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MAJOR EVENT NEWS
2024 |
nnomads Golf Club
‘Major Event News 2024’
(Includes
links to articles, results, interviews with winners
and pictorial histories of each major event in 2023).
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ANZAC Day Medal (ADM), April, 2024 Date: 25/04/2024 |
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TJ Winner on nnomads GC handicap |
‘TJ Does it in the
Trenches’ Lest we forget!
There were last minute cancelations, and then oncourse withdrawals due to
injury, but the 2024 ANZAC Day Medal, remained an event you could not forget.
Yarrambat Park was in ok condition and the weather was not problematic
setting up what could only be described as a solid day in the trenches. And at the end of the day when the players climbed out, of the trenches
that is, it was close with a single stroke separating the top three players.
But it was TJ (96,21,75) who ended out in front beating The Bloke
(90,14,76) and Stavros the Greek (94,18,76) in equal 2nd
place. This meant TJ got the major Bladder points (see - Year to
date Bladder),
while The Bloke remained in top spot on the club championship leader
board (see YTD
2024 championship results). The committee congratulates TJ on
another sensational win and indeed all winners on the day. The committee
reminds members to book early for the next major event of 2024, the Victorian Open
Master Invitational Tournament (VOMIT) to be run on the long weekend in June.
(Full event report available shortly). |
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Blessed are the Big Nose’ Cup (BBNC), March 2024 Date:
29/03/2024 |
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Circuit Board Winner on nnomads GC handicap |
‘Circuit Board has a Big
Nose’ As always, the ‘Blessed are the Big Nose’ Cup was run on Good Friday at
the Growling Frog amongst hails of ‘Blessed are the cheese makers’ and
‘Blessed are the Big Noses’ as is the tradition on Good Friday.
Amongst all this frivolity, there were 8 hardy players who teed off in this
years event, promising another fantastic display of competition golf. So that did not happen, the fantastic display I mean, but Circuit
Board (106,36,70) was as close to that as you will get, winning by five
strokes over Billy Bob Thornton (102,27,75) with The Bloke
(96,15,81) a further six strokes behind. Of note was the fact that this was
the first nnomads major event Circuit Board has
ever won making the celebrations and presentations particularly special. This meant Circuit Board earned his first major Bladder points
for 2024 (see - Year to
date Bladder),
while The Bloke remained in top spot on the club championship leader board
(see YTD
2024 championship results). The committee congratulates Circuit
Board on another sensational win and indeed all winners on the day. The committee
reminds members to book early for the next major event of 2024, the ANZAC Day Medal (ADM)
to be run on ANZAC Day in April. (Full event report available shortly). |
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Shanksy
Invitational Tournament (SHiT), March 2024 Date:
12/03/2024 |
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The Bloke Winner on nnomads GC handicap |
‘The Bloke has a SHiT’ As most members know, there is one nnomads GC
major event that is not run on an annual basis, and that is the Shanksy Invitational Tournament (SHiT),
which is only run when Don Johnson visits Australia from his home in
the USA. So, this month The Don dropped into Australia for 7
days without any prior notice. This meant the SHiT
had to be organised and run with one day’s notice, somewhat limiting the size
of the field. That said, six contenders turned up at Gardiners Run on that
Tuesday morning including The Don himself, setting up a potentially
thrilling competition. But it was no surprise when The Bloke turned in a blistering one
stroke under the card performance (83,12,71), to beat Thombei
the Mist (96,20,76), by four strokes with Nurse Min (105,27,78), a
couple of strokes further back. This meant The Bloke took the major Bladder points for the day
(see - Year to
date Bladder),
and moved into top spot on the club championship leader board (see YTD
2024 championship results). The committee congratulates The
Bloke on an excellent win and indeed all winners on the day. The
committee reminds members to book early for the next major event of
2024, Blessed are the Big Nose’ Cup to be run on Good Friday late in March. (See
Full SHIT 2024 event
report). |
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Australian Master Open Kup (AMOK),
January 2024 Date:
26/01/2024 |
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TJ Winner on nnomads GC handicap |
‘TJ Runs AMOK Again As always, the first nnomads Golf Club major event
for the year, was the ‘Australian Masters Open Kup’
run at The Growling Frog on Invasion Day. This year the turnout was good with
nine contenders stepping onto the 1st tee in somewhat windy and
challenging conditions. Of note was
the fact that no player broke the 100 strokes mark in a game of ‘maximum’
which probably says a lot about nnomads golf in
2024. That said, players clearly had a lot of fun on the day illustrated by
the jocularity in the car park after the game. Within that
context, it was TJ (100,22,78) who was the standout once again,
winning by 3 strokes from equal 2nd placegetters Billy Bob
Thornton (108,27,81), and Circuit Board (117,36,81). And of
course, TJ won it last year meaning the AMOK trophy went straight back
into TJ’s large and very full trophy cabinet for another year. This meant TJ took the first major Bladder points for 2024 (see
- Year to
date Bladder),
and moved into top spot on the club championship leader board (see YTD
2024 championship results). The committee congratulates TJ on
another sensational win and indeed all winners on the day. The committee
reminds members to book early for the next major event of 2024, the first Triggered
Major for the year to be run in March. (See Full AMOK 2024 event
report). |
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