General Information
Results/Handicaps
Location
Committees
Home
Photos
Code of Conduct
Sponsorship
Special Events
Men's Results 2012
Members Newsletter
Good Sports Club
Member Protection Policy
Code of Behaviour
Men's Fixtures 2012
Ladies' Results 2012
Ladies' Fixtures 2012
News & Updates
Cushy Snares a Medal
19-05-2012 
Congratulations to Ian Henderson who snared a monthly medal with +5 today 19/5 off the tiger tees.  Great effort.

Breaking News
16-05-2012 
Last opportunity to see Rodney Vincent on stage at Bannockburn Golf Club.  16 June.  Ring Ken LeMaitre on 52811595

Sandscrape course Rankings
16-05-2012 
There was an interesting article in this months Hackergolf  magazine relating to sand scrape golf courses. They did a rating of the 100 plus sand-greens courses in Victoria and we were rated at number 12. We scored highly on design and presentation but the lack of practice facilities, pro shop etc had us and most courses struggling. The interesting one was the test section were we were rated as the second least challenging course to play in the top 16.
The article promoted the virtues of playing on sand greens and I for one enjoyed the following quotes

"Anyone who has not played even one round on a sand-scrape course is missing out on a wonderful experience."  and " There are a lot of misconceptions about sand-scrape courses: players insisting on grass greens are denying themselves some serious golf and a lot of fun."

Runners Up in Winchelsea Shield
12-05-2012 
Our team of M Satchell, G Ward, C Gillett and R Prince were runners up in today's Winchelsea Shield with 100.  Well Done guys.

Our lads defended the Ocean Challenge
03-05-2012 
Congratulations to Matthew Bagley, Greg Leach and Garry Ward who won the Ocean Challenge at Angelsea recently.  Well done guys.


30-04-2012 
Congratulations to our Men's Pennant Team on reaching the semi-finals after finishing top of their division. Next Sunday they play Ocean Grove at Angelsea so we wish them well.


30-04-2012 

Congrats to Aubrey Joyce
27-04-2012 
Won his first medal on Saturday 21st - 41 points.  Let there be many more to come!

Members Newsletter No 2 loaded
16-04-2012 
See under Membership Newsletter category on the left menu.

Night Golf Winners
13-04-2012 
Gross:  T Sexton and B Dunn East Geelong 35

Net: G and E Armstrong 32 1/2

Congratulations and thanks to all involved.

Night Golf Anyone?
08-04-2012 
When:  13/April 6 pm sausage sizzle
What:  2 Person Ambrose - 9 holes
BYO:  torch, warm clothes and sense of humour

Royal Children's Hospital Fund Raiser
07-04-2012 
Congratulations to organisers, players, visitors, volunteers and sponsors who helped to raise $2273 for the Royal Children's Appeal on Good Friday. Our best effort yet. 

Chook of the Year
02-04-2012 
Stewart Bartlett.  Well done
 

Congratulations to our Ladies
30-03-2012 
Our Ladies senior team, comprising Pat Guinane, Maryanne Bagley, Eily Lynch, Glennis Jolly, Sue Moosbrugger  and (June Peterson not in photo) defeated Elcho at Inverleigh yesterday, 300312, to be the winners of the Leigh pennant for 2012.  Fantastic result.

27/3/12
27-03-2012 
Pennant News

 


Our women are playing Elcho at Inverleigh on 29/3 to decide the Leigh Pennant outcome. Good luck Ladies


Our men had a good win last Sunday in round 1. Good luck for future rounds.


16-10-2011 
Congratulations to Sally Dyer and Stephen Hughes for cracking the double. Sally won the Ladies' Quarterly Saturday Medal and Steve won the Men's October Monthly Medal.


18-09-2011 
A new junior has made his presence felt at the Club. Jack Dalton has had some handy scores in recent weeks with last week's score of 5up being good enough to win the Monthly Medal.
We also had three teams play at Beeac in their teams event and the team of Iaan Henderson. Lawrie Peckham, Matthew Bagley and Brad McDonald defeated the team consisting of Stephen Hughes, Bill Levick, Ken LeMaitre and Col Gillett on a countback. Dick Crockett, Robert Prince and Ken LeMaitre also won all the nearest the pin events.


12-09-2011 
Billy Hughes is the 2011 Singles Match Play Champion. Throughout the final  he played steady golf to defeat Jacob Toyne who despite playing some great golf lapsed a couple of times. This was enough for Bill to consolidate his lead and win comfortably. Once again Golf was the winner as not many competitive sports allow a 70+ year old defeat an 18 year old. Particularly one who hits the ball the proverbial mile. Long live the handicap system.


07-08-2011 
This year's tournament weekend has been concluded with the event once again being a success. Excellent weather complemented the condition of the course and the all events were well supported. Congratulations go to all winners and our thanks go to all those who supported the event. We may have an outstanding Tournament Secretary in Sandra Lemaite, an excellent group of volunteers who maintain and develop the course, a great team of ladies who kept the masses fed and some very conscientious bar staff but without the players it would be a non event. We thank all our sponsors and their support adds to the quality of the event.
The next Major Events are the 27 hole members tournament on Sat 27th of August and the Drummond Two Person Ambrose Event on Sunday October 16th


02-08-2011 
This year's Men's Championships have concluded and our champion for 2011 is Matthew Bagley who has won the event previously. Congratulations go to Matthew whose first two rounds, each being 73 gross, gave him an unassailable nine stroke lead going into the final round. His final round of 83 was disappointing to his standards but it was still sufficient to allow him to win by six strokes from Max McLaren. In the A Grade Handicap Event Matthew and Max tied so a deciding round will be played to finalize this event.
In the B Grade Handicap the event was won by Murray Satchell with a nett 194 from Phil Munro on 199. This division highlighted the handicap aspect of golf as Phil and Marty Pfarrer both played marginally better golf but their shorter handicaps meant that Murray was able to scramble to a victory.
The C Grade was a closely fought event with the lead changing a number of times during the final round. Stephen Hughes, John Donoghue and Dick Crockett all shared the lead throughout the day. The others faltered on the final few holes and Stephen played steadily to regain and then hold the lead until the finish. Congratulations are extended to all winners and to all those who made those winners work for their success.


10-07-2011 
Congratulations to Robert Levy on winning this year's Eaton Cup. This event is played over three rounds with the best two of these tallied to find the best score. Robert played consistently for all rounds and was a comfortable winner.
We welcome another Robert, Robert Prince back to the club. Robbie was a captain of the club many years ago before his employment took him to the north of the state. He is now living back in Geelong and he is looking forward to resuming friendships and playing playing his golf with us.
We have just lost another long term member in Richard Franklin, who with Robert Prince, joined as a junior many years ago. Richard has moved north of the state for employment reasons. Richard has earned his stripes at Bannockburn, being Club Champion ten times, several years in the roles of Handicapper and Secretary and was invaluable in his work tutoring new members and juniors. We wish him and his family well in the future.
We have also received notification from the Shire that our application for a $5000 grant to go towards the completion of fairway works has been successful. This work will be undertaken during November this year.


19-06-2011 
It is that time of year again where our neighbouring clubs are holding their tournaments. We have had strong representation at Rokewood, Winchelsea, Meredith, Skipton and Beeac and there have been several successes. There have also been a number of teams events with teams winning at Angelsea and Port Fairy and runners-up at Winchelsea. Col Gillett and Phil Munro won the four-ball at Rokewood while Richard Franklin won the Open on the Saturday. Dick Crockett and Len Bagley won the four-ball at Meredith and Ken LeMaitre and Steve Hughes won the four-ball at Beeac. Matthew Bagley won the A-Grade Gross at Beeac while Bill Hughes won the B-Grade event at Skipton. Representation at these events has impacted on our Saturday numbers as on some weekends we have had over a dozen players away at various events.It is hoped that our strong support of these clubs will be reciprocated with numbers at our Tournament which is coming up early in August.


19-06-2011 
Congratulations to Eileen Lynch on becoming our Ladies Champion. Eileen has been in contention in recent years but has always been pipped at the post but this year she saved her best round for last and as a result was the run-away winner. Runner up was Sally Dyer who has also been playing quality golf in recent weeks.Eileen also won the A grade handicap event and the runner up was Rachel Pfarrer. In B Grade the nett event was won by June Peterson by one stroke from Mary-ann Bagley.


24-04-2011 
The Good Friday 4BBB where all proceeds of the day go to the Royal Children's Hospital was once again a resounding success. Although there were only 30 players there were several visitors and with their generous support the sum of $1640 was raised. This event is in its eleventh year and Steve Hughes and Sally Dyer who have been the driving force behind its current success deserve a huge vote of thanks. It is to be hoped that the event continues to grow and prosper gaining increased support from both members and visitors.


01-01-2011 
News has come to hand that Committee Member Heather Phillips has won, for the club, a voucher to the value of $1000 from Rebel Sports. Rebel held a competition where members of  sporting clubs where invited to write a short statement about their club. Heather entered with the statement that has been mentioned at the club many times. " It is our ambition to become the best Sand greens golf course in Victoria." Well done Heather. This is another excellent example of someone putting in that little extra, thinking outside the circle and achieving a favourable outcome for the club.


03-10-2010 


01-09-2010 


01-08-2010 


 

Archive
 



Bannockburn Golf Course

300 Shelford/Teesdale Road, Bannockburn, Vic, 3331

Ph: (03) 5281 1377
Contacts:                       
Clubhouse E-mail: ban02noc@tpg,com,au
President: oldcroc3@bigpond.com - Dick Crockett
Captain: mclarenm1@bigpond.com - Max McLaren
Vice Captain: hartkamp@opyusnet.com.au - Robert Prince
Vice President1  : colin_gillett@dodo.com.au   - Colin Gillett
Vice President2 : len.bagley@bigpond.com - Len Bagley
Handicapper: mjbmsat@chariot.com.au - Murray Satchell
Secretary : lawriepeckham@gmail.com - Lawrie Peckham
Situated in bushland on the outskirts of town, on the right hand side, 3 km along  Shelford/Teesdale Road. 

A pretty but tight course, providing challenges for big hitters while fair and enjoyable for all levels of golfing.

Major changes including:
  • A new clubhouse overlooking the picturesque 1st and 18th holes, ready to accommodate 150 people and supported by full kitchen, bar and BBQ facilities.
  • A new recycled water system enabling all fairways to be well covered with Santa-Anna cooch in the summer and rye and native grasses in the winter.
  • Lightly oiled and well maintained sand greens
Our New Golfer Attraction and Development Team is about to run some sessions for people who think they might be interested in golf but are not sure. Robert Prince 52210212 and Karina Mutsaerts 52811655 are taking the running and will be assisted by Captain Max McLaren and President Dick Crockett and other members as required. Give them a call and arrange to come along and see what you think. Children are warmly invited to these sessions.
 
 
AFFORDABLE GOLF
 
. No Joining Fee
 
. $200 PA for Adults
 
. $100 for 18-21 Y.O's or students to 23
 
.$50 for Juniors
 
. Visitors $10 Green Fees - all day
 
. Social Membership $25
 
Join Up Now and grow with our Club
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  Our Facebook page is   www.facebook.com/BannockburnGolfClub  
 Lets hear your views and see any comments you may have about our course and/or facilities.