The NSW Inter-Service Golf Championship was conducted at Thurgoona Golf Course on the Murray River from October 22-28, with the Navy team was weakened considerably by six last-minute changes, mainly due to work commitments.

This left Navy with 15 players from a possible 17, meaning team manager CPO Tony Yarnold was also required to take to the course in what is potentially his last appearance for Navy.

Unfortunately this was not necessarily to the team's advantage with CPO Yarnold being nicknamed 'The Don' after two successive scores over 100 preceding the team events.

The Feltix Cup was taken out by RAAF, a 17-player strong team that looked hard to beat from the outset. Army also suffered work commitment shortfalls fielding only 12.

Navy did take out the dress stakes, however both RAAF and Army are creeping up on Navy with team uniforms of a high standard.

The NSW Navy champion 2000 was team captain PO Peter Simpson of ALBATROSS with a score of 159 over two rounds.

The Navy team sponsor, Bellinger Instruments of Rydalmere, has supported Navy golf for several years, in particular the inter-service team. Their support has been nothing less than outstanding and much appreciated by Navy golfers.

The final NSW Navy team, aka 'The Thurgoona 15' was: AB Frank Green, AB Paul Triffet, LS James Bowden, LS Glenn Petersen, LS Graeme Reilly, PO Ike Bamford (Selector), PO Byron Dunkley, PO Tom Kolosko, PO Mark Nowakowski, PO Peter Simpson (captain), CPO Peter Calvert, CPO Timo Maensivu, CPO Brendan Woodsell, CPO Tony Yarnold (manager) and LEUT Dave Barnes.