Neangar Park and Axedale Golf Club’s are co-hosting Golf Australia’s 2021 Victorian Women’s Spring Tournament. This is shaping up to be a fantastic event and one of the biggest golfing events on the 2021 calendar.

Both club’s are well underway with their preparations and have guaranteed that their courses will be in tip top condition by the time the event comes around.

In addition to the 36-hole event, those arriving early will get an opportunity to get a sneak peak of Neangar Park’s new Pitch & Putt course, with the Sunday welcoming drinks events being combined with a 5-hole shoot out! Hopefully the only bubbles will be in the golfers glasses and not a result of a mis-judged shot over the water on the final hole!

Entries can be made through Golf Australia’s website.

https://www.golf.org.au/events#/competition/2510152/info

Juniors from Golf Central Victoria clubs are invited to play in the 2nd Junior Challenge against the Ballarat District Golf Association at the Neangar Park Golf Club on Tuesday 29 June. Juniors with handicaps (between 14 and 17) will play Stableford, while kids under 14 (and those without handicaps) will play a 9 hole event.

Entry details can be found on the entry form, or contact Neangar Park’s PGA Professional Dean Dixon.

2021 Junior Challenge Entry Form

The Golf Central Victoria Sunday Pennant Finals were held today at the beautifully prepared Heathcote Golf Club.  All four divisions were hotly contested and could have gone either way.

Division 1 champions for 2021 are Belvoir Park.  Division 2 champions are Axedale. Division 3 was a grudge match between two Bendigo teams, with Bendigo White coming out on top.  Open Division saw another pennant going to Belvoir Park over the mixed team from Neangar Park.

Well done to all competitors, particularly those that came out on top!

Golf Central Victoria would like to thank Pennant Subcommittee for running pennant this year, as well as the six local clubs that hosted rounds.  Without them the event would not be possible.  Throughout the preliminary rounds there were 207 different golfers competing in 26 teams across four divisions.  There were 65 contests between clubs and 325 individual matches played on six different courses.

Some photos of the Player of the Year and Undefeated Players can be seen below.

In what must be one of the closest pennant seasons ever, the finalists in three of the four divisions came down to only one or two individual matches, and in one case, down to one hole, over the entire season!

In Division 1, last week’s ladder leaders Neangar Park Gold suffered a humiliating defeat and have been relegated to third position.  Out of the four teams vying for the finals berths, Belvoir Park and Bendigo have come out on top.

In Division 2, Axedale have snuck into the final against Belvoir Park by a single match, thanks to a gallant effort by Stu McGibbon winning on the 19th!

Division 3 also saw a number of teams battling it out for the two top spots, with Bendigo Blue also getting in by one game.  They will take on their club mates, Bendigo White.

In the Open Division there have been two teams clear at the top of the ladder for a few weeks now – Belvoir Park 1 and Neangar Park.  They played one another today in order to determine who will be favourite when they tee it up against one another in the final next week.

The finals will be played at the Heathcote Golf Club on Sunday 2 May starting at 12 noon.  A random draw has been held to allocate starting tees.  Visitors are encouraged to come along and cheer your favourite teams along.

1st tee at noon – Division 2 Belvoir Park v Axedale

5th tee at noon – Division 1 Belvoir Park v Bendigo

10th tee at noon – Division 3 Bendigo White v Bendigo Blue

15th tee at noon – Open Division Belvoir Park 1 v Neangar Park

We are still waiting on some of the Division 3 and Open results to come through, but in the meantime here are Division 1 and 2 results and ladder.

The 2021 Sunday Pennant draw is now available.  Clubs are asked to review and confirm course availability.

GCV Sunday Pennant Draw 2021 FinalV2

After cancelling pennant in 2020 due to COVID-19, the GCV Pennant season is back for 2021!  There are some minor changes being made in 2021 which will bring both the men’s and women’s seasons closer together and providing an opportunity for mixed teams to play in Open Divisions on either Sunday’s or Monday’s.

Pennant entries forms have been sent to club’s, but can also be downloaded from the GCV website.  Entries and course availability needs to be submitted by 5 February 2021 to enable course scheduling and draws to be prepared.  Final team lists are not needed until the start of the season.

GCV Pennant 2021 – Entry formV4