{"id":2519,"date":"2023-02-06T13:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T02:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richmondgolfclub.com.au\/cms\/?page_id=2519"},"modified":"2024-01-10T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T23:36:19","slug":"competition-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.richmondgolfclub.com.au\/cms\/competition-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><strong>Monthly Medals:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Six monthly medals are played throughout the year.\u00a0 The best 3 of 6 scores (aggregate) in each division entitle the winner to a Golf NSW medal pin to represent the club at a metropolitan play-off event held by Golf NSW and then (possibly) onwards to a State Final.<\/p>\n<p>Winning a medal during the year (either week-day or Saturday) entitles players to play for the Medal of Medals (one only and the best nett score). The Medal of Medals will be played as a stroke event.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Birdies, Gobblers and Eclectic Competition:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>These are run over the course of the golfing year for\u00a0<u>all handicapped singles events<\/u>.\u00a0 Birdies and Gobblers (a ball holed from off the green with any club including a putter) should be marked in the book provided in the Lady Member\u2019s Room. Please ensure that your marker signs the entry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eclectic scores will be calculated electronically and can be checked via the club\u2019s website (Leader boards\/Eclectic).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Trophy Events:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Trophies such as Gwen Sills, Esme Smith, JJ Walsh Bowl, Janet Giggins, the Narelle Lyons Memorial and Jannet Raams Memorial Cup &#8211; a special trophy and prize (gift or voucher) presented at the end of the year.<\/li>\n<li>Foursomes Championships \u2013played in 2 equal divisions (scratch and nett trophies).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Club championships \u2013 played in 3 divisions (scratch and nett trophies).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Season Events:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Most improved handicap\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>President\u2019s Trophy \u2013 best 5 of all stroke rounds<\/li>\n<li>Captain\u2019s trophy \u2013 highest point scorer. Points awarded for participation and competition placement<\/li>\n<li>Annette Leck Trophy \u2013 best 5 of all stableford rounds\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Top Gun:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Top Gun competition \u2013 played as an adjunct to singles competitions (best stableford score for 9 holes alternating\u00a0 between the front and back nines) with a match play style play-off for the top 10 players\u00a0 towards the end of the year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other Events:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Annual Cancer Fundraiser \u2013continuing to support Pink Finss<\/li>\n<li>Hawkesbury Classic \u2013 3 day event played at Windsor, Lynwood and Richmond<\/li>\n<li>Beauty VS Beast \u2013 stableford match played vs the Mens Vets (best 5 scores)<\/li>\n<li>Friendship Day with Penrith \u2013 stableford match played alternately at Richmond and Penrith (best 10 scores)<\/li>\n<li>Jess Parker &#8211; stableford match played alternately at Richmond and Windsor (best 5 scores)<\/li>\n<li>Christmas Gala Day (dress up) \u2013 play for hams and turkeys as prizes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Golf NSW:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Holds various events throughout the year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>GNSW Bowl Qualifier \u2013 a fund-raiser for the Ladies NSW Open which gives the best score in the state the opportunity to play during the associated pro-am. The best club level participants win a hat-pin.<\/li>\n<li>Goodwill Plate &#8211; a fundraiser for charity- best nett score state-wide wins the Plate and again the club level winner earns a hat-pin.<\/li>\n<li>Medal play-offs \u2013 see Monthly Medal discussion previous.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Championships and Meetings \u2013 various times of the year.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Coronation Medal, Bronze Medallion, Pewter Plate \u2013 teams events based on handicap divisions. Selected by the Lady\u2019s Captain to represent Richmond against other NSW clubs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further information regarding the above can be found on the Notice Board or on the Golf NSW website.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Womens Golf Nepean<\/strong><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Holds various events throughout the year<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>WGN Brooch Qualifier \u2013 played in conjunction with the 5<sup>th<\/sup>monthly medal (best nett score in 3 divisions and a Vets winner).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finals Day (for Club Championship winners, Medal division winners (including the weekend medal) and WGN Brooch qualifiers).<\/li>\n<li>Pennants \u2013 teams representing WGN clubs play match play golf. Monday Pennants is played in teams of 5 (Richmond usually fields 2 teams) and is played from May through to June (approx). Sunday Pennants is played in teams of 6 and is played from mid- September through to mid- October (approx).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>VWGA Events: <\/strong>Holds various events throughout the year for VWGA members (players 50 and over who are VWGA members \u2013 see Christine Walshaw (our Vets delegate) to join).<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Vets Challenge brooch is played in conjunction with the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0medal (awarded to the best nett score in each division plus a senior vet 70+)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The VWGA also run a series of yearly competitions which are normally kept in the Open Day Folder.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<strong>Open Days<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Many clubs also hold competitions throughout the year. Information is kept in the Open Days Folder which is kept next to the Booking terminals in the club-house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a good way to play other courses for competitive prices and in some cases at courses which are not normally available to play socially.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monthly Medals: Six monthly medals are played throughout the year.\u00a0 The best 3 of 6 scores (aggregate) in each division&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-gradient\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondgolfclub.com.au\/cms\/competition-information\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read More\">Read More <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":759,"featured_media":2520,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2519","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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