The Tour would like to congratulate Beerwah Golf Club for hosing yet another fantastic Junior Classic. Despite some pretty severe storms over night, it was great to wake up to clear blue skies and a perfect day for golf which made the short drive out to Beerwah an absolute pleasure.

This year’s Ian Baker – Finch Junior Classic was their twentieth anniversary and I think most would agree that Beerwah really does do a great job in hosting this event. It would have to be one of the best run Junior Classics or Opens on the Sunshine Coast and I believe most enjoyed the day with some fantastic results being recorded.

I, like most, believe it’s terrific to see the Ian Baker – Finch Junior Classic go from strength to strength as it’s always been a “Must Do Event” for all junior golfers as they set their Calendars at the start of each season.

The IBF Classic has been held at the Beerwah Golf Club since its inception in 1992 and is accepted as one of the most prestigious junior events in the country (certainly in Queensland) and is proudly sponsored by Ian Baker – Finch and Australian Zoo with this year’s winners “Annie Choi and Lucas Harris heading to Perth to contest the Handa Junior Masters courtesy of Ian Baker - Finch!

The weather for the day was just perfect and the course was in excellent condition thanks to the hard working team at Beerwah, led by John Mellish (Head Professional), Glen Watkins (Men’s Captain) Joan Harvey (Junior Co ordinator), along with their caterers, bar staff and ground staff who did a brilliant job preparing the course and hosting the day.

A big thanks to Annie Bermejo for doing a brilliant job on the BBQ, she made a lot of people very happy. “The Burgers are better at Beerwah”.

The organizers were absolutely thrilled with the outcome and just as importantly with the standard and caliber of players that are coming up through the ranks, I’m sure everyone would agree that The Tour’s much richer because of the standards our juniors are setting and for the way they play the game!!!


The Tour would like to congratulate Annie Choi (Robina Woods) and Lucas Harris (Pelican Waters) for winning the 2011 Ian Baker – Finch / Australian Zoo Junior Classic with scores of 71 – 71 nett and 69 – 70 nett respectively.

By winning Beerwah’s Junior Classic, both Annie and Lucas have qualified for The Invincibles IGA Sunshine Coast Junior Masters Championship which will be hosted by Twin Waters, Peregian Springs, Noosa Springs and Pelican Waters during the September school holidays, 2012.


Congratulations to Luke Siddle for winning the Hyatt Regency Coolum Course Cup with a fine 67 nett. Luke’s win qualifies him for the 2011 Hyatt Regency Coolum Gold Cup of Cups Championship which will be hosted by the Hyatt on the Sunday prior to the Australian PGA Championship (Sunday November 20).



Congratulations must also go to Daniel Stringfellow (Nudgee) for his brilliant effort in achieving a “Hole in One” after playing the perfect eight iron into the very challenging 149 meter, par three 16th. Well done Daniel from everyone on Tour!!!!

As everyone is aware, The Invincibles Tour has long held a dream of setting in place a Junior Golfing Tour on the Sunshine Coast that encourages 100 plus competitors to participate at each and every junior classic or Open the Sunshine Coast hosts and we can’t see any valid reason why this can’t be achieved, “CAN YOU”. We believe the Sunshine Coast has the perfect environment, our courses are second to none, our climate is perfect and we have a committed group of volunteers to make sure we set in place a program that we can all be proud of and I believe, if we work together we’ll give ourselves every opportunity to succeed and achieve our goals.

So let’s take up the challenge? I would like to take this opportunity to thank both Frank Schmidt and Keith Stockill for their fantastic effort in keeping our stats and records up to date! Many thanks to Neil Charkow (website1000) for the brilliant job he does in keeping our website up to date so we all stay well informed with what’s happening on The Tour!!!

I would like to thank our committee members and their partners for focusing on what’s important and that is to raise the standards within junior golf on the Sunshine Coast so all our juniors get every opportunity to enjoy their golf and reach their full potential!!! The Tour would like to thank their sponsors and supporters for their support because without their support and trust we wouldn’t be able to achieve our goals!!!

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