey also won the ‘Country Girls Play Golf’ event held on the Sunday.

It was great to see the large amount of visitors, representing 26 clubs, and the fantastic support from the ‘Country Girls Play Golf’ group who boosted the numbers of women playing the Classic, and a special thank you to the Orbost Golf Club for hosting such a great event.

The EGDGA mourn the passing of Peter ‘Turtle’ Stewart - long time member of the Lakes Entrance Golf Club and a character to all that knew him. Turtle was a unique man who made ‘C’ Grade pennant a memorable event for everyone who participated. Larger than life, Turtle was involved in many clubs and sports and was well known in the East Gippsland area and he will be sadly missed. Vale Turtle - We are all better off for knowing you.

Tambo Valley GC has bestowed life membership on club stalwart, Roy Sewell. Roy has provided countless man hours to the club and was recognized for his outstanding loyalty and dedication. Roy’s wife, Maree, was presented with a bouquet of flowers to thank her for the support she has given Roy & the club.