September 2010
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What happens on the Bunbury Holden Scramble Tour…
IT’S every golfer’s dream to go on tour. To hop
from one great golf course to the next where
your only worry is holing that 4-foot putt on
the last. Well they might not be teeing off with
Tiger, Phil and Geoff, but for 20 or so golfing
diehards in Bunbury, Western Australia, the
Bunbury Holden Scramble Tour (BHST) is
the next best thing.
Initiated and organised by Bunbury Holden,
the Holden Scramble Tour consists of four to
six teams that play in every Holden Scramble
sponsored by Bunbury Holden. And there are
a few! Bunbury Holden sponsor Scrambles
at Bunbury, Binningup, Capel, Donnybrook
and Sanctuary Golf Clubs, with Bunbury Golf
Club and Sanctuary Golf Resort running two
events each year.
The BHST is led by two mad keen golfers
and Bunbury Holden Dealer Principals, Mike
Fagan and Gavin Billington who play in every
Holden Scramble they can.
“Mike has been involved since the start in
’92, and I’ve been involved for about 14 years
now,” said Gavin.
The BHST started as a friendly game of golf
between friends and has now grown into a group
of nearly thirty friends and clients.
“We started with a core group of clients and
friends of myself and Michael”, said Gavin, “and
they’ve remained a part of it all this whole time.”
Paul Morgan, Head Professional at Bunbury
Golf Club and servicing Professional to some of
the smaller clubs in the area explains it’s more
than just a game of golf for those ‘on Tour.’
“There’s a bus that comes and picks them
up and every year they get something with
‘Bunbury Holden Scramble Tour’ on it. This
year they all got hats, it’s great.”
Gavin agrees, “Yeah, we normally give them
something. This year they have hats, in the past
we’ve given them things like cooler bags and
even shirts.”
Last year, a team from Bunbury qualified
to the Championship Final and Gavin went
along and supported them as the Sponsoring
The players of the 2010 Bunbury Holden Scramble Tour and (inset) Gavin Billington with his winning
team from Bunbury Holden
dealer. A keen golfer, he said he would love to be
invited back but as a player. Persistence seems
to have paid off for Gavin and his teammates
as they have recently qualified to the Regional
Finals after taking out the last event at Bunbury
Golf Club.
“Yeah it’s great!” said Gavin. “Hopefully we
can play well at the Regional Final.”
The Bunbury Holden Scramble Tour
concludes this month at the Sanctuary Golf
Resort.
Upcoming Local Event Dates
Don’t miss out on your chance to qualify
for a Regional Final! Play today
New South Wales
Barnwell Park Golf Course 3-Sep
Kiama Golf Club 3-Sep
Oatlands Golf Club 3-Sep
Brewarrina Golf Club 4-Sep
Gunnedah Golf Club 5-Sep
Tumut Golf Club 5-Sep
Cypress Lakes Golf & C Club 7-Sep
Eden Gardens Country Club 11-Sep
Gloucester Golf Club 11-Sep
Gundagai District Golf Club 11-Sep
Northbridge Golf Club 11-Sep
Dungog Golf Club 12-Sep
Glenmore Heritage Valley GC 18-Sep
Tamworth Golf Club 19-Sep
Bexley Golf Club 22-Sep
Beverley Park Golf Club 23-Sep
Gold Creek Country Club 23-Sep
Riverside Oaks Golf Club 24-Sep
Royal Australian Engineers GC 24-Sep
Charlestown Golf Club 25-Sep
Kurrajong Hills Golf Club 25-Sep
Riverlands Golf Club 25-Sep
Camden Haven Golf Club 26-Sep
Forster-Tuncurry Golf Club 26-Sep
Glen Innes Golf Club 26-Sep
Highlands Golf Club 26-Sep
Maitland Golf Club 26-Sep
Royal Military College GC 26-Sep
Singleton Golf Club 26-Sep
Terrigal Memorial C Club 26-Sep
The Ridge Golf Driving Range 27-Sep
Morisset Golf Club 29-Sep
Wollongong Golf Club 1-Oct
Leonay Golf Club 3-Oct
Woolgoolga Rsl Golf Club 4-Oct
Queanbeyan Golf Club 10-Oct
Sawtell Golf Club 10-Oct
Queensland
Paradise Palms Country Club 3-Sep
Black Springs Golf Course 4-Sep
Borneo Barracks Golf Club 4-Sep
Boyne Island Tannum Sands 4-Sep
Ballina Golf Club 5-Sep
Bowen Golf Club 5-Sep
Caboolture Golf Club 5-Sep
Home Hill Golf Club 5-Sep
Townsville Golf Club 5-Sep
Woodford Golf Club 5-Sep
Cunnamulla Golf Club 11-Sep
Norfolk Island Golf Club 11-Sep
Riverlakes Golf Course 11-Sep
Bargara Golf Club 12-Sep
Casino Golf Club 12-Sep
Wolston Park Golf Club 12-Sep
North Lakes Golf Club 18-Sep
Pine Rivers Golf Club 18-Sep
Mackay Golf Club 19-Sep
Gainsborough Greens GC 22-Sep
Cooroy Golf Club 25-Sep
Gold Coast Country Club 25-Sep
Middlemount Golf Club 25-Sep
Nanango Golf Club 25-Sep
Windaroo Lakes Golf Course 25-Sep
Gladstone Golf Club 26-Sep
Mitchell Golf Club 26-Sep
Noosa Springs Golf Club 26-Sep
Brookwater Golf Club 30-Sep
South Australia & NT
Flagstaff Hill Golf Club 3-Sep
Tea Tree Gully Golf Club 12-Sep
North Lakes Golf Course 19-Sep
The Vines Of Reynella G Club 26-Sep
Naracoorte Golf Club 4-Oct
Tasmania
Mowbray Golf Club 12-Sep
Port Sorell Golf Club 12-Sep
Riverside Golf Club 19-Sep
Claremont Golf Club 3-Oct
Victoria
Growling Frog Golf Club 3-Sep
Drouin Golf Club 4-Sep
Murray Downs Golf & C Club 5-Sep
Patterson River Country Club 5-Sep
Brighton Public Golf Course 10-Sep
Bacchus Marsh Golf Club 11-Sep
Deniliquin Golf Club 1 12-Sep
Portland Golf Club 12-Sep
Safety Beach Country Club 12-Sep
Wangaratta Golf Club 12-Sep
Yarra Valley Country Club 18-Sep
Phillip Island Golf Club 19-Sep
Riverside Golf & Tennis Centre 19-Sep
Warragul Golf Club 19-Sep
Moonah Links Resort 24-Sep
South Pines Golf Club 26-Sep
Devilbend Golf Club 1-Oct
Eynesbury Golf Course 2-Oct
Ballarat Golf Club 3-Oct
Bendigo Golf Club 3-Oct
Rich River Golf Club 3-Oct
Sale Golf Club 3-Oct
Warrnambool Golf Club 3-Oct
Portsea Golf Club 4-Oct
Western Australia
Newdegate Golf Club 11-Sep
Collie Golf Club 12-Sep
The Cut Golf Club 15-Sep
Sanctuary Golf Resort 19-Sep
Sun City Country Club 26-Sep
Women’s Holden Scramble Dates
VIC Sandhurst Club 7-Sep
NSW Murrumbidgee CC 12-Sep
QLD Pioneer Valley GClub 12-Sep
WA Mosman Park Golf Club 13-Sep
SA Naracoorte Golf Club 14-Sep
SA Lucindale Golf Club 17-Sep
VIC Portsea Golf Club 17-Sep
WA Royal Fremantle Golf Club 19-Sep
WA Bunbury Golf Club 19-Sep
TAS Port Sorell Golf Club 19-Sep
WAMt Lawley Golf Club 21-Sep
QLD Gainsborough Greens GC 22-Sep
QLDBundaberg Golf Club 22-Sep
TASClaremont Golf Club 23-Sep
NSWGold Creek Country Club 26-Sep
The listed events are open events only and are open to players with an official Australian Golf handicap. For Member events please check with your PGA Professional or visit the Holden Scramble website www.holdenscramble.com
