Local Player Takes out the 2019 Barmera Open

Rod Bedford who has played an enormous role in the success Barmera has had in pennant golf over the past few years, took out the 2019 Open in a 3 way play off. In what was a tight finish Rod won on the third play off hole. Congratulations to Rod.

It's Good News for Barmera Golf Club!
The Murray Darling Basin Commission has given us a $205,000 grant to undertake work on the kitchen, toilets and front of the clubhouse. While we have wanted to do this for some time the committee believed it was not economically feasible to do so without the help of a grant. Our big picture plan to increase our income streams is to make our clubhouse a sought after venue for conferences, weddings and milestone events. The Murray Darling Basin Commission has made this money available to regions that have been affected by drought and wish to increase employment and facilities in the regions dependent on irrigation. Naturally we are extremely grateful for the help we have now been given.
It is important to recognise the work done by Brian Finn and Paul Keane as they have been responsible for eleven grant applications in the last two or so years. Naturally they have been helped by other club members in gathering data and evidence.
Now that we have this grant, we will be working hard to get the greatest value we can for every dollar we spend. You will be hearing more about our plans and work opportunities in the near future.

Pennant Success.
For the third time in five years our men’s pennant teams have won the trophy for the most wins in the pennant minor round. Our 41.5 wins made us clear winners over Loxton (34.5) and Renmark (31.5).
This success has led both the B’Grade and C’Grade teams advancing to the grand final stage to be held at Barmera on Sunday June 2.
Our A’Grade team, the winner of the last four pennants has had a few hick-ups this season and must beat Renmark this Sunday to advance to the Grand Final. 

While on pennant success the ladies effort in coming second this year was a significant improvement. Well done to all of the lady members that contributed to this success.

Fourth green to be replaced
Normally greens have a life span of between twenty and twenty five years. The fourth green has been there since 1976 and has celebrated its forty second birthday, If you take a careful look at it you will notice that it is riddled with native couch. This makes it very difficult to place the pin in suitable positions. Consequently, we have poisoned its surrounds in preparation of placing a new fescue protected green in the area. This will happen in the next couple of weeks so that the new green will be playable before winter arrives. The design of the new green was discussed at the AGM and there are a couple of diagrams up in the clubhouse.
Using our facilities
We have upgraded many of the facilities in the clubhouse over the past two years. Naturally we desire to make our clubrooms a place of comfort after a game but we also aim to encourage others to use our amazing facilities. Recently, the Berri Barmera Educational leaders used our club for their meeting and they have just booked it for a student free day function. Flinders University have booked us for a cocktail party for 70 people and another  educational group have booked us for a whole week towards the end of April. Barmera Food & Wine Club use it for their monthly events as do the Epicurian and Bistronian clubs. Enquire now for information, if you have an upcoming event.
Objectives for 2019  
This year we have set ourselves the task of showing that Barmera Golf Club is a sustainable organization. We believe that it is but have been able to develop our course and clubhouse using land sale funds above our normal income. This work has been done to make our total facility more likely to attract golfers and the public requiring a social /conference amenity. (The clubhouse is booked for a week long conference from March 18!!)
(With this in mind we still recognize the need to develop, not stagnate, and so we chose projects from our big picture plan that are less costly but still important.
Projects to be continued are:
  • Completion of greens nursery
  • Completion of back tees on holes 5 and 12
  • Continuation of the rabbit eradication program for the machinery
  • Electronic scoring program
  • Replacement of the fourth green
  • Extra Shedding for machinery in greenkeepers compound.
  • Minor roof upgrade

Latest Results

Saturday 27th April
P. Tucker              43
J. Dawes                41
R. Mudge              39
J. Bowers              36
C. Clarke               36
B. Halupka            36
B. Finn                  36
P. Keane               36
T. Fisher               36
 
Birdies
L. Krollig 17th

Riverland Veteran's Play at Barmera. Here are some of the players enjoying the course. Click here for the link to the SA Veteran's Golf Association.

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