{"id":10765,"date":"2026-03-15T20:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nswvga.com.au\/cms\/?p=10765"},"modified":"2026-03-15T20:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:43:58","slug":"2026-upper-hunter-vets-week-of-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nswvga.com.au\/cms\/2026\/03\/2026-upper-hunter-vets-week-of-golf\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Upper Hunter Vets Week of Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2026 Upper Hunter Vets Week of Golf<br \/>\n<\/strong>Upper Hunter Week of Golf was played from Monday, 9th to Friday, 13th March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>121 players represented 43 Clubs: 36 from NSW, 6 from QLD and 1 from SA. Averaging 102 players per day.<\/p>\n<p>Numbers were up with camping allowed in the Showground this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weather:<\/strong> Monday, light rain for about 9 holes, then cleared up.<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, the weather was fine.<\/p>\n<p>Next year\u2019s dates are from Monday, 8th, through to Friday, 12th March 2027.<br \/>\nShowground camping will be available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 4BBB:<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst 41 points Janeace Owen and John Mason.<br \/>\nSecond 40 points Chris and Dot Rose.<br \/>\nThird 39 points Ron and Gloria Drain.<br \/>\n<strong>First round of the 36-hole event.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday winners:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Men&#8217;s<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Division 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Division 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Division 3\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Chris Rose 37\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Greg Voss 34 c\/b\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Brian Stringer 35<br \/>\n2nd Gary Luland 35\u00a0 \u00a0 Gus O\u2019Brien 34\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Stephen Lloyd 33<br \/>\n3rd Dennis Davis 31\u00a0 \u00a0 Ray Elyard 33\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Peter Gron 32<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ladies <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Division 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Division 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Division 3<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Judy Ro 32\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dianne Hickson 31\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0lee Daley 35<br \/>\n2nd Clare McKinnel 30 Diane Boyd 28\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jan Olsen 31<br \/>\n3rd Jan Adlard 28\u00a0 \u00a0Josie Redman 27\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Chris McNall 27<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second round of the 36-hole event.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thursday winners: <br \/>\nMen <br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Division 1<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Division 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Division 3<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>\n1st Stephen Adlard 35c\/b\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Elie Raad 39\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Brian Gammie 38 <br \/>\n2nd Gary Wheeler 35\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gary Raftery 36\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Allen Davies 37<br \/>\n3rd Mick McCormick 34\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Henry Kubacki 35\u00a0 \u00a0David Yoon 34<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ladies <br \/>\nDivision 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Division 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Division 3<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Donna Warren 37\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Maureen Hogan 37\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dale Robbs <br \/>\n2nd Dianne Shadlow 34\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Beryl Taylor 34\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Gillian Wood 37 <br \/>\n3rd Christine Bell 30\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Deborah Gron 32\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Alanna Howell 32<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday winners: <br \/>\nMen Division 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Division 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Division 3\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Bill Micallef 34\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Joe Crook 34\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Colin Burnes 33<br \/>\n2nd Chris Slater 33\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0James Chung 33\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Peter Olsen 32<br \/>\n3rdKevin McInnes 31\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Greg Hickson 32\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ian Howell 30<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday winners: Ladies <br \/>\nDivision 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Division 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Division 3\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n1st Kay Brett 32\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nerida Luland 35\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Janeace Owen 36<br \/>\n2nd Lindis Durham 29\u00a0 Jill Stringer 31\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dot Rose 32<br \/>\n3rd Wendy Mason 28\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Vicki Gray 30\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Carole Miller 29<\/p>\n<p><strong>36 Hole winners: <br \/>\nMen<\/strong> <br \/>\nFirst: Jeff Hogan 73<br \/>\nSecond: Garv Myers 70 c\/b <br \/>\nThird: Stephen Craven 70<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ladies<\/strong> <br \/>\nFirst: Gloria Drain 80<br \/>\nSecond: Kath Guyer 73<br \/>\nThird: Debbie Slater 72<\/p>\n<p><strong>NSWVGA Shield: <br \/>\nMen<\/strong> <br \/>\nFirst: Jim Warren 37 [South West Rocks]<br \/>\nSecond: Stephen Nowland 35 [Muswellbook]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ladies<\/strong> First: Diane Boyd 36 c\/b [Chinderah]<br \/>\nSecond: Janeace Owen 36 [St Georges Basin]<\/p>\n<p>The golf course was well presented, and all golfers enjoyed their week of golf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Upper Hunter Vets Week of Golf Upper Hunter Week of Golf was played from Monday, 9th to Friday, 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