The District Committee of the MPDWG is very pleased to announce that the Junior Championships, comprising an Open Championship for girls under 18 who have an Australian Handicap, and a District Championship for girls who are members of one of our affiliated clubs will be played at The National Golf Club on Thursday September 30th.  Entries will open on July 26th.  Click Conditions of Play for details.

Iin 1972, members of the Gatehouse Family made a donation to the then ALGU to create a Fund for the encouragement of junior golfers in Australia, in memory of Mrs J Austin Gatehouse, who, during her lifetime, was a prominent golfer and administrator at State and National level. Mrs Gatehouse won three Australian Amateur Championships, five Victorian Amateur Championships, and was the Victorian Ladies’ Golf Union President from 1929-1935 and then again in 1943 and in 1946.

 “The Gatehouse Award is to be presented to a female junior amateur who shows outstanding ability and potential as a golfer, and who possesses leadership qualities which will foster and improve these attributes.”

 The 2009 recipient is our MPDWG member Angela Dunn, who will be presented with the Award at Kooringal GC on Tuesday September 29th.  The citation reads:

"Angela is very committed to her golf and takes responsibility for organising the tournaments she will be competing in. She started playing golf as a beginner when she was 14 and her handicap dropped dramatically. Angela’s success has been from her own motivation and from her very self driven personality.  Angela is a member of the Mornington Peninsula District and has played in many Kay Mahlook Shields and has taken younger members “under her wing” to encourage them.

 Angela is a very easy going and friendly person who gets along with people of all ages. She works at the golf club and possesses great leadership skills and is always willing to help others. Angela has been a member of the WGV border team and junior state squad and regularly participates in WGV tournaments and camps. She will be completing VCE this year in 2009."

The Committee of the MPDWG congratulates Angela and wishes her well for a great future.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

The Committee of the MPDWG regrets to announce that the Junior Championship has been cancelled.  There were not enough entrants to make it a viable competition.  We thank the Safety Beach Golf Club for its willingness to host the event, and hope that next year there will be more junior golfers in our clubs, and therefore more contestants able to enter in our Championships. 

CONGRATULATIONS REBECCA

Rebecca Stephens from The Dunes had a great two weeks at the Stewart Appleby Foundation camp at Corowa and at Lang Lang. Thirteen-year- old Rebecca has held a handicap for less than a year and is now playing off 24. 

We hope that before too long she will be following in the  steps of her team-mate in the Kay Mahlook Shield and the Angelsea Camp, Angela Dunn, who this week played number two or number one in the MPDWG Country Team, having a sensational win over former Country Champion Judy Langford of North Eastern.