Competition Results
JUNE 07 ~ JUNE 14
GOLF WIDE BAY OPEN & CLOSED MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026
The Championships were hosted by Bundaberg Golf Club on Saturday and Sunday June 13 and 14. Players from Wide Bay and visiting golfers supported the Championships and enjoyed the competition. GOLF WIDE BAY OPEN/CLOSED CHAMPION MEN 2026 is Scott Warren (GinGin GC) 139 and runner-up Andrew Eaves (Maryborough GC) 146. GOLF WIDE BAY OPEN/CLOSED CHAMPION LADIES 2026 is Kate Law (Maryborough GC) 163 and runner-up Sally Hancock (Bundaberg GC) 170. Saturday June 13 Nett Results – A grade – Rohan Wooldridge 69, c/back from runner-up Keith Horne 69, 2nd runner-up Sam Collingwood 70, 3rd, 4th and 5th runners-up Kyal Moore 71, Thomas Hall 72 and Paul Batt 73 c/back. B grade – Mark Lowe 68, runner-up Tim Fulton 69, 2nd runner-up John Perry 70, 3rd 4th and 5th runners-up Richard Shaw 71 c/back from Ben Hodgson 71 then Adam Moyle 71. Saturday Stableford – C grade was won by Matthew Sanderson (Bargara GC) 39 points, runner-up Owen Hedley 37, 2nd runner-up Rod Tolley 36, c/back from 3rd runner-up David Bond 36, 4th and 5th runners-up David Edmonds 36 then Owen Koski 36 c/back. Approach – congratulations eagles on the 9th hole Damien Ling (Rockhampton GC) and Tim Fulton on the 13th hole. Pinshots – 2nd Mitchel Pohlman 1.57, 4th Ben Conway 2.72, 14th Marc Lashley 0.40, and the 17th Peter Taylor 2.00 Sunday June 14 Nett Results – A grade – Peter Cocking 69; Phil Boag 70; Scott Warren (GinGin GC), Errol Thomson (Calliope GC), Kyal Moore 71; Daniel Meade (Hervey Bay GC) 72. B grade – Jesse Richardson 67; Cooper Jones 68; Wayne Thorne 70; Keith Ackerman, Patrick Turton, Richard Shaw 71. Sunday Stableford – Matthew Sanderson (Bargara GC) 39; Peter Thorne (Tin Can Bay GC) 37; Chris Simons 36; Luke McKee 35; Rod Tolley, Theo Poelstra 34. 36 hole Results – Nett A grade – Kyal Moore (Bundaberg) 142, runner-up Peter Cocking (Bundaberg) 143. Gross A Grade – Mark Lowe (Bundaberg) 160, runner-up Keith Ackerman (Bundaberg) 165. Nett B grade – Wayne Thorne (Bundaberg) 142, runner-up Cooper Jones (Bundaberg) 142. Gross B grade –
C grade Stableford – Matthew Sanderson (Bargara GC) 78, Peter Thorne (Tin Can Bay GC), Rod Tolley (Bundaberg) 70 and Adam Webb 69. Competitions next week – Saturday June 20 is a Stableford sponsored by Claire Russell, Access Speech Therapy. Sunday June 21 there is no competition for Men, Bundaberg Ladies Open Day, late nominations accepted. Club Championships commence Saturday July 25.
GOLF WIDE BAY OPEN & CLOSED LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026
Saturday June 13 Nett Results – Jan Thomas (Bargara GC) 70 nett, runner-up Ros Savidge (Bargara GC)75, 2nd runner-up Sally Hancock 77 and 3rd runner-up Christine Watt 78 c/back. Saturday Stableford was won by Karen Mendoza (Gayndah GC) 38 points, runner-up Cheryl Wright 37, 2nd runner-up Jenice Caflisch (Bargara GC) 35, then 3rd runner-up Kym Baker (Gayndah GC) 33 c/back. Pinshot A grade 14th Jo Malone (Bargara GC) in the hole and the 8th Wendy Mathiesen (Maryborough GC) 1.01. Approach B grade 17th Cheryl Wright 0.71. Sunday June 14 Nett Results – Leanne Spruce (Bargara GC) 69; Chris Watt, Robyn Edgar (Bargara GC), Ros Savidge (Bargara GC) 73. Sunday Stableford – Caryn Wilde 41; Trish Talbot, Elaine Archibald (Bargara GC), Marion Mobbs 33. 36 hole Results – Nett A grade Ros Savidge (Bargara GC) 149, runner-up Leanne Spruce (Bargara GC) 150. Gross A grade –
B grade stableford – Caryn Wilde (Bundaberg) 73, Karen Mendoza (Gayndah GC) 65, Jenice Caflisch (Bargara GC) 64, and Marion Mobbs (Bundaberg 63. Competitions next week – Saturday June 20 is a Stableford sponsored by Claire Russell, Access Speech Therapy. Sunday June 21 no competition for Men, Bundaberg Ladies Open Day, late nominations accepted. Club Championships commence Saturday July 18.
BUNDABERG VETERAN GOLFERS
Tuesday June 9 was the final round of the Gross/Nett Championships for Men and Ladies. After 2 rounds, congratulations to our 2026 champions. Men’s gross Champion Peter Cocking 160 and Nett Champion Theo Poelstra 139. Ladies’ gross Champion Christine Watt 189 and Nett Champion Valmai Mitchell 147. Daily trophies were donated by Peter Hughes. The Men’s winner was Theo Poelstra with 66 nett, runner-up John Muller 68 and 2nd runner-up Kevin Barritt 69. Consolations – Ian Grotherr 70; Rod Burton, Greg Whalley, Trevor Stanyard 71; Trev Gray, Larry Halbert, Ron Balhorn, Paul McGuinness 72; Keith Stoddart, Paul Hutchings, Brian Mitchell, Robert Ephraims 73; Stuart Hardgrave, Peter Cocking, Bill Stewart, Russell Ezzy, Michael O’Connell 74; Ron Van Goetham 75. Congratulations Robert Ephraims, hole-in-one 8th hole, well done. Men’s pinshots – 4th Theo Poelstra, Bill Seddon, the 8th Robert Ephraims Hole-in-One, well done, Brian Mitchell, the 14th Peter Spence, Theo Poelstra. Approach 17th Murray Beehag, Ron Balhorn, Ivan Keune. The Ladies winner was Cathy Harrison 71 nett, runner-up Jenny Sharp 75 c/back. Consolations – Marg Magnussen, Beryl Gatt 75; Sue Brandon, Kay Tischler 76; Chris Watt, Beth Dummer 77; Kaye McLellan, Melody Smith 78; Lesley Loveday 79. Approach – 4th Karen Thompson, Cathy Harrison, the 8th Doreen Jump, Valmai Mitchell, Jenny Sharp, and the 17th Doreen Jump, Lesley Loveday. Pinshot on the 14th Lesley Loveday. Raffle winners– Linda Finsen, Doreen Jump, Peter Spence. Tuesday June 16 is a Stableford for the first Round of the Bungara Shield @ Bargara. There is no competition at Bundaberg. Tuesday June 23 is a Stroke for Monthly Medals sponsored by Cheryl Wright.
BUNDABERG SPORTERS
Thursday June 11 was a Stableford won by Ross Zielke with 41 points, runner-up Jonathan Cormack 40, 2nd runner-up Tim Fulton 39, 3rd and 4th runners-up Tony Juillerat 38 c/back from Roy Dittman 38 and 5th runner-up Paul Batt 37. Consolations – Gordon Hart, Trev Gray, John Muller 36; Tyson Jones, Keanu Stam, Larry Halbert, Peter Spence (Safety Beach GC) 35; Bruce Deem, Ken Thompson, Gary Lituri, Kerry Druce 34; Col Gibbons, Bill Stewart, Jason Appo 33, Trevor Richardson, Russell Maudsley, Craig Lamond 32; John Perry, Brendan Bell, Phillip Vaughan 31 c/back. Approach on the 3rd Gordon Hard 0.47 and 12th John Perry 1.37. Pinshots – 2nd Tony Juillerat 1.08, Peter Taylor, Bill Stewart, Mark Haster, Phil Boag 6.03, 4th Phil Boag 1.12, Gary Lituri, Harry Waters, David Neill, Hector Klowss, Des Turner, Mark Lowe, Trevor Stanyard 3.89, 8th Bill Stewart 2.96, Ian Kickbush, Trevor Mooney, Col Gibbons, Brent Illingworth, Ross Zielke, David Neill, John Muller 9.84, and the 14th Phil Boag 1.67.
BUNDABERG WOMEN
Thursday June 11 Ladies was a Stableford won by Peta Kenward with 34 points. Approach on the 17th Doreen Jump 0.71. Competitions next week – Saturday June 20 is a Stableford sponsored by Access Speech Therapy, Claire Russell. Sunday June 21 is Bundaberg Ladies Open Day, sponsored by Mark Haster Painting Contractor, Josiah Manteit Kaleidoscope Cosmetic and Skin Cancer Clinic and Chris Curtis Yannie Creek Engineering. Shotgun start at 9am. Late nominations will be accepted. Club Championships commence Saturday July 18.
JUNE 01 ~ JUNE 06
BUNDABERG MEN
Saturday June 6 was a Stroke for Monthly Medals in 3 grades sponsored each month by Wade Abbott at Betta Home Living. Thank you Wade. A grade was won by Keith Horne 67 nett, runner-up Keith Ackerman 69, and 2nd runner-up Zac Bainbridge 70 c/back. B grade was won by Sam Muller 66 nett, runner-up Rodney Weekes 68, c/back from 2nd runner-up Tim Fulton 68. C grade was won by Cody Murray 67 nett, runner-up Alistair Roche 69, and 2nd runner-up Josh Haack 70 c/back. Consolations – Shaun Enever 69; Ben Hodgson, Paul Batt, Ken Turner 70; Garry Ridge, Glen Wilmott, Ronald Balhorn, Neil Shaw, Thomas Hall, Terry Tempest, Greg Chandler, Wayne Chalmers, Peter Spence (Safety Beach GC) 71; Brody Coates, Kevin Barritt, Ryan Paul, Paul Hutchings, Tony Juillerat 72; David Neill, David Cartwright, Gary Lituri, Kurt Petersen, Kenneth Barritt, Ken Willmett, Michael Gee (Bargara GC), Hugh O’Malley, Athol Eggmolesse 73; Ken Brown, Fred Lowe, Kelvin Burk 74 c/back. Best gross – A grade Keith Horne 74, B grade Garry Ridge 84 c/back, and C grade Ben Hodgson 90 c/back. Approach on the 7th Jamie Hayne 2.86 and the 15th Brody Coates 2.51. Pro’s pinshots rundown May 30 – 2nd Graham Tesch 1.08, Sam Collingwood, Brooke Ball, Kurt Petersen, Phil Boag, Michael Barritt 10.50, 4th Bob Cuthel 2.50, David Blundell, Phil Boag, Kurt Petersen, Peter Taylor, Cathy Harrison 11.72, 8th Hugh O’Malley 1.60, Tim Fichera, Brendan Davies, Sally Hancock, Peter Zandona, Tony Juillerat, Graham Tesch, Keith Herrmann, Steve Richards 7.37, 14th Dave Blundell 1.41, Ben Conway, Brayden Batt, Phil Boag, Tim Fichera, John Perry, Graham Tesch, Paul Batt 9.85, and the 17th Paul Casey 2.15, Garry Ridge, Brooke Ball, Tim Fulton, David Neill 14.90. Pro’s pinshots June 6 -2nd Kyle Breuer 0.91, 4th Michael Parsons 0.79, 8th Cody Breuer 1.15, 14th Brendan Davies 2.88, and the 17th Cody Breuer 067. Competitions next week – Saturday and Sunday June 13 and 14 is the Golf Wide Bay Open and Closed District Championships with Men’s and Ladies Events @ Bundaberg.
BUNDABERG VETERAN GOLFERS
Tuesday June 2 as a Stroke and round 1 Gross/ Nett Championships, trophies on the day sponsored by Brian Mackinnon. Much appreciated Brian. Men’s results – Stephen Shuttleworth 68 nett, runner-up Graham Tesch 69 c/back from 2nd runner-up Paul Hutchings 69 c/back. Mens Consolations – Greg McCracken 69; Col Wotherspoon, Kevin Barritt 72; Des Harper, Peter Cocking, Richard Wagner, Kerry Druce, Theo Poelstra 73; Gary Lituri, Geoff Loveday, Rod Burton, Bob Cuthel 74; Paul Casey, Trev Gray, Rex Morgan, Brian Mackinnon, Paul Hull 75; Ross Brandon 76. Mens Pinshots – 4th Steve Richards, 8th Ron Balhorn, Theo Poelstra and 14th Pat Turton, Wayne Dye. Approach on the 17th Murray Beehag, Steve Buxton. Ladies’ results –Valmai Mitchell 69 nett, and runner-up Sue Brandon 72. Ladies Consolations – Jenny Sharp 73; Beryl Gatt, Marg Magnussen, Kaye McLellan 74; Kath Scotney 77; Chris Watt 78; Doreen Jump, Patricia Talbot 79; Teena Poelstra 81. Approach on the 4th Patricia Talbot, Kath Scotney; 8th Valmai Mitchell, Kath Scotney; 17th Chris Watt, Jenny Sharp. Pinshot on the 14th Melody Smith, Kaye McLellan. Raffle winners – Ivan Keune, Beth Dummer and Graham Tesch. Tuesday June 9 is a Stroke for round 2 Gross/Nett Championships with trophies on the the day sponsored by Peter Hughes. Tuesday June 16 is round 1 of the Bungara Shield at Bargara. Please contact Vice Captain Valmai if you have not already nominated. No Veterans competition at Bundy on that day.
BUNDABERG SPORTERS
Thursday June 4 was a Stroke won by Nathan Kratzmann with 62 nett, runner-up Ken Thompson 70, 2nd runner-up Des Harper 71 c/back from 3rd runner-up Keith Stoddart 71. Consolations – Cooper Jones, Rick Arthurson, Jack Kleidon, Paul Batt, Kevin Klowss, Russell Maudsley 72; Wayne Tapper, David Edmonds, Jason Appo, Adrian Stallard, Ron Van Goetham, Jonathan Cormack, Tyson Jones, David Cartwright 73; Patrick Turton, Ross Brandon 74. Approach on the 3rd James Beasley 0.67 and the 12th Ryan Paul 0.43. Pinshots – 2nd Jack Kleidon 6.60, Graham Tesch, 4th Jack Kleidon 4.0, Leo De George, Graham Tesch 15.02, 8th Jonathan Cormack 3.03, Ian Kickbush, Brendan Baker 3.20, 14th Phillip Vaughan 0.52, Chris Rowe, Bill Stewart, Trevor Stanyard, Michael O’Connell 8.27.
BUNDABERG WOMEN
Thursday Ladies June 4 was a Stroke won by Melody Smith 76 c/back. Consolation Sue Brandon 76 nett. Saturday June 6 was a Stroke/Stableford for Monthly Medals sponsored each month by YourGolfPro, Craig Swift. Thank you Craig. Division 1 was won by Sally Hancock 71 nett, runner-up Teena Poelstra 77. Consolation Peta Kenward 79 nett. Division 2 was won by Caryn Wilde with 36 points, runner-up Averil Chalmers 34 c/back from 2nd runner-up Chris Herrmann 34. Consolations – Kath Scotney 33 and Margaret Magnusson 32. Approach on the 14th Div. 1 Judy Gibbs 0.45, Div. 2 Cathy Harrison 3.59, the 17th Div. 1 Peta Kenward 0.55 and Div. 2 Averil Chalmers 2.50. Competitions next week – Saturday and Sunday June 13 and 14 is the Golf Wide Bay Open and Closed District Championships with Men’s and Ladies Events @ Bundaberg. Sunday June 21 is the Bundaberg Ladies Open Day, sponsored by Mark Haster Painting Contractor, Josiah Manteit Kaleidoscope Cosmetic and Skin Cancer Clinic and Chris Curtis Yannie Creek Engineering.