ACC Open Golf Division One Championships

On 27th to 30th of June, 4 of our St Joseph’s college students that were part of the recent successful ACC Open Golf Division One Championships winning golf team, competed in the Victorian Junior Amateur Championships.

Played on the NSW side of the Murray River at Cobram Barooga Golf Club (Old Course) and Tocumwal Golf Club (Captains Course), the Championship is a contested pinnacle 72-hole junior stroke events played over 4 days, which has fast become one of the most coveted titles in the country. Year after year it attracts a huge field with some of the best junior golfers from Australia and overseas assembling in chase of the title. The event is a Boys and Girls Australian Order of Merit and World Ranking event.

The boys, who are also members of the Geelong Golf Club, put in outstanding effort with some sensational individual rounds with Edward Sargeant finishing tied for 3rd in the Overall Open Stroke division and Christopher Filipowicz being named Under 16 Boys Nett Champion.

(L-R: Christopher Filipowicz, Louis Van Ingen, Edward Sargeant, James Harry)

Under 16 Boys Nett Champion – Christopher Filipowicz