Captains Match Report – Southern Golf Club (Teams Event) – 28th April 2025
It started out quite a chilly morning for our Gentsomes team event at Southern Golf Club. The course was in excellent condition with its manicured fairways and very true greens.
We had 48 golfers play the course today, 12 teams of 4 with the best 2 stableford scores on each hole counting towards the team score.
We had two people playing their very first round for the Melbourne vets, Hume White and Richard Abrahams from Spring Valley and 1 visitor Joan Benwath from the National.
The Best team score on the day was 105 points, Doug Campbell, Keith Woodhead, Phil Clarke and Tony Smith all from Latrobe Golf Club.
Runner up with 104 points was John Fellows, Ian Norman from Lakeside Albert Park and Hume White, Richard Abrahams from Spring Valley.
The NTP’s: Hole 3 – Tony Smith (Latrobe) 520cm
Hole 6 – Ros Pearce (Bairnsdale) 302cm
Hole 12 – Stuart Webb (Peninsula Kingswood) 208cm
Hole 16 – Colin Monson (Camberwell) 120cm
Next Games
Monday 12th May – Northern Golf Club NB: Its now an afternoon event
Registration by 12.00pm. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 5th May.
Monday 26th May – Cranbourne Golf Club
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 19th May.
Captains Match Report – Keysborough (Club Championship Round 2) – 14th April 2025
The conclusion of the MDVGA Club championships were played at the beautiful Keysborough golf course. The weather was very good for golf on a challenging course, with some very tricky pin positions in play.
We had 53 golfers play at Keysborough, of those 6 played off in the inaugural B Grade championship and 7 in the Club championship.
There was 3 Visitors, William Kersing from Gardiners Run, Peter Grace and Derek Jury (Heidelberg).
Congratulations to the winner of the MDVGA Club Championship for the 2nd year in a row was Stuart Webb from Peninsula Kingswood with a total score of 172. Runner up was Mark Haldane (Eynesbury) on a countback from Anton Gutsche (Rosanna) on a score of 174.
Congratulations to the winner of the B Grade Championship was Ian Norman from Lakeside Albert Park with a total score of 189. Runner up was Bruce Adams (Rosanna) with a score of 192.
The A Grade Winner on the day was Tony Jones (17) from Waterford Valley with 39 Points and runner up Phil Barry (15) from Latrobe with 36 points on a countback from Wayne Jeffery (13) from Eastern and Paul Mathews (18) from Rosanna.
The B Grade Winner was David Heraud (33) from Brighton with 37 points on a countback from Russell Howard (26) from The National.
The NTP’s: Hole 3 – Derek Jury (Heidelberg) 356 cm
Hole 8 – Al Abraham (Brighton) 732 cm
Hole 12 – Ron Sankey (The National) 600 cm
Hole 15 – Rob Pollard (Latrobe) 494 cm
Lucky Door Prizes
1st – Round of Golf for 4 at Keysborough won by Derek Jury (Heidelberg)
2nd – Book (The Golf Course Guide) won by John Fellows (Lakeside Albert Park)
3rd – Book (The Golf Course Guide) won by Bruce Adams (Rosanna)
Next Games
Monday 12th May – Northern Golf Club
Event – Stableford.
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 5th May.
Membership Incentive Program. – 2 for 1
As I am sure you are aware, the number of MDVETS members has fallen considerably, especially in the last four years where we have dropped from 328 paid members in 2020 to 188 in 2025. The number of playing members has also fallen from an average of between 70 to 80 per game to between 40 to 50 in 2025.
So we are looking at ways to reverse the decline and have decided to introduce a novel 2 for 1 program for our event at CRANBOURNE on 26th May. This will be our next to last opportunity to play on a great course before it closes for good at year’s end.
So if you bring along a guest that guest pays for FREE and the Vets will cover the cost. If that guest then joins the Club, the proposer will receive a sleeve of golf balls.
We believe the best way of increasing our membership is for our active members to invite their friends along so they can have the experience of playing with us. Our hope is that their experience is enjoyable and they decide to join the club.
Can I strongly encourage you to invite your friends along to Cranbourne on 26th May. We will also have membership forms readily available. “Get them while they are warm” so to speak
Cheers
Larry Wilson”
Captains Match Report – Rosanna Golf Club (Club Championship Round 1) – 31st March 2025
Match Report – Rosanna Golf Club (Club Championship Round 1) – 31st March 2025
It started out a nice day for golf at Rosanna golf club, the wind picked up later in the morning, the course was in very good condition with some tricky greens and pin placements.
We had 55 golfers play the 1st round of the MDVGA Club Championships.
There was two Visitors, Trevor McGowan from The National and Chris Germanchis from the EUFC Social Golf Club with Malcolm Dunkley (Camberwell) playing his first game for the vets.
The Club championships will be played over 2 Rounds the first was at Rosanna followed by Keysborough on the 14th April. The Top 8 players plus ties will play off for the Club Championship & the inaugural B Grade Championship. All qualified players will be placed in the booking sheet in order of Gross scores.
Club Champion Leaders (Gross Score) B Grade Leader (Gross Score)
Bino Da Silva (78) Bruce Adams (89)
Stuart Webb (80) Ian Norman (91)
Rob Pollard (81) Cec Bailey (93)
Anton Gutsche (84) David McLaren (96)
Jim James (84) Ross Graham (96)
Shay McQuade (86) Neil O’Keefe (97)
Mark Haldane (86) Ross Parks (97)
David Harbinson (86) Brian Scott (98)
Mike Steventon (98)
The A Grade Winner on the day was Rob Pollard (15) from Latrobe with 41 Points and runner up Stuart Webb (10) from Peninsula Kingswood with 37 points.
The B Grade Winner was Peter Nikolaidis (31) from Northcote with 38 points on a countback from Bruce Adams (20) from Rosanna.
Other Good Scores:
The NTP’s: Hole 3 – Brian Scott (Latrobe)
Hole 6 – John Fellows (Lakeside Albert Park)
Hole 15 – Shay McQuade (Brighton)
Lucky Door Prizes
1st – Round of Golf for 4 at Rosanna Golf Club won by Barry Murphy (Kyneton)
2nd – Book (The Golf Course Guide) won by Stephen Costello (Latrobe)
3rd – Book (The Golf Course Guide) won by Anton Gutsche (Rosanna)
Next Games
Monday 14th April – Keysborough Golf Club
Event – Club Championships for A Grade & B Grade (Stroke/Stableford).
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 7th April.
Monday 28th April – Southern Golf Club
Event – Teams Gentsomes.
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 21st April.
Captains Match Report – Settlers Run – 17th March 2025
Match Report – Settlers Run Golf Club (Teams Event) – 17th March 2025
On arriving at Settlers Run golf course, the weather was a chilly 10 degrees, but it turned into a nice sunny day with a light breeze, good for golf. We are playing our first teams event for the year, the 3 best stableford scores for each hole, perfect for St Patricks day!
The Settlers run golf course is a Greg Norman designed course with plenty of strategic placed bunkers and water to be wary of. The management have just informed us we are playing a temporary course due to some course development. The par 3 (8th ) is out of play with a shorter (19th ) par 3 replacing it, also shorter holes, the 13th and 18th Par 4’s.
We had 42 golfers play the course today with great fairways and fast greens.
We had two Visitors, William Kersing from Gardiners Run and Patrick Martin from Settlers Run.
The Best team score on the day was 115 points, Peter Hayward from Waterford Valley, Don Hackett (Heidelberg), Richard Harmer (Spring Valley) and Paul Stewart (Green Acres).
Runner up with 112 points was John Fellows, Ian Norman, Don Read and Gavin McGregor all from Lakeside Albert Park.
The NTP’s: Hole 2 – David Heraud (Brighton)
Hole 11 – Paul Stewart (Green Acres)
Hole 19th – John Hetherington (Settlers Run)
Next Games
Monday 31st March – Rosanna Golf Club
Event – Club Championships for A Grade & B Grade (Stroke/Stableford).
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 24th March.
Monday 14th April – Keysborough Golf Club
Event – Final Round of Club Championships for A Grade & B Grade (Stroke/Stableford).
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 7th April.
Captains Match Report – Box Hill – 3Rd March 2025
Box Hill Golf Club (Stableford Event) – 3rd March 2025
The day started out quite cool when we arrived at the Box Hill Golf Club. It didn’t take long for the cloud cover to disappear and the sun to come out for a beautiful autumn day.
The Box Hill Golf Club is a parkland course with plenty of trees bordering the fairways and Gardiners creek running throughout the course. We had 48 golfers play the course today, it was in excellent condition with an array of challenging holes.
We had one Visitor, Peter Grace from Heidelberg.
The A Grade Winner on the day was Peter Grace (18) from Heidelberg with 35 Points and runner up Shay McQuade (15) from Brighton with 34 points.
The B Grade Winner was Brian Scott (24) from Latrobe with 36 points from runner up Ross Parks (26) from Northcote on 35 points on a countback from Paul Matthews (19) from Rosanna.
Other Good Scores:
The NTP’s: Hole 4 – David Worrell (Eastern), Hole 6 – Ross Graham (Northcote)
Hole 9 – John Anderson (Heidelberg), Hole 11 – Phil Burckhardt (Latrobe)
Hole 17 – Colin Monson (Camberwell)
Lucky Door Prizes
1st – Round of Golf for 4 at Box Hill Golf Club won by Neil Box (Heidelberg)
2nd – Book (The Golf Course Guide) won by Neil O’Keefe (Heathcote)
Next Games
Monday 17th March – Settlers Run Golf Club
Teams Event – Best 3 Scores Stableford.
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 10th March.
Monday 31st March – Rosanna Golf Club
Event – Club Championships for A Grade & B Grade (Stroke/Stableford).
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 24th March.
Captains Match Report – Heritage Country Club St Johns Course – 17th February
When we arrived at the Heritage Country Club the weather was quite a chilly 8 degrees, with some low fog around and many Kangaroos lining the driveway in. The management at the Heritage informed us, that due to our numbers we could only use Hole 1 to 12, so we had to reshuffle some groups around. After the briefing from Naiomi it was off in our carts to our allocated Tee’s.
We had 47 golfers play at the St Johns course, the cloud cover hung around for a while, but the sun came out for pleasant day of Golf. The course was in excellent condition with the greens being very true for putting. We had 2 new members playing their first game: Andrew Livingston from Bairnsdale and Greg Blake from Rosanna. Then we had 4 Visitors Peter Grace & Derek Jury from Heidelberg and Peter McCormack & Joe Gehrig from Kew.
The A Grade Winner on the day was Max VanHelden (18) from Kew with 38 Points from runner up Shane O’Connell (15) from Latrobe with 37 points on a countback from Peter Hayward (9) from Waterford Valley.
The B Grade Winner was Margaret Harbinson (33) from Heritage with 35 points from runner up Ross Parks (25) from Northcote on 34 points.
The NTP’s: Hole 3 – Brian Scott (Latrobe), Hole 7 – John Fellows (Lakeside Albert Park)
Hole 11 – Peter Hayward (Waterford Valley), Hole 17 – Ken Baddeley (Kingston Heath)
Next Games
Monday 3rd March – Box Hill Golf Club
Event – Stableford.
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 24th February.
Monday 17th March – Settlers Run Golf Club
Teams Event – Best 3 Scores Stableford.
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 10th March.
Captains Match Report – Gardiners Run (Stableford Event) – 3rd February 2025
For the MDVGA first official game for the year we had a rather Hot forecast for Gardiners Run. The management of Gardiners Run had informed us, that due to the forecasted hot weather they will not allow us a Shotgun start, but a 2 tee start from7:48am.
So we had 42 keen golfers turn up for the Challenging conditions, it didn’t take long for the heat to arrive. The course was in excellent condition, but the greens were a little on the slow side. We had 3 new members playing their first game: Gail Simpson from Sandringham, Paul Mathews from Rosanna and Peter Barter from Mandalay. Then we had 1 Visitor Andrew Livingston from Bairnsdale.
The A Grade Winner on the day was Bino da Silva (5) from Rosanna with 40 Points from runner up Bill Bussau (9) also from Rosanna with 39 points.
The B Grade Winner was Oscar Diaz (22) from Camberwell with 36 points from runner up Phil Moorby (31) from Northcote with 35 points on a countback from John Steen (21) from Kooringal also with 35 points.
Other Good Scores:
The NTP’s were: Hole 3 – Don Hackett, Hole 7 – Peter Barter
Hole 11 – Ros Pearce , Hole 16 – Bill Bussau
Next Games
Monday 17th February – Heritage Golf & Country Club (St Johns Course)
Stableford. Note – Carts are included in the event cost. Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 10th February.
Monday 3rd March – Box Hill Golf Club
Stableford. Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 24th February.
Captains Match Report – Medway Golf Club (Hume Challenge) – 20th January
For the Hume challenge at Medway golf club, we arrived at the course with some great weather for golf. It warmed up as the morning went on with some brief cloud cover to give us a bit of relief. We had 20 pairs vs 20 pairs in 4BBB Stableford format.
A special thanks to John Harris for assisting Larry Wilson on the morning desk.
The course was in excellent condition however the greens were a little on the slow side which didn’t affect some of the scoring. There was some really great scores from both teams, however the overall result was Melbourne Vets 15 matches to Hume 5 matches. Melbourne vets also won 3 out of the 4 Par 3’s.
The NTPs were
Hole 8 – Phil Moorby (Northcote),
Hole 10 – Peter Schonewille (Spring Valley),
Hole 17 – John Harris (Northern).
Next Games
- Monday 3rd February – Gardiners Run Golf Club -Stableford. Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 27th January.
- Monday 17th February – Heritage Golf & Country Club (St Johns Course) – Stableford. Note – Carts are included in the event cost. Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 10th February.