THE 2022 Shane Doherty Memorial Tri-State Masters was held in Sunraysia from May 15-20.
This is the 29th year of the tournament after having to cancel the tournament in 2020 due to COVID-19. It was great to have the New Zealand contingent return again this year.
Sunday night at the Coomealla Memorial Sporting Club in the Auditorium saw the official opening of the tournament, with around 200 people in attendance.
Monday saw the first round take place at Mildura Golf Resort with the morning group teeing off at 7.45am and the afternoon group teeing off at 12.15pm.
Tuesday saw a social 4BBB played at Riverside Golf Club.
Wednesday was the second round of competition, this time at Riverside Golf Club.
On Thursday, there was again another social day of golf available being an Ambrose in 4s.
Friday saw the final round of the 54-hole tournament being played at Coomealla Golf Club with the morning and afternoon starts and followed by the Presentation Dinner in the Auditorium of the Coomealla Memorial Sporting Club where the 54 hole Trophies, Teams Prize, 5 year player badges, 10 year plates and 20 year medallion were presented.
This year the Men’s Champion was Rod Sargent from Mansfield Golf Club and is a back-to-back winner after winning the tournament in 2021 for the first time.
The Ladies’ Champion was Jenny Chandler from Cardinia/Beaconhills. Jenny is a first-time player at the event.
A huge thank you goes out to Mildura Golf Resort, Riverside Golf Club and Coomealla Golf Club for making their courses available again for the tournament, as well as the 44 sponsors of the Tri-State Masters and especially to the tournament staff and all the volunteers.
A great man once said, ‘It’s nice to meet nice people’ and ‘Memories live longer than Dreams’. These are two mottos that the Shane Doherty Memorial Tri-State Masters aspires to achieve each year.
The 2023 Tri-State Masters will be held in Sunraysia from May 21-26.
RESULTS
Mildura Golf Resort
Monday, May 16
Men’s A Grade
Winner: Dean Marshall (Clunes) 36 points
Runner up: Neale Price (Settlers Run) 35 points
Men’s B Grade
Winner: Jeffrey Balmer (Northern) 36 points
Runner up: Greg Smith (RAAF Williams) 35 points
Men’s C Grade
Winner: Ivan Ban (Red Cliffs ) 39 points
Runner up: Maurice O’Reilly (Mahunga N.Z.) 37 points
NTPs: 2nd Greg Smith (RAAF Williams) 698cm, 10th Dean Marshall (Clunes) 920cm, 12th Neale Price (Settlers Run) 64cm
Noel Mathison (Melton Valley) 64cm
Ladies’ A Grade
Winner: Sue Parsons (Mansfield) 33 points C/B
Runner up: Fiona Gray (Bairnsdale) 33 points
Ladies B Grade
Winner: Michelle Desaulniers (Cardinia Beaconsfield) 37 points
Runner up: Dora Stewart (Riverside) 35 points
Ladies C Grade
Winner: Diane Cox (The Sands Torquay) 33 points C/B
Runner up: Jenny Lawrence (Broken Hill) 33 points
NTPs: 2nd Sue Wood (Bairnsdale) 519cm, 10th Jodie Deacon (Kooyonga) 1085cm, 12th Jenny Jeffreys (Portsea) 378cm
Riverside Golf Club
Wednesday, May 18
Men’s A Grade
Winner: David Gardiner (Riverside ) 40 points
Runner up: Domenic Bonaddio (Cranbourne) 36 points C/B, Steven Spooner (Coomealla) 36 points
Men’s B Grade
Winner: Jeff Balmer (Northern) 35 points
Runner up: Steven Patching (Loxton) 33 points
Men’s C Grade
Winner: Gary Stewart (Bairnsdale) 36 points
Runner up: Josh Lee (Riverside) 33 points C/B, Shane Brook (Mansfield) 33 points
NTPs: 4th Joe Borg (Heyfield) 117cm, 7th Mick Keating (Woodend) 81cm, 12th Domenic Bonaddioa (Cranbourne) 1095cm, 18th Brian Slocombe (Melton Valley) 242cm
Ladies A Grade
Winner: Lyn Mayne (Broken Hill) 38 points
Runner up: Julie Payne (Traralgon) 37 points
Ladies’ B Grade
Winner: Jane Derham (Royal Melbourne) 39 points
Runner up: Linda Brook (Mansfield) 35 points
Ladies’ C Grade
Winner: Shelly Comerford (Mansfield) 33 points
Runner up: Margaret Johnson (Kiama) 31 points C/B, Libby Michell (Cardinia Beaconhills) 31 points
NTPs: 4th Liz Worms (Hope Island) 248cm, 7th June Tickell (Trafalgar) 397cm, 12th Glenys Anderson (Mildura) 147cm, 18th Trish Swan (Kiama) 393cm
Coomealla Golf Club
Friday, May 20
Men’s A Grade
Winner: Rod Sargent (Mansfield) 37 points C/B
Runner up: Roger Worms (Hope Island) 37 points
Men’s B Grade
Winner: Greg Gallienne (Devil Bend) 37 points
Runner up: Ron Smalley (Sale) 36 points C/B, Gavin Harrington (Mildura) 36 points
Men’s C Grade
Winner: Roger Williams (Belvoir Park) 37 points
Runner up: Shane Brook (Mansfield) 34 points
NTPs: 3rd John Daffy (Redland Bay) 960cm
7th Roger Worms (Hope Island) 31cm
11th Charlie Adornetto (Curlewis) 172cm
18th Rod Sargent (Traralgon) 129cm
Ladies’ A Grade
Winner Liz Worms (Hope Island) 35 points C/B
Runner up: June Tickell (Trafalgar) 35 points
Ladies’ B Grade
Winner: Michelle Desaulniers (Cardinia/Beaconhills) 36 points C/B
Runner up: Linda Jakubans (Coomealla) 36 points
Ladies’ C Grade
Winner: Shelly Comerford (Mansfield) 37 points C/B
Runner up: Libby Michell (Cardinia/Beaconhills) 37 points
NTPs: 3rd Julie Payne (Traralgon) 550cm, 7th June Tickell (Trafalgar) 294cm, 11th Patsy Stamp (The Grange) 300cm, 18th Lyn Mayne (Broken Hill) 674cm
Riverside Golf Club, 4BBB
Tuesday, May 17
Winners: Troy Germane (Riverside) and Brad Hooper (Blackwood) 42 pts
Runners up: Aileen Armour (Burnley) and Lorraine Berra (The Dunes) 41 pts C/B
Third: John Reynolds (The Grange) & Peter Fox (Northern) 41pts
Men’s NTPs: 4th John Reynolds (The Grange) 265cm, 7th Tony Irvine (Southport) 315cm, 18th Brad Hooper (Blackwood) 245cm
Ladies NTPs: 12th Aileen Armour (Burnley) 792cm, 18th Ruth Iser (Axedale) 520cm
Coomealla Golf Club, 4-person Ambrose
Thursday, May 19
Winners: Brian Slocombe (Melton Valley), Isabel Slocombe (Melton Valley), Noel Mathison (Melton Valley), John Reynolds (The Grange) 65 – 8 = 57 nett
Runners up: Rod Sargent (Mansfield), Sheryl Sargent (Mansfield), Mark Deacon (Highercombe), Jodie Deacon (Kooyonga) 62 – 3.5 = 58.5 nett
Third: Robert Stamp (The Grange), Patsy Stamp (The Grange), Christine Fraser (Woodlands), Shelly Comerford (Blackwood) 70 – 10.25 = 58.75 nett
Fourth: Lyn Mayne (Broken Hill), Jannette Ralph (Broken Hill), Paul Dautzenberg (Warrick), Greg Gallienne (Devil Bend) 69 – 9.88 = 59.12 net
Men’s NTPs: 3rd Fred Erkamps (RACV Creswick) 600cm, 7th John Reynolds (The Grange) 181cm, 11th John Daffy (Redlands Bay) 365cm, 18th Gary Johnson (Kiama) 76cm
Ladies NTPs: 3rd Jodie Deacon (Kooyonga) 698cm, 7th Tina Cook (Bright) 340cm, 11th Sheryl Sargent (Mansfield) 232cmTri State 54-hole results
Ladies Super Vets
Winner: Dora Stewart (Riverside) 98 pts. R/up: Sue Parsons (Mansfield) 90 pts
Men’s Super Vets
Winner: Gavin Harrington (Mildura) 95 pts. R/up: Bruce Keenan (Yarraview) 93 pts
Ladies’ Vets
Winner: Jane Derham (Royal Melbourne) 104 pts. R/up: Lyn Mayne (Broken Hill) 95 pts
Men’s Vets
Winner: Domenic Bonaddio (Cranbourne) 99 pts. R/up: Greg Gallienne (Devil Bend) 94 pts
Ladies’ C Grade Stableford
Winner: Shelly Comerford (Mansfield) 100 pts. R/up: Libby Michell (Cardinia Beacon Hills) 91 pts
Men’s C Grade Stableford
Winner: Shane Brook (Mansfield) 95 pts. R/up: Jim Thomson (Future Golf Member) 93 pts
Ladies’ B Grade Stableford
Winner: Michelle Desaulniers (Cardinia Beacon Hills) 106 pts. R/up: Jenny Patching (Loxton) 96 pts
Men’s B Grade Stableford
Winner: Jeff Balmer (Northern) 104 pts. R/up: Kerry Gallagher (Werribee Park) 95 pts
Ladies A Grade Stableford
Winner: Julie Payne (Traralgon) 96 pts. R/up: Liz Worms (Hope Island) 95 pts
Men’s A Grade Stableford
Winner: Dean Marshall (Clunes) 100 pts. R/up: David Bath (Belvoir Park) 94 pts
Ladies’ Seniors
Winner: June Tickell (Trafalgar) 88-93-83 264 strokes. R/up: Jenny Jeffreys (Portsea) 91-89-87 267 strokes
Men’s Seniors
Winner: Roger Worms (Hope Island) 80-82-71 233 strokes. R/up: Paul Ekkleboom (Blackwood) 84-88-83 255 strokes
Ladies’ A Grade Scratch
Winner: Jenny Chandler (Cardinia Beacon Hills) 85-85-87 257 strokes. R/up: Jodie Deacon (Kooyonga) 85-91-88 264 strokes
Men’s A Grade Scratch
Winner: Rod Sargent (Mansfield) 80-80-73 233 strokes (won in a playoff to Roger Worms, men’s Men’s Seniors winner). R/up: Troy Germane (Riverside) 85-77-79 241 strokes
NTPs for the Week (competition rounds): (Tournament) Roger Worms (Hope Island) – 7th at Coomealla 31cm, (Social) Garry Johnson (Kiama) – 18th at Coomealla 76 cm
Teams winner: 1. Jenny Chandler (Cardinia Beacon Hills) 2. Michelle Desaulniers (Cardinia Beacon Hills) 3. Tracey Brown (Cardinia Beacon Hills) 4. Peter Brown (Cardinia Beacon Hills) 371 pts
