Date: May 18, 2009
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Arafura gold for Arthur and Roach

Former National Squad members Bree Arthur (QLD) and Justin Roach (NSW) took out the gold medals in the individual golf events at the 2009 Arafura Games in Darwin. Played at Darwin Golf Club, the Australian women&aposs team of Arthur, Ashlee Dewhurst (TAS) and Ebony Heard (SA) took out all three medals in the women&aposs event with Heard winning silver and Dewhurst bronze. In the Men&aposs event, Justin Roach claimed the gold medal while Stephen Speirs claimed the bronze medal. Chris Brown finished seventh. Men’sIndividual Results 1 Justin ROACH (AUS) 286 75 71 70 70 2 Greg FRASER (ADO) 296 72 76 76 72 3 Stephen SPEIRS (AUS) 296 80 68 74 74 4 Glenn KOCH (NT) 297 74 76 73 74 5 Steve ROTHERHAM (QLD) 302 78 76 77 71 6 Paul EDWARDS (NT) 303 76 75 76 76 7 Chris BROWN (AUS) 304 79 74 71 80 Women’s Individual Results 1 Bree ARTHUR (AUS) 292 76 74 74 68 2 Ebony HEARD (AUS) 301 75 79 72 75 3 Ashlee DEWHURST (AUS) 303 73 77 75 78 The Australian teams won 5 of 6 possible individual medals.