RIVERSIDE
THE chill of winter has certainly come to visit us over the past few days.
But I’m sure all the keen golfers who have missed so much time on the fairways this year won’t let the cold weather keep them away.
Monday’s Veteran and Friends competition was a great day for John Fraser his 36pts enough to get the win, over Kevin Eastwood on 34pts.
The ladies played Par on Friday, Verna Wakefield putting together a great score of plus two to defeat Dot Knight on square.
There was also a 9 hole Stableford on Tuesday, Cath Kent coming out on top with 19pts in front of Carol Benning on 18pts.
Wednesday the men contested their Monthly Award in two grades.
Lachlan Inglis was the winner with (91/70) of the Monthly Award, but not before a battle with Chris Curley, who also had an amazing day, finishing on (87/70) and grabbing the A Grade win.
Runner up in A Grade was Andrew Forbes (Mildura) on (88/72).
In B Grade Michael Nott played a great back nine (105/77), Ray Cottle snaring second place (97/77) and Ken Hornsby just missing the cut on (98/77).
Linda Young, our ladies captain, will be sadly missed come the end of July, as Linda and her husband Cliff, will be heading off to live in South Australia, to be closer to family.
But one thing is certain, Linda will make the very most of her remaining weeks at Riverside, as she did in Thursday’s Stableford, leaving with the score of the day (35pts), after a countback with Janet Luke.
Not to be left out, Janet came away with the A Grade win, followed by Dot Knight, just one behind on 34pts.
It was B Grade that things got a little tight. With five ladies determined to get into that winners circle. But, Anne Parker, who continues to amaze us all, once again landed the top spot (34pts). Runner up went the way of Liz Wallace and Ayse Jewitt, Gaye Briggs and Maeve Fraser had to sit back and wonder what could have been.
Friday’s 9 hole Medley Stableford was won with a score of 20pts by Martin Dane from Ken Wakefield on (19pts).
Tracey Bryan has been hanging out for a win and Saturday was the day.
The Stableford competition, the weather, company or maybe her swing was right on target, but an excellent 39pts certainly did it for her.
The young Anne Parker threw her hat in the ring once again, finishing with a really lovely 38pts to take second place.
The men’s Stableford on Saturday was in two grades and a nice 37pts from Wayne Innes gave him the honors in A Grade.
With count back being the flavour of the week, four players were up against it for runner up and Gary Sharman was the lucky one.
He was followed by Joseph Morello (Mildura), Ned Klemm and Grant Giddings all on 36pts.
Rob Arnold was the eventual winner in B Grade after he and Stef Pulmer (Beachport) came in with 35pts.
Sunday’s Medley Stableford was no different with another count back having to be deciphered. Kendall Marchment was determined the winner, Wayne Sievewright took out second and Kevin Aston was pipped at the post, all on 35pts.
Coming events: Today men’s Stableford, Thursday ladies Par, Friday medley 9 hole Stableford (all day play), Saturday ladies Stableford, men’s Stableford, Sunday Medley Stableford.
MERBEIN
BIG fields contested events held at the Merbein Golf Club over the past week with Saturday’s competition one of the biggest ever seen outside a special event.
Course conditions continue to be excellent and member numbers are growing with many people taking up the special $200 membership offer available.
Shane Cordell shot a steady +2 to win Wednesday’s event, while on Saturday Mark White won on a countback with 37points.
Be sure to ask the president and vice resident about their interesting shots during Saturday’s round.
Wednesday: Winner was S. Cordell +2, runner up F. Crouch +1.
NTP: 2nd F. Zambito 60cm, 3rd R. Teasdale 185cm, 6th K. Matulick 780cm, 8th F. Zambito 930cm, 14th K. Matulick 860cm, 16th R. Walder 620cm, 18th F. Zambito 210cm
Saturday: Winner M. White 37 points, runner up M. Wilkes 37 points.
Ball winners: M. Turvey 37 points, T. Fitzpatrick 36 points, M. Cook 35 points.
NTP: 2nd M. White 295cm, 6th M. White 320cm, 8th M. Turvey 590cm, 12 M. Wilkes 250cm, 14th M. Dean 128cm, 16th R. Teasdale 513cm.
Upcoming events: Wednesday Stableford, Saturday 4BBB par, Sunday Stableford.
Everybody is welcome to any of the Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday competition and the cost is only $10 to be part of the field.
MILDURA
THE Mildura ladies played a 9 hole and 18 hole Stableford competition on Tuesday, June 16.
The 9 hole competition was won by Mavis Clinch who scored 22 points with Elaine McMillan second with 16 points.
Janet Stanbrook won the 18 hole competition with a great score of 41 points and Mabel Crouch had 38 points.
The Mildura men played single Stableford in two grades on June 17.
Chris Williams won A Grade with a score of 39 points, beating Ray Quirk also on 39 points on countback.
Ron Leamon had 40 points and won B Grade from Wayne Dahmes and Greg Buchanan, both on 38 points.
Balls were handed out to 21 players with 33 points or better.
Ron Leamon won the pig prize on the second hole with a nearest the pin measure of 780 cm.
The ladies Stableford competition held on Friday June 19, was won by Eileen Raeck who scored 38 points, Rhonda Young had 35 points and Mabel Crouch was third with 33 points.
A big field of men played single par in three grades on June 20.
A Grade was won by Michael White who scored +5 with Andrew Stanbrook and Wade Nikolas both on +2, finishing second and third, respectively.
The B Grade winner was Cesare Fraiia on +2, with Phillip Green and Peter Cottrell in second and third place respectively.
The best score of the day was in C Grade, Colin Hagenbach having +6, and Alan Steedman and Robert Leng both on +2 to take second and third, respectively.
25 players with scores of square or better received balls and Rod Ford won the Pig prize on the second hole with a nearest the pin of 239 cm.
The Mildura veteran men, plus a few other men desperate for a game, played single Stableford on Monday June 22.
Joe Rocca, John Williams, and Paul Leonard all had 34 points, and finished first, second, and third, respectively.
The golf competitions at Mildura for the next week are a combined Stableford in two’s on June 24, ladies 18 hole Stableford on June 26, single
Stableford June 27, Mildura veterans Stableford 29 June 29, ladies 9 hole Stableford and single par June 30 and a men’s single Stableford July 1.
Bookings can be made on line, or by telephone to the Mildura Golf Shop on 5022 1147.
RED CLIFFS
ANOTHER week of beautiful golfing weather and an exciting time at Red Cliffs Golf Club with the lake complete and water flowing into it from Friday afternoon.
On Wednesday the men played a multiplication Stableford and the winners were Mark Wilson and Mal Goodieson on 68 points on a countback from Bruce Mathieson and Geoff Smith.
NTP: 8th Ray Pain, 12th Michael Morrall, 17th Geoff Smith.
The ladies played Stroke for the June monthly Medal.
A Grade winner was Joan Ryan on 71nett on a countback from Sue Poole.
In B Grade Jenny McCoy was the winner on 69nett from Ruth Cupper on 72 nett on a countback.
NTP: 3rd Jill Gleeson, 8th Sally Jones, 17th Julie Warne.
Saturday saw the ladies play the first round of the Club Championships, scratch leaders at present are A Grade Jill Gleeson on 91 closely followed by Sally Jones and Deb Hassell both on 92.
In B Grade Kay Hart 91 leads Julianne Wood on 95.
C Grade Ruth Cupper 101.
D Grade Denise Morgan 107.
Winner of the daily competition in A Grade was Kay Hart on 70 nett from Joan Ryan 73 on a countback.
B Grade winner was Denise Morgan 71 nett from Ruth Cupper on 73 nett on a countback.
NTP: 3rd Di Morrall, 8th Jill Gleeson, 12th Liz Leach, 17th Bobbie Ramsay.
In the men’s Stableford competition there were some excellent scores with Brad Morgan on 41 points winning defeating Affie Ganz on 40 points on a countback.
Graeme Duffy was the B Grade winner on a countback from Rod Gray both on 40 points.
NTP: 5th Daryl Morgan, 9th Stuart Thomson, 12th John Prictor, 15th Peter Manno, 17th Robert Stewart, 18th Mal Blagus.
Coming up this week on Wednesday the men will play Stableford while the ladies have a 4BBB Stableford. Saturday’s game will be stroke for both ladies and men, with the men playing monthly medal, the ladies have the 2nd round of their club championships.
VETERANS
WITH the winding back of COVID-19 restrictions on the weekend our scheduled championship round has been postponed.
After consulting with committee members this decision was reluctantly made.
It was expected changes scheduled for last Monday would mean that food and drinks would be available and that up to fifty players could compete.
With that no longer being the case the event would not meet the goals of providing district players with the opportunity to socialise and compete against each other.
It is important to remember that these restrictions are in place to ensure that we provide safe and healthy conditions for our members.
Many would be classified as being in the high risk category group.
The championship round will now be held at the next Riverside event in November. That will also remain the AGM round.
It does allow for players to gain eligibility by playing the required two rounds before then.
The next event will now hopefully be the Ouyen game planned for July 20.
This will depend on negotiations with the club over the next few weeks and after consultation with committee members.
Make sure your committee representative knows your views.
I will keep members informed over the next few weeks.
If that does not eventuate then we will have to be patient and plan for the Red Cliffs round in August.
In the meantime players can continue to support their local clubs by playing in their weekly veteran events. We can only keep our fingers crossed. Until then happy golfing.
