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Tasmania’s golf croquet team hatches national championships plan at Government House

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Tasmania’s state golf croquet team has taken to the green at Government House to practise ahead of the national championships being played in the state next month. It is the first time Tasmania has hosted the championships, and while the local team is accustomed to placing sixth out of six, they are eyeing off the […]

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Members decline slows to trickle

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The medium-term trend of membership decline in Australian golf clubs appears to have slowed to negligible levels, says Stephen Pitt CEO Golf Australia. This is the main positive to arise from Golf Australia’s 2014 National Golf Participation Report released recently, along with a big increase in rounds of golf played. The main points are: · […]

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Golf club maker hopes to keep 400yo tradition of using rams’ horns, wood and lead alive with apprentice

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A traditional golf club maker in Tasmania’s north-east says he hopes to pass on his centuries-old craft to the next generation by hiring an apprentice. Ross Baker works out of a small workshop at Barnbougle golf course at Bridport in the state’s north-east. Mr Baker believes he is the only professional golf club maker using […]

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