24 October Jim Maxwell Trophy at Moore Park October 24, 2019 By PCA Admin General, Primary Club News golf, President, Jim Maxwell 0 By Nathan Reay, Management Committee and Cricket Club Captain In its second year, the Jim Maxwell Trophy was once again a huge success and is proving to be a staple of the Sydney corporate calendar leading into Christmas. The event is run by the cricket section of the charity who supported in increased numbers to enjoy a fun Friday afternoon at a quality golf course near the city. The 19th hole also proves popular and is the place to be seen post round as players, ambassadors and VIPs mixed together enjoying drinks and canapes. We were greeted with dry conditions and even some sunshine at Moore Park Golf Club on Friday 22nd November. Assisted by corporate sponsor support from A W Edwards, Allen & Unwin, Crosspoint Solutions, Ethan Group, Sura, Vocus, Golf to the Max, Red Bull and Nova Entertainment, we set off with 72 players with more friends and colleagues joining us for the after-party, not least of whom was former Aussie cricketer Alex Blackwell now Primary Club Ambassador who was interviewed by close friend of the charity and NRL great, Jimmy Smith. The event netted the Primary Club another $22k in gross profit for our charities, almost double the previous year’s result. Well done to all the players and special mention to the following: Kieran McMahon from ‘Golf to the Max’ who provided an amazing “hole in one” prize (no winners this year unfortunately for the trip to The US Masters), as well as a first rate golf weekend in the Hunter for the auction; Toby Llewellyn who brought his real estate auction skills and ran a first rate auction process; Bauer Media and their CEO Brendan Hill who were big supporters and took out a major prize in the auction; the helpers from Vocus and Nova who worked tirelessly in the run up and on the day both on and off the course (Gemma, Georgie, Rosie and Mohil); plus of course the Primary Club organisation and support team led by Geoff Verco with backing from Rob Stevenson and Nathan Dale. Special mention finally to Andy Wildblood, who came on board this year to work alongside me in building the vision for the event and growing the footprint. This proved successful and Andy was a huge factor in this by attracting new corporate backers and also further professionalising the whole day. Details for the 2020 event will be posted on our events page here in the next couple of months so keep an eye out as it is proving to be a Golf Day and night not to be missed! Related Articles From the President's Desk Crazy times! A year of drought over much of the country, then the bushfires across much of eastern Australia, then some relieving rains – not enough to drench all of the countryside, but plenty enough to seriously impact on our Sydney social cricket program and the Final of the ... Primary Club launches new online series with cricket greats The Primary Club of Australia is set to launch a new live streaming service for members and guests to hear some informative and entertaining stories from some Australian cricket great, both past and present. The free fireside chat style series will see Primary Club President and ABC radio's voice of cricket Jim ... Virtual Event Series #1 - Pat Cummins Last Tuesday we launched our 'Virtual Event' series using the Zoom video platform. Jim Maxwell along with media personality and Primary Club Ambassador, Matt De Groot had a fireside chat with the world's No.1 bowler, Australia's Vice-Captain Pat Cummins. You can watch the full 1 hour session below. This event was brought to ... Virtual Event Series #2 Mark Taylor & Greg Chappell The second fireside chat in our 'Virtual Event' series saw Jim Maxwell and media personality Matt De Groot talk to Mark Taylor (former Australian captain) and Greg Chappell (foremost Australian batsman of the 70's & 80's). You can watch the full 1 hour session below. This event was brought to ... Virtual Event Series #3 Damien Fleming & Shaun Marsh The third fireside chat in our 'Virtual Event' series saw Jim Maxwell and media personality Matt De Groot talk to Damien Fleming (former Test International) and Shaun Marsh (Australian opening batsman). You can watch the full 1 hour session below. This event was brought to us courtesy of our series ... Virtual Event Series Ep#4 Lisa Sthalekar & Alex Blackwell The fourth fireside chat in our 'Virtual Event' series saw Jim Maxwell and media personality Matt De Groot talk to Lisa Sthalekar & Alex Blackwell (both Former National captains and Primary Club Ambassadors). You can watch the full 1 hour session below. This event was brought to us courtesy of ... Showing 0 Comment Comments are closed.