- 29 January 2003 - The tradition of piping in the Captain of the Golf Club
from the famous Royal and Ancient Club of St.
Andrews in Scotland, which has taken place for the
past 150 years, continued at Sandhurst Club in
Carrum Downs on Australia Day.
Honorary Captain of Sandhurst Golf Club, and course
designer Peter Thomson C.B.E., A.O., after being piped
to the first tee by local piper David McNamara, hit the
first ball on the new course to commence the 2003
golfing year at Sandhurst Club.
In the tradition registered caddies of the Royal and
Ancient Club vie for the right to retrieve the ball from
the fairway for a place in the history books and a gold
sovereign.
Lewis Blake wins the Honour
Lewis Blake aged ten, a future resident of Sandhurst
Club, was successful from a group of twenty five
children to gain the honour of returning the ball to
Peter Thomson.
PGA raises the Flag
A special flag raising ceremony saw the Australian,
Sandhurst Club and PGA Flags raised for the first time
at Sandhurst Club as Piper David McNamara played the
national anthem Advance Australia Fair.
Speaking at the Australia Day event, Chairman of
Sandhurst Club Joint Venture Ken Roche told Golf Club
members and residents the project was on track and
the plans for the $8 million clubhouse were to be
finalised within the next two weeks.
Sandhurst Club already has over 450 playing members
and it is aimed to have around 700 members by the
time the North Course opens in the summer of 2003 /
2004.
Mr Roche reported that construction was proceeding
well on the North Course with tees and bunkers being
formed and sprigging of all fairways to commence in
the next week.
The recycled water project with A grade water
coming from the Eastern Treatment Plant would see a
million buckets a day of recycled water used on
Sandhurst Club golf courses is now in place ensuring
the sustainability of the project.
Sandhurst Club featuring two golf courses and 1850
residences will become home to around 4500 people
and already has pre-land sales of $70 million with the
first homes to begin construction in February.
Company Website: http://www.sandhurst.com
