2009 Calendar of Events
Golf NT Pennants
Formerly known as the Division 2 Pennants, the Golf NT Pennants is now bigger and better.
RAAF Darwin proved that last years victory in the Golf NT men’s pennants was no fluke as they backed up to once again take home the silverware at the Golf NT Pennants final at the RAAF course.
RAAF faced up to Darwin 1, better known as the Pink Pigs and cooked their bacon on the day. With the weather looking ominous the start of play was delayed and once on the course RAAF hit the ground running with the majority of their 6 man team in front in their individual matches at the half way point.
RAAF went on to put the foot on the accelerator around the back nine to come away victors 4-1 at the end of the day to leave the Pink Pigs as the bridesmaids of the pennants competition for the second year running.
Star performers for the RAAF in the final were Chris Brogan, Nick Etherton, Stuart McPherson and Mouse Saynor who all came away with convincing victories in their individual matches in the final.
Runners Up below - The Pink Pigs
Final Ladder
RAAF #1 56.5
Darwin #1 55.5
Katherine 54
Palmerston #2 50.5
Palmerston #1 50.5
Humpty Doo #2 47.5
RAAF #2 41.5
Jabiru #2 39.5
Darwin #2 39
Humpty Doo #1 36
Palmerston #3 33.5
Jabiru #1 24
Final results here.
Chief Minister's Cup
The 2009 Chief Minister's Cup held in Alice Springs from the 24th to the 26th of April was once again a nail biting event. After a few days of serious competition, the Country Team were victorious. Congratulations to all involved. A full report will be posted here soon.
City Team
Nigel Burden
Kyle Butler
Paul Edwards
Nick Etherton
Tom Harold
Peter Hargraves
Andrew Joraslowsky
Don Jordon
Mark Steven
Peter Wright
Country Team
Leigh Shacklady
Merv Sweeney
Ed Ronquillo
Sean O'Brien
Chris Hume
Michael Green
Al Purdie
Lyndsay Heaver
2 names TBA
Capt - Stephen Tieck
Manager - Jim Lawrie
For the format of this years competition, click here.
NT Men's Open
The 2009 NAB Northern Territory Men's Amateur Championship (including the NT Foursomes Championship) was held at the Alice Springs Golf Club from Thursday 30 April to Monday 4 May.
Conditions were tough on the 180 plus field, with cold gusty south-easterly winds and lightning fast greens with tricky pin placements. Some reveled, some found it hard going.
Leigh Shacklady in his winning speech praised the Course Superintendent and his team for their hard work in maintaining this beautiful golf course to such a high standard and to all volunteers who gave their time to help make this tournament a success.
Results :
Foursomes : Leigh Shacklady & Merv Sweeney both from Alice Springs
Open Championship : Leigh Shacklady
Closed Championship Leigh Shacklady
B Grade Championship Mal Guerin Alice Springs
C Grade Championship Leon MacDonald Palmerston
Senior Closed Champion Lindsay Heaver Alice Springs
Junior Champion Patrick Chau Darwin
More information on the Alice Springs Golf Club can be found at www.alicespringsgolfclub.com.au
NT Women's Open
Sponsored again by Gulf Transport, the 2009 Northern Territory Women’s Amateur Championship (including the NT Foursomes Championship) was held at the Palmerston Golf and Country Club between the 1st and 4th May 2009.
Congratulations to Elissa Orr - the Open Champion for 2009. Sue Wright took out the Closed Champion, and Cali Heap and Toni McCormack were victorious in the Foursomes. Junior Champion was Ariel Nyunt and Senior Champion was taken out by Val Smith. Congratulations to all the winners. Full results can be found here. A daily result breakdown is available here.
Sports Minister's Cup
This event is heading in a new and exciting direction in 2009. To be held from the 18th-20th September in Alice Springs, the event will be between two teams - "City" verses "Country" in a similar format to the Chief Minister's Cup contested by the men ie. Fourball, Foursomes and Singles.
The City team will comprise women golfers from Darwin, Palmerston and RAAF clubs and the Country team will comprise women from Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Gove, Alyangula, Jabiru, Katherine and Humpty Doo. There will be 8 in a team plus 2 reserves.
Nomination for this event opens on the 1st of April and closes on the 29th of July. See here for a nomination form.
Please contact Sue McWilliam or Celia Otley for more details.
Country Championships
Evergreen Golfer Stan “Motza” Thompson claims the inaugural Doc Finch Memorial Trophy
The Easter weekend saw golfers from all across the Territory descend upon Tennant Creek for the annual Golf NT OAMPS Country Championships. The perpetual trophy for the overall winner was renamed this year as the Doc Finch Memorial Trophy in memory of Tennant Creek’s golfing stalwart the late Robert “Doc” Finch who passed away in February after battling cancer. Until recently Doc hadn’t missed a Country Championships for 30 years and was a great supporter of country golf across the Territory.
Winner Stan Thompson finished with scores over 3 days of 76, 81 & 78 to finish a comfortable 8 shots clear of Alice Springs’ Steve Hampel. Stan won his first country championship 15 years ago, also in Tennant Creek. In the A Grade nett event Tennant Creek’s Bob McLellan took the honours with a 66, 70 & 74.
In the Ladies event it was an all Alice Springs affair as Helen Neave made it 3 in a row with scores of 88, 95, 85 to defeat stable mate Tanya Kirker by a single shot over the 54 hole championship.
The men’s B Grade was dominated by Tennant Creek junior Kuyan Warner who shot rounds of 84, 84 and 81 to take the B Grade title & also lose 3 shots from his handicap over the weekend while Darwin’s Robert Campbell took home the B Grade nett event.
The men’s C Grade was an all Tennant creek affair as Doug Townsley took home the gross event while David Campbell took out the nett honours.
Good Friday saw the NT Mixed foursomes contested over 18 holes and only a playoff could separate the winners from the runners up and once again the locals came out on top as Stan Thompson teamed up with Jean Harwood to defeat Alice Springs’ Steve Hampel and Helen Neave.
A big thank you to the generous support from the following sponsors who helped to make the event a success; our major naming rights sponsor OAMPS Insurance, ANZ, Westend, Talice Security, United Fuel, Outback Outfitters, Barkly All Trades, Corporate Express, Imparja Television, Outback Caravan Park, Memorial Club, Steve Mueller, Jim Phillips. With a special thank you to all who helped out and contributed to the weekend.
Full results here.
Australian Seniors Order of Merit
The NT Senior Championship returned to Alice Springs Golf Club in 2009. This is a 54-hole Open Championship is for all golfers 55 years or older and those holding a current Golf Australia or equivalent handicap. The event is also part of the Australian Senior Order of Merit and was run from Monday 27 April to Wednesday 29 April in conjunction with the 2009 NT Veteran Golfers Championship. The Order of Merit Event attracted 27 Interstate players and 50 N.T. players.
The tournament finished with a wonderful dinner at the Convention Centre. In conclusion,in their words “a great end to the best Seniors Championship yet”
Results :
N.T. Senior Champion Grahame MacDonald Nudgee
Runner – Up Denis Dale Asquith
The Veterans Championship took the format of a shotgun start on both mornings. When each round concluded, players returned to the clubhouse for complimentary lunches.
Results :
N.T. Veteran Champion Murray Martin Palmerston
N.T. Open Champion Cliff Chidlow Ocean Shores
Please visit www.ausoom.com for more information on the Senior Order of Merit.
Junior Tournament
The Darwin Rotary Top End Junior Series is back in 2009!! See here for invitation details.
A schedule can be found here. Registration forms here.
Updated results can be found here.
The Australian Junior Championships were held in Alice Springs in 2009 for the first time in 12 years. Updated results will be posted here soon. Congratulations to the following boys who competed as part of the NT Team.
Dylan Klowss - Alyangula
Anthony Quayle - Gove
Phillip Ballard - Alice Springs
Ben Keogh - Humpty Doo
Andrew Wilson - Darwin
William Hetherington - Darwin
Arafura Games
The Darwin Golf Club was host for the 2009 Arafura Games.
Golf NT was fortunate to have two renowned golfing ambassadors in attendance for this year's event.
Peter Thomson world-renowned golfer and winner of five British Opens, put his name to the event. The Peter Thomson Championship was be played in conjunction with the men's 72-hole event and the Peter Thomson Trophy was presented to deserving winner Justin Roach of Australia.
We were also privledged to have prominent coach and mentor Charlie Earp as our second Ambassador.
Golf Australia assisted in raising the profile of the golf competition by sending both a Men's Team as well as a Women's Team to compete. Golf Australia Chairman Anne Lenegan also visited Darwin during the Games.
Click here to see a full competitor list.
Click here to see the final competition results.
For further details please visit Arafura Games website.
To view a hole by hole description and the course layout of the Darwin Golf Club, click here.
Newsletter
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NT Teams
To assist Golf NT with selecting players to represent the NT, we have developed a policy for NT Teams (this is separate to the selection of specific Junior Representative Teams). Please click here for more information and to register your interest.
This is a "living" document and will be developed over time. Your opinions are welcome.
Previous events for 2008
View the 2008 Events.
