“Australia Day GC Tournament 2026 “was held at VCC on Friday 23rd January 2026.
Weather proved very favorable for this event and allowed the players to play unheeded in the moderate heat.
The event consisted of 6 divisions ( level play) – each with a similar handicap range and 6 players listed for each division. Divisions were sorted from the handicap listing of the 1st 36 players who entered.
Division 1 had 6 players with a handicap range of 0 to 2. Winner - Jeff Gork (Ballarat Western)
Division 2- hcp range 2-4 Winner-Tom Dixon (Sandringham)
Division 3- hcp range 4-5 Winner-Steve Podolak (Belmont)
Division 4- hcp range 6-9 Winner-Gary Dykes (Maldon)
Division 5- hcp range 9-12 Winner-Karen Connolly (Monash)
Division 6- hcp range 12-18 Winner-Janelle Morris (Belmont)
Thankyou to everyone who came and made this such a successful and social day of play. To Brimbank Croquet Club who assisted with catering for the day. It was wonderful to see players from all regions of Victoria competing and the results reflect the various regions and areas who participated. Congratulations to the players who participated for the 1st time and have now made the World Rankings list and especially to the players who used this as their 1st competition event