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Last updated: January 19, 2012

DISTRICT SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011

The 2011 District Schools Championships event was held at Rosebud Country Club on Monday 19th December. In beautiful weather conditions and on an extremely well prepared golf course a small but very keen field of young male and female golfers fought out an exciting battle.

The male (PDGA) section was won by Dillon Hobbs (The Dunes) over Mitch Harris (Moonah Links). The female section (MPDWG) was a tight battle between Kim Kennedy (Warburton) and Kirsten Horne (The Dunes) with Kim eventually winning on a count back.

Schoolgirl Champion Kim Kennedy from Warburton	Runner-up and nett winner Kirsty Horne from The Dunes

Schoolboy Champion Dillon Hobbs (The Dunes) with officials of the PDGA

The MPDWG is grateful to the PDGA whose committee arranges and manages this event each year. 

Click the link SCHOOLS 2011 for the full results on the PDGA website.

PAST PRESIDENTS AND CAPTAINS DAY

A fine day at Rosebud on December 5th saw a good field of players in the annual day for the former leaders of the clubs of the district.  Thank you to Trish Wech and Sue Evans of Mornington who organised the day, together with the people at Rosebud who provided an excellent course and a tasty lunch. 

Individual winners were Innes Benson (Mornington) in the captains' group and Robyn Wilson for the presidents.  The team competition for former captains was won by Devilbend whose team of Barb Alexander, Di Warden and Glenyse Addicoat is pictured below.  The team of Robyn Wilson, Denise Hudd and Alison Jones from The Dunes won the former presidents' competition. 

. NTP winners were 4th Yvonne Howell (Mornington); 7th Sharyn Stephenson (The Dunes) ;12th Mary Reeves (Devilbend) and 14th  Rhonda Harrison fromThe Dunes.

The presidents team from The Dunes Robyn. Alison and Denise

(Alison and Denise are former MPDWG presidents)

BEACON PLATE ENTRIES NOW OPEN

One of the very popular events on the MPDWG program is the Beacon Plate, a 4BBB Stableford competition, to be held next year at Mornngton on February 23rd.

Click the link BEACON PLATE 2012  for an entry form

THE GRAND FINALE - THE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

The winner of the Champion of Champions played at Sorrento on Monday November 28 was Sue Semmens from Moonah Links.  The runner-up was Laura Griffin from Cardinia Beaconhills.   B grade was won by Lyndsay Cliffe (The National) and C grade by Sandra Delves of Sorrento.  Runners up were M. Batrouney (Sorrento - B grade) and Maureen Downie of Portsea in C grade.

A Grade Sue Semmens Moonah Links	B Grade Lyndsay Cliffe The National	C Grade Sandra Delves Sorrento

OPEN EVENTS AT MORNINGTON, PORTSEA AND SORRENTO

Entries are now open for the Mornington Ladies Classic and the Point Nepean Trophy at Portsea and Sorrento in January.

Click the links in the ENTRY FORMS  column on the right.

ROYAL AND ANCIENT, US GOLF ASSOCIATION AND GOLF AUSTRALIA

Rule changes to be included in the next edition of the RULES OF GOLF 2012-2015 have been announced.

Click the links in the left column of this page to read all about it.

GOLF AUSTRALIA

450  volunteers are required for the 2012 ISPS HANDA Australian Women's Open

at Royal Melbourne Golf Club from February 9 to 12.

Click the link HANDA VOLUNTEERS for contact details.

HISCOCK SALVER 2011

Friday October 14th

Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Club

The Hiscock Salver was played this year as a competition involving players from pennant or handicap matchplay teams, or those who had been caddies. 

The winning team with 140 pts was Cardinia Beaconhills. The players from L/R Jenny Chandler (20)  38pts, Kim Pitcher (35)  34pts,  Libby Michell (22) 36pts, and Greta DeHoogd (26) 32pts.  It was a beautiful day and the course was in terrific condition.  

OUR 2011 CHAMPIONS

It was a great day at Sorrento for the semi-finals and finals of our MPDWG Championships.

The winners were Michele Craigie from The National in A grade, Robyn Patrick (Portsea) B grade and and in C grade former MPDWG vice-president and long-time competitor Audrey Shepherd from Devilbend . 

Congratulations to them all and to those who competed with them.

Left to right - Audrey, Michele and Robyn

CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINALS

Weather conditions on Monday 26th be much kinder to our contestants playing the quarter-finals in each of the 3 grades, on the Legends Course at Moonah Links.

The results were

A Grade:      D Stockdale d J Jeffreys 1up, Michele Craigie d S Semmens 4 &3,M Ramadan d Melinda Crawford 3 & 2, M Elson d J Irvine 4 &3.                                                           

B Grade: S Barlow d B Miller 3 & 2, R Patrick d L Leudar 1up, C Cookes d M Hastings 3 & 2, R McAllister w/o                                                                             

C Grade: M Sherman d J Dovison 2 &1, L Trembath d S Clark 2 & 1, G Barber d D Williamson 2 & 1, A Shepherd d S Newman-Morris 3 & 2 

The semi-finals and finals wiill be   played at Sorrento on Friday September 30, beginning at 8.

Click FRIDAY MATCHPLAY DRAW  for the timesheet                                                                                                                                                              

MPDWG CHAMPIONSHIPS - FIRST ROUND

Very strong winds were the main feature of the opening round of the 2011 Championships played at The National  on Thursday September 22nd  Congratulations to all the competitors and especially to the winners of the three divisions, Jenny Jeffreys from Portsea (A grade) , Sue Barlow (The Dunes) in B grade, and Michelle Sherman also from The Dunes in C grade.

Jenny Jeffreys	Sue Barlow	Michelle Sherman

The handicap winners were Meredith Ramadan from The National (A grade), Rhonda McAllister from The National (B grade) and Denise Williamson (Cape Schanck) - C grade.

The top eight performers in each grade will go on to matchplay rounds, beginning at Moonah Links next Monday, September 25th. 

The semi-finals and finals wiill be at Sorrento.

Click MATCHPLAY DRAW for the timesheets

Thank you to The National for hosting this event, and to Moonah Links and Sorrento for the next two days.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Monday October 24th at 10 am

at Mornngton Country Golf Club

Please note that the meeting will open at 10, not 9.30 as earlier advertised.

Click the link 2011 AGM for the Notice of Meeting and a Nomination Form for the Officebearers of the MPDWG.

Nominations close on October 3rd. 

Please encourage members from your club to nominate  for offce.

ENTRIES CLOSING AND OPENING

Entries for the MPDWG Hiscock Salver close this Friday, September 23rd.  The event will be played at Cardinia Beaconhills on Friday 14th October.    See the Conditions  and Entry forms in the column on the right of this page.

Also at Cardinia Beaconhills is the 2011 Ladies Open, a state ranking event for players with handicaps of 20 or less, on Sunday October 23rd, and their mixed Open Day on Wednesday 9th November.   Details are also available in the right hand column.

It has been said that the best way to improve your golf is to take it up 20 years earlier.

Two-year old Ziggy and his brother photographed at The Dunes Junior Open day, should therefore become very fine golfers indeed.

HANDICAPPING MEMO FROM GOLF AUSTRALIA

Click the link September 5th MEMO to read about the lead-up to the handicapping changes later this month.

TOURNAMENT REPORT FROM GOLFVICTORIA

Click the link for a notice from Biviana Gllson Tournament Director at GolfVictoria about current activites.

GOLFVICTORIA AUGUST

DISTRICT FINAL OF THE ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL 4BBB

The weather was perfect for the MPDWG final of the GolfVictoria fundraising event for the Royal Women's Hospital, played at Rosebud CGC on Monday August 22nd.   The winners were Joan Lawson and Candy Ormerod from Flinders who scored 43 points , and they along with the runners-up, Susan Hyams and Ilse Troy from Mount Martha (41 points), will represent the district  in the State Final at Metropolitan on September 16th.

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From left to right:  Susan Hyams and Ilsa Troy, Joan Lawson and Candy Ormerod .

VALE DOROTHY HARDIE

One of the Life Members of the MPDWG, Dorothy Hardie , died on the.27th of July.

Mrs Hardie gave outstanding service toThe District Committee for 15 years: she was Secretary/Treasurer from 1979 to 1988, and President from 1989 to 1993.

Representatives from the Executive attended her funeral along with a large number of her family and friends.

A GOOD DAY

Sixty-three participants, six professional coaches, sunny weather and the facilities of The National Golf Club made for a very successful Bettine Burgess Clinic on Thursday 28th July. 

With financial assistance from Golf Victoria the MPDWG committeee arranged this event, following the two very popular clincs held in 2010.  All those present were enthusiastic in their appreciation of the help given by the coaches in small groups in the morning, followed by lunch in the clubhouse.  Tim Stone from The National spoke about course management and the psychological aspects of the game, and Alison Jones talked about etiquette and rules.  Thank you to the committee and everyone involved.

There is a new link on the JOKES PAGE to a putting game that will I hope you find easier than I have.

RWH 4BBB DISTRICT PLAYOFF

Winners of the heats of this state-wide event from twelve MPDWG clubs will contest the final at Rosebud CC on Monday August 22nd.  Click RWH 4BBB for the timesheet.  The winners and the runners-up will go on to play at Metropolitan GC in the State Final on Friday 16th September.

The event has been run for some years by Women's Golf Victoria, now part of Golf Victoria.  It has raised many thousands of dollars for pelvic floor research at the Royal Women's Hospital .

Please contact District Delegate Pauline Beet on 5988 3440 for more information.

CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES OPEN

Entries open on Monday July 26th for the 2011 MPDWG Championships.  These will be contested in three grades: handicaps 0-18, 19-29 and 30 to 45.

All contestants will play an 18 hole stroke round at The National GC on Thursday September 22nd after which the top 8 qualifiers in each grade will begin matchplay rounds at Moonah Links with the finals at Sorrento.  The Conditions of Play and Entry Form are available.

SORRENTO PLATE

Thursday July 7th 2011

A big thank you to all the ladies who braved the cold and blustery conditions to take part in the Sorrento Plate. It really wasn't as bad as we all thought it would be and most of  us stayed reasonably dry.

The winners were Sally Newman-Morris and Barbara Price (Mornington) with 45 points

Runners up were Sue Evans and Veronica Leggatt also from Mornington with 43 points.

Juniors who played Emily Opie from Portsea and Rebecca Stephens from the Dunes.

HANDICAP MATCHPLAY FINAL RESULTS

After leading all season, The National took out top spot for Blue Division. Played at Mornington in chilly and sometimes sunny conditions, all groups managed to finish before the rain rolled in over the bay. MPDWG representative, Pauline Beet, presented The National team with their Pennant and badges. Well done and congratulations to all teams who competed in the event. Without your support there would not be such a worthwhile competition.

THE NATIONAL - BLUE DIVISION WINNERS

From left: Eileen Crowes  Mary Jones  Jo Clayton  Avril Cass  Ronda McAllister  Rosemary Threlfau  Trish Barr (Capt)  &  Sandy Brewer  Helen Murphy (not pictured)

Congratulations to Berwick Montuna, winners of the Green Division of the Handicap matchplay competition, played in beautiful conditions for a change, at Portsea on Friday 24th.   The winners defeated Cerberus in the final round, and The Dunes which finished second, defeated Flinders.   Thank you to all the host clubs.

BERWICK MONTUNA - GREEN DIVISION WINNNERS

From left: Glenda Gorton, Sheilah Harper, De'arne Gipp, Robyn Dodge, Carol Ronalds, Joyce Hammond.

BETTINE BURGESS GOLF CLINIC AT THE NATIONAL

Thursday July 28th 2011 from 9 to 3

Following the successful Clinics in 2010, another will be held thanks to a grant from the Bettine Burgess fund.

Click GOLF CLINIC for full details, and an ENTRY FORM.

MPDWG FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIP 

PORTSEA GC, MONDAY JUNE 6TH 2011

Congratulations to the 2011 Foursomes Champions - Jenny Jeffreys and Lynne Campbell from Portsea (86 gross), pictured above with MPDWG vice-president Judy Kingshott.  The runners-up were last year's winners Chris Fleming and Gill Smallwood from Rosebud.  The handicap winners : Judy Kingshott and Robin Brahe from Mount Martha. 

Runners up Chris Fleming and Gill Smallwood from Rosebud - 89 gross	Handicap winnrs Robin Brahe and Judy Kingshott - Mount Martha - 73 nett
Jill Leonard and Wendy Luddington from Portsea - handicap runners-up with 74 nett	MPDWG  secretary Sue Naylor checking the cards

The weather wasn't too bad after a doubtful start - cool but no rain

.Thank you to Portsea for hosting this event.

HANDICAPPING ANOUNCEMENTS FROM GOLF AUSTRALIA

Golf Australia has notified  members of some changes to the handicapping system to be introduced later this year.  All clubs have been informed and the notices are available on this website - see the links in the column on the left  (GolfAustralia May 31st)  for the Announcement and an Implementation Plan

MPDWG VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Veterans Championship was held at Mornington Golf Club on Thursday 19th May. Cold, blustery conditions greeted the players

and it was hard to drag ourselves away from the tea and coffee station to brave the wind. A total of 42 players supported this annual event. Mornington was well represented with 20 ladies taking part - not surprisingly, Mornington scooped the prize pool.

Winners were

Top Left: Margaret Girdler   Top Right: Claire Murphy

Bottom Left: Noel Kimpton   Bottom Right: Sally Newman-Morris

Runner Up:  Gill Smallwood - Rosebud

ROSEBUD GOLDEN PUTTER CHARITY DAY

Probably the largest gathering of golfers on the Peninsula this year was at Rosebud Country Club on Thursday May 12th when 194 players from MPDWG clubs and beyond competed in the annual Golden Putter day.

See the CLUB NEWS page for a photo of the winners.

VALE - GLORIA GILLIES

Gloria Gillies, a long- standing member of Cerberus Golf Club, .died on Saturday May 1st 2011.

  An active participant in district events, she was vice-president of the MPDWG in 2001-2002, and president in 2003-4.   We send our condolences to her family and to her friends at Cerberus and at other clubs.

PENNANT FINAL ROUND

Congratulations to The National, The Dunes and Cerberus Golf Clubs, winners of the three divisions of our Pennant competition.  Results of  all divisions are now on the pennant page,, with the final ladder placings.

The National team - winners of Division 1

From left: Kerry Duddy, Joanne Irvine, Michelle Craigie, Liz Emerson, Anne-Marie Laing, Meredith Ramadin, Deidre Stockdale, Sasha Cruise, and Nanette Mitchell (non-playing captain)

The Dunes team - Division 2 winners

From left - Julie Cornwell (captain), Sandy Rigutto, Mary Ann Elson, Rosa Morris, Val O'Malley, Sharyn Stephenson, Denise Hudd

Cerberus Golf Club - winners of Division 3

From left:  Sandy Halstead, Cherie Northcote, Pam Brown, Kris Slocombe (Pennant Captain), Kay Revell (back row), Kath Dowd, Beth Schmidt, Dot Callaghan.
 

DISTRICT MEMBERS IN NEW ROLES

The Tournament Co-ordinator for the new Golf  Victoria is BIVIANA GILSON, a member of The National GC's recent winning pennant teams, a member of MPDWG's Country Team in 2006-10 and the winner with Kerry Duddy of the MPDWG Foursomes Championship in 2008. 

Also playing an important part in the new organisatioin is ANNE FELGATE, formerly District Delegate and Match Committee chair of MPDWG.  Anne was Treasurer of WGV  and is now a member of the Interim Board of Management. of Golf Victoria

We wish Biviana and Anne well in their new positions.

FAREWELL AND THANK YOU TO HELEN HALL

MPDWG PRESIDENT 2005-2007

DISTRICT DELEGATE 2008-2011

When Helen moved to the Peninsula she told her family she would not go on any more committees.  But as well as being actively involved in her club Carrington Park, she joined the MPDG A match committee in 2001, and since then she has held the positions of vice-president, president and for the last three years, district delegate.  In all these roles she has contributed generously of her time and enthusiasm.  She and her partner Ray are moving this week to Barooga on the Murray.  She is pictured above with a photo collage presented to her by Lorraine Leudar at a farewell dinner arranged by the MPDWG committee.   We all wish her good health and happiness in her new home.

Pauline Beet  has been appointed to fill the position of District Delegate, and Val Peppler is now chair of the the Match Committee.

PENNANT SEASON BEGINS

Competitions began this week in Divisions 1 and 2.  See the PENNANT page for results and leaderboards.

Division 1 played at The National, and Carrington Park hosted Division 2,

Next week, Division 1 plays at Cardinia Beaconhills on Friday 18th, and Division 2 will be at Devilbend on Thursday 17th

Division 3 which has a smaller number of teams will start on Friday 25th March.

Draws for all Divisions are on the PENNANT page, and the results of each round will be published as soon as they become available.  The leaderboards will show the state of the competition in each Division.

BEACON PLATE 2011

The first MPDWG event for 2011 was the Beacon Plate  on February 24th.

Congratulations to Mornington Golf Club for providing not only a beautiful course, a tasty lunch and perfect weather but also, for the second consecutive year, both the the winners and the runners-up. 

Kay Van Der Net and Jean Rowe won with an excellent score of 47 points, from Lea Stass and Sandra Pimlott with 45 points.

MPDWG President Mieke Van Weel (centre) with the runners-up Sandra and Lea, and the winners Jean and Kay, and the trophy.

More photos

NEWS FROM GOLF VICTORIA

Details about the relocation of the offices of the former WGV and VGA are on the website

www.golfvic.org.au