LOCAL club golfer Jamie Andrews was the leading golfer and now holder of the title of Gloucester Open Champion after a par round at the Gloucester Golf Course on Sunday 27 October.

The Gloucester Open attracts golfers from all the clubs of the Lower North Coast District, from Bulahdelah to Port Macquarie.

The large field played a course in top condition, a credit to the club’s greens superintendent Anthony Ross and the club members who pitch in each week to help in the work of keeping the course in top shape.

The gross winner in A Grade and the 2024 Gloucester Open Champion was Jamie Andrews who had a par 72 round; the gross runner up in the grade was Rohan Abbott, 78.

The net winner in A grade was Ben Veitch,72, and the net Runner up, Brendon Murray. 73.

In B Grade the gross winner was Ross Johnson, 83, and the runner up Matt Hardy 88.

The net winner was Dillon Webber, 69, with the runner up, Brendon Murray on 73 net.

In C Grade the gross winner was Rod Norbury, 92, and runner up was Ted Russell, 96.

The net winner in C grade was Josh Guthrie, 69, and the net runner up was Will McInnes, 71.

The Nearest-to-the-Pin trophies at the 4th and 13th holes went to Ben Veitch, 1120 cm, Kevin Knott, 900 cm, and Josh Gresham, 1070 cm, representing the three grades.

At the 6th and 15th holes that honour went to a spectacular tee shot from Rohan Abbott who showed up the field not just his fellow A graders finishing a mere 2 cm from the hole.

In B grade Doug Blanch, 260 cm, was best as was Roy Jones, 947 cm, in C grade.

The long drives to the fairway from the teeing area at the 8th and 17th holes were won in the three grades by Jamie Andrews, Joe Sepos Snr and Joe Sepos Jnr.

By Peter WILDBLOOD