COOMEALLA
LAST Wednesday the men played for the Stableford Monthly Mug.
A Grade winner was Mark Hann 36 points and runner up Jeff Giddings, 35. Third was Ross Bowen, 35.
B Grade winner was Bernie Sprague 37 points and runner up Ken Wakefield, 37. David Porter was third, 36.
Ball winners: 15 points to 33 points
NTPs were: Neil Saunders (third, 192cm), Ross Bowen (seventh, 136cm), Mark Lee (18th, 62cm).
Friday’s Presidents Port 12-hole Medley Stableford winner was Barry Waters 20 points and runner up Tim Nunan, 20. Ball winners: (4) 19 points to 17 points.
Saturday’s men’s Stroke A Grade winner was Larry Frasca, 79-9-70 net, runner up Alan Scorer, 80-8-72, and third Cameron Stewart, 74-2-72.
B Grade winner was Paul Wright 79-13-66 net, runner up Aldo D’aminco 80-10-70, and third Rod Hunt, 82-11-71.
C Grade winner was Dean Vance 86-17-69 net, runner up Tim Nunan and third Kane Cameron. Ball winners (25) 66 net to 75 net.
NTPs were: Mark Johns (third, 450cm), Barry Waters (seventh, 161cm), Trevor Hunter (11th, 255cm), Greg Rhodes (18th, 290cm).
Sunday’s men’s Stroke A Grade winner was Darren Bottomley 77-7-70 net, runner up James Daly 71-1-70, and third Matt Bottomley.
B Grade winner was Trevor Carroll 83-12-71 net, runner up Phillip Moisidis 85-12-73, and third Darryl Laird, 89-15-74. Ball winners (17) 70 net to 75 net.
NTPs were: Shane Trinnick (third, 310cm), Ben Kerr (seventh, 200cm), Robert Pallot, (11th, 221cm), Paul Wright (18th, 320cm).
Ladies Stableford winner Lee Bottomley, 31 points.
Men’s championship A Grade scratch winner was Greg Rhodes 73/70/72/70 (285), runner up James Daly 76/73/77/71 (297), third Troy Neville 74/75/75/77 (301).
Handicap winner Greg Rhodes 74/71/73/71 (289) net, James Daly 75/72/77/70 (293).
B Grade scratch winner Wayne King 75/85/93/83 (336), runner up Ross Robertson 92/83/82/82 (339) and third Ross Bowen 86/87/83/83 (339).
Handicap winner Rod Hunt 71/77/70/76 (294) net, runner up Phillip Moisidis 77/73/73/72 (295) and third Wayne King 65/75/83/73 (296).
C Grade scratch winner was Paul Wright 82/87/79/85 (333), runner up was Murray Appleby 94/88/88/92 (362).
Handicap winner was Paul Wright 67/72/64/70 net, runner up Murray Appleby 78/72/72/76.
Ladies championship A Grade scratch winner was Sue Laird 76/79/80 (235) and runner up Lee Bottomley 84/82/80 (246).
Handicap winner was Sue Laird 72/75/77 (224) net and runner up Lee Bottomley 77/75/73 (225).
Three players tied in the B Grade scratch on 292 and after a sudden death play off Ninette Mammone was the winner 98/102/92 (292), runner up Jill Forster 94/99/99 (292) and Kylie Walters 97/97/98 (292). Handicap winner was Ninette Mammone 75/79/69 (223) net, runner up Jill Forster 72/77/77 (226).
Coming Events: Wednesday: Men’s Stableford, hit off time noon; ladies’ Spring Racing Day 4 BBB Stableford shotgun start at 9.15am. Friday: Medley 9 hole Stableford. Saturday: Rolling Pin Day Medley Stableford men versus ladies. Sunday: Medley
Stableford. Next Wednesday: men and ladies Stableford. Next Friday: Medley 18 Hole Stableford. Following Saturday: men and ladies’ Stableford. Following Sunday: Volkswagen Scramble enter online or Golf Shop. October 7: Medley Stableford.
RIVERSIDE
IN Stableford any score in the 40s is proof of an excellent round.
In the Veteran and Friends Stableford last Monday Neil Lawlor’s 43 points certainly showed he played a top game.
Bruce Liddell finished with a mighty 40 but had to settle for second place.
NTPs were: Andrew Diwell (seventh, 680cm) and Bruce Liddell (18th, 290cm).
Wednesday was Stableford for the men and a count back on 34 points gave Jamie Donaldson the win over Gary Sharman in
A Grade.
A super 41 from Tom Wilkinson gave him the honour in B Grade followed by Michael Nott with 40.
NTPs were: Tom Wilkinson (fourth, 1020cm), Laurie Riordan (12th, 150cm), Jamie Donaldson (17th, 480cm) and Kevin Challis (18th, 328cm).
Thursday the ladies played Stableford and a sensational score of 41 saw an extremely happy Verna Wakefield awarded with the Drummonds Shoes. Maeve Fraser also had her timing right, grabbing runner up, after a very pleasing 40.
NTPs were: Gaye Briggs (fourth, 352cm), Linda Dickson (seventh, 230cm), Jen Stephenson (12th, 22cm) and Maeve Fraser (18th, a birdie).
The nine hole Stableford on Thursday was a winning day for Margaret Craig, 14.
The Medley nine hole Stableford on Friday was a beauty for Jeff Wilkie, winning comfortably, with 24, in front of Tom Wilkinson, 20.
NTPs were: Darren Murname (first), Peter Williams (second), Jeff Wilkie (fourth and ninth), David Byrnes (fifth), and Michael Golitschenko, (seventh).
Linda Young, joint ladies’ captain, had an outstanding day on Saturday in the ladies’ Stableford.
As mentioned, a score in the 40s, is pretty special, but to complete a round on 46, that is truly a memorable score, not to mention blitzing the field. Linda’s nearest rival was Lorraine Palmer, 39.
NTPs were: Janet Luke (fourth, 690cm & seventh, 1409cm), Lisa Garioch (12th, 139cm) and Tracy Bryan (18th, 25cm).
The men contested their 4BBB Championships on Saturday in a Scratch and Stableford format.
With a count back seeing the pair of Keith Vale and Maurie Munro being crowned the Stableford winners, followed by John Fraser and Alec Cattanach, both on an exceptional 47.
After a close finish, Ashley Whitehouse and Brendan Rowse took out the Scratch event on a terrific score of 70 off the stick.
Second place went to the pairing of Steve Wilmann and Alan McMaster, just one behind on 71.
David Gardiner and Steve Spooner claimed third place, 74.
Wilmann did make his mark on the Par five 11th, coming away with an Eagle.
NTPs were: Rob Arnold (fourth, 23cm), Alan Connolly (seventh, 305cm), Allan McMaster (12th, 235cm), Ash Whitehouse (18th, 149cm).
The weekly NTPs were : Alan Connolly (seventh) and Ash Whitehouse (18th).
This has been a week filled with fantastic winning scores. Sunday’s Medley Stableford was no exception.
Tracy Coulson would have been over the moon with her score of 40 and elated with the win. Reece Farr was just behind with 39.
NTPs were: Gavin Minter (fourth, 200cm) and Mick Innes (18th, 256cm).
Coming events: Today: Men’s Par. Thursday: Ladies’ Triple six plus nine Hole Stableford. Friday: All Day Play nine Hole
Medley Stableford. Saturday: AFL Grand Final Day Medley Stableford. Sunday: Medley Stableford.
MERBEIN
SUBS are now due for current and new members priced at $200 for a single and $250 for a family membership. Information about how to pay is available on our website.
We are seeing an influx of new members, which is always encouraging.
Wednesday’s winner was D Forman 85/73, runner up F Drayton 91/74.
Saturday’s winner was M Wilkes +2. and runner up G Marshall +1. Ball winners: R Teasdale +1, M Dean 0.
NTPs were: A Fairlie (eighth, 210cm), R Walder (16th, 1080cm), R Redman (16th, 1050).
Upcoming events: Today: Stableford. Saturday: Grand final day Stableford 8.30am hit off. Friday: Grand final holiday working bee from 8am.
MILDURA
THE Mildura ladies played a 3 ball aggregate Stableford competition last Tuesday which was won by Margaret McGlashan, Dawn Jackson and Ruth Rodi.
Individual winners and runners up in A grade were Jan Mierswa and Eily Raeck, 37 and 36 points respectively, and in B Grade Ruth Rodi and Donica Foster, 32.
Balls were awarded to players with scores of 32 points or better.
NTPs were: Margaret McGlashan (first, 1100cm), Bev Stone (second, 445cm), Mabel Crouch (10th, 30cm) and Margaret Morrison (12th, 250cm).
The men played single par in two grades last Wednesday.
Robert Briggs won A Grade with a score of +3, Keith Williams was second on +2 and Robert Young third on +1.
Scores in B Grade were similar where Newton Morrison (+3) won, Graham Robertson (+2) was second, and Ross Williams (+1) third.
Fifteen balls were handed out, to players with -1 or better.
NTPs were: Mick Killen (first, 433cm), Ernie Tyrrell (second, 110cm, which also won the pig prize), Cameron Kane (10th, 415cm), Josh McCaskill (12th, 155cm) and Nigel Ingram (18th, 140cm).
The ladies and men played a 4BBB Stableford Medley on Saturday September 21 with scores of 40 points or better required to win a ball.
The clear winners with a good score of 48 points were Noel Hedwards and Jayden Boehm, Graeme Polkinghorne and Stephen Pongrac were second, 45, and Rick Foster and Robin Hubble were third, also on 45 points.
Balls were awarded to players with 40 points or better, on countback.
NTPs were: Jan Mierswa (first, 207cm), Rick Foster (second, 720cm winning the car wash prize and the pig), and Bruce Dickie (12th, 88cm, winning him the wines, and 18th, 44cm).
Coming events: Single Stableford for men today, ladies on Friday, men and ladies on Saturday and Sunday, Mildura veteran men on Monday and a ladies 9 hole and 18 hole Texan Stableford on Tuesday. Bookings can be made online (milduragolfresort.com.au) or by ringing the Mildura Golf Shop on 5022 8089.
RED CLIFFS
ON Wednesday our captain Jeff Scott led the field in men’s Stableford with 40 points and dropped his handicap to single figures, well done Jeff.
Kev Leach was the unlucky runner up with 39.
In the ladies’ Stableford, Dee Hopkins had 35 points to win the A Grade from Sue Johns, 33.
In B Grade Kath Cattanach had 35, winning on a count back from Julie Warne.
Saturday’s game was an Aggregate and Individual Par event for the men. The individual winner was Chris Merlin on +1 from Graham Lohmeyer on a count back.
Aggregate winners were Dwaine White and Andrew Bateman on -1.
Balls went to John Prictor, Mal Goodieson, Dwaine White, John Gooch, Andrew Bateman and Glen Riordan.
NTPs were: Chris Chase (fifth), Geoff Smith (eighth), Barry Martin (ninth), Andrew Bateman (12th), Matt Forward (15th), Michael Morrall (17th), Steve Farley (18th).
The ladies also played Par with Marg Stanbrook winning A Grade on +3 from Sue Johns (+1).
Kath Cattanach took out B Grade (0) from Liz Leach (-2). Balls went to Sheryl Blagus, Sue Poole and Susan Scott.
NTPs were: Sue Johns (third), Marg Stanbrook (12th), Marg Stanbrook (15th), Sheryl Blagus (17th).
This week: Wednesday: Stroke for both ladies and men. Saturday: a Medley Stableford with early start times for those keen to watch the AFL Grand Final.
WENTWORTH
THE blustery conditions continued for another week with Bill Murray doing everything right and continuing to perform with 36 points to be the winner.
Ged Chapman finding something close to his best was runner up on 33.
Ball winners John Stephens and Wayne Clarke, both 32.
NTPs were: Jeff Robinson (12th, 107cm).
Mr Risky went to Glen Walker on 18 –enjoy your holiday he will wait for you.
Coming events: Daylight savings time changes Thursday and Sunday golf 9.30am as of the October 10. October 16:
Wednesday night Chicken Run 5pm. October 20: Murray House Ambrose at 11am.
VETERANS
THERE are just under two weeks before the district veteran golfers travel to Merbein for their next round.
On October 7, the field will set off to complete a single par round.
With the weather warming and the opportunities to accumulate additional points in the loyalty program there is an expectation of a good field.
If the scores from Monday’s vets at Riverside are an indication the challenge of a single par round will not restrict many from participating or scoring well as the day promises to competitive.
Competition is not the sole reason for participation. Ask why district events are popular, members will share it is not only the opportunities to play a different course each month or the possibility of winning prizes that is valued.
The friendly atmosphere and the warm welcome from the clubs are also appreciated. Added to the bonus of a light lunch, a celebrative drink at the 19th hole and good conversation after, the day is both a sports and social occassion.
Good news this month is that we will have our captain John Green returning to complete his duties as captain. Despite recovering from injury he will not be able to play.
We have organised the venues and dates for next year’s syllabus but we are yet to finalise the actual events.
Members are asked to provide feedback as this process has to be completed soon to enable us to have printed syllabus available before our AGM.
Rest up as the Sunday morning before is the beginning of Daylight Saving in Victoria. Until next time happy golfing.
