Seaside & Valley Veterans Tournament 2022
Monday 21st November to Friday 25th November 2022
Results
The final NSWVGA Week of Golf for 2022 has been completed this afternoon at Jamberoo Golf Club.
The week which began at Jamberoo on Monday, featured three single stableford rounds on the Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, with the latter two at Kiama, and a 4BBB on Friday at Jamberoo to complete the week.
A total of 121 players from 30 clubs participated in clear conditions affected however by gale force winds on the Monday and strong winds on the Tuesday. Thankfully the winds eased so that the last two days were held in great conditions.
The feature event of course was the battle for the NSWVGA prizes over 36 holes on the first two days.
NSWVGA Winners:

Men: Winner: Wayne Pottenger (Kiama) 64c/b
Runner Up: Barry Reid (Port Kembla) 64

Women: Winner: Pam Middlebrook (Jamberoo) 66
Runner Up: Michelle Reid (Port Kembla) 65
Following NSWVGA policy only one voucher could be won by each player in the single events apart from the four NSWVGA winners. The value of the vouchers determined the final place getters over 54 holes and each daily 18 holes event.
54 Holes result across the whole field
Men: Winner: Brendan McCann (Fox Hills) 95
Runner Up: Henry Kubacki (Tully Park) 94
Third: Stephen Craven (Ballina) 91c/b
Women: Winner: Trish Laird (Kiama) 97
Runner Up: Michelle Reid (Port Kembla) 95
Third: Gloria Drain (Maitland) 89
Special Memorial events on Tuesday across the field with the winners receiving a mini shield and no voucher
For the men the Alf Harvey Memorial Shield was won by Bruce Michie (Links Shell Cove) with 40 points and for the women the Bernice Evans Memorial shield was won by Pam Middlebrook (Jamberoo) with 40c/b
Daily 18 holes Results
Monday 98 starters
Men: A Grade Winner: Barry Reid (Port Kembla) 32
R/u: Wayne Pottenger (Kiama) 31
Third: Mark Thompson (Fox Hills) 29
B Grade: Winner: Paul Miller (Forster-Tuncurry) 30
R/up: Michael Sykes (Manilla) 29
Third: Ian Warby (Maitland) 28
Women: A Grade:
Winner: Barbara Foy (Woolooware) 29c/b
R/u: Christine Osborne (Yanilba Bay) 29
Third: Kelley Greaves (Jamberoo) 22
B Grade: Winner: Helen Fagan (Bathurst) 29
R/u: Caroline Norrie (Maitland) 27
Third: Christine McNall (Ballina) 25
Tuesday 114 starters
Men: A Grade: Winner: Michael Jackman (Kiama) 39
R/u: Rick Channells (Kiama) 38
Third: Francis Zammit (Links Shell Cove) 36c/b
B Grade: Winner: Bruce Michie (Links Shell Cove) 40
R/u: Brian Robertson (Kiama) 35
Third: Geoff Heinecke (Kiama) 34
Women: A Grade:
Winner: Pam Middlebrook (Jamberoo) 40
R/u: Laura Cragg (Bathurst) 32
Third: Suzanne Brown (Manly) 28
B Grade: Winner: Liz Jackman (Kiama) 36
R/u: Margaret Johnson (Kiama) 34
Third: Yong Kim (North Ryde) 32
Thursday 99 starters
Men: A Grade: Winner: Alan Bransdon (The Vale) 38
R/u: Brian Aboozaid (Jamberoo) 37
Third: Barry Forrester (Kiama) 35c/b
B Grade: Winner: Eric Karbon (Fox Hills) 36
R/u: James Vickers (Bathurst) 34
Third: Ken Edmunds (Fox Hills) 33
Women: A Grade:
Winner: Wendy Middlebrook (Dungog) 36
R/u: Gail Pottenger (Kiama) 34c/b
Third: Jo Warby (Maitland) 34c/b
B Grade: Winner: Trace O’Meara (Breakers CC) 35
R/u: Jan Moss (Kiama) 32
Third: Cristina Wasilewicz (Nelson Bay) 30
Nearest the pins during the week were won by Brian Hamilton, Caroline Norrie, Pam Middlebrook, Margaret Johnson, Henry Kubacki, Patrick Emmett, Dale Robbs, Kerrie Bickle, Vaughan Schneider, Marin Meredith, Wendy Middlebrook and Gail Pottenger.
Friday 4BBB 68 starters
Mixed Pairs: 46 starters:
Winners: Ron and Gloris Drain (Maitland) 46
R/ups: Ross and Vivian Jones (Waratah) 43
Thirds: Allen Davies (Richmond) & Kelley Greaves (Jamb) 41
Mens Pairs: 18 Starters:
Winners: Brian Aboozaid (Jamb) & Ian Warby (Maitland) 42
R/ups: Alan Bransdon (The Vale) & Michael Sykes (Manilla) 41
Womens Pairs: 4 starters:
Winners: Pam Middlebrook (Jamb) & Helen Wainwright (Jamb) 43
Two special IGA prizes for nearest the pins were won by Allen Davies (Richmond) and Cheryl Bramley (Hervey Bay).
The Presentation evening was held at Kiama GC on Thursday and it featured the last official task of retiring Executive Councillor Lance Fredericks as the NSWVGA rep at the tournament. Lance is not seeking re-election at the forthcoming AGM and so completes six years of dedication to the State Association.
This tournament saw Lance Fredericks performing one of his 
last official duty as a NSWVGA Executive Councillor. He also oversaw the organisation for the two days at Jamberoo. He was also involved in making the original draw for the four days as well as working out the winners for the Thursday evening presentation. He was of great assistance to our tournament director Bob Smith for the whole week. Thank you for your contribution over many years to this tournament.

Today’s fourball event used a shot gun start with a BBQ presentation by tournament director Bob Smith and all was completed by 1.20 p.m. Participants are already looking forward to the corresponding event towards the end of 2023.

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