News Archive
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June 2013
- SUSSEX INLET OPEN - The Sussex Inlet Open, which is part of the Illawarra Open Series, was held in beautiful sunshine last Sunday, 16 June...
- TRI-ENNIAL MATCH AGAINST GOLF NSW - The Tri-ennial Match against Golf NSW was played on the first weekend of June and our team performed creditably against formidable opponents in the NSW Golf Squad...
- ILLAWARRA OPEN SERIES - Gentlemen There are two additions to the playing roster for the Illawarra Open Series. The Jamberoo Open has been added on 28 July 2013 and the Shoalhaven Heads Open has been added on 4 August 2013...
May 2013
- SHOALHAVEN CUP - The Shoalhaven Cup, part of the Illawarra Golf Series, was played for on 25 May and was won by Ian Asbury from Shoalhaven Heads with 69, followed by runner-up Justin Craig on 72...
- ILLAWARRA OPEN SERIES. - I don't know if anybody has realised that at any Open Event in the GolfIllawarra District you need to put IOS on your card so that we know who wantes to play in it...
- CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS - The first Champion of Champions event for many years was held at the Shoalhaven Heads Golf Club on Sunday 28th April...
April 2013
- Port Kembla 2013 winning "WHC" Team - John Ravnjak, Jim Pettit, Gary Wheeler (C), Ken Switzer, Paul Lucas, Bob Harrison, and John Farmilo.
- 2013 PENNANT SEASON FINALE - All Pennant Finals have now been completed. The Champion Teams for 2013 are: -- "Illawarra" Pennant -- Links Shell Cove defeated Wollongong 3/2 "B" Pennant -- Jamberoo defeated Moss Vale 4/1 "C" Pennant -- Links Shell Cove defeated Kiama 4/1 "White Horse Cup" -- Port Kembla defeated Kiama 3/2 "Junior" Pennant -- Links Shell Cove defeated Port Kembla 4/1...
- WHITE HORSE CUP FINAL - After a very tight struggle in both Divisions, the results were not clear until the last day of competition...
March 2013
- PENNANT FINALS - Last weekend we had another two Finals played out in perfect weather on perfect courses. The "Illawarra" pennant Final between Links Shell Cove and Wollongong turned out to be a great tussle with The Links just getting up on the last hole of the deciding match...
- 2013 PENNANTS - Here are the players that have remained unbeaten so far this season. "Illawarra" Pennant: -- David Oppert (Links Shell Cove) 5 wins out of 5 games...
- PENNANT FINALS - To all those playing in the "Illawarra" Pennant Finals. The following is an explanation of what has happened for the dates of the Finals...
- "ILLAWARRA" Pennant Finals Change - Gentlemen, Due to an oversight on my part the IDGA has had to change the dates of the "Illawarra" Pennant Semi-Finals and the Final...
- Pennant FINALS - The Finals for some of the Pennant Competitions have now been organised. In the "Illawarra" Pennant, Semi-Finals will be played at Moss Vale on 17th March commencing at 8...
- PENNANT COMPETITIONS 3 March 2013 - All Pennant Matches are on at this stage except for the "White Horse Cup" matches set down for Bowral...
February 2013
- ILLAWARRA OPEN SERIES UPDATE - Nowra Golf Club have indicated that they would like to have the Shoalhaven Cup included in the Illawarra Open Series...
- ILLAWARRA OPEN SERIES - Invitations and copies of the conditions of entry have been sent out to golfers to compete in the Illawarra Open Series...
- PENNANT ASSISTANCE - The IDGA has gratefully accepted the assistance of clubs like Port Kembla, Links Shell Cove, Wollongong, Russell Vale and Jamberoo during the time when The Grange had some troubles with their greens...
- 2013 PENNANT SEASON - The Pennant Season is about to commence tomorrow at various courses around the District. There is only one change, and that is the game between The Grange and Port Kembla, which will now be played at Port Kembla due to the course at The Grange being waterlogged...
January 2013
- CANCELLATION OF COLLEGIANS 90 - It is with deep regret that I have to report that the Collegians 90 Hole Junior Tournament has had to be cancelled due to a very poor response in entries this year...
December 2012
- COLLEGIANS 90 - The entries for the Collegians 90, to be held from 14th to 18th January 2013, are slow in coming in. Please make sure that you have sent entries in...
- 2013 Program - The NSW Mixed Fourball and NSW Men's Fourball District Finals will be held at Gerringong Golf Club on 23rd June for the Mixed and 14th July for the Men's Fourball...
October 2012
- Callala Open - Don't forget that the Callala Open will be played on the 21st October. There are still spots available to enter this event and have a great day out in the southern regions of the Illawarra.
- 2013 Pennant Season - The Draws for the Pennants, the new Pennant Rules and the 2013 Program are now able to be checked on our Fixtures Page...
- Country Championships - The Country Championships are on in the first weekend of November. Golf NSW in their wisdome has changed the format and there is now a team of 6 from the Illawarra...
September 2012
- MASTERS PENNANT FINAL RESULTS - The Masters Pennant for Illawarra has finisged with Port Kembla being victorious over Moss Vale by 6 games to 1...
June 2012
- ILLAWARRA -- NEWCASTLE TRI-ENNIAL CLASH - The Illawarra District travelled to Nelson Bay on the weekend for their tri-ennial match against Newcastle...
- MASTERS PENNANT RESULTS - In Division 23 Moss Vale are leading with two games to go by 6 points to 4 each for The Links Shell Cove and Russell Vale...
May 2012
- MASTERS PENNANTS - Results have only just come in from the 2 Divisions of the Masters Pennant. Can the officials at the Host Clubs please send the results back to the convenors as soon as possible after play...
- TRI-ENNIAL MATCH AGAINST NEWCASTLE DISTRICT - The time is fast approaching for the tri-ennial Match against the Newcastle District Golf Association...
April 2012
- PENNANT FINALS - The Finals of the 2012 Pennants have now been completed. The biggest problems we have had is the weather, followed closely by any mistakes that I may have inadvertently made...
March 2012
- LATEST PENNANT NEWS - Results have come in from Division I off the "White Horse Cup". The winners of Division I are Sussex Inlet who will now play Port Kembla in the Final at Nowra on Sunday 1st April at 7...
- LATEST PENNANT RESULTS - Did everyone notice that I left the name of the winning team out? I was just making sure if anyone checked the webpage out...
- 2012 PENNANT FINALS - The Finals are upon us already and so far the matches are as follows:--- "Illawarra: Pennant Final -- To be played at Kiama G...
- PENNANTS 2012 - We have been very fortunate during the season and have managed to play most of our matches considering the weather which brought on water-logged and damaged courses up and down the coast...
- PENNANT UPDATE - The Pennant competitions continue. The latest update for the courses to be played on Sunday 11th March 2012 are as follows: --- "Illawarra" Pennant --- At Russell Vale: --- Course is muddy but playable...
- URGENT URGENT URGENT - For the information of all Pennant players, all Pennant matches set down for this weekend have been washed out and called off due to VERY inclement weather...
February 2012
- PENNANT UPDATE - Everyone can rest easy now. All the results for the 19th February are in and are now posted on the Results Page...
- 2012 PENNANT SEASON - The 2012 Pennant Season is here at last. Despite all the recent inclement weather all games set down to play on Sunday went ahead...
January 2012
- PRIME7 90 HOLE TOURNAMENT RESULTS - The PRIME7 90 Hole Tournament finished on Friday 13th January. The Overall winner was Travis Smyth (St Michaels)...
- PRIME 7 90 Results - The Prime 7 90 is in full swing and the results durint the first 2 days show some very good gold is being played...
- PRIME 90 2012 - PRIME 90 commences on Monday 9th January, 2012. Their are fewer entries this year in comparison to the last few years...
October 2011
- Pennants 2012 - The Pennant Draw for 2012 is now available on our Fixtures Page. The "C" Pennant and the "Junior Boys" Pennants still have a few glitches but they are being fixed up...
September 2011
- New Executive for 2011 / 12 - At the AGM of the Illawarra District Golf Association, the following were voted in as the new Executive: --- President: Geoff Evans (Russell Vale) Vice President: Pat Herick (Shoalhaven Heads) Secretary-Treasurer: Derk de Vries (The Grange) Captain: Steve Harrod (Port Kembla) Vice-Captain: Mark Westhoff (Gerringong) Match Committee: Lance Fredericks (Jamberoo) Ron Adams (The Grange) Pat Herrick (Shoalhaven Heads) Golf NSW Delegate: Lance Fredericks (Jamberoo) Unfortunately Ralph Stevenson (Wollongong) declined to stand for the position of JPO but indicated that he would be of assistance whenever we need him.
August 2011
- Vale John Murphy - We are sorry to report that our esteemed Life Member, Mr John Murphy, passed away in his sleep on 10 August 2011...
- UP AND COMING - Travis Smyth has been travelling on the way up in golf. Since winning the Vic Burrows Scholarship earlier in the year he has been playing some great golf...
July 2011
- IDGA District Fourball Final - Worrigee Links played host the the District Finals of the Golf NSW Men's Fourball Championships last Sunday...
- Webpage Update - The IDGA Webpage needed a little update and revamp. Hence you can see that we have a few new pages for you to check...
June 2011
- Vale Peter Kennedy - It is with sadness that I have to report the passing of Peter Kennedy, a stalwart at the Port Kembla Golf Club...
- Port Kembla Masters Pennant - The Port Kembla Masters Pennant team has made it to the next round of matches in Sydney and after their competition there will play in the final of the Illawarra Masters Pennant against Kiama at a date yet to be decided.
- Jamberoo Flood Appeal Charity Golf Day - Jamberoo is having a Charity Golf Day in aid of the Flood Appeal. It will be on Friday, June 24 at 8...
- 2011 TRI-ENNIAL INTER-DISTRICT COMPETITION AGAINST ACT-MONARO - The tri-ennial match against the ACT-Monaro District Golf Association was played at the Links Shell Cove Golf Club this last weekend with an outstanding result for the Illawarra District...
- 2011 KENO Mixed Fourball District Final - The District Final of the Golf NSW KENO Mixed Fourball competition was played at Jamberoo on Sunday. There was some concern early in the week with the weather, but as I promised, the sun was out and the game was played in cool but excellent weather...
May 2011
- MASTERS PENNANT COMPETITION 2011 - After 2 rounds the Masters Pennant Series is well under way with beautiful cool morningsin which to play?! In Division 22 The leaders are Port Kembla with 4 points closely followed by Wollongong and The Grange...
- INTER-DISTRICT TEAMS AGAINST ACT-MONARO 2011 - The teams for the Triennial match against the ACT-Monaro Association are as follows:--- Seniors: Jason Ward (c), Lincoln Tighe, Jordan Zunic, Chris Wood, Trent cadger, Kevin Dolan-Brown, Grant Meredith, Justin Craig...
April 2011
- PENNANT FINALS 2011 - The final matches of the 2011 Pennant season were played today. In the "White Horse Cup" Final the winners were Sussex Inlet who beat Kiama in a very tight match 4 games to 3...
- PENNANT FINALS 2011 - The results of the Finals played in the "Illawarra" and "B" Pennants are as follows:-- In the "Illawarra" Pennant played at Kiama on Sunday 3 April, Port Kembla was victorious against Wollongong by 5 games to 2...
