72nd Motor Trades Golf Day

Some of the automotive industry’s best – or at least most enthusiastic – golfers took to the fairways of the Virginia Golf Club in Brisbane at the beginning of September to battle for the title, and a year’s worth of bragging rights, at the 72nd Motor Trades Golf Day.

16 teams, comprising some 60 players representing more than 25 businesses, swung into action early on the cool, overcast morning of September 2nd to play the 18 holes of the Virginia Golf Club course in a competition run under Ambrose rules – where the location of the single best shot from the team is used by all team members for their subsequent shots.

There was plenty of talent spread across the course with no one team running away from the field. The result was a close-run thing, but it was the team from QG Auto Electrical & Air Conditioning comprising Quentin Gill, Wayne Gill, Allan Cutts, and Charlie Corser who came up aces, securing the championship title with a score of 52.

Not far behind, with a score of 55.25, was the combination team from EMoS Australia and Bartons Motor Group. The competition’s youngest player, 11-year-old Sam Proskefalas, was part of that team along with his father Harry Proskefalas, and together with Simon Wallis and Justin Bath, this group played a blinder to clinch the runner-up spot.

A couple of ‘nearest the pin’ competitions were held on Hole 3 and Hole 12 as the teams played through the course, with Bruce Coates from Active Forklift Service picking up the win on Hole 3, and Peter Smale on Hole 12.

While there’s always a competitive edge to the play, the Motor Trades Golf Day is as much about bringing members of the Queensland automotive industry together to have some fun, do a bit of networking, and relax, as is it is about perfecting the back-swing, hitting the fairway, or scoring a birdie, and the 19th Hole proved the perfect place for a bit of friendly banter over a few beers and some good food.

MTA Queensland would like to thank our event sponsors for supporting the Motor Trades Golf Day: Bartons Motor Group, Capricorn, Youngcare, Cooldrive, and Virginia Golf Club.

See you again you in 2023!

Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (September 2022) 

8 September 2022