A very successful Tamworth/Longyard Veterans Week of Golf was held from March 16th to March 20th.

The hot, dry and windy weather of the previous 6 weeks severely impacted the condition of both the Tamworth and Longyard courses, however the greenkeepers form both courses are to be complemented on the course presentations given the trying conditions they had to work with. Scores for each day’s events probably reflected the amount of run on the courses. The greens though, presented a different challenge with many players finding it difficult adjusting to the slowness of them.

Overall playing numbers were up on the 2025 event by almost 30%, with the floods in Qld and the fuel price situation only having a negligible effect on cancellations. There were 213 individual entries for the 4 days after cancellations, consisting of 131 males and 82 females. These numbers allowed for 3 male divisions and 2 female divisions.

There were 24 entries from Qld with the rest coming from NSW clubs. The Tamworth and Longyard clubs had 35 and 28 players respectively playing. A total of 48 different clubs were represented.

The daily fields were Monday 170, Tuesday 168, Thursday 145 and a full field of 136 players for the Friday 4Ball with an 8am shotgun start followed by a light luncheon and Presentation.

NSWVGA President John Daley and his wife were in attendance, as were councillors Jim Shadlow and his wife from Inverell and Peter Guy and his wife from the Ryde/Parramatta Club.

The success of the event was made possible by the support of the staff and members from both the Tamworth Golf Club and the Longyard Golf Club, the major and minor sponsors along with the efforts of the Week of Golf committee. Most of all though the players who participated showing great comradery and enjoying themselves over the 4 days.

Following is a list of the placings for each of the days.

MONDAY 16th. March
MALE                                                                         FEMALE
Division 1
1. Chris Slater 41 Forster/Tuncurry    1. Narelle Dunst 38 Tamworth
2. David Heagney 37 Taree                   2.Susan Miller 36 Campbelltown
3. Rex Bell 36 Gainsborough                3.Carolyn Lozier 35 Richmond

Men                                                                            Female
Division 2
1. Rob Charlesworth 36 Tamworth    1.Robyn Inglis 40 Longyard
2.Paul McDougall 36 Tamworth        2. Lyn Logan 38 Toronto
3. Jeff Parker 35 Tamworth                 3. Dale Robbs 36 Howlong

Men
Division 3 .
1.Dean Cummins 35 Tamworth
2. Phil Forrest 34 Sawtell
3. Stephen Cann 33 Wyong

TUESDAY 17th. March
Division 1
1.Steve Craven 37 Ballina                 1.Di Shadlow 41 Inverell
2. Graeme Hunt 36 Boonah             2. Daphne Pearson 39 Longyard
3. David Hale 35 Coolangatta          3.Gloria Davis 36 Nowra

Division 2
1. Greg Davis 40 Longyard                   1. Sue Paton 40 Coolangatta
2. Geoff Redman 37 Gainsborough    2. Dot Rose 40 Ballina
3. Kevin McInnes 36 Charlestown      3. Lyn Byrne 38 Forster/Tuncurry

Division 3
1.Fred Walshaw 42 Richmond
2. Peter Gron 40 Charlestown
3. Ed Van Daalen 37 Beaudesert

THURSDAY 19th. March
Division 1
1.James Warren 42 South West Rocks       1. Marg Fenwicke 39 Longyard
2. Jim Shadlow 42 Inverell                           2. Maureen Hogan 38 Ballina
3. Gordon Hile 38 Longyard                         3. Wendy Mason 37 Sawtell

Division 2   
1. Greg Doolan 43 Gainsborough               1. Yvonne Burnett 37 Kew
2. Greg Voss 42 Gainsborough                   2. Vicki Gray 37 Uralla
3. Wayne Stevens 39 Coolangatta              3. Christine McNall 35 Ballina

Division 3
1. Peter Guy 39 Ryde/Parramatta
2. Gordon Whitby 39 Tullerbudgera
3. Robert Duffy 35 The Grange

FRIDAY 20th MARCH
 4 Ball Best Ball
1. Davd Smart & Dean Cummins 49 Tamworth
2. Murray McGregor & Peter Key 44 Tamworth
3. Karen & Ken Thompson 44 Bundaberg

NSWVGA SHIELD (36 Holes Monday & Tuesday)
MALE 1. Henry Kubacki 77 Tully Park FEMALE 1. Janeace Owen 79 St. Georges Basin
2. Sam Catanzariti 75 Shelley Beach                           2. Carole Miller 75 Forster/Tuncurry
3. Greg Constantine 74 Glenn Innes                            3. Meg Whitby 75 Tullerbudgera

Visitor Prize
MALE Ron Wit Toronto FEMALE Bronwyn Heagney Taree

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