With an amazing team score of +18 in stiffling conditions, the girls were 9 shots clear of their nearest rivals, the team from Commonwealth...

The November Medal was won by Matias Sanchez 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.

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Many schools travelled long distances to compete and all played extremely well.

SAJG would like to thank Latrobe GC for again hosting the final. Frankston team captain, Mitch Sheather, acknowledged the great condition of the course for the event.

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Our other rep, Jonathan Stella from Northern, had rounds of 82,80, 77 and 82 for a total of 321 to be tied 42nd in his age group after 72 holes.

JN International Final Results - Boys

JN International Final Results - Girls

Just wanted to let you know about my hole in one today (Monday 28th September) in the Hills Interclub Stableford Championships at Mt Barker/Hahndorf GC in South Australia.

I came to the 12th hole after not having a good start (started on 10) and decided to try to salvage my front nine starting with a good shot here. On the 149m hole I pulled out my 7 iron that I normally hit about 155m, but decided to just hit it solidly at about 85%. When I hit it I started it just right of the hole and it was drawing back right to the pin when all of a sudden I couldn't see the ball. When I approached the green I looked in the hole and my ball was sitting in there!!! That woke me up and I played well for the rest of the round with the ace helping me to 37 stableford points.

Great shot Henry!

The series featured 14 events at great golf courses around the state. Player numbers were up on 2008 and SAJG would like to thank all the clubs that supported the series and also the players and parents.

The series proved to be a close battle and the final standings and winners will be updated on our website very soon. The presentation of the Regional Series trophies will take place at the Signature Tournament, to be played at The Heritage in November.

The September Monthly Medal was a much tighter contest with Mitchell Davis (pictured) from Yarrawonga and Border GC (11 under) just pipping fellow club member Frazed Droop on 10 under. A close third was Mitch Sheather from Long Island CC on 9 under.

These 3 players each put together some terrific rounds, Mitchell shooting +8 off a 12 handicap...Frazer shooting fine scores of 42 and 41 points....and Mitch Sheather shooting perhaps a career best +8 off a four handicap at Sandhurst.

Don't miss out on the October Medal...so get your scores in!!

Five very excited junior golfers represented Stuart Appleby Junior Golf at the launch, to help promote "Junior Day at the JBWere Masters". They strutted their stuff on the rooftop of the Langham Hotel as camera crews and reporters from television networks and news print media, took footage. Julienne Soo, Aiden Didone, Jaz and Bodie Gardner, and Christian Ivak had the chance to chat with the likes of Eddie McGuire and JBWere Managing Director Brad Gale.

Jonathan was selected by way of his strong performances over the year, currently leading the SAJG Regional Series after the Cohuna event. Julienne has shown that she is extremely competitive in her age group and at just 12 years of age she is currenlty playing off 4 at Woodlands.

I'm sure all SAJG supporters would wish them well for the tournament which is being held at The Oaks GC in Cessnock, NSW, from October 13-16. We will update their progress here as the event progresses.

Full results for the Spring Valley event are posted in the table below.

Best nett score was returned by Haileybury #2 team with St Bedes #2 team finishing runner up.

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Please call L Stone on 5456 4197 for information on the day.

Division B was won by Charles MacCallum form The Heritage with a fine nett 68 and Division C was won by Jeremy Ting from Woodlands GC with 42 stableford points. Local Scott Alden took out the 9 hole section with a fine score of 46.

The day was made when Stuart came along to be a part of proceedings, including talking to the players and parents, signing autographs and presenting the prizes to the winners. The lucky winner of the Father's day prize was Ian MacCallum and the Parent/Child event was won by Thomas and Jeremy Ting.

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Stuart played this course 3 times last summer and is yet to break par. It is sure to be a stern test for players of all abilities.

September Junior Golf Camp - Aussie Golf Ranch, Phillip Island

Entry Form - SAJG Par 3 Championship, Phillip Island

Just missing out was former winner Lachie Devine from Shepparton GC with a total of 9 under, including a round of 45 points playing off 10.

Other great scores were returned by Patrick Ting, Kenneth Lee and James Fiddler.

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The Term 4 Team Apples competition will see a new sponsor on board with SAJG. That's My Ball, is a stamp which assists players in identifying their ball and provides a focus point on which to concentrate.

SAJG will once again be holding "The Big Cohuna" at Stuart's home course, the beautiful Cohuna GC. The event is being played on Sunday, September 6...Father's Day.

Just missing out was former winner Jack Murdoch from 13th Beach with a total of 8 under, with Jack now playing off a 12 handicap.

Jonathan Stella from Northern GC has taken out the second "major" of the 2009 Regional Series, shooting a fine 73 at Woodlands GC in cold and wet conditions. Grant Williams from Long Island stormed home to shoot 76 to be runner up.

There were a number of other great scores including rounds of gross 78/nett 66 by Kenneth Lee and Shane Feldman, both playing off 12 handicaps. Patrick Ting kept his good form going with a nett 68.

Division C was won by Woodlands junior Jack Bennett with a score of 39 points and the 9 hole section was taken out for the second day in a row by Dannielle Hu.

Players competed for fantastic prizes and enjoyed the challenge of the Lakes Course layout at the Yarrawonga & Border Golf Club. Full results and around 100 images from the day can be found in the Regional Series results table below.

Henry Fewell has claimed only the second ever hole in one at an SAJG event!!! Henry's ace was carried out at the Victorian U16's Classic at the Australian Par 3 Pitch & Putt course, on Friday 10th July. The only other ace in a SAJG event was by Lachlan Armour during a Team Apples event at Spring Valley back in 2006.

Henry used a 9 iron to the 43 metre 1st hole, and was simply beaming with the result! For his efforts Henry becomes an SAJG 'Junior Ace', and scores himself a Stuart Appleby signed certificate and a Bridgestone Golf Precept Staff Bag! Well done Henry.

The Term 2 qualifier for the Club Teams Championship saw a capacity filed of 92 players battle it out at Green Acres GC on Monday, July 6.

Six teams were successful in moving through to the final to be played at Yarra Yarra in December. The successful teams were Yarra Valley #1, Yarra Valley #2, Heidelberg #3, Eastwood #2, Commonwealth and Kew #2.

The course at Green Acres was a stern test, but some fine scores were returned in what was a very successful day for the Yarra Valley Country Club, with both their teams moving through, highlighted by scores of +8 from Scott Maizels and +7 from Georgia Moshopolous.

Many thanks to Green Acres for their ongoing support of the event.

The course at Green Acres was a stern test in tough weather conditions, but some fine scores were returned in what was a very successful day for the Yarra Valley Country Club, with both their teams moving through, highlighted by scores of +8 from Scott Maizels and +7 from Georgia Moshopolous.

Many thanks to Green Acres for their ongoing support of the event, which is confirmed to return there again in 2010. Full results and images from the day can be found via the link in the table below.

Just missing out was Bryan Ling from Kingswood GC whose total of 11 under included an unbelievable 45 stableford points in the Regional Series event at Portsea. Bryan was the Monthly Medal winner in March and his golf continues to improve.

SAJG member Frank Vucic recently won a junior tournament held by the Star Golf Academy at Marina Bay, Singapore. Frank and his family are from Narre Warren, but his father is working in Singapore at present.

The tournament was played on a 9 hole course with seven par 3’s and two par 4’s...he shot a 39 off the stick. The image is of Frank at the trophy presentation. Frank is now in his 2nd year as a member of Stuart Appleby Junior Golf.

Well done Frank! Keep flying the SAJG flag over there.

A small but quality contingent played for great prizes. The home team of Rich River took out the honours and qualified through to the Annual Final at Yarra Yarra in December. Congratulations to team members Aiden Borthwick, Andrew Johnson, Tom Moss, and Lachlan Wilson. Results can be viewed in the table below.

The Regional Series made its way to Yarrawonga and Border GC on Sunday, June 21, and was held in conjunction with the North East District GA tournament. 64 players competed from around the state. Brendan Lewis used his home course advantage to take the honours, going one better than his 2nd place finish last year.

The first "major" of the year certainly lived up to it's status, at the magnificent Portsea Golf Club. Mitchell Sheather (Long Island Country Club) took command firing 75 gross to claim victory. In that the event was a 'major' Mitchell also scored himself a bonus 500 points on top of the regular 1500 points.

The 'feel-good' story of the day was Kurt Burns, who travelled all the way from Wagga Wagga to shoot an impressive 76 gross off an 11 h'cap. Even though Kurt's was the best nett score in his division, his 76 gave him the overall runner-up prize. Well done Kurt!

10 year old Bryan Ling (Kingswood) took the honours in Division C with an amazing 45 points. Go Bryan!!!!!

All three teams now progress to the annual final, where they will represent their clubs at Yarra Yarra GC in December.

He finished 3 shots clear of runner up Justin Williams. Herbert, a member of Neangar Park and the Victorian Under-14 development squad played off a handicap of 6 beating defending champion and favourite Braiden Connor.

The first qualifying event for 2009 was held at the beautiful new course at Yering Meadows - home of the Croydon GC - on Thursday April 16. In wind that bordered on cyclonic at times, the course had a chance to bear it's teeth. Many of the players saw a lot more of this amazing new course than had planned!!

Riversdale GC took honours on the day, with 2 teams qualifying for the Final. The third qualifying spot went to hosts, Croydon GC.

Spare a thought though for Matthew Bellion (Huntingdale) who carded a miraculous +10 (2 under par) and whose score couldn't count....two of the four Huntingdale team members didn't arrive on the day, and in needing at least three players to be able to field a team Matt's fine efforts were all in vain. The only consolation for Matt is that he shot his first 'under par' round and reduced his h'cap from 8 to 5. Well done!

SAJG will also be running a Big Golf Day Out and it is hoped that many kids from the area will take the opportunity to come and experience golf in their area. The day is set for Sunday, May 3 at Belvoir Park GC.

Other good scores were returned by Lachie Devine (Shepparton GC) and Jack Murdoch (13th Beach) on 6 under, and Frazer Droop (Yarrawonga GC) and Luke Lloyd (Jubilee GC) on 5 under.

"Happy Birthday Stuart! We hope you have a great day!"

Clubs will be able to nominate 9 hole events from their junior activities to qualify for the Rookie Series. Winners will be invited to compete in the 2 Rookie Series Finals, with the chance to become the "Rookie of the Year". SAJG will also provide prizes and certificates to the winners of each event.

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In second place on 5 under was Will Qoro from Croydon GC and tied in third place on 3 under were Oliver Leason from Cheltenham GC, Luke Lloyd from Jubilee GC and Ellen Pollock from Beaufort GC. Congratulations to all medal winners from 2008.

SAJG would like to extend our thanks to Traralgon Golf Club, Garry & Alison Robbins, Chris & Sue Couling for their terrific support of junior golf, which helped make the day a success.

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SAJG is extremely pleased to be returning to this outstanding venue and thanks The Heritage for their continued support of junior golf. Full details of the championship and entry forms will be uploaded later in the year.

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The joint winners for January are David Ennels from Barwon Heads GC and Patrick Ting (pictured) from Woodlands GC. Both returned scores of 10 under to just pip Brendan Lee from The Heritage and Jeremy Collins from Keysborough GC on 9 under. A highlight for David was a score of +8 in one round and Patrick scored 44 points as part of his great total.

Congratulations to both players! February is playoff month and all the winners from last year are competing this month for the medal of medallists.

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Final details of the championship will be uploaded by the end of January and SAJG looks forward to another great event in 2009.

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The winners of the day were the Ting family...Patrick, father Thomas, Jeremy and great aunt Siong Hii who scored 3 under par in the drop-out ambrose format. Runners up on a countback were the team of Matthew and Peter Bellion, Jack Harrington and Luke Knudson.

Many thanks to Riversdale for again hosting the event.

Congratulations Alexandra! You will now join the other monthly medal winners from 2008 in the February playoff.