18/06/2026
⛳ 2026 Members Championships Opening Weekend Wrap ⛳
Despite Mother Nature’s best efforts, the opening weekend of the Championships saw the course in great condition.
🌿 With the greens continuing to provide first-class putting surfaces thanks to Graham, Matty and the Club’s volunteers, a special tip of the hat also goes to both Matty and Ben Rosenthal for cutting and rolling the greens both days. For those who played well, maybe buy them a beer.
🏌️♀️ Starting with the Ladies, in B Grade, Kelly Cavallaro opened with a nice round of 86. And while Sunday’s round was not quite the same, she still leads Fran Lomas, with Joyce Daley sitting in third heading into the final two rounds.
In the Ladies A Grade, Lisa Spiegler provided Tracy Dickenson with a strong challenge on Saturday, finishing just two shots behind. Unfortunately, Lisa has found some Sunday misfortune and with Tracy staying consistent both days, finished with a handy lead over Lisa with Marie Pavan in third.
🏌️♂️ In the Men’s C Grade, Chris Calleja opened with a solid 74. However, like Lisa, suffered some Sunday misfortune, leaving him leading by three-shots on 156. Steve Shelley playing 'Mr Consistent' golf across the weekend is second, with Aiden Mason third on 160.
In Men's B Grade, it's a battle royale between the Club President and Club Captain, with bragging rights going first to President Troy Kopp, finishing with a two-shot lead over Gavin Camilleri. While both may be the obvious favourites for 2026, not far behind is Southern Districts Pennant Team’s secret B Grade weapon, Ben Groves and Ben Rosenthal, who possibly spends more time mowing and rolling greens than putting on them.
The Men’s A Grade opening round saw scoring below their usual quality, with one shot between all three players. Rhys Camilleri opened with 71 leading Hayden Harding and Jake Perkins, who both signed for 72.
🔥 Sunday's second round scoring saw all 3 players improve, Rhys and Hayden bettered Saturday's score by two and three shots respectively, but it was Jake Perkins’ score that was the talk of the club.
Rumoured to have received a Melbourne Storm Craig Bellamy-style motivational talk after Saturday's game, Jake's second round produced an outstanding 61 off the stick (an 11-shot turnaround) that, if not for preferred lies, would have claimed the course record. It did, however, give him a commanding lead over Rhys and Hayden heading into this weekend.
🏆 With two rounds done, there is still across all grades plenty to play for in the final two rounds, and more than enough golf left for the leaderboard to change again.
Good luck to all players, Saturday’s seeded draw will be available later this week.
