Veterans Week of Golf Wrap Week

Glen Innes conducted its 5^th annual week of golf during the week of 6^th to 10^th April.  Week of Golf is a NSW Veteran Golf Association initiative played since 1980 and now in over 50 locations from February to December each year.

The event was played over 4 days with over 100 visitors playing each day from 30 different Golf Clubs throughout NSW and Queensland.  Numbers were understandably down from 2025 with less visitors travelling.

Monday saw a medley 4 Ball Best Ball played with 49 teams competing.  The winners were Britta Lamborn and Katherine Guyer from the Bulahdelah club with a hard to beat 52 points.  Runners up were Glen Innes golfers Richard Gaha and John Stewart with an excellent 48 points. Best visitor score was Bob & Diane Page from the Toukley Club with 48 points.  Glen Innes golfers with good scores were Iain & Rosie Smith coming in 3^rd with 47 points and Steve Zahn and Marlene Gallagher with 45 points.

Tuesday and Thursday were an individual Stableford event with the combined scores of the 2 days determining the NSW Veterans Shield in Men’s and Women’s. 
A field of 40 women and 56 men played on Tuesday and 40 ladies and 56 men played on Thursday. Winner of the 2026 Shield in the
Women’s was Janet Guy from the Ryde/Parramatta Club, runner up was Christine Spencer from Toukley. 

From L to R Services Club General Manager Brodie Hutchinson, Ladies Shield Winner Janet Guy Ryde/Parramatta Club, NSW Veteran Golf Representative Peter Taylor.
In the men’s event Glen Innes golfer Iain Smith won the men’s Shield from Graeme Hunt from Boonah Golf Club.

From L to R Services Club General Manager Brodie Hutchinson, Shield Winner Iain Smith, Glen Innes Golf Club and NSW Veteran Golf Representative Peter Taylor.

On Tuesday best performing lady was Lindy Newsome picking up 2^nd runner up in Division with 40 points. Winner of Division 1 was Wendy Thompson from Emerald Downs with a 45 from Katrina Dalzell with 37 points. 2^nd Division winner was first time participant Leanne Delaney from Wynumm with 41 on a count back from Diane Page from Toukley.  In the men’s Glen Innes golfer Steve Zahn won division 1 with 40 points from fellow Glen Innes player Reg Walls 39 points.  Visitors cleaned up Division 2 with Bob Page from Toukley winning with 40 points from Stephen Lloyd from Sussex Inlet with 39.

Tuesday Stableford winners

On Thursday best performing locals were Shirley Bruce with runner up Women’s Division 1 on Tuesday with 34 points, the winner was Dianne Shadlow from Inverell with 38 points.  Joan Hutton won the Ladies Division 2 with 31 points on a count back from Alison Lumby from Toukley.  Phil Evans and Roy Matthews finished third in Division 1 and 2 respectively.  Winner in Division 1 was Wayne Handebo from Murwillumbah with 36 points and Division 2 winner was Garry Harrison from Bundaberg with 36 points.

Thursday Stableford Winners

Friday saw the conclusion of the week with a 2 person Ambrose, with a field of 50 teams playing.  Winning team was the combination of Gordon Newton and Sharon Carberry from the Ballina Club with a score of 63.  In second place was the team of Janet Guy and Dennis Brown from Ryde/Parramatta and Glen Innes clubs. with a score of 65.75.  Next best locals were Phil Evans and Dean Gillett with 64.75.

A big thank you for our key sponsors, the Glen Innes Services Club and NSW Veteran Golf Association.  Also raffle prizes from our local golfers who donated meal vouchers to the Central Hotel, Stones Restaurant and the Yim Thai at the New England Club. The Glen Innes lady golfers also put in a huge effort providing morning tea for over 100 people on each of the 4 days.

Also, a big thank you to the green keepers Zac Willis and Lucas Tait who started at 3am each morning to have the course looking great.  Many visitors are surprised at the quality and condition of the course for a town our size so a real credit to the green keeping and Golf Club staff. 

Thanks to Glen Innes Golf Club staff Damien Boylan and Noah Every for keeping the week flowing and our hard-working secretary Allan Collins and Glen Innes Golf Club Captain Phil Evans and his team for organising about 30 golf carts each day.

Finally, we were very thankful to our visitors for making the effort to attend our week of Golf.  Many of the visitors were very complimentary of the event with many commenting they will be back next year.  The event is very positive for the local economy and is a credit to the small but hard-working Veterans Golf committee.

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