Headland Headlines Articles

From Tony Durkin  ADAM AGAIN: Adam Richards has won Headland’s 2023 Men’s Match Play Championship and, reflecting a superlative career, his name will be added to the club’s Honour Board for the 20th time. In an engrossing 36-hole final on… Read More

From Tony Durkin  HOT MATCHPLAY: Saturday’s semi-final wins have resulted in two mouth-watering finals for Headland’s 2023 A Grade Matchplay Championships this coming weekend. Five-time Club Champion Adam Richards will meet youngster Ben Duncombe in the Men’s A Grade showdown… Read More

From Tony Durkin  MATCH PLAY: Three of Headland’s A Grade Men’s Pennant team members will compete in the semi-finals of the Men’s A Grade Match Play Championships, to be contested on Saturday. And three Club Championship winners have won through… Read More

From Tony Durkin  PRESIDENT PETE: Headland has elected one of its longest-serving members, Peter Raymond, as President. The 70-year-old retired hotelier, who joined Headland in 1982 and has been a continuous member since, was elected in a recent ballot and… Read More

From Tony Durkin  FIRST DOUBLE: After collecting his first-ever A Grade double – nett and gross – in Saturday’s September Monthly Medal, Andrew Stirling could not help but wonder about the vagaries of golf.  “Apart from a couple of rounds,… Read More

From Tony Durkin  ADAM WINS: Adam Rydwanski is justifiably proud to have won his second Headland Club Championships on Sunday, but maybe not as chuffed as his home-schooled kids, Blake and Charlotte. “I reckon Blake will be telling all the… Read More

From Tony Durkin BEN IS HOT: Headland’s lowest handicapped player, 19-year-old Ben Duncombe, shot the first under-par round of the 2023 Headland Men’s Championship on Sunday and appears to be in the box seat to win his first senior title… Read More

From Tony Durkin  DON’S PARTY: While he concedes he doesn’t take his golf too seriously, Don Harris did allow himself a few celebratory drinks after returning the best score in a big field of 220 in Saturday’s Single Stableford for… Read More

From Tony Durkin FINAL HURRAH: Playing his second last Monthly Medal as Headland Club President, Jon Welch has achieved a rare first. President for eight years over two separate terms, Jon won Saturday’s August Monthly Medal with 64 nett, the… Read More

From Tony Durkin  OPEN DELIGHT: Not only did Del Whittaker score her first win at an Open event in 27 years as a Headland member but, just as significantly for Del, she won her very first raffle. “I did not… Read More