30, 40, 50-Year & New Member Event

The Club hosted the 30, 40, 50-Year, and New Member Event on Sunday, July 28, with 65 attendees celebrating new members and membership milestones.

Despite the winter afternoon, the event began with 18 holes of golf, followed by dinner in the Member’s Lounge. David Smith won the golf event with 36 points, narrowly beating Lee Webb. To top the evening off, Sarosh and his team prepared a magnificent meal featuring slow-braised Josdale Angus Beef Brisket.

Club Captain Rohan Duncan and Club President Rob Coxon opened the evening, highlighting members with significant milestones of 30, 40, 50, and 60 years of membership and introducing new members.

Richard Farrell, celebrating 30 years, shared his fond memories of the club, while David Robinson received his 60-Year membership certificate, reminiscing about past events, including late-night BBQs on the 12th hole.

Members celebrating milestones:

• 60 Years: David Robinson, David Galvin
• 50 Years: Peter Brown-Greaves, David Tudor
• 40 Years: Travis Cox, John Vidovic, Myles Connell, Janet Brooksbank, George Nicholls, Noreen Connell, Heth Cameron, Brian O’Connell, Ron Ferrari
• 30 Years: Pippa Devlin, Richard Farrell, Michael Ooi, Robyn Boyd, Janie Pirret, Prudence Graf,
  Anne P Smith, Michael Ryan, Jill Carnovale, Denice Meagher, Matt Wilson, Venita Mitchell, Gwenda Chisholm

The club welcomed many new members, contributing to its rich history. The full story and photos can be viewed on our website or by clicking the link below. 

Women’s GA Vs Kew Bowl Results

The Green Acres vs. Kew Bowl was played on Thursday, with 7 pairs representing each side. Traditionally, the format is 18 holes of 4BBB, with the aggregate score of each side counting towards the club's total, and the team with the highest aggregate score being deemed the winner. Unfortunately, Jack Frost had other ideas, delaying the start of play and impacting the ability to complete 18 holes before the scheduled sit-down lunch.

As a result, the decision was made to shorten the round and use the completed 9-hole scores to determine the winner of the bowl.

In the 69-year history of this event, with the first match played in 1954, Green Acres had only won the event 25 times and halved 3 matches. Despite the disruptions, Green Acres emerged victorious, defeating Kew 115 to 113 for the first time since 2012.

Congratulations to all the women members who played in the event!

Golf Cart Bookings

We are pleased to announce that you can now book your motorised golf cart bookings online.

Simply click on the link at the top of the bookings page, or you can find it under ‘other bookings’ to the right of the screen.

To navigate your way back to Golf Bookings, use the other booking button again and select ‘Golf Course.’

The benefits of being able to book a cart yourself online are:

• Easily being able to book one at any time
• Cart bookings will now be visible under members ‘My bookings’ info section of the website
• You can book a few weeks ahead of time

This process will also assist the club with targeted communication to members, for example if carts aren’t allowed on course.

We ask if you have an AM booking then please book the cart in the AM section and likewise for the PM field.

If the cart booking sheet is full, similar to golf a waitlist will be created.

• Monday 5 August – GA Annual General Meeting.  Make sure you have voted, refer to the link sent to your email or call the office
• Tuesday 6 August – Medal Day
• Committee Day Thursday 13 August – Booking for golf and lunch only are now open. Please join us to acknowledge the outgoing committee members and welcome the new committee.
• Catch Up Lunch Table Tuesday 13 August – this will be combined with Committee Day

• Lisa got well ahead early and maintained her lead, securing a victory on the 11th, a great debut.
• Jacqui and Julia were both 5 down after 6 holes but managed to pull back. Jacqui lost 5&4, while Julia fought on to the 18th, where she succumbed to a bunker and conceded the win to her opponent.
• Caroline came from 3 down early to have a tussle to the 18th. Despite a wayward tee shot that drew a penalty drop, she recovered well only to see her opponent drain a 20-foot putt from off the green, losing 1 down.
• Anne, Brenda, and Kerry all had solid games, losing on the 17th or 18th.

• Anne lost 2&1
• Brenda lost 3&1 
• Caroline lost 1down 
• Kerry lost 3&2
• Jacqui lost 5&4
• Lisa won 8&7