State Pennants
State Pennants 2021
The Golf State Pennants are an annual competition organised by Croquet NSW. The first rounds of matches are played in regions: Hunter, Northern Sydney, South Coast/ACT and South/West Sydney.
Regional matches need to be concluded by 10th September for Division 2 and 17th September for Division 3 with the winning teams from each region being invited to play in a final series to determine the Division Champions. The final round-robin series will be at CNSW HQ at Mackey Park, Tempe (Sydney) 13th-15th September (Division 2) and 20th-22nd September (Division 3).
Teams comprise 4 players and each match against another club consists of two team members in a doubles match and the other two team members in singles matches. All three matches are best of three 13-point games but with a time limit for all three games if required.
The regional competition in Division 2 comprises NB Samurai, NB Kingsley, Maitland and Newcastle National Park, playing 6 games, home and away.
The regional competition in Division 3 comprises NB Birubi, NB Fingal, EDSACC Red, EDSACC White, Maitland and Newcastle National Park, playing 3 games at home and 3 games away.
Games / Results
Division 2
Nelson Bay Samurai
versus Maitland (home), 1st April, Won 3-0
Sandy Tawa 7-3 / 6-7 / 7-2; Peter Gordon 7-3 / 7-4; Liz Friend / Karen Lilly 7-5 / 7-4
versus Maitland (away), 15th April
versus Newcastle National Park (home), 18th April
versus NB Kingsley (home), 6th June
versus NB Kingsley (away), 7th June
versus Newcastle National Park (away), tbc
Nelson Bay Kingsley
versus Maitland (away), 17th May
versus Maitland (home), 20th May
versus NB Samurai (away), 6th June
versus NB Samurai (home), 7th June
versus Newcastle National Park (home), tbc
versus Newcastle National Park (away), tbc
Division 3
Nelson Bay Birubi
versus EDSACC White (home), 28th March, Won 2-1
Rae Uptin 5-7 / 7-3 / 7-5; Sherry Gordon 7-2 / 3-7 / 6-7; Rae Black / Kay Smith 6-7 / 7-5 / 7-6
versus Toronto Tornadoes (home), 7th April, Won 2-1
Rae Uptin 7-4 / 7-5; Sherry Gordon 7-0 / 6-7 / 7-4; Rae Black / Kay Smith 3-7 / 6-7
versus Toronto Torpedoes (away), 11th April, Lost 1-2
Rae Uptin 3-7 / 7-3 / 7-5; Sherry Gordon 7-1 / 4-7 / 3-7; Rae Black / Kay Smith 5-7 / 2-7
versus NB Fingal (away), 23rd May
versus EDSACC Red (away), 30th May
versus Newcastle National Park (home), 13th June
Nelson Bay Fingal
versus NB Birubi (home), 23rd May
versus Toronto Tornadoes (away), 23rd June
versus Toronto Torpedoes (home), 18th July
versus EDSACC White (away), 26th July
versus Newcastle National Park (away), 31st July
versus EDSACC Red (home), 29th August
Team Birubi kick-off the 2021 season
Team Birubi vs Toronto at home
Team Birubi vs Toronto at Toronto
The State Pennant shirts were provided with the assistance of a grant from Port Stephens Council (plus a payment from the selected players) - the Club also thanks Total Work Wear for their sponsorship.
