AMPUTee GOLF AUSTRALIA · On behalf of the Board of Amputee Golf Australia I would like to welcome...

PROUDLY PRESENTS

The 11Th AUSTRALIANAMPUTee GOLF OPeN

HOSTED BY COOLANGATTA AND TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB

31ST MARCh - 4Th APRIL 2014

AMPUTee GOLFAUSTRALIA

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AUSTRALIAN AMPUTEE GOLF OPEN2014

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

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2014

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

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AmpuTEE GOLF AuSTrALiA

2013 - 14

OFFiCE BEArErS ANd COmmiTTEE mEmBErS

VICE PRESIDENTIKE STALLING

PRESIDENTGRAHAM KENYON

TREASURERJOHN STALEY

SECRETARYIVAN WALKER

DEAN MCSPORRAN TRUDI TASSONE SUE NELSON

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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

SECrETAriES rEpOrT 2013 - 2014

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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.

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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.

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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

2014 COmpETiTOr LiST

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CrAiG LiTTLEChiLd NSW

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dEAN VEiTCh NSW

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GEOFF NiChOLAS NSW

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GrAhAm KENYON VIC

iVAN WALKEr QLD

jAmES hOuriGAN IRE

jAmES NEiL NSW

jOhN STALEY VIC

LiLiAN CLAYBurN Sth A

ShANE LuKE NSW

STEVE priOr NSW

SuSAN NELSON NSW

SYd hENdErSON NSW

TErrY rAmAGE NSW

WAYNE riChES Sth A

dArrON rETi NZ

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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

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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

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TOurNAmENT TrOphiES

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• OPENRUNNERUP

• LADIESCHAMPION

• SENIORCHAMPION

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Handicap 0 - 15

diViSiON 2

Handicap 16 - 45

GrOup TWO TrOphiES

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• LADIESBESTNETSCORE

• SENIORBESTNETSCORE

• VERTERANCHAMPION

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• LEGENDSCHAMPION

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ruLES GOVErNiNG TrOphY ALLOCATiON

GrOup ONE

1. Playersmustteeofffromtheblue(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, Howeverplayersoffhigherhandicapsarenotexcludedfromplayingofftheblue markers.

• Keepinmindthatthisgroupwillbeplayingalongercourse.

GrOup TWO

4. Playerswillteeofffromthewhite(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.

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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

2013 OpEN SCOrES GrOSS

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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

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2014 TOurNAmENT SChEduLE (ALL TimES ArE NSW TimE)

mONdAY march 31st 4pm – 7.30pm

• TheBuswillleaveTwinTownsat4pm• PlayerRegistrationandOrientation• WelcomeBBQ• AllfunctionstodaywillbeheldintheGolfers’Lounge,Coolangatta&Tweed Heads Golf Club.• TheBuswillreturntoTwinTownsat7.30pm

TuESdAY April 1st 11.30am – 7pm

• TheBuswillleaveTwinTownsat11am• 2Teestartbeginning12am• PlayersshouldcongregateinthebuggyparkingareanearthePro-Shop• Buggies,playingpartnersandstartingholeswillareallocatedandwillbe indicated on the buggies.• AftertheirgameAmputeesshouldstoretheirclubsintheJunior’sGolfRoom adjoining the buggy park area. • DayPresentationswilltakeplaceintheGolfer’sLoungefollowingthegame.• TheAnnualGeneralMeetingofAGAwillbeheldintheGolfer’sLounge immediately following the Day Presentations.• TheBuswillreturntoTwinTownsat7pm

ThurSdAY April 3rd 11am – 7pm

• TheBuswillleaveTwinTownsat10.30am• OneTeestartbeginning11.30am• Buggies,playingpartnersandstartingtimewillbeallocatedandindicatedon the buggies.• PlayersshouldretrievetheirbagsfromtheJunior’sroom.• AftertheirgameAmputeesshouldstoretheirclubsintheJunior’sGolfRoom adjoining the buggy park area.• DayPresentationswilltakeplaceintheGolfer’sLoungefollowingthegame.• TheBuswillreturntoTwinTownsat7pm

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FridAY April 4th 10.30am – 5pm

• TheBuswillleaveTwinTownsat10am• 2Teestartbeginning11am• Buggies,playingpartnersandstartingtimewillbeallocatedandindicatedon the buggies.• PlayersshouldretrievetheirbagsfromtheJunior’sroom.• AftertheirgameAmputeesshouldtaketheirclubswiththemfromtheGolf Club.TheJunior’sGolfRoomadjoiningthebuggyparkareawillbeavailable until the bus leaves at 5pm for the hotel.• Playersshouldensurethattheyhaveenoughtimetoreturntothegolfclubby 7pm.• TheBuswillleaveTwinTownsat7pm• DayPresentationswillbemadeatthePresentationDinnerintheGolfClub Auditorium.• Dinnerwillbeginatapproximately7.30pmandentertainmentwillbeprovided by Jayne Henry.• TheBuswillreturntoTwinTownsat11pm

2014 TOurNAmENT SChEduLE (ALL TimES ArE NSW TimE)

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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


WEdNESdAY 2nd ApriL

Depart Twin Towns Resort - SCHEDULE NOT CONFIRMED AS YET

ThurSdAY 3rd ApriL



FridAY 4th ApriL



Depart Twin Towns Resort 7:00 pm


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