Champion of Champions
2011 Results Junior Champion Rio Watanabe also claims Champion of Champions Title
Final Round
Golf Victoria's 2011 Junior Champion, Rio Watanabe from Yarra Yarra Golf Club has clawed her way back from a 3 down deficit after 18 holes to win the Champion of Champions - 1 up at the 36th hole. Congratulations to both Rio and her opponent, Elissa Orr from Commonwealth on a fantastic contest. Many thanks to Spring Valley for hosting the event - the course in peak condition. Well done to all players in the event and the other competitors who made the matchplay rounds.
Matchplay Rounds - Final - Click Here
Round 2
Looking ominous prior to play commencing the heavens cleared to a fine but very windy day for the 2nd qualifying round of the Champion of Champions at Spring Valley. Scores tended to be a little higher than for round one. Well done again to Rio Watanabe who had another strong score of 3 over par 77 and took out the Joan Fisher Plate for the best 36 hole gross event (pictured below with GV Board Member, Sue Rea). Congratulations must also go to Grace Daniell, Metropolitan and handicap of 3, who won the Gwenda Anderson Bowl with a total nett score of 145. Click here for final scores
Round 1
November saw round one of the qualifying rounds for the 2011 Golf Victoria Champion of Champions being held at Spring Valley. Whilst the radar initially looked worrying, the day cleared up and conditions for the players were almost perfect, albeit a little steamy.
Congratulations to the Spring Valley groundstaff who had the course prepared in the most magnificent of condition, the players truly enjoying the layout.
Well done to the youngest player in the field, Rio Watanabe from Yarra Yarra, who qualified to play in the field having recently won the Golf Victoria Junior Championship, and playing off a handicap of scratch, had the round of the day with a 2 under par of 72. Click here for all scores.
FINAL RESULTS
About
The Victorian Champion of Champions Trophy was first contested in 1929 and was won three years in a row by Susie Tolhurst. The evnt sees Club, District and State Champions play off to determine whi is in fact, Victoria's Champion of Champions.
The perpetual trophy was donated by Mrs Austin Gatehouse in 1929.
For a list of past Champion of Champions click here
For the Best Nett 36 hole score in the Champion of Champions, the winner will hold the Gwenda Anderson Trophy. Gwenda Anderson is a past Victorian Ladies Golf Union and Australian Ladies Golf Union President. The trophy was first played for in 1976.
For a list of past Gwenda Anderson trophy winners click here
The Best 36 hole gross score in the Champion of Champions qualifying rounds was first played in 1979. The trophy is the Joan Fisher Plate, named after Mrs. J.D. Fisher in recognition for her contribution as a player and a member of the Victorian Ladies Golf Union Council.
For a list of past Joan Fisher trophy winners click here
Eligibility
(a) Open to the most recent female amateur Champions who hold an official Golf Australia handicap and who have won the Club Championship of a WGV affiliated golf club, Country District Championship, Victorian 72 Hole Championship (Nell Smithett), Veterans'Amateur Championship of Victoria, Victorian Business Women's Championship, Victorian Junior Championship, Victorian Country Championship, Victorian Sand Greens Championship, VictorianWomen's Golf Network and VWGL Championship between 20 October 2009 and 8 November 2010. If there is more than one Champion during this period from a club, district or event, then they must enter their most recent Champion.
(b) If a player is a Champion of more than one club and/or event and/or District, she may represent the clubs, event/s and Districts she is Champion of, so long as the Club or Ditrict she is representing completes the nominated entry form. Players entering the Champion of Champions as a State Champion need not pay the nominated entry fee.
