Geraldton Challenge a Huge Success!
Posted on: 7 October
The Geraldton Trip was a huge success with 65 people traveling up to Geraldton for the event; 20 from the Country Vets and 45 from the City Vets. Many of the players arrived early to play on Sunday at Geraldton Golf Club.
The Geraldton Challenge began on Monday 7th of August with local professional Alex McKay from Spalding Park running an hour Golfing Clinic for the group which was especially designed for seniors with great golfing tips and professional advice.
We hit off at 11.00am in beautiful sunshine – which was quite different to the weather we had in Perth prior to that!
The top scores for the Monday game were:
- Paul Tremenheere, Peter Green, Rob Garman all from the country Vets
- Morgan Jensen, Mike Brazier, and Ed Bart leading the City Vets
- Julie Davies, and Judith Friend were the Best City Vets women
The Midwest Vets Win the Ron Cole Shield
The official Mid-West VS City Vets Challenge was held on Tuesday 8th of August, with 105 players competing; 65 from the city and 40 locals.
It was a close competition with the Mid-West Vets winning the inaugural Ron Cole Shield with a total of 661 points and the City Vets close behind with 646 points. Well done Mid-West Vets! It was a great competition, a bit windy but thankfully no rain.
A big thank you goes to the local Geraldton golfing community who hosted us with their country hospitality. A special mention to the local women who catered for the event, thank you!
Congratulations to the Top City Vets on the day; Morgan Jensen, Colin Thorniley and Brian Friend.
The third day of the Geraldton Trip was played on Wednesday 9th of August with 35 City Vets staying and playing at Dongarra on the way back to the city. For those that find themselves ‘beached’ in bunkers during your game – Dongarra is the course for you – it has no bunkers on the course, but interestingly they do have an occasional tree in the middle of the fairway!
Best scores for the Dongarra game were; Chuck MacFarlane, Phil Penter, Richard Walker and Frank Davies.
Best City Ladies for the day were; Julie Davies and Philomena Curtin.
Including Geraldton in next year’s fixtures will be discussed in the AGM in December, with a possibly including a stop in Kalbarri.
