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MAJOR EVENT NEWS
2025 |
nnomads Golf Club
‘Major Event News 2025’
(Includes
links to articles, results, interviews with winners
and pictorial histories of each major event in 2025).
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‘Balnarring Invitational Tournament, November 2025 Date:
27/11/2025 |
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Maroon Breasted Warbler Winner on nnomads handicap |
‘BIT goes north once
again’ Once again, the Balnarring Invitational Tournament for 2025 was run at
Flinders Golf Club in perfect course conditions and cooler weather
conditions. Once again, player numbers were down due to short notice and a
midweek time slot, but the quality of play was outstanding. And once again it was the Maroon Breasted Warbler (100,29,71)
who easily took out the event, beating equal second place getters Nurse
Min (106,30,76) and Stavros the Greek (96,20,76). Of particular
note, was the fact that this is the third year in a row the Warbler has won
the event, meaning the BIT trophy will be heading north once again. This meant the Maroon Breasted Warbler took the major Bladder
points (see Year
to date Bladder), but did not impact on Nurse Min’s
position at the top of 2025 Club Championship leadership board (see YTD
2025 championship results). The committee congratulates Maroon Breasted Warbler on an inspiring win and indeed all
winners on the day. The committee also reminds members to book early for the
next major event of 2025,
being the Santa Decanter in late December (Full event report available soon). |
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‘Tullum Sands Callaway Classic’,
November 2025 Date:
27/11/2025 |
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Nurse Min Winner on Calaway handicap |
‘TJ wins the Melbourne Cup
Cup’ As most readers will know, the score card for Balnarring Invitational
Tournament is also used to calculate a Callaway handicap which in turn is
used to determine the winner of the Tulum Sands Callaway Classic. And as usual, the Callaway event results were very close with all
players within a four stroke range. But the standout player was Nurse Min
(106, 30,76) who edged out last year’s winner Stavros the Greek (96,21,77) by
one stroke to take the classic for 2025. This meant Nurse Min took the major Bladder points (see - Year to date Bladder). It also meant Nurse Min remained
at the top of 2025 Club Championship leader board (see YTD
2025 championship results). Note: The TSCC does not impact on the club championship. The committee congratulates Nurse
Min on another stunning win and indeed all winners on the day. The
committee reminds members to book early for the last major event of 2025,
being the Santa Decanter in late December (Full event report available soon). |
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‘Melbourne Cup Cup’, November 2025 Date:
4/11/2025 |
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TJ Winner on Calaway handicap |
‘TJ wins the Melbourne Cup
Cup’ So, the annual running of the Melbourne Cup Cup
was better than expected with almost no rain (expected to be bucketing down),
and a Yarra Bend course in excellent condition (expected to be in average
condition after wet week). And while the field was two men down (sick
Stavros, Cardinal no show), it turned out to easily meet the high
expectations of the longest running event on the nnomads
Golf Club event calendar. Of note was the absence of the two brothers Rubber Man and Pup
who have organised the event since its inception over 25 years ago.
Fortunately, TJ stepped into their big shoes, taking the reins and
running a sensational event. And of course, the field toasted the brothers in
absentia both before and after the game to acknowledge the great men who
couldn’t make it on the day. And following in the footsteps of the brothers, TJ won the event
(92,21,71), beating Curtis (90,18,72) a single stroke behind with Cinders
(113,39,74) a couple of strokes further back. Of course, this was a Callaway
event with handicaps calculated on the day. And as usual there was some
controversy associated with the scoring albeit agreement that the outcomes
were basically the same no matter which scoring approach was used. This meant TJ took the major Bladder points (see - Year to date Bladder), but could not displace Nurse
Min who remains at the top of Club Championship (see YTD
2025 championship results). The committee congratulates TJ on
another sensational win and indeed all winners on the day. The committee
sends it’s regards to the absent Brothers Rubber Man and Pup
emphasising they were sorely missed. The committee also reminds members to
book early for the next major event of 2025, being the BIT later in November. (Full event
report available soon). |
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‘Victorian Open Masters Invitational Tournament, September
2025 Date:
27/09/2025 |
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TJ Winner on nnomads GC handicap |
‘TJ has a VOMIT’ Well, the 4th nnomads Golf Club major event
for 2025, was the ‘Victorian Open Masters Invitational Tournament’ run at the Growling Frog in very
blowy conditions with cored and scarified greens making putting a nightmare.
Battling the conditions were six hearty souls who contested the event with
style and resilience rarely seen in modern nnomads
golf. And, some sensational golf was played across the group making the
outcome very close indeed. The standout
performance this time was TJ (94,21,73), who came in 1 stroke over
under the card, and 1 stroke in front of the next best player Curtis (92,18,74),
with Stavros the Greek (100,21,79) a few strokes behind them in 3rd
place. This meant TJ took the major Bladder points (see - Year to date Bladder), but could not displace Nurse
Min who remains at the top of Club Championship (see YTD
2025 championship results). The committee congratulates TJ on
a sensational win and indeed all winners on the day. The committee reminds
members to book early for the next major event of 2025, being the BIT in
either October of November. Details available shortly (See Full VOMIT 2025 event report). |
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‘ANZAC Day Medal, April 2025 Date:
25/04/2025 |
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Nurse Min Winner on nnomads GC handicap |
‘Lest we forget The
Nurses’ So, the third nnomads Golf Club major event
for 2025, was the ‘ANZAC Day Medal
run at Yarrambat Park in less than perfect conditions. Again, turnout was
down with seven contenders in the comp, but again the quality was top shelf.
The predicted rain held off until the 13th and was easy to contend
with. However, the course condition was shocking with dry hard fairways
driving huge bounce and roll, not to mention cement like conditions
everywhere else. Despite the
conditions, some excellent golf was played with several great performances.
But none could beat the standout performance of Nurse Min (98,30,68),
who came in 4 strokes under the card, and 4 strokes in front of the next best
player TJ (92,20,72), with The Bloke (88,15,73) a further
stroke behind in 3rd place. This meant Nurse Min took the major Bladder points (see - Year to date Bladder), and also maintained top spot on
the club championship leader board (see YTD
2025 championship results). The committee congratulates Nurse
Min on an emphatic win and indeed all winners on the day. The committee
reminds members to book early for the next major event of 2025, the Victorian Open Masters
Invitational Tournament (VOMIT) in June 2025. (Full event report available
shortly). |
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‘Blessed are the big Nose’ Cup (BBNC), April 2025 Date:
19/04/2025 |
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Nurse Min Winner on nnomads GC handicap |
‘The Nurse has a Big Nose’ So, the second nnomads Golf Club major event
for the 2025 year, was the ‘Blessed
are the Big Nose’ Cup, again run at the Growling Frog on ‘Nail-up’ day.
This year turnout was down with only six contenders, but the quality of those
stepping onto the 1st tee was standout. Of note was the
extremely strong winds on the day, making the conditions arduous to say the
least. At the end of
the day Nurse Min (108,32,76) and Billy Bob Thornton
(103,27,76) were both on Net 76 strokes with The Bloke (97,16,81) and Stavros
the Greek (99,18,81) five strokes further back in equal 3rd
place. Normally, this
meant there would be a chip-off between Nurse Min and Billy Bob
but for a number of controversial reasons (Mums the word), the chip off was
delayed for a week, due to be played at the ANZAC Day medal the following
Friday. And to the gallery’s dismay and disappointment Billy Bob was a
no-show, cancelling at the last minute, and giving up any claim to the
trophy. This meant Nurse Min was the rightful winner, took the major
Bladder points on offer (see - Year to
date Bladder),
and moved into top spot on the club championship leader board (see YTD
2025 championship results). The committee congratulates Nurse
Min on an excellent win and indeed all winners on the day. The committee
reminds members to book early for the next major event of 2025, the ANZAC Day Medal
on the 25th of April 2025. (Full event report available shortly). |
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Australian Master Open Kup (AMOK), January 2025 Date:
25/01/2025 |
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Circuit Board Winner on nnomads GC handicap |
‘Circuit Board Sparks at AMOK’ As always, the first nnomads Golf Club major event
for the 2025 year,
was the ‘Australian Masters Open Kup’ run at The Growling Frog on Invasion
Day. As expected, the turnout was good with eight contenders stepping onto the 1st tee
in perfect conditions for golf. With the
absence of reigning champ TJ, it was Circuit Board (109,36,73)
who stepped up, winning by 2 strokes from 2nd placegetter Curtis
(93,18,75), with Stavros the Greek (99,21,78) a few strokes further
back in 3rd place. This meant Circuit Board took the first major Bladder points for
2025 (see - Year to date
Bladder),
and moved into top spot on the club championship leader board (see YTD
2025 championship results). The committee congratulates Circuit
Board on a sensational win and indeed all winners on the day. The
committee reminds members to book early for the next major event of
2025, the Blessed are the Big Nose Cup in April 2025. (See Full AMOK 2025 event
report). |
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