Bill Medley Shield


The Bill Medley Shield (BMS) is an interclub men’s vets competition between the 8 Group 12 Clubs.
The cost of participation is $35 which includes lunch.
In recent years, the interest of Port Macquarie Men’s Vets members in the BMS has not been great. 2026 provides an opportunity for you to show your support for the BMS, not only to enjoy the company of other Group 12 golfers, but assist in returning PMGC Men’s Vets to a leading position among our rival clubs.
Over several years, Bob Stewart has worked tirelessly as our BMS Coordinator. Bob has decided the time is right for retirement. Many thanks for your efforts, Bob. In 2026, Gary Kemp, Gary Smith, with a little help from me, will coordinate our BMS efforts in winning this competition.

BMS Dates 2026
Crescent Head – Fri 13th Feb
Emerald Downs – Mon 16th Mar
Wauchope – Fri 17th Apr
Kew – Fri 2nd May
Kempsey – Fri 10th Jul
Port Macquarie – Mon 24th Aug
Frederickton – Wed 16th Sep
South West Rocks – Fri 30th Oct

The nomination sheet for each event will be on the Men’s Vets Notice Board (downstairs near the scanners) about 3 to 4 weeks prior. We want as many members as possible to enter in these events for all clubs except for Crescent Head and Frederickton, which, due to the nature of their courses, will be restricted to 10 and 14 entries respectively.

Group 12 Championships
It is expected that the 2026 Championships will be held at Frederickton sometime in July. Date to be confirmed.

Course Renovation Visit
Our course will be closed for play on the 9th, 10th and 11th March. A trip to Nambucca Heads is being planned for interested members. Further details and a nomination sheet will be on our Notice Board in February 2026.

On behalf of our Captain, Paul Atkin and Committee, Gary Smith, Dennis Geisker and John Tracey, thank you for your support of our competition in 2025.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all.

Neil Beecroft
Chairman
PMGC Men’s Vets

 

MV 2025 Club Championship Results

The 2025 Vets Club Champion is Terry Davis with a score of 152, 7 shots in front of the rest of the field. Ron McLaren was second with 159. Terry unexpectedly was also the A Grade Champion. Kevin Byrnes won B Grade over Brian Worth. C1 Grade Champion was Peter Hearle pushing David Toulson into second. In C2, Shane Rowe was too good for Maurie Ferry. 

Well done everyone. 

Full results 2025 MV Championship Results

Age shall not deter them

Getting older does not mean getting old, age does not deter these members.

David Greentree turns 80 on March 19

David has played at least to or less than his age 32 times in the last 2 years. Over the past 5 or 6 years, his scores have not necessarily changed (generally, low to mid 80’s), however as he is ageing (Gracefully?), his good scores are now surpassed by his age. 

Lance Sykes has just turned 94.

Lance has played to or less than his age 19 times in the last 2 years. Lance’s scores have leaked out a bit lately to the mid to high 90’s, but he still can bring in the low 90’s when the occasion presents itself.

One of The Best Rules Videos Ever

Check out this video, it is incredible. Although it is from England, we play a world game and the rules are the same anywhere. Click on the link below, it is a 20 minute video, but still eye opening.

The most broken rules in golf

This is a Utube clip, so you may get adds.

Pace of Play

As of late the Pace of Play has begun to slow down. In an effort to increase the Pace of Play, please remember what you were taught when you started playing golf and reintroduce the following procedures back into your foursome.

Situation No 1 – The fairway in front of you is clear.

  1. When the first 2 members of your group have finished putting, they move to the next tee and hit off. This gives both players a spotter to see the line of the shot.
  2. Putt out when you can. Remember, 7 minutes before you got to the green, 4 players were walking all over your line.
  3. Fill out your card after you have hit.
  4. You could pick up 2 to 3 minutes a hole with this exercise.

Situation No 2 – There is more than one group on the Par 3 Tee Other than the 5th.

  1. Move to the back of the green and Call up.
  2. If you do not wish to be called up, maybe you should ask the group behind you if they wish to go ahead and let them be called.
  3. You can then wait for a gap in the field where you can have the entire hole to yourselves.
  4. Call Up does work regardless of what some think.

Situation 3 – Looking for you ball

  1. Unless you can see you own ball, you should not be looking for anyone else’s
  2. Your 3 minutes starts at the time that it takes for you to go directly to your ball, not after you have spent 3 minutes looking for your mates. If in a cart, drop one player off and go to the other ball to look.

Situation 4 – Ready golf

  1. Etiquette is wonderful as long as it includes everyone else on the course, not just your group.
  2. As long as it is safe “Hit when ready”
  3. If you are looking to see whose shot it is, it is probably yours.
  4. This includes on the green, don’t wait for someone to get to the green because they are AWAY.
  5. If you can Putt – Putt
  6. Waiting just wastes time

You are not being asked to run around the course, just to be mindful of your pace. Most players understand how easy it is to lose your position in the field and with a bit of effort it is just as easy to get back into position. You do not have to move faster, just move smarter. While it is generally the low markers job to suggest the above, handicap does not necessarily equal intelligence. Maybe you will have to make these suggestions yourself. Keep the Pace

The Waitlist

Here are some important things that most do know and others should know when using the Waitlist

  1. If there are spare spots on the timesheet, put your name there, as you will not move into empty spots automatically
  2. You will only move from the waitlist to the timesheet when someone deletes themselves. This then makes that spot available to players on the waitlist.
  3. Change the timeframe  to when you want to play. The default is 05:00 to 19:00 so unless you stipulate when you wish to play, you may just end up on the timesheet at 15:43.
  4. Check how many competition times are within your timeframe. It is no use saying you wish to play between 9 and 10 if there are no times between 9 and 10.
  5. You cannot see when others on the waitlist want to play, so you may be the first available within your timeframe
  6. If you are not on the waitlist, no one knows that you want a game.

Do you have any comments or stories?

If you have any stories or incidents that you think the rest of us need to know or at least, may find interesting or amusing, drop a line to portmacquarievets@hotmail.com or see John Tracey at the course.