WENTWORTH
THE first Chicken Run for the season was nine hole stroke won by wily Bill Murray with 33 nett. The handicapper takes three stokes off the winner. Minor placing went to Ged Chapman 38 nett, two stokes and the very minor placing went to Tom Clark and Bill Slee and both will lose one stroke.
Thursdays Stableford – Ged Chapman dominated the course to have 38 points to be crowned the winner. Second went to he who will not be named, with 35 points.
Ball winners Barry Quayle and Peter Lush both with 33 points.
NTP’s – Wayne Clarke 80cm on the 2nd, great shot.
Mr Risky went to Garry Bourke on a countback from Graham Clarke.
Sunday Stroke – Again Ged Chapman came to the fore with 67 nett with Bill Murray on 69 nett was runner up.
Ball winner – Donny Sproh with 72 nett.
NTP – Bill Murray with 175 cm on the 17th.
COOMEALLA
COMING events — October 16 – Wednesday Men, Stableford — Monthly Mug, Women
Stroke Monthly Medal, Friday –Medley 9 Hole Stableford. Saturday 19th – Men Stableford – Drawn Partners – plus best nett score of the day, Women – Stroke Monthly Award,
Wednesday October 9 – Men – Par – A Grade Winner – Stan Prymke +2, Runner-up – Ross Robertson +2, 3rd – Mark Hann +1
B Grade Winner – Lorey Rogers +5, Runner-up – Ken Wakefield +3, 3rd – Bob Meyer +1.
C Grade Winner – Brad Mottram +3, Runner-up – Frank Geyer square, 3rd – Frank Tassone square
Ball Comp – (21) +5 to -2
NTP’s – 3rd – Neil Bryant 725 cms, 7th – Alan Scorer 175 cms, 11th – Peter Duscher 500 cms, 18th – Troy Neville 50 cms.
Wednesday October 9 – Women – Stableford
Winners – Robyn Rohrlach 37 points, Runner-up – Lee Bottomley 35 points.
Ball comp – (2 ) 34 points to 33 points
NTP’s – 3rd – Lisa Garioh 25 cms, 7th – Lisa Garioch 213 cms, 11th – Cath Eddie 234cms, 18th – Michele Philp 21 cms,
Friday – October 10 – 9 Hole Stableford – Winner – Tim Nunan 20 points, Runner-up – Barry Waters 19 points.
Ball Comp – (6) 18 points to 17 points.
NTP’S –11th – Ron Hunt 1142, 18th – Sue Laird 390 cms.
MDGA Championships played at Coomealla Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13.
Members can collect prizes from Trophy table.
Saturday, October 12 – Men –Ball comp – (22) 69 nett to 74 nett. Women – Ball comp – (6) 71 nett to 76 nett,
Sunday, October 13 – Men – Ball comp – (16) 67 nett to 74 nett, Women – Ball comp – (5) 70 nett to 74 nett.
Congratulations to MDGA Champions Troy Neville scratch 74-70-141 and Sue Laird 74-80-154.
Coomealla also won the Scratch Shield – Team of Sue Laird, Troy Neville and Mark Hann and Handicap Shield – team of Ross Robertson, Alan Scorer, Peter Duscher, Darren Lee and Matt Bottomley.
Congratulations to the District Committee on a successful tournament.
RIVERSIDE
ON Tuesday the ladies played Stableford and the Winner was Pat Riordan on 34points, the runner-up was May Connolly on 33 points on a countback from Leonie Nott also on 33 points. NTP’s – June Hensgen 12th, 308; May Connolly 18th, 85.
On Wednesday the men played Stableford and the Winner was John Waas on 40 points on a countback from Greg King also on 40 points. NTP’s – Jarrad Stokker 4th, 122; Gary Sharman 7th, 330; Peter George 12th, 290; France Wilmann 17th, 330; Michael Holcroft 18th, 650.
Thursday the Ladies played Stableford and the winner was May Connolly on 41 points and the runner-up was Lorraine Palmer on 34 points. NTP’s were: Di Benham 4th, 398; Lynda Saunders 7th, 875; Lorraine Palmer 12th, 94; Lynda Saunders 18th, 75.
Fridays Medley Stableford, 9 hole competition was won by Rob Arnold on 22 points on a countback from John Marlais also on 22 points.
Saturday the ladies played Stableford and the winner was Wendy Dawson on 40points, runner-up was Fiona Turlan on 37 points and third place went to Sandra Briggs on 35 points. NTP’s were: Wendy Dawson 4th, 300; May Connolly 7th, 385; Wendy Dawson 12th, 70; Chitra Rankin 18th, 65.
Saturday the men played Stableford and the A Grade winner was Travis Pattern on 41 points, the runner-up was Steven Willman on 40 points. B Grade winner was Neville Cook on 41 points and the runner-up was James Minns on 37 points. NTP’s were: Neil Lawlor 4th, 173; Tezza Simpson 7th, 268; Tony Scullino 12th, 310; Seb Raiti 18th, 348.
Sunday’s Medley Stableford was won by Andrew Thomas on 42 points and the runner-up was Gavin Minter on 38 points. NTP’s were: Mick Innes 4th, 520; Paul Danenberg 7th, 1120; Tony Coppola 18th, 295.
Coming events – Wednesday – Men – Mug of the Year play off, Stroke and Winter Wind Up. Thursday – Ladies Medalist of the Year play off – Stroke, plus Ladies 9 Hole Stableford. Friday – Medley Stableford 9 Holes. Saturday – Mens Stroke. Saturday – Ladies Monthly Award play off – Stroke.
Sunday – Medley Stableford. Monday – Mens Vets and Friends Stableford. Tuesday – Ladies Stroke.
MERBEIN
WITH the start of twilight golf on Friday night and beautiful conditions saw the competition fields increase across the three competition days.
Alistair McBain returned after a lull in playing to blitz the field with 42 points on Saturday.
Wednesday’s winner was P. McGaffin on 38 points, runner-up was S. Cordell on 37 points on a countback from M. Cook on 35 points.
NTP’s – 2nd P. McGaffin, 43cm; 3rd H. McGaffin, 101cm; 16th G. Kerr, 1400cm.
Twilight Friday – winner was G. Kerr on 18 points – runner-up was R. Teasdale on 18 points.
Saturday – Winner – A. McBain, 42 points; runner-up – G. Kerr, 39 points. Balls: M. Dean 39 points, A. Finch 39 points, K. Matulick 37 points,
NTP’s – 2nd A. Fairlie 98cm; 6th M. Dean 19cm; 8th K. Matulick 835cm; 14th A. Fairlie 145cm; 16th K. Matulick 69cm.
Upcoming events – Wednesday – Stableford Friday – Twilight golf – 5.30pm hit off $10 which includes a beverage.
Saturday – Stableford.
We also have a Trivia night on October 26. Tables of eight or 10 can be booked via the Merbein Golf Club Facebook page. This is to raise funds for our new clubhouse build which we are just finalising some dates.
Also remember memberships are now due.
RED CLIFFS
Wednesday, October 9 the ladies played Stroke Monthly Medal and the winner was Liz leach with a wonderful 67 nett from Faye Englefield who also had an excellent score of 69nett.
Balls went to Deb Hassell Fran MacKay Noreen Smith Suzanne Johns and Margaret Stanbrook.
NTP: 3rd Margaret Stanbrook; 8th Deb Hassell; 12th Liz Leach; 15th Deb Hassell.
In the men’s competition Al Rayner was the winner on 39 points from Mal Goodieson on 38.
Balls went to Ray Pain Mark Aitken and Robert Walters.
NTP’s – 8th, Neville Walker; 12th, Michael Hogan; 18th, Al Rayner.
Saturday was a Medley Stableford and the winners were in A Grade, Tom Minns on 38 points from Steve Farley on 37 points on a countback. B Grade winner was Dwaine White with a fantastic 43points from Jim Douglas on 38 points (pretty good for a 91 year old) . Balls went to Margaret Maynard,
Chris Barko, Michael Hogan, James Prictor, Bruce Mathieson, Ron Baird, Al Rayner, Ruth Cupper, Neil Wilkie and Ray Pain.
NTP’s – 5th, Tom Minns; 9th, Jeffrey Scott; 12th, Ruth Cupper and Noel Douglass; 15th, Dee Hopkins and Glen Riordan; 17th, Michael Hogan and Margaret Maynard; 18th, Dwaine White.
Coming up this week on Wednesday the ladies have a Triple Six’s and the men will play Stableford. On the weekend we have the Rivertown Classic starting on Friday at Loxton, Saturday at Red Cliffs and the final on Sunday at Riverside.
VETERANS
OUR next round of the Sunraysia veteran golfers season will be held at Red Cliffs Golf Club.
A legal requirement of our association is to conduct an Annual General Meeting. This will be held after the competition this month. As required all of the leadership positions will be spilled. Our current team has held their positions for quite some time and have gained a great deal of experience. They have competently and keenly completed their tasks. However it will still be a welcome outcome if someone new was to step up. All of the incumbents are willing to support members who are willing to take their turn. The tasks are not arduous as the group meets once a month. Leaders are necessary to ensure that each event is competently organised and run.
It’s a cooperative process between sponsors, district clubs and district golfers. The opportunity to play across all district clubs is valued for providing a unique and cost effective competition.
It is not that the current leadership team is not prepared to continue in their roles or are not valued by the members. Rather the workload would be more fairly distributed if others took a turn. It would also build up competencies through the group so that if someone was to move or become unavailable others could step up.
There are many good reasons to consider nominating for a position. So please seriously consider if you would be interested in putting your hand up to help even for a short time.
MILDURA
THE ladies played single stableford in two grades on Tuesday, October 8, as round nine of their knockout stableford competition. Marilyn Warn scored 35 points, and was the winner in A grade, and Margaret McGlashan was second on 34 points. Bev Matthews won B grade with the best score on the day, 39 points, and Glenda Hiskins had 33 points for second. Balls were awarded to players with 32 points or better. Nearest the pin prizes went to Margaret Morrison (first hole, 1100 cm); Rhonda Young (second hole, 610 cm); Jan Mierswa (tenth hole, 103 cm); and Rhonda Young (twelfth hole, 1100 cm).
The men played single stableford in two grades on Wednesday 9 October. Stephen Reberger had the best score of the day, 44 points, and won A grade from John Smart on 39 points and Keith Williams (38 points). The B grade winner was decided by a three way countback. On 38 points; where Don McConnell was the winner, second was Lachlan Cottrell, and third was Ian Nimon.Nineteen balls were awarded to players with 34 points or better, on countback.
Noel Hedwards won the nearest the pin prize on the first hole (235 cm); Eric Bruton won on the second hole (118 cm), but Alan Mcaskill entered and won the pig prize with 440 cm); Robert Briggs won the NTP on the tenth hole (395 cm); Michael Sette won on the twelfth hole (156 cm); and Ralph Dean won on the eighteenth (250 cm). Robert Young had an eagle on the ninth hole which earned him six golf balls.
The mens single stroke competition on Saturday, October 12 was in three grades. The A grade winner was Lee Tucker who had net 70 and won on countback from Josh McAskill, with Jason Hartley in third place on net 71. B grade was won by Craig Wright on net 67, Rod Truman was second (net 68), and Wayne Brice third (net 69). Newton Morrison won C grade with net 69, from Alan Smith (net 72), and Allan McAskill (net 73). Twenty two balls were handed out to players who scored net 73 or better. Nearest the pin prizes went to Ferdi Bergamin (first hole, 500 cm); Paul Wilton (second hole, 310 cm) which also won the Pig prize; Dennis Knight (tenth hole, 267 cm), Ray Quirk (twelfth hole, 122 cm); and Nikolas Wade (eighteenth hole, 518 cm).
The Mildura ladies were joined by visitors from South Australia for a stroke event on Saturday, October 12. The winner was Lesley Jenkins (net 75); from Lyn Hood (net 77), and Elieen Raeck was third.
A field of 18 veteran men enjoyed their usual competition on Monday, October 15. George Poriazis was the winner with 39 points, Cliff Ferguson (35 points) was second; and Ferdi Bergamin (34 points) was third. Balls went to players with 32 points or better. Keith Wiliams won the nearest the pin on the second hole (195 cm); and Steve Peters won on the twelfth hole (130 cm).
Golf events for the next week at Mildura are a mens single stableford on Wednesday, October 16; the Telstra twilight 9 hole stableford and ladies 18 hole stableford on Friday, October 18; the annual Captains versus Presidents team stableford and ladies stableford on Saturday, October 19; the ladies match play final on Sunday, October 20 (note course closed between 8-11am for this event); Mildura Veteran’s stableford on Monday, October 21; ladies 4BB stroke and 9 hole stableford on Tuesday, October 22; and a mens 4BB stableford on Wednesday, October 23.
Bookings can be made online (milduragolfresort.com.au) or by ringing the Mildura Golf Shop on 5022 8089.
