Q Golf - Official online magazine for Golf Queensland Autumn 2012 | Page 5

Queensland junior Interstate teams selected Golf Queensland has named its representative teams to compete in the Australian Boys’ and Girls’ Interstate Teams Matches in April and the Australian Men’s and Women’s Interstate Teams Matches in May. Queensland has the home-side advantage with the Girls’ event being played at the Carbrook Golf Club from 15 – 17 April and the Boys’ event being played at Pacific Harbour Golf and Country Club from 16 – 19 April. The Queensland Girls’ Team won the Series last year and will be looking at repeating their good form in April. During the past four years, the Girls’ Team has won the event three times (2008, 2009 and 2011). The Queensland Boys’ Team will also be hoping for a home ground advantage after finishing runner-up to New South Wales in 2010 and 2011. Golf Queensland has named its representative teams to compete in the Australian Men’s and Women’s Interstate Teams Matches from 1 – 4 May. South Australia will host the event with the Men’s event being played at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club and the Women’s event being played at the West Lakes Golf Club. Queensland has won the Men’s title six times and in 2011 it was the first time they had won consecutive titles in the Series’ 107 year history. The Australian Women’s Interstate Teams Matches for the Gladys Hay Memorial Cup is Australia’s most prestigious Women’s Amateur Team Golf Championship. The Queensland women will be looking to improve last year’s result which saw them finish fourth. The Queensland Interstate Teams are as follows: Queensland Boys’ Team Viraat Badhwar (Indooroopilly) Jackson Dick (Burleigh) Jack Hulyer (Coolangatta Tweed) Jordan McCarthy (Pacific) Jake McLeod (Hills) Blake Proverbs (Pacific) Queensland Men’s Team James Gibellini (Emerald Lakes) Christopher Harrop (Royal Queensland) Kevin Marques (Indooroopilly) Taylor MacDonald (Redcliffe) Daniel McGraw (Gailes) Daniel Nisbet (Caboolture) Cameron Smith (Royal Queensland) Aaron Wilkin (Wynnum) Queensland Girls’ Team Victoria Fricot (Peregian Springs) Gennai Goodwin (Mossman) Lauren Mason (Horton Park) Emily McLennan (Hills) Dee Dee Russell (Coolangatta Tweed) Nadine White (Pacific) Queensland Women’s Team Ellen Davies-Graham (Redcliffe) Jaimee Dougan (Beaudesert) Lauren Mason (Horton Park) Christina Mew (Royal Queensland) Ashley Ona (Gailes) Ali Orchard (Surfers Paradise) Queenslanders in the spotlight Nisbet wins Lake Macquarie Men’s Championship blew out to a six-over 78 to drop back into fifth place on nine-under 279. Caboolture golfer Daniel Nisbet turned the tables on his arch rival, German star, Marcel Schneider, when he won the Lake Macquarie International Men’s Championship by three shots at Belmont recently. Mastering the strong North Easterly winds, Nisbet had a one-under 71 in the final round to go with his earlier rounds of 65, 68 and 69 to finish on 15-under 273. Royal Queensland player Cameron S