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JUNE/JULY 2010

SACRED HEART SETS THE PACE IN TEAM GOLF!

The number 4 team from Sacred Heart College, Yarrawonga has taken out the latest Team Golf for Scools Regional, played in Albury.

The team of Frazer Droop, Mitch Davis, Brenton Slattery and Corben Wiles tamed the Commercial Golf Resort layout returning a score of 31 for the 9 hole ambrose competition. Three teams have qualified through to the State Final; Sacred Heart #4 team, Victory Lutheran College #1 team and Sacred Heart #3 team. The final is to be contested at Latrobe GC in Melbourne during October.

Click here for the Team Golf info...

ARCHIE SCORES ANOTHER ACE!

It's raining aces here at SAJG! Local member Archie Nankivell recorded his first hole in one in the recent Primary Schools event at Sunshine Golf Club on July 20th.

Archie used a hybrid to cover the 106m sixth hole at Sunshine and only found out about his ace as he approached the green on the uphill par 3. Only 2 weeks ago Ben Lawlor hit the perfect shot also. We look forward to hearing about the next hole in one soon!

REGIONAL SERIES - JUBILEE GC

Mitch Sheather has claimed his maiden victory in the race to the 2010 Regional Series Cup. Sheather, a talented +1 marker from Long Island Country Club, is scoring points fast in his bid to represent SAJG at the Jack Newton International. He had to chip in on the last for birdie to fight off Brendan Lewis (Yarrawonga) and earn himself 1500 Cup points.

Kenneth Lee (The Heritage), Luke White (Jubilee) and Will Garner (Beaconhills) took divisional honours. Many thanks to Jubilee Golf Club for being fabulous hosts, which included on-site reporting by regional television and print media! All participants enjoyed great hospitality and a tip or two as part of the junior clinic, lead by SAJG's Ashley Marshall and Jubilee junior coordinator Rob Chuck.

U16's CLASSIC - HOLE IN ONE AND A THREE-PEAT VICTORY!

10 year old Ben Lawlor scored his 1st career hole in 1 to win the Victorian U16's Classic at the Australian Pitch'n'Putt course. Abbey Trinca made it 3 in a row taking the girls title by some 10 shots, with a score of 56.

Trinca's score in the lowest girls score in the 12 year history of the event, while Ben Lawlor picked up a fabulous golf bag for his ace! The bag is almost bigger than he is!!!

Congratulations to all prize winners, and to all boys and girls who participated. This event is one of the most popular on the junior golf calendar, and always a lot of fun to coordinate. Thanks kids!

Click here for story in the Bayside Leader...

REGIONAL SERIES - 'MAJOR' STAR AT WOODLANDS

Cheltenham member Mitch Francis was the star of the day at Woodlands on Friday 2nd July, taking out the 2nd 'major' of the year by a whopping 5 shots! With the only sub-par round to be posted on the challenging Woodlands layout, Mitch put on a dazzling display with the 5 marker playing 7 shots better than his handicap. The weather tested the nerves and patience of most of the field, with +2 marker Su Hyun Oh taking second prize on 75 (+1 to a women's par of 74). Ben Allen and Ben Rogers cleaned up the Division A nett, with 71 and 72.

Woodlands juniors Max Cogger and Jeremy Ting showed some local knowledge taking out Division B with nett 71, whilst the girls showed the way in Division C with Sandhurst member Ashlee Broughill winning on 38 points, and Konomi Matsumoto and Jaz Gardner taking 2nd place on 36 points.

WENDEL FIRES AT KEYSBOROUGH!

76 players teed it up in the latest Regional Series at Keysborough. Located on the famous Melbourne sandbelt, Keysborough is a fantastic golf course, recently hosting the state Division 1 pennant finals. Despite the heavy rains and with the course certainly playing long there were some fine scores carded. The event was won by James Wendel from Yea GC who carded a great score of 69, 2 under par. Runner up was Mitch Sheather from Long Island, returning an even par 71.

Other great scores included a nett 63 in Division B from Jeremy Ting (Woodlands) and 44 points in Division C returned by Danielle Hu (Kingswood).

SU TAKES OUT "MAJOR" IN STYLE

Golfing prodigy Su Hyun Oh has continued in her amazing ways, taking out the first 'Major' of the 2010 Regional Series at Portsea on Sunday 30 May. The Kingswood/Kingston Heath junior who just turned 14 earlier in the month, is playing off +3, and she was quick to show us why as she took the elements in her stride on road to an impressive 3 under par, 69.

With the semi final of men's district pennant having been played at Portsea earlier in the day, pin placements were tricky to say the least, and the afternoon southerly didn't help to ease playing conditions from the back plates! Despite a four putt on the opening green, Su blitzed the field of over 70 boys and girls, by 9 shots. Girl power was the order of the day, with Long Island's Montana Strauss taking 2nd place on 78, and Sandhurst's Tong Wang claiming her first divisional title taking the Division A prize. Ever-steady Kenneth Lee (The Heritage) was in second place with nett 75.

MAY 2010

MITCH OHLMUS TOO GOOD AT PORT FAIRY

The latest Regional Series event was played at Port Fairy GC on Sunday, May 23 in tricky conditions on the much heralded links layout.

Mitchell Ohlmus from Churchill Park started favourite at Port Fairy and held off Kenneth Lee from The Heritage to record a one stroke win and take the lead in the overall player standings.

The other Divisions saw some great scores returned, with Jeremy Ting from Woodlands retuning a nett 65 to take out Division B, and Port Fairy local Matthew Daly shooting a remakable 48 stableford points to win Division C. Sincere thanks to Evan and the team at Port Fairy who run a terrific junior program and have given support to SAJG and its events over the past few years.

SAJG MEMBER ABROAD

On 25th May 2010, Frank represented the "Australian International School, Singapore" and "Stuart Appleby Junior Golf" in the Singapore National Primary Schools Championship. He competed against the top 100 junior golfers aged between 7 and 9. The tournament was played at Orchid Country Club on a modified 5 hole layout. Frank finished with the same score as the winner but was relegated to overall 6th on count back. He unfortunately double bogeyed the last hole which cost him the overall win. He still had a great day and walked away with a nice trophy for his efforts.

Congratulations Frank Vucic from all at SAJG!

APRIL 2010

PERIC WINS FIRST 9 HOLE CLASSIC

The first 9 Hole Junior Classic was played at Kooringal GC on the first Monday of the April school holidays. The overall event was won by 10 yo Tristan Peric with a great score of 44. There were loads of other great scores from a list of budding stars. SAJG wishes to thank Kooringal GC for hosting the event and their ongoing commitment to junior golf. These events form part of the SAJG Rookie Series, with the next 9 Hole Classic to be held at Spring Valley GC on the first Monday of the July holidays. Don't miss this one!!!

Click here for all the results...

BROTHERS SHARE "U16's CLASSIC" HONOURS!

It will be an interesting conversation at the El Kurdi dinner table tonight... two brothers Zak and Hanza El Kurdi have shared the honours, being awarded joint Boys Champions. Zak, 15 and Hamza, 13 shot 3 over par 57 in testing conditions at the Australian Pitch & Putt course in Mulgrave, to win by 3 shots from long reigning event champ Matias Sanchez. In the girls field Abbey Trinca proved her talent by making it back to back victories, her 63 the best score by 6 shots.

Full results, boys and girls, U8's through to U16's. ...

MONTHLY MEDAL NEWS

Anthony Dennis from Orbost Golf Club has taken out the Monthly Medal for March with an incredible score of 15 under. Anthony's great golf was highlighted by a score of 49 stableford points around his home course of Orbost. David Vadori from Northern GC also had some great scores and returned 12 under, with Konrad Ciupek from Patterson River CC running third on 8 under.

Some great golf all round!

It is pertinent to note with the recent changes to the GA handicapping system that scores for the Monthly Medal are now taken against the course rating for the day.

Click here for the Monthly Medal info...

ENTRIES REQUIRED FOR MOOROOPNA JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

The Mooroopna Junior Tournament is coming up this Sunday, April 18. There are still a number of places available in the field and Mooroopna will take entries up to the end of the week. The event is open to both boys and girls and is an Under 21 tournament. The club has secured some great prizes for the event.

The entry form is available on the "Other Junior Events" page of our website. Please follow the link below to access the entry form.

MARCH 2010

MITCH MEETS HIS INSPIRATION

SAJG member, Mitch Sheather, had the opportunity to meet one of his golfing inspirations recently at the Handa Women's Open.

Mitch has been battling scoliosis, the same condition that has affected LPGA touring professional Stacy Lewis for some time. Stacy was most helpful and spent 30 minutes of her valuable time after her third round with Mitch passing on valuable information and encouragement.

FAREWELL FROM THE TEAM APPLES COMPETITION

The final of the Team Apples competition was played in glorious sunshine on Sunday 14 March. A field of 32 players from Sanctuary Lakes and Cheltenham presented to contest the event at the junior friendly Oakleigh Public Golf Course.

Some good scores were recorded on the day, but it was the BOLERO team from Cheltenham made up of Alfred Jarnestrom, Taka Fujiwara and the 10 year old “veteran” twins Ben & David Lawlor who emerged victorious with a team score of 59. The JONATHON team from Cheltenham finished in second place with 67, followed by the FUJI team from Sanctuary Lakes with 68.

Click here for full results and photos...

2010 CLUB TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Club Teams Championship information is now online and has been sent out to all golf clubs and districts across Victoria. SAJG is pleased to announce that the annual final will return to Australia's number 1 ranked course, Kingston Heath, to be played in December.

The qualifying venues are also outstanding: Yering Meadows (April 1), Green Acres (July 5) and Spring Valley (October 1)

FEBRUARY 2010

'PLAYGOLF JUNIOR' AT WOMEN'S OPEN

Aussie sensation Katherine Hull was the star attraction at the filming of a 'Play Golf Junior' segment, to go to air during this week's broadcast of the 2010 Handa Australian Open, being played at Commonwealth Golf Club. 10 very lucky SAJG members were the centre of attention while the One HD (Channel 10) cameras rolled, with Katherine giving some vital tips and encouragement.

Professional golfer and well known commentator, Sandra Mackenzie Wood, interviewed the kids, and had lots of fun during the filming. Naturally the highlight was meeting Katherine but the kids also got to hit some shots from the main practice range with all the pro's watching on! What a thrill!!

Check out www.golfaustralia.org.au for more images and details.

A SIZZLING SUMMER OF SCORES!

There were many great scores returned by SAJG members over the summer holidays, highlighted by Barwon Heads junior, David Ennels.

David returned scores of 47 and 43 stableford points to post a total of 16 under, good enough to take out both the Dec/Jan Monthly Medal and also the Medal of Medallists playoff for 2009. There were other great scores returned by David Vadori (Northern) -14, Will Qoro (Huntingdale) -13, Brendan Lee (The Heritage), Bianca Ling (Kingswood) and Mitch Davis (Yarrarwonga) all on -12. Josh Vitacca (Rosanna) finished on -11 and Luke Lloyd (Jubilee), Kyle Michel (Shepparton) and Ben Rogers (Sorrento) all finished on 10 under.

There were also many great individual rounds and SAJG wishes to congratulate all those that had a successful summer of golf, and particularly Ben Rogers who took out the Sorrento Club Championships in January.

FREE TIX TO THE WOMENS OPEN!!!

SAJG and Golf Australia are giving all SAJG Members and visitors the chance to purchase adult tickets in advance for the 2010 HANDA Women‘s Australian Open Championship and receive a special 50% discount. The good news is that children Under 18 will have free entry. There is also a free clinic being held on the Sunday of the tournament and you are welcome to register by visiting the link below.

The field for the 2010 Championship will be the best ever assembled for the Championship with four of the world‘s top 20 players taking part including Karrie Webb, Laura Davies, Anna Nordqvist and Yani Tseng.

SANCHEZ BURNS UP THE COURSE & TRINCA CLAIMS NEW TURF!

The Term 1 U16's Classic was all thrills once again, with 11 year old Matias Sanchez (Sandhurst) burning up the testy par 3 layout, shooting an incredible 2 under par to claim his 7th successive victory in this event!!!!!!!

14 year old Abbey Trinca (The Sands Torquay) claimed new turf, winning her first U16's Classic in style, by 3 shots from defending champ 10 year old Danielle Hu.

There were plenty of smiles in all the age divisions, with many winning for the first time. The Australian Pitch & Putt course at Mulgrave was again a tremendous venue for this extremely popular event.

Full results, images and story....

JANUARY 2010

2010 REGIONAL SERIES UNDERWAY

The first Regional Series event has been played at Churchill Park GC, with talented Kingswood junior Bianca Ling taking out the gross honours. Bianca banks 1500 points as a result and leads the overall standings. The event scheduled for Northern GC is to be rescheduled to later in the year.

The leaders of the nett divisions are:

A Div - Bianca Ling (Kingswood)

B Div - Andrew Jordan (Churchill Park)

C Div - Konomi Matsumoto (Victoria)

Full details and results...

2010 SIGNATURE TOURNAMENT

The 7th annual SAJG Signature Tournament has will once again be played at the magnificent Heritage Golf and Country Club. The tournament will be played on Sunday, November 21 and will once again feature the Victorian Junior Long Drive competition, which couldn't be held in 2009 due to the weather conditions.

The tournament is a Geoff Ogilvy Trophy/WGV Ranking event and a top class field of talented juniors is anticipated. We hope to see defending champs, Todd Sinnott and Su-Hyun Oh, back at The Heritage again.

Entry forms will be available mid year.

Full details and info...

CADDY AT THE MOONAH CLASSIC

KEEN golfers again have the opportunity to support the rising stars of professional golf by becoming a caddy at the Nationwide Tour Moonah Classic from February 4 to 7. All you need is a passion for golf and be available for the four days of competition. Caddies receive a small payment for their time. Moonah Classic tournament director Roseanne Goddard said the positions will appeal to those who live near Moonah Links on the Mornington Peninsula.

“It’s a great opportunity to get an insight into professional golf and get to know a player who just might go on to be the next big thing.”

2009 ROOKIE SERIES FINAL

The 2009 Rookie Series Final has been won by 9 year old Marcus Foote (Boys Champion) from Trafalgar GC with a score of 45. The Girls Champion is 13 year old Georgia Nankivell (pictured) from Sunshine GC winning with a score of 50. Congratulations to both Georgia and Marcus for becoming the inaugural winners of the Rookie Series Final.

In the U/14 boys section Ben Lawlor of Cheltenham GC beat Liam Ware from Traralgon GC after a count back. Kate Holden from Cheltanham GC took out the U/10 Girls Section.

Rookie Series Final Results....

SOUTHERN JUNIOR CLASSIC WRAP

Talented Southern Golf Club juniors, Jacinta Brideson and Charles Stewart are leading the way at the conclusion of Day 1. Well it is nearly the same story at the conclusion of the 36 holes, but both players were caught on the second day. The overall boys section saw a playoff between Charles Stewart and Sean Ong, with Charles making a great birdie on the first playoff hole to clinch a home soil victory. Pictured is Charles holing the winning putt.

The girls section was also tied with Bree Elliott catching overnight leader Jacinta Brideson over the final 18 holes, and in great spirit, the girls decided to share the victory.

The course at Southern proved to be a great test for most of the field, but Jacinta's opening round of one under par 73 set a new course record on the recently altered layout.

Full details and results...

MONTHLY MEDAL UPDATE

Jack Harrington from Churchill Park GC has taken out the October Monthly Medal. Jack had 2 great rounds of 42 and 41 stableford points to finish on 9 under, just ahead of Daniel Chew from Kingswood on 8 under. The round of the month however was returned by Alex Radevski with an incredible 46 stableford points, but she could only manage 7 under over the 2 rounds.

The November Medal was won by Matias Sanchez (pictured) from Sandhurst returning 8 under for his 2 best rounds. Both Jack and Matias will join the other winners in the medallist playoff in January. Please note there will not be a December Monthly Medal awarded. Scores from December can be combined with January for the first Monthly Medal of 2010.

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