Breakers Men's Golf Blog

The Super Senior Pennant (over 65 years) gets underway on Monday 1st August at Shelly Beach after a 2 year suspension. Our team takes on the favourites, Magenta Shores but we are ready for the battle.Steve Adlard and Peter Searle are out after failing fitness tests, but the newbees Dieter Hajduk, Wayne Canning and Mike Hogan are up for the challenge. If we are not the best team this year, we are vying for the title of best looking team with our sexy looking uniforms.  Stayed tuned and we will post our results. Go Breakers!!! Left to Right. Mike Hogan, Steve Adlard, Glenn Bainbridge, Rod Michelsen, Rick Petrie, Wayne Fuller, Jeff Perry,Wayne Canning,Dieter Hajduk, Peter Crowder and Phill Lucas

Hi Everyone,  We finally have some good news;  From tomorrow morning will be open again as a Par 3 course as previously discussed with everyone.   Paths of travel have been marked out with yellow paint GUR areas have been marked off with white paint  Certain wet areas have been roped off with safety tape to try and keep people out Directional signs and chalk markings will also be utilised to help guide people to preferred paths of travel  We will be running 9 Hole competitions the Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, then look to increase up to 18 holes from then.   As mentioned previously, as the course begins to dry out, and other areas become playable the course will be extended, but this will need to be continuously assessed.  I will be sure to keep everyone up to date with changes.   Hopefully this is good news for everyone   Have a great Friday and weekend. Regards,  Matthew Farrugia  Venue Manager

  Members, The course super inspected the course again this afternoon and has recommended it remain closed so there will be no competition on Tuesday 26th July A decision on whats happening with the last round of the Memorial Cup will be made by the Match Committee next week. Wayne will reassess the course tomorrow afternoon and will keep us informed As soon as the course is playable we will put a notice straight on the blog.

Hi all,    With another 16mm overnight and additional 4mm over today, the golf course will need to remain closed for the weekend, and reassessed Monday morning.  We will keep you informed with updates as decisions are made Why not catch up with your mates at the club 

  Hi All,  The golf course will remain closed today Wednesday July 20th With the forecasted rain, and the amount of rain we have already had, please take this information as course closed until further notice.   Course Superintendent Wayne will continue assessing the course on a daily basis, however even after the rain stops, it will be a while before the water gets off the course.  If there are any changes, I will notify everyone immediately with advice.

Hi All,  We have made the decision to leave the golf course closed for tomorrow Tuesday 19th July.  If the forecasted rain does not come in, then we will re-assess at 6:30am on Wednesday morning.  We will have some discussions around a shortened course on Wednesday which will more than likely be how we will be able to reintroduce the Members to the course.  Thanks everyone  Regards,  Matthew Farrugia  Venue Manager

Changes to Fixture Book  After the Match Committee met on Tuesday 12th July and taking into consideration the course closures and condition the following changes have been made to the Fixture Book for July and August.  Note also that the 50 Year events will be played on Sunday 21st August, Tuesday 23rd August and Saturday 27th August.  The 50 Year events on the Sunday and Tuesday will include Pizzas on the Sunday and a Lunch for the Tuesday Morning players and a Dinner for the afternoon players  19th July Monthly Medal / Eclectic changed to Single Stableford  Sunday 24th July Nothing Deleted -  Added memorial Cup Round 2   Tuesday 26th July Nothing Deleted -  Added Bill Birch Round 2  Tuesday 2nd August Nothing Deleted -  Added Bill Birch Round 3  Sunday 7th August Nothing Deleted -  Added Bill Birch Round 3   Tuesday 9th August Bill Birch Round 3 deleted  - Changed to Creighton’s Cup and Plate   Sunday 14th August Bill Birch Round 3 deleted - Changed to Men’s Foursomes   Saturday 20t

Hi All, Unfortunately, we will need to keep the golf course closed over the weekend. It is still far too wet and unsafe to allow people out there.  Course superintendent Wayne and myself will conduct an inspection on Monday morning 6:30am to assess where we go from there.  We are looking at designing a shortened course which would work around the worst parts of the golf course, resulting in all par 3’s, but allowing us to be able to potentially open up the course much earlier than when we would if we have to wait for the full course to be safe and playable.  I will keep you updated with those plans as we move forward. I hope you all have a great weekend Matthew Farrugia Breakers Venue Manager

  As of Thursday 14th July the course will remain closed until a further assessment is made tomorrow afternoon re the weekend. The match committee have met and considered the effect of the constant disruptions to the fixtures that have had to be moved or cancelled Updates will be ratified at the next committee meeting on Tuesday 19th July and members will be advised of the new dates 

After another 30 mm of rain the course remains closed today Monday July 11th and the Competition for Tuesday 12th has been cancelled Keep an eye on the blog as  I will update the blog as soon as I find out anything new.

Good afternoon Everyone,  After assessing the golf course with Wayne, we have made the decision to keep the golf course closed over the weekend and will re-assess at 630am on Monday morning.  Unfortunately, there is still a lot of ground water over multiple areas of the course, with other areas that has had the water recede, extremely soft and just too dangerous to walk or play a shot from.  The decision has been made for safety of the Members and preservation of the course.   Thank you for your understanding   Regards,   Matthew Farrugia

After 2 long years the Challenge Cup returned following cancellations forced upon us by Covid.    Club teams of 3 women and 3 men, one from each grade, took to the course at Everglades looking to capture the Cup for their respective clubs.  Breakers were represented by Glenn Bainbridge and Vicky Duesbury in A Grade,  Dieter Hajduk and Jill Lavery in B Grade and Kevin Porter and Judi Eaton in C Grade After the dust settled local knowledge played an obvious part in the result with Everglades running out the winners with an aggregate stableford score of 189 pts. Breakers posted an aggregate score of 185 with Kooindah Waters a point further back.  Well done team Breakers to come second after all the interruptions due to the weather it was a great result

Due to the weather we have been forced to postpone the Creighton's Cup and the Men's Foursomes again We are trying to sort out dates so keep an eye on the blog. Decisions on the Sunday Memorial Cup and the 2nd round of the Tuesday Bill Birch will be made next week once we see how the course is holding up If the course is open we will be running a single stableford

  Members, Due to the weather conditions the course will be closed tomorrow Tuesday 5th July. Keep an eye on the blog as the situation will be assessed daily

Sadly we advise members that long time Breakers Pennant player Chris Donohoe passed away on Tuesday 28th June after a long illness. The funeral will be held at Greenway Chapel Green Point on Tuesday 12th July at 10.00am.  Chris will be sadly missed by his many golf friends at Breakers.