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Morgan wins second NSW Senior Championship title
H
aving previously won the event in
2011, Jacqui Morgan (Monash Golf
Club) won her second Women’s
NSW Senior Championship title, taking out
the 2014 event played at Bermagui Country
Club. A field of 80 women contested this
year’s event, comprising a host of past
winners including seven-time Champion
Sylvia Donohoe (Narooma Golf Club), 2008
Champion Lynne Townsend (Wollongong
Golf Club), 2003 Champion Liz Smyth
(Federal Golf Club), and 73-year-old Gloria
Hickey (Coffs Harbour Golf Club), winner of
the event in 1997 and 1998.
This year saw a change in format for the
event from previous years. Traditionally
played over five days with match play on the
last three days, it was condensed to three
days with all players now participating on
each day. The first two days were 36-holes
stroke (18-holes each day), with the four
best scratch scores to qualify for the Senior
ahead of her nearest rival, Lynne Townsend
(Wollongong Golf Club) who finished on
167. Sylvia Donohoe (Narooma Golf Club),
who also shot a round high 82 on the second
day of play, finished third on 168, while Jill
Blenkey (Newcastle) finished fourth on 171.
In the semi-finals Morgan had a strong
win over Jill Blenkey (Newcastle) 6/5. In the
second semi-final match Lynne Townsend
(Wollongong) was victorious over Sylvia
Donohoe (Narooma) on the 19th.
Championship Match play. For players who
did not qualify in the Senior Championship
Match Play, match play was broken down
by age category: 55-59, 60-64, 65-69 and
70+. For all those who did not qualify for any
of the match play components, an 18-hole
stableford event was held in the morning on
Young guns dominate at the
NSW Foursomes Championship
The 2014 NSW Foursomes Championship at Stonecutters Ridge
Golf Club was setting up for some great competition between a
number of pairings in both the Men’s and Women’s sections.
The Women’s event was won by State Team duo of Aliza Huff and
Elizabeth Elmassian with a great scratch score of 74. Coming in
second place were the NSW pairing of Gemma Dooley and Laura
Holdsworth. Taking out the nett prize for the Championship was
Rhonda Magner and Margaret Bain-Smith from Concord with a nett
score of 78.5. The Killara pairing of Jan Crichton and Yuki Fukawa
took out the 2014 NSW Foursomes Champion of Champions by
three shots from the Lakeside pairing of Tracey Wood and Jan Jacka.
In the Men’s competition it was the Bonnie Doon pairing of
James Grierson and Jack McLeod who took top prize after having
an exceptional two-under round of 70. Three shots back taking
out second place on a countback were defending champions
Jordan Zunic (Bonnie Doon) and Cameron Davis (Monash) who
had a respectable score of 73. Another of the State Team pairings
came in third also with a scratch score of 73 was Jarrod Freeman
(Cumberland) and Brayden Petersen (Monash). Taking out the 2014
Men’s NSW Foursomes Champions of Champions was the Monash
pairing of Spencer Morgan and Andrew Thompson.
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the final day.
Morgan was off to a flying start in the
tournament, shooting a round high 81 on the
first day of play, and never looked back. She
again led the field on day two with a round
of 82, finishing the 36-holes on 163, four
Morgan takes
out another NSW
Women’s Senior
Order of Merit
Jacqui Morgan (Monash) has
taken out her third consecutive NSW
Senior Order of Merit in a nail biting
finish which came down to the last
rounds that concluded during the
Women’s NSW Senior Championship.
Jacqui was trailing previous winner
Sylvia Donohoe by a narrow margin
leading into the final event for the
Senior Order of Merit calendar, but
was able to post some great scores
on the testing venue of Bermagui.
Jacqui ended the season with an
exceptional average of 76.78 over nine
rounds. Sylvia Donohoe (Narooma)
was less than a shot behind on 77.44.
Rounding out the prizes was Bermagui
local Maggie Hayes who had an
average of 81.11 for the season.
The stage was set for a thrilling Final
between Jacqui Morgan (Monash) and Lynne
Townsend (Wollongong). In the end it was
Morgan who was better on the day, winning
the match 2/1
In the age categories the winners were 5559 years Maggie Hayes (Bermagui), 60-64
years Margaret Bain-Smith (Concord), 6569 years Liz Smyth (Royal Canberra) and 70+
years Brenda Chalmers (Elanora).
Bonnie Doon dominates NSW Women’s Grade
The 2014 Grade season came to a conclusion with all final days being
hosted in March and April.
In Division 1 Bonnie Doon had a strong last round win to take out the
2014 season from The Lakes. Bonnie Doon completed their season by
only losing one contest throughout the season and only losing eight
individual matches over the six rounds played. Killara won Division
2 in a similar fashion to Bonnie Doon beating all teams in Division 2,
except Wakehurst who were able to beat the top team. Killara also only
conceded eight individual matches for the season. Bayview were able
to come out on top of Royal Sydney with the result coming down to
the final matches. Division 4 also had a tight finish with Moore Park and
Carnarvon both winning four of their contests for the season. However
Moore Park were victorious with 14 individual matches being won
compared to Carnarvon’s 13. Elanora were the clear v