The itinerary for Hunter Valley 2012 is:
19 Feb 2.00 pm Arrival at Cypress Lakes Resort in the Hunter Valley, NSW
7.00 pm Dinner and Draw for Ponds Bodega Restaurant.
20 Feb Breakfast from 6.30 am
9.04 - 9.52 am Cypress Lakes Competitions: Stableford & Pond Aggregate
21 Feb Breakfast from 6.30 am
8.00 am Hunter Valley Country Club approx 8.5 km's Competitions: Stableford & 4BBB Stableford
14.32 - 15.20 pm Cypress Lakes (Pond event). Turkey shoot (2-man teams).
22 Feb Breakfast from 6.30 am
9.04 - 9.52 am Cypress Lakes Competitions: Stableford & Multiplier
23 Feb Breakfast from 6.30 am
8.30 am Vintage Golf Club approx 7.0 km's Competitions: Stableford & Blind Partners
24 Feb Breakfast from 6.30 am
Checkout prior to hit-off
8.32 am - 9.20 am Cypress Lakes Competitions: Stroke & 4BBB Stroke
2.30-3.00 pm Final Presentations and departure for parts unknown.
Note: breakfast is included and available at Bodega Bar & Grill on site. Evening meals are not included in the price. Understand that there are plenty of options for meals in the vicinity of our accommodation.
Trophies will be awarded on the same basis as 2011, namely:
Golfing Frog will be the most points scored.
Matchplay trophy for the winner
Best Pond will be decided by combining the Pond members scores in both Individual and Team/Partner events including the Pond Event.
Lego Trophy or The Big V versus The Maroons. Matchplay competition based on teams placed in a playing order nominated by team captains before the round. Head to head competition using scores in the day's competition. 1 point for each win and ½ point for halved matches. The team with the highest overall points total at the end of the week will be declared the winner.
The competitions that will be played are still to be decided and will be confirmed closer to the event. One thing can be taken as a certainty - there will be individual and team events conducted on each round except for the traditional (or is that additional) Pond event of Tuesday afternoon. It may be decided that this will not a compulsory event and left to the discretion of each FROG to determine his participation or otherwise, but it will be included in the Pond scores and therefore impact on your chances of being the Premier Pond.
Plans have been confirmed for the inaugral FROG Matchplay Championship to be held in conjunction with the other competitions. Seeded on last years final results a draw for 32 (12 matches and 4 byes) will be held on day 1, the draw of 16 (12 winners and 4 byes) will play on day 2, 8 winners on day 3, 4 winners on day 4 and remaining 2 on the last day to determine the best "matchplayer". Matches will be based on the day's competition (ie Stableford or Stroke). Handicaps will be used with the a maximum handicap of 36.
Probable Draw for Inaugural Matchplay Championship
If you have taken the opportunity to have a look at the Hunter Region, you will have seen that there are some great courses on offer next year. For those who wish to play additional golf there are a number of other courses nearby which would be only to happy to accept your patronage.
The iseekgolf links to all the courses in the Hunter Valley are: