NANANGO MEN'S CARNIVAL

SUNDAY 25th FEBRUARY

ENTRY $22

(includes lunch)

8am and 12:30pm SHOTGUN STARTS

18 Holes Single Stroke in 3 grades

NOMINATIONS (including GolfLink Number):
Place name on Timesheet at Club or
Call/Text Mark on 0429 619 751

It was fantastic to see the support for the Wondai Firies as people from far and wide came together on Saturday for the 7th Annual Firies Charity Golf Day to raise funds for the "RACQ Careflight Helicopter" and "Bike For Burns" charities.

Firies, golfers and wannabe golfers from Brisbane, Caboolture, Dalby, Bell and South Burnett travelled to Wondai Golf Club to support such worthy charities. Despite heavy rains and flooding the day before 70 players braved damp conditions to show their support.

Donations and sponsors were in abundance for the day. The major sponsor, Mick Guse Transport, and many local businesses were instrumental in providing much-needed support for the event. The numerous golf and novelty prizes were gratefully accepted by all but, all would agree the real winners on the day were the "RACQ Careflight Helicopter" and "Bike for Burns" charities. $3600 was raised on the day.

Raffle winners were:

• 1st prize - C Wood
• 2nd prize - J Mears
• 3rd prize - B Seymour.

Congratulations to Noel Dowdle (Murgon) for his many years of service with the South Burnett Amalgamated Golf Zone and the SC&SB District Golf Association.

District President, Dallas Furner (left) presenting Noel Dowdle with his award.

The 2^nd annual South Burnett Open Junior Golf Classic was held at Nanango Golf Club on Saturday 15^th Feb 2014 with junior golfers travelling all the way from Gympie, Bundaberg, Hatton Vale, Redcliffe, Toowoomba, Gayndah and Ormeau as well as local players from Kingaroy, Murgon and Nanango. Despite the massive hot temperatures the players returned some fine scores. 

In Boys Div1 Jed Morgan from Hatton Vale managed to hit a 70 gross while in Div2 his brother Lincoln carded a fine 82 gross. In the girls Kirsty Hodgkins carded a fine 71 gross which equalled her own course record. Kirsty comes from Redcliffe and recently was chosen as part of the Junior Girls State Team. At 15 years of age she has one of the brightest futures in ladies golf in Queensland.

Net winners were in Boys Div 1 Mitch Crossley from Kingaroy with a fine 65 while Div 2 was won by James Duncan from Gayndah with an equally fine 65. In the girls Sarah Bellars from Toowoomba with a fine 70.

A special 9 hole event was also conducted for the littlies with Caiden Priaulx from Kingaroy shooting a fine 25 net with Terren Kannan from Brisbane shooting a fine 29 net.

This event was made very possible due to the massive sponsorships from : Bendigo Bank, Vics Paving, Baileys Bobcat and Earthmoving, South Burnett Golf Equipment, Nanango Fitzroy Motel, Nanango Gas Supplies, Bob Jane T-Mart Kingaroy, Kingaroy Freight Express, Augusta Golf Carts and ALM.  

This event is held as part of the Greg Norman Junior Golf Foundation Circuit. Juniors play in as many as 30 of these events every year throughout Queensland as they chase standing points for the end of year masters.

In the South Burnett Amalgamated Golf Zone junior coaching is available with clinics at Kingaroy, Wondai, Murgon, Blackbutt and Nanango. For further information please contact the Junior Co-ordinator Bill Horner on 0428877551

Total players 34

Total Prize Value  Advertised at $1750. Actual Prizes given out $2171

 Inclement weather affected entries into this good event.

Whilst participation was down (as is most of these events late in the calendar) It was pleasing to see the talent that turned up.
There is a new tentative date for next year which will be Feb 15 2014. This should ensure a greater participation especially as it is
hoped to have a situation where the overall winners will be Masters Qualifiers.

Regards to all
Bill Horner (SBAJG Junior Co-Ordinator)

Kingaroy golfers it a clean sweep in South Burnett Golf Championships.

Kingaroy Golf Club again stamped itself as a golfing powerhouse winning all pennant titles for 2013, defending their titles for 2012.

At Nanango, the A grade was decided with Kingaroy (905) winning by a mammoth 36 shots over Nanango (941).  The Zone Championship was a competitive affair, with several players all vying for the title.  Graeme Hourn was the eventual winner with 225 edging out fellow club member Josh Walden and Wondai's Shane Bird (both on 226).  First round leader Shane Labuschewski could not continue his heroics from Proston, fading to finish equal 4th on 229.  Final pennant results were :  Kingaroy 905, Nanango 941, Wondai 945, Goomeri 992, Murgon 997. 

Murgon hosted the final of the B Grade.  Kingaroy (691) once again showed their dominance by securing an 11 shot win over Nanango (702).  Kingaroy had to withstand a very spirited comeback by local Murgon golfers as they charged home picking up 11 shots, but this was not enough.  Russell Mackay (Kingaroy) took out the B Grade championship with an overall score of 170, closely followed by Goomeri's Peter Hegarty on 171.  Final pennant results were:  Kingaroy 691, Nanango 702, Murgon 704, Blackbutt 709, Wondai 723, Kumbia 728.

C Grade was held at Kilkivan.  Kingaroy C Grade golfers were able to complete the hat trick.  Their total score of 690 led to a very convincing win,  with the next closest result to this being Goomeri (720).  Trevor Turner (Kingaroy) was crowned C Grade champion, cruising to a 7 stroke victory with a sensational 79 (total of 167).  Tied as runner ups were Mike Field (Nananago) and William Paterson (Kingaroy) with 174 total. 

Final pennant results were:  Kingaroy 690, Goomeri 720, Wondai 723, Nanango 739, Blackbutt 754, Murgon 764.

Chris Bodey (SBAGZ Director of Golf)

Kingaroy Golf Club have taken a stranglehold on 1st day of the South Burnett Golf Championships held on Sunday. Attempting to defend their Pennant titles in A B & C grades from 2012, Kingaroy Golf Club have began this year's championships in sensational fashion leading in all grades at the completion of the 1st days competition.

In A Grade, 43 players battled it out at Proston Golf Club with Kingaroy Golf Club (438 Gross) leading by a commanding 23 shots over Wondai and Nanango tied on 461 Gross.  Kingaroy Golf Club President, Shayne Labuschewski, led the way with an outstanding round of 2 under par 103 over 27 holes to take an overall lead of 5 shots in the individual championships from Shane Bird of Wondai (108).  Golf Clubs nominate teams up to 8 players with the 4 best scores to count to determine an overall pennant winner. The A Grade championships will conclude at Nanango Golf Club this Sunday in the final round.  Pennants Scores - Kingaroy 438, Wondai 461, Nanango 461, Goomeri 487, Murgon 494.

B Grade travelled to Kumbia Golf Club, with 42 players competing. Kingaroy Golfers Russell Mackay and David Black led the way with great rounds of 82 off the stick to help Kingaroy lead the B Grade Pennant by 11 shots. Nanango trail by 11 shots and Blackbutt 18 shots behind will be hoping to turn things in their favor as the B grade golfers head to Murgon Golf Club to play the final round.  Pennant Scores Kingaroy 340, Nanango 351, Blackbutt 358, Murgon 364, Kumbia 375, Wondai 376.

Kingaroy Golf Club hosted the C Grade Pennant Championships, with the home members taking full advantage playing on their home course to set up a solid lead of 22 shots.  Kingaroy players filled the leaderboards recording the 3 best gross scores of the day out of the 39 players. Trevor Turner leads his fellow Kingaroy  members Frank Anderson and Errol Dionysius by 1 and 2 shots respectively.  The C Grade Championships head north to Kilkivan Golf Club this Sunday with the golfers changing from grass greens to Sand greens to complete their Championships.  Pennant Scores Kingaroy 359, Wondai 381,  Goomeri 386,  Nanango 386,  Blackbutt 396,  Murgon 405.

Chris Bodey
Director Men's Golf
South Burnett Amalgamated Golf Zone

An excellent field of 125 players enjoyed the wonderful hospitality at Nanango Golf Club.

Congratulations to all the winners as listed below: