AMPUTEE GOLF AUSTRALIA PROUDLY PRESENTS The 11th AUSTRALIAN AMPUTEE GOLF OPEN HOSTED BY COOLANGATTA AND TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 31ST MARCH - 4th APRIL 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3...Welcome from Coolangatta & Tweed Heads G.C. 4...Amputee Golf Australia Committee 5...AGA Secretaries Report 6...Amputee Golf Open Report 7...Amputee Golf Open Report 8...MGA Insurance Brokers 9...2014 List of Competitors / Past Champions 10...Denkat 11...Ottobock 12...Player Groups for Rounds 1 & 2 13...Tournament Trophies 14...MGA Insurance Brokers 15...Ossur 16...Rules Governing Trophy Allocation 17...Budget Fasteners and Tools 18...Gross Results 2013 19...Nett Results 2013 20...Sponsors 21...Tournament Schedule 22...Tournament Schedule 23...Bus Schedule 24...Event Sponsors 2
Welcome from Amputee Golf Australia On behalf of the Board of Amputee Golf Australia I would like to welcome all of you to the 11th Australian Amputee Golf Open. This will be the fifth time that our National event has been held at and so for many of you attending this week I am sure that it will feel like returning home, for those who are experiencing their first visit to this great golf club, I know it will soon feel like home, enjoy your stay. At this time I would like to take the opportunity to especially thank our event sponsors and volunteers. Without the assistance of these wonderful people and companies over the years, our event would no longer exist and we are indebted to them for their support. Please support them in return. Our thanks also extend to the Board, Members and Staff of Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club for allowing us to stage our event at their club. Once again their green-staff have presented us with a well prepared venue and I am certain that you will enjoy playing a challenging course in fine condition. This year we have re-named one age division and introduced another to cater for our ageing population so to speak. The Super Senior Division for those 60 years and above will now be known as our Veterans and those 70 years and above will have the Legends Championship to play for. We hope that these two divisions will give more incentive to those within these age groups to be competitive and also to reap their just rewards. Enjoy your golf, but also make sure that you spend some social time with your fellow competitors and their guests. You are in the company of many fine, friendly and knowledgeable people, take the time get to know them. I guarantee it will enhance your overall experience of attending the Aussie Open, our tournament motto isn t more than golf for no reason at all. Have a Great Week, Happy Golfing and Good Luck! Cheers! Graham Kenyon President, Amputee Golf Australia 3
AMPUTEE GOLF AUSTRALIA 2013-14 office bearers and committee MEMBERS PRESIDENT GRAHAM KENYON VICE PRESIDENT IKE STALLING SECRETARY IVAN WALKER TREASURER JOHN STALEY Dean McSporran TRUDI TASSONE SUE NELSON 4
SECRETARIES Report 2013-2014 First let me thank members for electing me to this position. Though the AGA has not been overly active with correspondence during 2013-2014, there were a few Inward Correspondence Letters. Letters were received from the QAGA and Notices of Acceptances of sponsorship were submitted by new sponsors Hilti Australia, Speciality Products Group, Sunbrella Australia and Fragam Tools. Outward Correspondence as well as a response to QAGA s letter consisted of Sponsorship Letters to Hilti Australia, Fragam Tools, Speciality Products Group, Green Bins and Sunbrella Australia. Several approaches were also made to other various companies and government bodies for sponsorships and funding, but no other favourable responses were received. As you will be able to see, thankfully we continue to receive substantial support from our old guard major sponsor MGA Insurance Brokers, Ossur, Ottobock and Budget Fasteners. Surfside Buslines are once again our Transporters, Summit Press our Printers and the Good Guys once more are providing trophy goods. These stalwarts together with our new sponsors mentioned above are the reason our Open continues to exist, when possible please support them in return. Of course we are most grateful to all of our sponsors both large and small, but a notable mention should be made regarding Denkat Truck Bodies who having sponsored our event last year, have seen fit to considerably increase their support this year and become our second largest sponsor. Lastly, although our overall number of competitors is down this year, we are sure that our promotional plans, proposed venues and reduced costing will help promote an increase in our attendance for 2015 and beyond. Enjoy your week and we look forward to you continuing your support of your event in the future. Yours in Golf Ivan Walker Secretary AGA 5
2013 Australian Amputee Golf Open Report 2013 saw a landmark for amputee golf Downunder with the 10th Anniversary of the Australian Amputee Golf Open being celebrated. Appropriately the event returned to Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club, the home of Australian amputee golf for this celebration and so too did many participants of the Inaugural event which was held in 2004, including Andy Vinten who travelled from England with his lovely wife Margaret to also celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary here in Oz. Being a popular venue of our amputees, the Aussie Open had been held at Cooly on three previous occasions, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The course which is located at the southern end of Australia s Gold Coast, is rated in the top 25 (public accessible) courses in Australia and provides a good test for the elite golfer whilst at the same time being both amputee and long handicapper friendly. Located in such a beautiful part of Australia the surrounding area provides many various activities and points of interest for the visitor, including the Best beaches in the World and World famous surf breaks. We were fortunate to have several International players attend our anniversary including Kenny Bontz USA, Andrew Vinten and Kevin Barby from England, James Hourigan Ireland and our favourite Kiwi Wayne Johnson. Of our visitors Kenny provided the most serious competition for the main event and played some great golf, making the final group of four players for the last round. After a couple of hiccups on the last two holes he eventually came 3rd Overall. However his result didn t seem to deter him from having a great time off the course. Unfortunately long-time competitor, Geoff Nicholas was unable to compete due to work commitments. Usually we are treated to an interesting event with 3 great Aussie golfers vying for our title and this will again be the case in 2014. All have won the event previously and whilst being the best of friends off course they are serious rivals on it. 6
The eventual winner for 2013 was Steve Prior, with Shane Luke a close second. Our Ladies Champion was again Trudy Tassone, Senior Champion Craig Littlechild and Super Senior Graham Kenyon. An interesting side note to our Open winner is that Steve Prior has NEVER been beaten by another arm amputee anywhere, so if you are an army and reckon you ve got the goods, he s waiting to take up your challenge. (Also our Open has never been won by an International player, so there s another challenge). Unfortunately Kenny, Kevin, Andy and Wayne won t be returning this year, but James Hourigan Ireland and Darron Reti from NZ are hoping to provide good competition for our boys. If you are thinking of trying a future Aussie Open we d love to see you! We re a friendly bunch, we serve ice cold beer in copious quantities, have great tucker and enjoy having a fantastic time with our friends both old and new. Not to mention we play a bit of golf in between. 7
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2014 COMPETITOR LIST BARRY WILLIAMS VIC JAMES NEIL NSW CRAIG LITTLECHILD NSW JOHN STALEY VIC DAVID HENDREN NSW LILIAN CLAYBURN Sth A DEAN VEITCH NSW SHANE LUKE NSW FRED STUDD Sth A STEVE PRIOR NSW GEOFF NICHOLAS NSW SUSAN NELSON NSW GRAHAM COX QLD SYD HENDERSON NSW GRAHAM KENYON VIC TERRY RAMAGE NSW IVAN WALKER QLD WAYNE RICHES Sth A JAMES HOURIGAN IRE DARRON RETI NZ PAST CHAMPIONS 2004 GEOFF NICHOLAS 2005 SHANE LUKE 2006 SHANE LUKE 2007 SHANE LUKE 2008 GEOFF NICHOLAS 2009 STEVE PRIOR 2010 SHANE LUKE 2011 STEVE PRIOR 2012 SHANE LUKE 2013 STEVE PRIOR 9
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PLAYER GROUPS FOR ROUNDS 1 AND 2 ROUND 1 ROUND 2 1ST TEE 1ST TEE Group 1 DAVID HENDREN Group 1 STEVE PRIOR 12:00 PM JAMES NEIL 11:30 AM JAMES HOURIGAN SHANE LUKE SYD HENDERSON SUSAN NELSON IVAN WALKER Group 2 DEAN VEITCH Group 2 SHANE LUKE 12:08 PM GEOFF NICHOLAS 11:38 AM TERRY RAMAGE SYD HENDERSON GRAHAM KENYON GRAHAM KENYON WAYNE RICHES Group 3 STEVE PRIOR Group 3 FRED STUDD 12:16 PM TERRY RAMAGE 11:46 AM GRAHAM COX WAYNE RICHES JAMES NEIL DARRON RETI GEOFF NICHOLAS 10TH TEE Group 1 BARRY WILLIAMS Group 4 BARRY WILLIAMS 12:00 AM FRED STUDD 11:54 AM CRAIG LITTLECHILD IVAN WALKER DAVID HENDREN LILIAN CLAYBURN DEAN VEITCH Group 2 CRAIG LITTLECHILD Group 5 SUSAN NELSON 12:08 PM GRAHAM COX 12:02 PM LILIAN CLAYBURN JAMES HOURIGAN JOHN STALEY JOHN STALEY DARRON RETI 12
TOURNAMENT TROPHIES GROUP ONE TROPHIES (GROSS SCORES) OPEN CHAMPION OPEN RUNNER UP LADIES CHAMPION SENIOR CHAMPION GROUP TWO TROPHIES OPEN BEST NET SCORE LADIES BEST NET SCORE SENIOR BEST NET SCORE VERTERAN CHAMPION VERTERAN BEST NET SCORE LEGENDS CHAMPION CATEGORY TROPHIES ABOVE ELBOW BEST NET SCORE DIVISION 1 Handicap 0-15 DIVISION 2 Handicap 16-45 BELOW ELBOW BEST NET SCORE ABOVE KNEE BEST NET SCORE BELOW KNEE BEST NET SCORE MULTI AMP BEST NET SCORE 13
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RULES GOVERNING TROPHY ALLOCATION GROUP ONE 1. Players must tee off from the blue (back) markers 2. Players are eligible for relevant trophies in both group one and two (I.E. They can win either a gross or net score trophy) 3. It is suggested that players with handicaps from 0-19 play in this group, However players off higher handicaps are not excluded from playing off the blue markers. Keep in mind that this group will be playing a longer course. GROUP TWO 4. Players will tee off from the white (forward) markers. 5. Players are not eligible for group one trophies. 6. This group is suggested for players with handicaps of 20 or greater. EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE RULES 1. Ladies will play from the ladies tees. 2. All amputees can choose to play from either the blue or white markers. 3. By playing from the white markers super senior players will still be eligible for the group one super senior champion trophy (gross score). 4. However, by playing from the white markers super senior players will be ineligible for all other group one trophies. Players are only able to win either one group one or one group two trophy. In cases where a player is eligible to win more than one trophy, the trophy awarded to the player, will be the trophy of greatest achievement. 16
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2013 open scores gross NAME AMP GROUP AGE GROUP ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 TOTAL G STEVE PRIOR BE 76 75 77 228 SHANE LUKE AK 74 79 77 230 KENNY BONTZ BK 76 78 77 231 JAMES HOURIGAN M 85 88 81 254 CRAIG LITTLECHILD AK S 84 86 85 255 IKE STALLING BE S 86 87 87 260 GRAHAM KENYON BK SS 85 93 93 271 GARY WATTS BK 94 88 92 274 MIKE HUTCHINSON AE S 97 94 95 286 KEVIN BARBY AE SS 95 90 106 291 KEVIN MICHAEL BK SS 101 93 101 295 IVAN WALKER BK SS 104 100 91 295 BEN TULLIPAN M 98 100 98 296 DEAN McSPORRAN BE 102 96 104 302 SCOTT SMITH AK 96 109 97 302 JAMES NEIL BK 95 102 106 303 SID HENDERSON M SS 101 107 99 307 LEE NGAUAMO AE 103 109 101 313 ANDREW WATSON BK S 99 106 109 314 DAVID HENDREN BK SS 98 110 110 318 GRAHAM COX BE SS 104 105 111 320 JAMIE BOSS AE 116 106 99 321 TRUDY TASSONE BK SS 107 111 112 330 WAYNE JOHNSON AE SS 111 115 109 335 TERRY RAMAGE AE SS 116 125 104 345 ANDREW VINTEN AE S 117 121 110 348 JOHN STALEY M SS 119 118 122 359 SUSAN NELSON BE SS 119 120 121 360 LILLIAN CLAYBURN BK SS 145 148 139 432 WARRICK DENMEAD AE 131 122 200 453 18
2013 open scores nett NAME AMP H/C ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 TOTAL KENNY BONTZ BK 4 72 74 73 219 SHANE LUKE AK 2 72 77 75 224 IKE STALLING BE 12 74 75 75 224 GRAHAM COX BE 32 72 73 79 224 GARY WATTS BK 15 79 73 77 229 STEVE PRIOR BE 1 77 76 78 231 CRAIG LITTLECHILD AK 8 76 78 77 231 JAMIE BOSS AE 30 86 76 69 231 TRUDY TASSONE BK 33 74 78 79 231 MIKE HUTCHINSON AE 18 79 76 77 232 KEVIN MICHAEL BK 21 80 72 80 232 BEN TULLIPAN M 21 77 79 77 233 DEAN Mc SPORRAN BE 23 79 73 81 233 WAYNE JOHNSON AE 34 77 81 75 233 SID HENDERSON M 24 77 83 75 235 GRAHAM KENYON BK 11 74 82 82 238 SCOTT SMITH AK 21 75 88 76 239 JAMES HOURIGAN M 4 81 84 77 242 ANDREW WATSON BK 24 75 82 85 242 KEVIN BARBY AE 15 80 75 91 246 LEE NGAUAMO AE 22 81 87 79 247 IVAN WALKER BK 15 89 85 76 250 JOHN STALEY M 36 83 82 86 251 JAMES NEIL BK 17 78 85 89 252 DAVID HENDREN BK 19 79 91 91 261 SUSAN NELSON BE 32 87 88 89 264 TERRY RAMAGE AE 22 94 103 82 279 ANDREW VINTEN AE 20 97 101 90 288 LILLIAN CLAYBURN BK 44 101 104 95 300 WARRICK DENMEAD AE 36 95 86 164 345 19
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2014 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (All times are NSW Time) MONDAY March 31st 4pm 7.30pm The Bus will leave Twin Towns at 4pm Player Registration and Orientation Welcome BBQ All functions today will be held in the Golfers Lounge, Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club. The Bus will return to Twin Towns at 7.30 pm TUESDAY April 1st 11.30am 7pm The Bus will leave Twin Towns at 11am 2 Tee start beginning 12am Players should congregate in the buggy parking area near the Pro- Shop Buggies, playing partners and starting holes will are allocated and will be indicated on the buggies. After their game Amputees should store their clubs in the Junior s Golf Room adjoining the buggy park area. Day Presentations will take place in the Golfer s Lounge following the game. The Annual General Meeting of AGA will be held in the Golfer s Lounge immediately following the Day Presentations. The Bus will return to Twin Towns at 7pm THURSDAY April 3rd 11am 7pm The Bus will leave Twin Towns at 10.30am One Tee start beginning 11.30am Buggies, playing partners and starting time will be allocated and indicated on the buggies. Players should retrieve their bags from the Junior s room. After their game Amputees should store their clubs in the Junior s Golf Room adjoining the buggy park area. Day Presentations will take place in the Golfer s Lounge following the game. The Bus will return to Twin Towns at 7pm 21
2014 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (All times are NSW Time) FRIDAY April 4th 10.30am 5pm The Bus will leave Twin Towns at 10am 2 Tee start beginning 11am Buggies, playing partners and starting time will be allocated and indicated on the buggies. Players should retrieve their bags from the Junior s room. After their game Amputees should take their clubs with them from the Golf Club. The Junior s Golf Room adjoining the buggy park area will be available until the bus leaves at 5pm for the hotel. Players should ensure that they have enough time to return to the golf club by 7pm. The Bus will leave Twin Towns at 7pm Day Presentations will be made at the Presentation Dinner in the Golf Club Auditorium. Dinner will begin at approximately 7.30pm and entertainment will be provided by Jayne Henry. The Bus will return to Twin Towns at 11pm 22
Bus Transport Schedule (All times are NSW Time) MONDAY 31st MARCH Depart Twin Towns Resort 4:00 pm Depart Coolangatta Golf Club 7:30 pm TUESDAY 1st APRIL Depart Twin Towns Resort 11:00 am Depart Coolangatta Golf Club 7:00 pm WEDNESDAY 2nd APRIL Depart Twin Towns Resort - SCHEDULE NOT CONFIRMED AS YET THURSDAY 3rd APRIL Depart Twin Towns Resort 10:30 am Depart Coolangatta Golf Club 7:00 pm FRIDAY 4th APRIL Depart Twin Towns Resort 10:00 am Depart Coolangatta Golf Club 5:00 pm Depart Twin Towns Resort 7:00 pm Depart Coolangatta Golf Club 11:00 pm 23
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