Date: January 15, 2011
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Lake Macquarie Amateurs

Visit the championship webpage Between 13-23 January, Belmont Golf Club on the NSW Central Coast will again host the Greater Building Society Men&aposs and Women&aposs Lake Macquarie Amateur championships. A host of Australia&aposs top men and women will compete including Ashley Ona (QLD), Whitney Hillier (WA), Jessica Speechley (WA), Ryan McCarthy (TAS), Rory Bourke (VIC) and Matt Steiger (NSW). Earlier this year, now professional Kieran Pratt cruised to victory at 21-under, setting a new tournament record. Pratt broke the previous record set by Peter O Malley and Danny Lee at 20-under. In the third round he equalled the course record set by Jason Day in 2003 with a brilliant 63. In the 2010 women&aposs championship, Tamworth local Julia Boland won her third consecutive Women&aposs Lake Macquarie Amateur.