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The 2021 Bushranger Cup Results
The 18th Bushranger Cup returned to the Mornington Peninsula and was played on three great golf courses on the weekend of March 26 – 28. This year we had eight teams of ferocious and semi-articulate highwaymen line up to contest the greatest prize in Australian social golf.
As is the tradition, the reigning champions are considered the most recent and the most infamous of all bushrangers, and so they have the honour of competing as The Kelly Gang and they tee off in R1 wearing helmets. The event details were:
When: Friday, Saturday & Sunday March 26, 27 & 28 2021
Where: The Cups, Cape Schanck & Moonah Legends
What: 45 holes of mayhem over three days
How: Staying in Deluxe Villas at the Moonah Links Golf Academy.
Who: Mates playing & laughing in teams of four
Why: For loads of fun, trophies & prizes
We had 14 exclusive Bushrangers attending who have played 10 Cups or more:
Arbeige, Bastros, Crocko, Dee, Diesal, Dubs, Hatman, Hendo,
Kingo, Luggo, Simmo, Quigley, The Hominator & The Rose.
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The 2021 Cup started in classic fashion at The Cups Course at The Dunes Golf Links with a superb sunny afternoon and the golf course in great condition with fast greens. Things were (sort of) tight early with just five shots between second and seventh place, but we did have one bolter with a clutch of great scores to take a solid lead and another mob drop anchor to be well off the pace. The Canvas Town Mob held a six shot lead over The Ben Hall Gang with nearly everyone else close, except The Kelly Gang who blew up and were 16 shots behind the leaders.
Saturday at Cape Schanck was an intriguing day with superb conditions again and all hell broke loose on the scoreboard. Three teams had a great score (60, 62 & 63) that vaulted them into contention and there were four higher scores (70, 70, 70 & 73) that brought the leaders back to the field and removed two more teams from contention. When the dust had settled, there was traditional BR Saturday night leader-board mayhem with just two shots separating the top four teams and another team four back. This set up for yet another crazy last day ever at the BR Cup with these five teams all very much in contention going into the final day and the tournament.
On Sunday we had another perfect day for golf on the Legends Course at Moonah Links. To the uninitiated, everything looked normal, but as it was the Bushranger Cup all hell broke loose once again in the final round. Every team made a few birdies and every team had their chances but no one took control and we were heading for another blanket finish, until the Freaks approached the green of the par five 6th hole.
Near the green in tow and trying for an up and down for birdie, the freaks holed out for eagle and that sparked a run where they went 6 under par through six holes in the middle of their round to blow things wide open and march off with the Cup with a brilliant final round. In classic Bushranger Cup style, the Freaks knew Foxy could not stay for presentation, so they snuck off with the Cup on Saturday night and took a premature victory photo of the team celebrating their win (see below). Every team always predicts they are going to win, but this is taking that to another level. Thanks to all the teams who played, congrats to the teams who played well and enjoyed the spoils and we can’t wait to do it all again next year.
Above we see the new Kelly Gang (Stephen Foxwell, Brett Simpson, Greg Cousins & Tim Holroyd) basking
in the glow of their mighty victory before receiving the greatest prize in Australian golf - The Bushranger Cup.
Click here to see the 2021 Bushranger Cup Program.
Click here for the Bushranger Golf Facebook Photo Albums for all the 2021 pictures.
Click here to check out all the Old-School BRG Picasa Galleries (up to 2014).
Click here for the Bushranger Golf Facebook Page.
The Tee times for Round One were:
Group 1
3:30pm
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Group 2
3:39pm
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Group 3
3:48pm
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Group 4
3:57pm
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Nick Honey
Greg Cousins
Ian Crotty
Richard Fellner
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Tom Tomlin
Fraser Gough
Cameron Dunn
Kirk Hayward
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Dave Pollock
Dennis Williams
Peter Calverley
Rob Lugton
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Dave Warwick
Clinton Mayes
Ian Steer
Dean Mitchell
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Group 5
4:06pm
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Group 6
4:15pm
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Group 7
4:24pm
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Group 8
4:33pm
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Roger Brown
Pete Russell
Stephen Foxwell
Mark Henderson
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Michael David
Gav Doran
Tim Holroyd
Craig Jukes
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Matthew Pitt
Mick Van Raay
Paul White
Phil Peacock
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Sebastian Shand
Brett Simpson
Leon Doyle
Darren Nelson
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First Round Nett Scores
The Kelly Gang
Matthew Pitt
Roger Brown
Michael David
Nick Honey
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32
40
36
40
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Str/bark Creek Freaks
Brett Simpson
Stephen Foxwell
Greg Cousins
Tim Holroyd
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35
29
30
40
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The Cpt Melvilles
Ian Crotty
Sebastian Shand
Fraser Gough
Mick Van Raay
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29
30
42
38 |
Aaron Sherritt Gang
Dave Warwick
Dave Pollock
Tom Tomlin
Phil Peacock
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31
34
29
36 |
Canvas Town Mob
Gav Doran
Peter Calverley
Ian Steer
Paul White
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30
28
27
29
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Ben Hall Gang
Mark Henderson
Leon Doyle
Richard Fellner
Cameron Dunn
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30
37
32
32
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Cpt Moonlite Gang
Kirk Hayward
Rob Lugton
Darren Nelson
Dean Mitchell
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35
31
35
35
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The Harry Power Gang
Paul White
Clinton Mayes
Craig Jukes
Dennis Williams
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30
36
39
29
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Second Round Nett Scores
The Kelly Gang
Matthew Pitt
Roger Brown
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65
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Str/bark Creek Freaks
Brett Simpson
Stephen Foxwell
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67
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The Kelly Gang
Michael David
Nick Honey
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66
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Str/bark Creek Freaks
Greg Cousins
Tim Holroyd
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63
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The Cpt Melvilles
Ian Crotty
Sebastian Shand
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69
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Aaron Sherritt Gang
Dave Warwick
Dave Pollock
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73
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The Cpt Melvilles
Fraser Gough
Mick Van Raay
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62
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Aaron Sherritt Gang
Tom Tomlin
Phil Peacock
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64
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Canvas Town Mob
Gavan Doran
Ian Steer |
70
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Ben Hall Gang
Mark Henderson
Leon Doyle
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66
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Canvas Town Mob
Pete Russell
Peter Calverley |
66
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Ben Hall Gang
Richard Fellner
Cameron Dunn
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66
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Cpt Moonlite Gang
Kirk Hayward
Rob Lugton
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60
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The Harry Power Gang
Paul White
Clinton Mayes |
70
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Cpt Moonlite Gang
Darren Nelson
Dean Mitchell
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68
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The Harry Power Gang
Craig Jukes
Dennis Williams |
70
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Long Drive, NTP & Low Round Winners
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Singles
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2-ball
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4-ball
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Longest Drive
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Dennis Williams
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Fraser Gough
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Dave Warwick
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Nearest the Pin
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Pete Russell
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Roger Brown
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Clinton Mayes
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Low Round
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Canvas Town Mob
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Cpt Moonlite Gang
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Harry Power Gang
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Final Championship Scores
Place
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Gang
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Rnd 1
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Rnd 2
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Rnd 3
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Rnd 4
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Total
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Par
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1st
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Stringybark Creek Freaks
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64
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67
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63
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58
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252
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- 26
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2nd
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Captain Moonlite Gang |
66
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60
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68
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63
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257
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- 21
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3rd
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The Ben Hall Gang |
62
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66
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66
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63
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257
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- 21
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4th
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The Canvas Town Mob |
56
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70
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66
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65
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257
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- 21
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5th
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The Aaron Sherritt Gang
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63
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73
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64
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58
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258
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- 20
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= 6th
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The Harry Power Gang
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65
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70
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70
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56
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261
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- 17
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= 6th
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The Captain Melvilles |
67
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69
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62
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63
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261
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- 17
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8th
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The Kelly Gang
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72 |
65 |
66 |
60 |
263 |
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The Rounds
Round One: Friday afternoon from 3:30pm at The Cups Course at The Dunes Golf Links.
Rounds Two & Three: Saturday arvo 2-ball ambrose from 11:20am at Cape Schanck Golf Course.
Round Four: Sunday morning 4-ball ambrose from 9:00am at Moonah Links Legends Course.
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