Brett Kellow claims 2024 Victorian Par 3 title at Parkland

During Kellow’s round he hit 30 greens to have scores of 56, 56, 59 -171, two shots in front of Jack Nibbs from Metropolitan Golf Club.

A crowd of 30 were following the final group over the last nine holes when Nibbs was staging a comeback. Kellow bogied the 16th along with Nibbs. Nibbs then again bogied the 17th to extend the lead of Kellow down the 18th to two and taking home the title with a par.

In other local talent – Peter Barrette won the Techies Tyres Nearest the Pin hole taking home a Tyre Voucher and Drummond Golf vouchers along with B-grade 36 hole Nett Event. Paul McInnes featured in a number of winning circles taking home the C-grade Nett event and Jason McKenzie taking home the B-grade Nett event.

Other results

Nearest the pin

Round 1 – Paul McInnes – Geir Brekke – Nathan Richards

Round 2 – Jack Subweeks – Jamie Burrell – Nathan Richards

Round 3 – John Thompson – Jarred Baker – Brett Kellow

Teams Event – Terry Bryan, Peter Barrette and Paul McInnes.

36 Hole Stableford – Senior Event winner – Stephen Valentine 100 points

Round 1 – 18 hole winner Stableford

A-grade – James MacGibbon – Mooroopna 33 points

B-grade – Daryl Harrison – Kyabram Valley View 35 points

C-grade – Zane Ballagh – Clifton Springs 35 points

Round 2 – 18 Hole winner Stableford

A-grade – Austin Baker – Sanctuary Lakes 34 points

B-grade – Chris Roberts – Gardiners Run 32 points

C-grade – Luca Campanelli – Kyabram Parkland 34 points

Round 3 – 18 Hole winner Stableford

A-grade – Ian Armer – Finley 35 points

B-grade – Geoffrey Stevenson – Gardiners Run 35 points

C-grade- Tim Nelson – Kyabram Parkland 36 points

54 Holes Stableford

A-grade winner – Stephen Valentine - Kew 100 points

A-grade runner-up – Nathan Richards – Mooroopna 98 points

B-grade winner – Jason McKenzie – Kyabram Parkland 102 points

B-grade runner-up – Peter Barrette - Kyabram Parkland 100 points

C-grade winner – Paul McInnes - Kyabram Parkland 100 points

C-grade runner-up – Lenny Threlfall - Kyabram Valley View 98 points

Victorian Par 3 Championships

Winner: Brett Kellow

Runner-up: Jack Nibbs

Sincere thanks to all our volunteers for a successful running of the event and sponsors. The greens staff lead by Paul Price presented an excellent course for the two weeks and all our committees for the organization of the event – many hours by many people have contributed to another successful tournament for Parkland.