Breakers Men's Golf Blog

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After many rounds the overall winner of this years Bill Birch final was Colm Carey Colm won on a count back that went back 6 times before the winner was decided Congratulations to Colm and all the finalists

  The final round of the Bill zBirch will be played this week  The player with the best round over the 3 times will be declared the winner Good luck to the following players  Bill Birch Sunday Rd4  Scheduled 27/11 Brad Callanan(35) Colm Carey(30) Bill Birch Tuesday am Scheduled 29/11 Lawrie Jones(32) Mark Chilvers(30) Bill Birch Tuesday PM Scheduled 29/11 Peter Watson(34) Phil Lucas(33)

  Members Don’t forget that the AGM and Jeff Perry’s Life Membership vote will be held this weekend  The meeting will start after the comp finishes and members attending will receive drink tickets Be there to make sure we have s corium for Jeff’s vote

  Our first cadet for many years Coby Grant-Morrison played his first ever comp game on Sunday Coby played with his grandfather Bruce Grant,Nick Merritt and AJ Henderson If you have a child or grandchild interested in playing golf contact Peter Crowder as we are trying to get a junior program started

 In a day where the weather played a role in the number of groups that finished the 27 holes the following were victorious in their grades A Grade was won by AJ Henderson and Nick Merritt with Glenn Bainbridge and Dean Osborne second with Brad Callahan and Phill Loveridge third B Grade was won by Paul English and Rod Stanley, Colin Coote and Peter Cartlidge second with Wayne Fuller and Colm Cary thirds cradle was won by Barry Patterson and Garry Healy, Jeff Perry and Brian Ferraro second with Garry Evans and Nick O,Meares third Prizes for the Foursomes will be presented at the Presentation Night on 11th February .

President Glenn Bainbridge beside the tee box  Last Tuesday 107 players took part in this years Creighton Classic The sun was shining and the course was in great condition and the scores showed The winner of the Creightons Classic was AJ Henderson with a net score of 71 Click on the picture below to see the winners on the day

MENS FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIPS CONDITIONS OF PLAY Only financial members of Breakers Golf Club are eligible to enter the Competition. Normal foursomes play as per rule 22.”During any stipulated round the players must play alternately from the teeing grounds and alternately during the play of each hole. Penalty strokes do not affect the order of play.” That is the same player must tee off on all odd numbered holes and his partner must tee off on all even numbered holes (1 to 27). APPLICATION OF HANDICAPS:- A Grade 0-12              B Grade 13-19                        C Grade 20-36. The individual championship handicap is your calculated daily handicap for the  Blue/. white course (slope rating 117). The 27 hole foursome handicap is half of combined 18 hole individual handicaps. If players from different grades play together, their grade is determined by the lowest individual handicap. The higher handicap player must reduce his 18 hole handicap for the day to the upper limit of the grade

Members, The golf committee have received and endorsed the following nomination for Life Membership of Breakers Men's Golf Club for Jeff Perry This Nomination will be voted on at the upcoming Annual General Meeting on Sunday 27th November 2022 See below the copy of the nomination letter from current Life Member Greg Cook. To the President & Golf Committee  Breakers Country Club  It is with a great deal of pleasure that I wish to nominate Jeff Perry for life Membership of the Breakers Golf Club My reasons for doing so are subsequently listed below. Jeff became an active golf club member on the 13th November 1972 and has continued until the present time.  He has continued to play an integral role in the continued success of the Breakers Men's Golf Club by serving on the Golf Club Board in many different capacities over a very long period of time.  He also has helped to mentor and assist the Pennants Teams by playing and serving as captain for many years.  He is currently a Pa

  Members, Tuesday 8th November is your last chance to get into the mens foursomes to be held on Sunday 13th November. The entry form is in the Pro Shop The draw for the Foursomes will be uploaded on Thursday at 11am if not earlier. Regards The Match Committee

Gents As the Bill Birch Competition is coming down to the last 2 rounds we have scheduled the remaining dates. Date - 20/11 Sunday Rd 4                  Troy Mitchell                                              Colm Carey                                             Colin Coote                                            Rick Petrie                                            Brad Callanan                                        Date - 22/11 Tuesday AM Rd 4 David Lowe Mark Chilvers Stuart Beagley Ken Whitehead Lawrie Jones Tuesday PM Rd 4 Robert Harrison Brad Callanan Phil Lucas Geoff Gurrin Peter Watson Sunday 27/11 and Tuesday 29/11 will be Round 5 and the Final. Good Luck to the remaining 15 players. Golf Committee