Calendar of Events
Download the 2008 calendar of events (Word 57Kb).
NT Womens Open
Sponsored by Gulf Transport, this event is open to all women who hold a GA handicap or international equivalent no higher than 44.
The Alice Springs Golf Club hosted the event in 2008 from Thursday 1st through Sunday 4th May.
Congratulations to Sara Shacklady who won the overall event, with Vicki Purser the Runner Up.
Toni McCormack and Sue Wood took out the foursomes competition.
Sue Rayburn was successful in winning the B Grade event.
NAB NT Mens Open
2008's NAB Northern Territory Men's Amateur Championship was a great success with 196 players competing this year.
Congratulations to Ashley Umbers of Victoria for being the 2008 NT Champion. Check out the final results of the competition.
On behalf of Golf NT, thankyou to South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland and the Greg Norman Junior Foundation for supporting our Men's Open Event.
The NT News afforded the event good coverage as can be seen in article one and two from the paper.
We look forward to another exciting event in 2009.
Country Championships
Don Jordan added yet another golfing trophy to his cabinet as he claimed victory in the Golf NT OAMPS Country Championships held at Katherine Golf Club from 1st to 4th August.
With 3 solid rounds of 76, 80 & 80 on the challenging Katherine layout he finished 1 shot ahead of a fast finishing Brett Gilmore who for the third year in a row had to be satisfied with being the bridesmaid of the Country Championships after narrowly missing his Eagle putt on the last hole to miss a play off against Jordan. In the nett event Gilmore claimed a 9 shot victory from Darwin junior Andrew Wilson.
In the men’s B Grade Humpty Doo junior Matthew Hawke claimed the gross winner’s prize with a total of 225 as he finished 6 shots in front of Duane Casey. In the B Grade nett event Hawke claimed victory by 1 shot from Stuart Waters.
In the men’s C Grade Humpty Doo golfer Dave Flanagan claimed first place with a total of 276 to finish 1 shot ahead of local favourite Pops Hughes. In the C Grade nett event another Humpty Doo junior, Tim Schmidt with a total of 210 claimed victory from local golfer Garry Richardson.
In the Ladies A Grade Championship event Alice Springs’ Helen Neave claimed a comfortable victory from Palmerston's Kathy Neeley. All was not lost for Kathy as she was able to secure the Ladies A Grade nett event from RAAF Darwin's Rebecca Adams.
In the ladies B Grade Palmerston’s Agnese Rinaldi claimed victory from Liz Nicholls while Nicholls turned the tables in the nett event to claim a comfortable victory from Rinaldi.
The mixed foursomes event saw the Palmerston pairing of Peter & Sue Wright comfortably defend their title as they finished with an 81 off the stick from Alice Springs’ Paul Pearson & Helen Neave.
Get the full results.
Darwin Airport Inn - Sports Ministers Cup 2008
Territory women competed for the Cup from Friday 19th through Sunday 21st September 2008. Darwin were the clear winners as displayed in the results below. Congratulations to them and we look forward to an even better event next year!
RESULTS
Darwin 25.5
Humpty Doo & Gove 18
NT Seniors 17.5
Palmerston 16.5
Alice Springs 9.5
Division 2 Pennants
This competition was played at various locations from the 17th of November 2007 to the 9th of February 2008.
The RAAF 1 pennants team enjoyed a feast of succulent Pig as they got the better of the Pink Pigs (Darwin 1) in the Golf NT pennants grand final 4 – 2.
Darwin got off to a flyer as both of their A Grade players made short work of their RAAF opponents. RAAF C Grader Peter Hall put in the performance of the day with an 8-6 victory over his Darwin opposition. With the score at 2-1 in the clubhouse in favour of Darwin the next two matches were decided on the 18th hole with the home ground advantage proving crucial to RAAF’s chances.
This left the match at 3-2 in favour of the RAAFies with the final match decided on the 21st hole as Dion Fewquandie sealed the win for RAAF with a regulation par.
Thanks to all for another great competition. See you next year!
Pennants Winners: Chris Brogan, Peter Hall, Mick O’Brien, Nick Etherton ©, Jim Francis & Dion Fewquandie.
Junior Tournament
Golf NT runs a year round Junior Event called The Top End Junior Series. Golf NT is pleased to announce Rotary Darwin as the sponsor for the 2008 Top End Junior Series.
The new Series commences from Saturday May 10th at Darwin Golf Club. Find out more details of the series and a full Calendar of Events. Registrations are now open.
Download the registration form as well as the Conditions of Play and the current order of merit.
Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship - NT Qualifying Tournament 1-4 August
The two leading players in the Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship - NT Qualifying Tournament are offered an invitation to play in the Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship – Australian Final.
The highly sought after places were secured by Darwin’s Andrew Wilson & Gove’s Anthony Quayle.
The winning boy and the winning girl of the Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship – World Final in China will receive an invitation to play in the Men's Australian Open and the Women's Australian Open.
Chief Minister's Cup 24-26 May 2008
This event rotates annually between Alice Springs and Darwin courses.
The 2008 competition held in Darwin was won convincingly by the Channel 9 City team.
2008 Channel 9 City Team: Peter Wright (Captain), Peter Hargreaves (Vice Captain), Paul Edwards, Craig Grame, Tom Harold, Don Jordan, Glen Koch, Dave Southwell, Mark Steven, Lewer Stevens, Roy Winter, Darren Witham and Aaron Gray. Also part of the team (non-playing) is Harry Coehn (Darwin GC), Nick Etherton (RAAF Darwin GC) and Jason De Araujo (Golf NT).
2008 Imparja Television Country Team: Kerryn Heaver (Captain),
Merv Sweeney,
Lance Godwin,
Jeff Sargent
Leigh Shacklady,
Trent Young, Luke Thompson,
Tyson Gordon,
Sean O'Brien,
Jason Howard,
Wayne Jago,
Ed Ronquillo and
Bernie Viklund (Manager).
Find out more about the format of the tournament.
Australian Seniors Order of Merit Event
The 2008 Northern Territory Australian Senior Order of Merit was contested at the Alice Springs Golf Club on the 4th, 5th and 6th of June.
The winner was Brian Sams from Port Macquarie with 221 on the 54th hole by a stroke from Peter Terrace from Rydges Capricorn Resort. There was a countback for second and Peter won from John Beaumont from Mt Gambier.
Over 60 years gross winner was Alan Evans from Royal Melbourne with 225.
Over 60 years nett winner was Chris Coates from Perigian Springs with 213.
Under 60s Gross winner was John Beaumont from Mount Gambier with 222.
Under 60s nett winner was Ross Bockman with 217.
Download the full results.
Arafura Games
The Darwin Golf Club is to host the 2009 Arafura Games.
The Arafura Games is a leading international sporting competition for emerging champions of the Asia-Pacific and beyond. It is not designed for current world beaters or Olympic champions, instead it provides a high quality stepping stone for athletes as part of their journey to compete at the highest level.
The Arafura Games is a bi annual event and in 2009 there is an exciting line up of events across 27 sporting disciplines including Golf. The golf competition is a 72-hole event which competitors are restricted to a handicap of 12 or under for men and 18 or under for women. A Team Event is also played in conjunction with the 72 hole event.
Although Golf has been part of the Arafura Games since its inception in 1991, Golf NT is committed to raising the profile of Golf at the 2009 Arafura Games by appointing two Ambassadors.
Peter Thomson world-renowned golfer and winner of five British Opens, has put his name to the event. The Peter Thomson Championship will be played in conjunction with the men's 72-hole event and the Peter Thomson Trophy will be presented to the winner.
Ron Baddley, father of Australian professional golfer, Aaron Baddley and organisor of the Aaron Baddley International Junior Tournament is also actively promoting golf for the Arafura Games.
Golf Australia is assisting with raising the profile of the golf competition by endeavouring to send both a Men's Team as well as a Women's Team to compete in 2009.
For full details of the golf competition and to register you Expression of Interest please visit Arafura Games website.
To view a hole by hole description and the course layout of the Darwin Golf Club, visit Darwin Golf Club website.
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