The aim of the GWG presidents cup is to build stronger relationships between the leadership and key roles at the clubs in West Gippsland. In recent years we have been working more closely together, and we wish to strengthen and grow relationships, especially at a board or strategic level.
Whilst clubs do, to some extent, compete with neighboring clubs for members, it is in the best interests all clubs to work together to grow the game of golf. After all a larger golfing community will result in benefits to all clubs.
There is much that clubs can learn from what others have tried, whether it was successful or not. All clubs are run by a group of volunteers and there are challenges to engage people to step up and contribute in some way at their club. When clubs meet regularly as Captains, Board members, Superintendents or Junior Coordinators, etc, there is a lot to be gained and importantly some support and learnings available for all.
In addition, who doesn’t benefit from some healthy competition? The concept of the Presidents Cup is firstly to establish some informal relationships between clubs, at all levels, starting primarily with the presidents. It is hoped that by playing together 3 times per year these relationships will be maintained. We hope the structure of this competition will continue the connections between clubs well into the future despite the inevitable changes in personnel.
Trafalgar Golf Club were wonderful hosts for round one of the President’s Cup on Saturday 21 February 2026, the course was in excellent condition, and the club was very welcoming and hospitable as we have come to expect.
The results table is below:
As can be seen by the table above, this was a very competitive opening round with only 11points separating the top 6 teams. It was wonderful to have Matt Royal, Relationship officer from Golf Australia participate, and he had a fantastic day with the highest score of 42 points, and was the best men’s score, while Christine Stevens from Churchill was the highest women’s score on 36 points.
Congratulations to the Golf West Gippsland which was fortunate to have Matt on our team and took out round one of the event with 106 points, closely followed by Garfield 99 and Churchill 107. Nearest to the pins were won by: Craig Waring and Christine Stevens on the 5th and Peter moss on the 13th.
