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Notice of Reduced Green Fees at Spring Valley

Dear Members,

We are pleased to advise that the cost of the round at Spring Valley has been reduced from $115 to $100. This adjustment comes as a result of recent ongoing renovation works at the course, which includes the use of three temporary greens.

The Association has decided to cover the difference in cost for this game, ensuring you can continue to enjoy your time playing at a more affordable rate while the renovations continue at Spring Valley.

We appreciate your understanding and ongoing support and we are looking forward to a high member turnout for both the golf and the AGM held post the game

This is to be our last MDVGA Event at the Cranbourne Golf Club. We were informed early in the week that it will be a 7:45am Shotgun start with holes 1 to 12 available for us. The weather forecast was for Strong winds to come around midday, but they seemed to be there from early on. The course was in excellent condition but it was quite challenging with the strong wind gusts and the tricky greens. 

We had a fantastic turn up for the final round at Cranbourne, 68 players braved the windy conditions, of which we had 1 member playing their first game Mick Connop from Heidelberg. There was also 4 Visitors, Fraser Magee from Spring Valley, Greg Craven from Rosanna, Bill Hammen and Brent Corser both from Eastwood. 

The A Grade Winner was Tony Jones (17) from Waterford Valley with 32 Points from runner up Tony Adderley (14) from Latrobe with 31 points on a countback from Hume White (12) from Spring Valley and Juris Briedis (15) from Camberwell. 

The B Grade Winner was Brian McGrath (23) from Yarra Yarra with 32 points from runner up Janet Gibson (30) from Bairnsdale on 30 points. 

The NTP’s: Hole 3 – Nadine Martin (Bairnsdale)  
                    Hole 8 – Hume White (Spring Valley)  
                    Hole 12 – Mike Dowsley (Brighton)  
                    Hole 14 – Dean Jamieson (Sandhurst)  

Next Games 

Monday 29^th September – Southern Golf Club (7:45am Shotgun Start – 2^nd Round Handicap Bowl) 
Registration by 7.15am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 22^nd September. 

Monday 13^th October – Spring Valley Golf Club (4BBB Stableford & AGM to Follow) 
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 6^th October. 

It’s the first day of Spring and we are playing down on the Mornington Peninsula at the beautiful Rosebud Country Club North course. We have been informed that due to the numbers it will be a two tee start on holes 1 and 10, so we had to setup the booking sheet accordingly. The course was in excellent condition with very tricky greens. 

We had a total of 40 players of which we had 1 Visitor playing, Deb Cunningham from Brighton. 

The A Grade Winner was Tony Adderley (15) from Latrobe with 40 Points from runner up Hume White (13) from Spring Valley with 36 points on a countback from Ian Norman (18) from Lakeside Albert Park and Stuart Garland (16) from SGA. 

The B Grade Winner was Paul Stewart (19) from Green Acres with 39 points from runner up John Steen (26) from Kooringal on 34 points. 

The NTP’s: Hole 4 – Mel Dunkley (Camberwell)  
                    Hole 7 – Mark Pearson (Brighton)  
                    Hole 11 – Mel Dunkley (Camberwell)  
                    Hole 13 – Stuart Garland (Social Golf Australia)  

Next Games 

Monday 15^th September – Cranbourne Golf Club (1^st Round Handicap Bowl)  – Final Game There!!! 
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 8^th September. 

Monday 29^th September – Southern Golf Club (2^nd Round Handicap Bowl) 
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 22^nd September. 

The first game back after our Winter break was played at the Prestige’s Yarra Yarra Golf Club. When we arrived at the course it was a very chilly, and it didn’t warm up all that much throughout the morning. The course was in excellent condition and we were greeted with very fast greens. 

We had 47 players of which there were two new members playing their first game, David Collins from Camberwell and Peter Kuskopf from Rosanna. 

The A Grade Winner was Tony Adderley (17) from Latrobe with 38 Points from runner up Peter Kuskopf (11) from Rosanna with 36 points on a countback from Hume White (15) from Spring Valley. 

The B Grade Winner was Cec Bailey (19) from Spring Valley with 34 points from runner up Steve Holmes (19) from Camberwell on 33 points. 

The NTP’s: Hole 3 – John Fellows (Lakeside Albert Park)  
                    Hole 6 – Hume White (Spring Valley)  
                    Hole 11 – Hume White (Spring Valley)  
                    Hole 15 – Juris Briedis (Brighton)  

Lucky Door Prizes 
                   1^st – Bottle of Wine won by Paul Stewart (Green Acres) 
                   2^nd – Bottle of Wine won by Richard Bland (Camberwell)  
 
Thanks to Yarra Yarra Golf club for donating the 2 Bottles of Wine. 

Next Games 

Monday 1^st September – Rosebud Country Club – North Course 
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 25^th August. 

Our last game before the Winter Break was played at Patterson River Golf club. It was a very chilly morning when we arrived and the conditions got some what challenging as it got very windy. The course was in excellent condition, with the greens quite tricky and plenty of water hazards to be wary of. 

We had 43 players brave the windy conditions, with 1 visitor David Lightfoot (Lakeside Albert Park). 

The A Grade Winner was Phil Clarke (15) from Latrobe with 37 Points from runner up Juris Briedis (13) from Camberwell with 34 points. 

The B Grade Winner was Phil Moorby (36) from Northcote with 34 points from runner up Steve Holmes (19) from Camberwell on 32 points. 

The NTP’s: Hole 2 – Colin Monson (Camberwell)  
                    Hole 7 – David Lightfoot (Lakeside Albert Park)  
                    Hole 12 – Richard Harmer (Spring Valley)  
                    Hole 16 – Shay McQuade (Brighton)  

Next Games 

WINTER BREAK ! 

Monday 18^th August – Yarra Yarra Golf Club 
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 11^th August. 

Monday 1^st September – Rosebud Country Club – North Course 
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 23^th August. 

Match Report – Woodlands Golf Club (Stableford Event) – 10^th June 2025

It’s now Winter and the early forecast was for a few showers throughout the day. What a beautiful day for golf it was at the Prestigious Woodlands Golf Club, the Sun was out with a slight breeze. Because of the low numbers for the event we had to shuffle groups around for a two tee start on Holes 1 and 10, which seemed to work quite well. The course was in excellent condition with the greens running quite well, you just had to miss the deep bunkers around course.

There was a total of 35 players for this Woodlands Cup stableford event of which we had 7 members playing their first round, Kevan Fox (SGA), Colin Holmes (Heidelberg) Mike Dowsley (Brighton), Steve Holmes, Juris Briedis, Richard Bland and Tim Scrase all from Camberwell. There was only 1 Visitor Tim Chamberlain from Future Golf. Welcome to all the new members to the Melbourne Vets.

The Woodlands Cup winner on the day with a great score of 39 Points was Barry Thompson (24) from Eastern on a countback.

The A Grade Winner was Juris Briedis (15) from Camberwell with 39 Points, runner up Don Hackett (14) from Heidelberg with 34 points on a countback from Mal Dunkley (12) from Camberwell.

The B Grade Winner was Tim Scrase (26) from Camberwell with 37 points from runner up Richard Abrahams (25) from Spring Valley on 35 points.

The NTP’s: Hole 5 – Don Walker (Riversdale)      
                    Hole 8 – Mike Steventon (Northcote)              
                    Hole 11 – Don Hackett (Heidelberg)                               
                    Hole 17 – John Fellows (Lakeside Albert Park)                           

Lucky Door Prizes
                   1^st – Round of Golf for 4 at Woodlands won by Janet Gibson (Bairnsdale)
                   2^nd – Bottle of Wine won by Neil Campbell (Spring Valley)
                   3^rd  – Bottle of Wine won by Wayne Reddaway (Heritage)
                   4^th – Bottle of Wine won by Kevan Fox (SGA)
                   5^th – Book (Golf Course Guide) won by Fred Jamieson (Woodlands)

Thanks to Woodlands Golf club for donating the Round of Golf and 3 Bottles of Wine.

Next Games

Monday 23^rd June – Patterson River Golf Club
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 16^th June.

WINTER BREAK !

Monday 18^th August – Yarra Yarra Golf Club
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 11^th August.

Match Report – Cranbourne Golf Club (Stableford Event) – 26^th May 2025

It’s almost winter and a very cold morning, greeted us with strong wind gusts to make the golf quite tricky, Especially into a few of the long par 4’s and the well bunkered par 3’s. The course was in excellent condition for a championship golf course that Cranbourne is.

We had a great turnout for the MDVGA 2 for 1 deal, where a Member could bring a guest for free. There was a total of 62 players for this stableford event of which we had 1 member playing their first round, Vito Sgro from the Italian Golf Association. There were 20 Visitors from golf courses around Melbourne and of those, Welcome to the 7 visitors who joined the MDVGA on the day.

The A Grade Winner on the day was Paul Matthews (17) from Rosanna with 32 Points on a countback from the runner up Don Walker (17) from Riversdale.

The B Grade Winner was Bill Riddle (23) from Howlong with 38 points from runner up David McLaren (23) from Spring Valley on 37 points on a countback from Mike Steventon (22) from Northcote.

The NTP’s: Hole 3 – Conrad Groen (Lakeside Albert Park)             
                    Hole 8 – Paul Ferguson (Latrobe)                     
                    Hole 12 – Harry Pantelidis (Northcote)                                        
                    Hole 14 – Kevan Fox (SGA)                  

Next Games

Tuesday 10^th June – Woodlands Golf Club
Event – Woodland Cup! Best Stableford Score
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 2^nd June.

Monday 23^rd June – Patterson River Golf Club
Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 16^th June.

It was a cracking day for golf with a light breeze for our first afternoon game at the beautiful Northern Golf club. It was supposed to be a 12:30pm shotgun start, but we had to wait for the conclusion of the school boys championships being played. We finally got going at about 1pm, the course was in excellent condition, you just had to navigate the various bunkers and water hazards throughout the course.

We had 53 golfers play the course today.

We had three Visitors, David Nichols (Bermagui), James Oakes (Yackandandah) and Harry Pantelidis from Northcote.

The A Grade Winner on the day was John Fellows (16) from Lakeside Albert Park with 42 Points and runner up James Oakes (18) from Yackandandah with 41 points.

The B Grade Winner was Rod Parry (32) from Northcote with 38 points from runner up Cec Bailey (19) from Spring Valley on 36 points on a countback from John Tanti (30) from Northcote.

The NTP’s: Hole 4 – Gavin McGregor (Lakeside Albert Park) 67 cm Hole 6 – James Oakes (Yackandandah) 80 cm Hole 14 – John Harris (Northern) 311 cm Hole 16 – Harry Pantelidis (Northcote) 820 cm

Next Games

Monday 26th May – Cranbourne Golf Club Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 19th May.

Tuesday 10th June – Woodlands Golf Club Event – Woodland Cup! Best Stableford Score Registration by 7.30am. The booking sheet opens at 5pm, Monday 2nd June.