The Australian Print Finishers Association (Apfa) have made their mark on the Australian social calendar by holding their Inaugural Ambrose Golf Day on Monday 8th May at Rosanna Gold Club in Melbourne.

The day commenced with finger food and drinks at morning registration where the 62 players got an opportunity to socialise and form their teams before teeing off shotgun style at 12 noon. 

While the weather stayed dry, there was plenty of thirst quenched on the course thanks to Alf Puglia (Precision Formecutting) and Gavin Ward’s (CP Gluing) continual drinks cart service.

After the 18 holes, teams made their way to the clubhouse for pre dinner drinks where they could meet up with non-playing guests and indulge in a bit of rest and relaxation and post game narrative. The gourmet dinner was also a great success with entertainment by comedians Gavin Ward and The Footy Show’s Andrew Startin.

Apfa’s President Mathew Powell (CP Gluing) is delighted with the feedback from players and sponsors alike: “All the feedback to date indicates it was one of the best golf days that people had been to, so we’re thrilled with the result”.

Committee member Barry Webster (The Laminating Company) is pleased that so many sponsors got on board: “it made such a difference to the day – the sponsors all had a really great time and got to do a lot of networking”. The Apfa would like to thank its sponsors: Allied Printing Machinery, As New Printing Machinery, Credit Choice, Converta Machinery, Focus Paper, Heidelberg Australia, KW Doggets, National Starch, McKenzie Ross Insurance, Muller Martini, Pre Pak Cartons and Seaga Group. Apfa would also like to thank Heidelberg Australia for donating the trophies.

Apfa would like to congratulate the following trophy winners:  

Winning Team: Ricky Bannister, Peter Manley, Andrew Lees and Geoff Chan

Second Place: Joe Kamiste, John Emmerson and Matt Ryan

Nearest The Pin (6th Hole) - Ray Lawrence;  Nearest The Pin (3rd Hole) - Steve Webb

Longest Drive (A Grade) - Steve Madin, Longest Drive (B Grade) - Ricky Bannister with a massive 290 metres!

The post event NAGA Award goes to Craig Huckstep, David Wicks and Tim Eastern who seemed to be having the most fun despite their result.

Committee member Sigrid de Castella (Budget Cutting Formes) is looking forward to next year’s event being the biggest on the printing industry’s social calendar: “we’ve just negotiated to increase the number of players to 120, so we’ve already started planning what is undoubtedly going to be a huge day”.

Whilst most sponsors have already expressed their commitment to next year’s event, limited sponsorship opportunities are still available. If you are interested in participating in or sponsoring the Apfa’s 2007 Ambrose Golf Day please contact the committee.

See photos of the day here.