Veterans' Championship
Event Date: 7-10 June, 2010
Venue: Trentham Golf Club
H'Cap Limit: 30
Entries Open: 29 March
Entries Close: 23 April
2009 Victorian Amateur Veterans' Champion Anna Mason
Anna crowned 2009 Victorian Veterans' Champion
Kew's Anna Mason continued her blistering form in the Victorian Veterans' Championship at Bright Country Golf Club to take out the title in resounding fashion.
"I got up early in the match and was 5up at the turn - I feel like I just played steadily and then just held on," Anna said after her win.
Anna played Tocumwal's Sue Pappas in the 18 hole final but needed just 13 holes to put away her opponent, winning convincingly with a 6/5 margin.
"Sue missed a couple of putts but birdied the 6th and 10th holes to stay in touch," Anna added.
The affable Kew Lady President was thrilled to emulate the feats of her close friend and club mentor Dorothy Sellers, who also won the title in 1988 at Rossdale Golf Club.
Beechworth's Glenda Marshall won the 55-59 years final comfortably against Yarrawonga and Border's Anna Castles 5/4.
Kew Golf Club picked up its second title of the week when Louise Hall defeated Commercial Golf Resort's Billie Carden to win the 60-64 years Veterans Division.
Royal Melbourne's Letitia Shelton, the 1998 Veterans' Champion and runner-up in last year's event, failed to qualify for this year's Championship title, however has taken out the 65-69 years Division, defeating Anglesea's Vida Brenner 4/3.
The final of the 70 years and over age Division ended in thrilling circumstances, with Wangaratta's Margaret Price taking 22 holes to beat the oldest competitor in the field, Yarrawonga and Border's Heather Baxter.
Beechworth's Glenda Marshall will play in the 55-59 years final of the Veteran's tomorrow at Bright
Anna charges into the 2009 Veterans final
Kew golfer Anna Mason has stormed into the final of the 2009 Victorian Amateur Veterans' Championship at Bright Country Golf Club.
In her quarter final clash with Anglesea's Margot Parton this morning, Anna dismissed Margot with a resounding 5/4 victory to advance to this afternoon's semi final.
Anna, a 6-marker, downed Yarrawonga and Border's Karen Droop 3/2 in the semi final and will start tomorrow's Championship final a clear favourite to take out the title.
In the second semi final, Tocumwal's Sue Pappas defeated Trafalgar's June Tickell in a much closer contest 1up.
Sue, a 12-marker, earlier in the day defeated Southern's Sue Wright 7/6 in their quarter final encounter, with Karen Droop knocking out Southern's other contender Marion Peasley 8/7.
Age Division Semi-final results:
55-59 years: Anna Castles (Yarrawonga & Border) d Judy Thomson (Shepparton) 2up, Glenda Marshall (Beechworth) d Liz Jackman (Horsham) 6/5.
60-64 years: Billie Carden (Commercial Golf Resort) d Libby Barker (Bright) 4/3, Louise Hall (Kew) d Margaret Osment (Hawkvalley Ladies) 4/3.
65-69 years: Leititia Shelton (Royal Melbourne) d Pam Barker (Yarrawonga & Border) 3/2, Vida Brenner (Anglesea) d Heather Campbell (Anglesea) 4/3.
70 and over: Margaret Price (Wangaratta) d Rhelma Barnett (Anglesea) 6/5, Heather Baxter (Yarrawonga & Border) d Pam Nankervis (Beechworth) 4/2.
Kew's Anna Mason 2009 top qualifier at Bright
Kew's Anna Mason shot an impressive round of 81 to qualify in the top spot of the 2009 Victorian Amateur Veterans' Championship at Bright Country Golf Club today.
Anna, an experienced 6-marker, got off to a nervous start with a triple bogey 8 on the first hole but managed to hold it together beautifully.
Anna birdied the Par 5 ninth hole, bogeyed the 10th and then finished with 8 straight pars, four shots clear of the second top qualifier, Trafalgar's June Tickell.
The next top 4 qualifiers were clear cut, however local hope Shirley Penny, Anglesea's Margot Parton and Commercial Golf Resort's Billie Carden were forced into a 3-way playoff for the final 2 places in the quarter-finals.
All 3 players shot 88, with Bright 21-marker Shirly impressing everyone, surviving the playoff with Margot Parton, to advance to the next stage in the Championship.
Top 8 Qualifiers: Anna Mason 81, June Tickell 85, Susan Pappas (Tocumwal) 85, Karen Droop (Yarrawonga & Border) 87, Marion Peasley (Southern) 87, Sue Wright (Southern) 87, Shirley Penny 88, Margot Parton 88.
Age Division Qualifiers:
55-59 years: Anna Castles (Yarrawonga & Border) 89, Elizabeth Jackman (Horsham) 91, Glenda Marshall (Beechworth) 95, Judith Thomson (Shepparton) 102.
60-64 years: Billie Carden (Commercial Golf Resort) 88, Margaret Osment (Hawkvalley Ladies) 91, Louise Hall (Kew) 91, Coral Ward (Beechworth) 92.
65-69 years: Letitia Shelton (Royal Melbourne) 94, Vida Brenner (Anglesea) 94, Heather Campbell (Anglesea) 97, Pam Barker (Yarrawonga) 97.
70 and over: Margaret Price (Wangaratta) 93, Heather Baxter (Yarrawonga & Border) 94, Pam Nankervis (Beechworth) 100, Rhelma Barnett (Anglesea) 102.
About
The Veterans Championship Cup was donated by Mrs. J. B. Bellair in 1931. The event is open to amateur golfers who hold a current Golf Australia handicap and are aged 55 years and over as at the first day of play.
The event is divided into age brackets:
- 55 - 59 years
- 60 - 64 years
- 65 - 69 years
- 70 years and over
Following an 18 hole stroke qualifying round, the leading eight players qualify to play knock-out matchplay over the second and third days of the tournament. Those who do not qualify for the Championship matchplay are eligible to win their respective age events. The leading four players in each age group will contest knock-out matchplay.
WGV presents trophies to:
- Championship winner
- Championship runner up
- Best gross score (qualifying round)
- Best nett score (qualifying round)
- Best nett score for a player aged 65 or over
- Winner and runner up in each age category
Past Results
To view a full list of past Veteran's Champions click here.
