RED CLIFFS
Wednesday, February 24
A Grade winner was Lewis Young on 37 points from Neville Birch on 36 points. In B Grade Kevin Leach on 38 points was the winner from Ray Pain on 34 points. Balls went to Geoff Smith, Fay Ross,
Peter Knight, Sandy Wright, Al Rayner, Mal Goodieson, Kath Cattanach, Peter Lynch, Mark Wilson and Brian Furey. NTP: 8th Michael Hogan; 15th Liz Leach; 18th Neville Birch.
Saturday, February 27
Medley Stroke play off for Summer Medallist of the year also Summer Cup final.
Tom Minns played exceptionally well scoring a 68 nett to win A Grade and also the final of the Summer Cup. B Grade winner was Robert Stewart on 70 nett. Kevin Leach continued his good golf to win B grade on 70 net from Sandra Marwood on 73 nett. Balls went to Neville Birch, Catherine Lanigan, Affie Ganz, Dylan Burnett, Rohan Hillier, Suzanne Johns, Joan Ryan, Jason Plant, Jill Gleeson, Steve
Johns, Terry Pain and Julianne Wood. NTP: 5th Steve Farley; 8th Bobbie Ramsay and Michael Hogan; 9th Steve Farley; 12th Michael Hogan; 15th Chris Chase and Liz Leach; 17th Tom Minns.
Winner of the Summer Medallist of the year was Jill Gleeson.
Coming up: Today is the start of a new season, both ladies and men will play Stableford. Saturday is a Medley Stableford and on Monday there is an Open Mixed American Foursomes.
MILDURA
The ladies 9 competition on Tuesday, February 23, was won by Mavis Clinch on 16 points; Kay Baker scored 13 points for second, and Amy Plush was third, also on 13 points but missed out on countback. The 18 hole ladies competition on the same day was in two grades. Margaret Morrison won A grade with a score of 35 points; and Glenys Anderson was second on 32 points. Valerie Whitelaw won B grade with 34 points, and Kim Ingram was second with a score of 32 point.
Margaret McGlashan won the nearest the pin prize on the second hole (132 cm); Jan Mierswa and Sandra Folie both had nearest the pin (50 cm) on the tenth hole; and Margaret MGlashan had 192 cm on the twelveth hole.
The Telstra twilight 9 hole stableford competition on Friday, February 26, was won by Greg Buchanan who scored 21 points. Anthony Harmes and Valerie Whitelaw both scored 18 points, and finished second and third; and Bev Stone and Russell Ryan were fourth and fifth respectively on 17 points.
The stableford 4BBB medley stableford on Saturday attracted a big field of golfers, and was won by Wayne Dahmes and Jeff Lay who scored 49 points. Craig Wright and Wayne Brice scored 46 points to take second place, and Nigel Ingram and Robin Hubble were third on 45 points. Fifty golf balls were shared between 25 pairs who scored 42 points or better. The nearest the pin prizes were won by Bruce McEwan (first hole, 206 cm); Neville Hodgetts (second hole 173 cm, which also won the Pig prize); Dean Ralph (10th 910 cm); and Paul Leonard (12th 362 cm).
Coming up: The ladies golf on Friday will be 18 hole stableford. The men’s competition today will be a combined stableford in 2’s, and Friday will be 9 hole or 18 hole stableford. The competitions on
Saturday will be single stableford for men and ladies. The greens will be renovated during the week, which may cause some changes to the schedule. For further information about course availability and tee bookings, phone the Mildura Golf Shop on 5022 5089.
WENTWORTH
John Stephens was at the top of the awards board again at Thursday’s Stableford winning with 35 points.
Col “Straight Arrow” Stewart continued to play well, being runner-up with 31 points.
Ball winner was Garry Bourke on 30 points.
Nearest the pin was Bill Murray with 340cm on second.
Ron “Mr Risky Vet” Moore made 27 points.
Bill Slee won Sunday Stroke with 71 net.
Bill had been hitting the ball well of late but with no return.
Runner-up, yet again, was Col Stewart with 72 net.
Ball winner was Bill Murray on 75 net.
Nearest the pin was Bill Slee with 620cm on 12th.
“Mr Risky” lost to Garry Bourke on 89 net.
COOMEALLA
Coming Events:
Today – Men: Stableford. Women: Stroke Monthly Medal and Round 1 of Putting.
Friday, March 5 – Medley 9 hole Stableford.
Saturday, March 6 – Men: Stroke – Monthly Medal. Women: Stroke – Monthly Award
Sunday – Coomealla Open Medley Par 3 Tournament 9am and 12.30 shotgun starts available. Barbecue lunch from 11.30am.
Results – Wednesday, February 24
Men – Stableford
A Grade Winner – Craig Tung 37pts. Runner up – Mark Woodhouse 36pts. 3rd – Bernie Sprague 36pts.
B Grade Winner – Michael James 39pts. Runner up – Rob Armstrong 39pts. 3rd – Aaron St Leon 36pts.
Ball Comp (18) 39pts to 34pts.
NTP: 3rd – Jack Budd 390cm; 7th – Phil Maw 96cm; 11th – Greg Rhodes 438cm; 18th – Craig Tung 116cm.
Women – Stableford
Winner – Adel Dal Corobbo 36pts. Runner up – Helen Barnes 36pts. Ball comp – (2) 33pts
NTP: 3rd – Nia Whittle 139cm; 7th – Michelle Blair 808cm; 11th – Adel Dal Corobbo 320cm; 18th – Sonya Golitschenko 360cm.
Friday, February 26 – Medley 12 Hole Stableford – Presidents Port
Winner – Trevor Carroll 24pts. Runner up – Greg Chandler 22pts. Ball Comp (6) 21pts to 19pts
NTP: 3rd – Tim Nunan 450cm; 7th – Gary Thomas 350cm; 11th – Andrew Rix 727cm.
Saturday, February 27
Men –Par
A Grade – Winner – Jeff Rose +2. Runner up – Ilker Deli +2. 3rd – Geoff Sayers +2.
B Grade – Winner – Ben Camilleri +7. Runner up – Aaron St Leon +2. 3rd – Roy Costa +2.
Ball comp (18) +7 to -1.
NTP: 7th – Dennis Murray 110cm; 11th – Greg Murphy 277cm.
Mixed American Championships
Handicap winners – Tony Finn and Heidi Schultz 67nett. Runner up – Troy Neville and Lee Bottomley 68.75nett.
Scratch winners – Troy Neville and Lee Bottomley 71. Runner up – Craig Tung and Nia Whittle 76.
Ball Comp – (4) 67 to 69.25
NTP: 7th – Nia Whittle 541cm; 18th – Craig Tung 91cm.
Sunday, February 28
Medley Stableford
Winner – Michael James 42pts. Runner up – Dale Stephens 40pts. 3rd – Cayle Cucia 40pts. 4th – Matt Bottomley 38pts.
Ball Comp (12) 42pts to 35pts
NTP: 7th – David Britton 9cm; 11th – Greg Rhodes 438cm; 18th – Darren Bottomley 260cm.
Reminder – Par 3 Open tournament Sunday, March 7 – 9am and 12.30 starts available. Barbecue lunch from 11.30am. Visitors welcome – $30 per player with $100 NTP’s on all holes.
Coomealla Open on Saturday and Sunday, March 20-21. Ring golf shop on 50274517 to get your entry in.
MERBEIN
Wednesday, February 24, saw a stableford event played with Roger Walder coming out on top of the field with 35 points getting over Stuart Watson via a countback.
NTP: 2nd: S. Trinnick 225cm; 3rd: T. Fitzpatrick 127cm; 6th: R. Walder 310cm; 8th: K. Matulick AFLW; 14th: S. Trinnick 650cm; 16th: F. Crouch 310cm; 18th: R. Walder 333cm.
Saturday’s competition round doubled as the final round of the 2020 club championships and a stroke event. The day comp was comfortably won by Noah Lanigan who is improving with every round played, he shot an incredible nett 64 to get over Peter Shadwick with a quality nett 67.
NTP: 3rd: Frank Zambito 37cm; 6th: Shane Trinnick 620cm; 8th: Craig Hocking 598cm; 14th: John Bell 220cm; 16th: Mel Binding 165cm.
The club championships produced four very worthy champions in Melinda Binding, Michael Thomson, Shane Trinnick and Peter Shadwick. Congratulations to this year’s champions.
Club Champion: Michael Thomson 232. Runner up: Anthony Lee 235.
Martin Cup: Shane Trinnick 238/208.
B Grade Champion: Shane Trinnick 238. Runner up: Ken Matulick 257.
C Grade champion: Peter Shadwick 278. Runner up: Brendan Lanigan 280.
Handicap results:
A grade: Matthew Wilkes 224. Runner up: Anthony Lee 225.
B grade: Shane Trinnick 208. Runner up: Ken Matulick 224.
C grade: Noah Lanigan 212. Runner up: Peter Shadwick 221.
Thanks to all players for making it another memorable club championship at the Royal.
Upcoming events:
Today will be a stableford event and Saturday will be another stroke event to contest the March Monthly Medal.
RIVERSIDE
Riverside will now be holding its AGM on March 16 at 7.30pm. All members, who are able, are asked to attend.
Peter Ellery opens this week’s results with a fine 39pts to win the February 22 Veteran and Friends comp. Ken Upton was runner up, on 37pts.
NTP: 7th – France Wilmann 150cm, 18th – Graeme Irvin 550cm.
The 18 hole Stableford on Tuesday for the Ladies saw Karyne Scheer notching up another win (36pts), over Janette Mason (34pts).
NTP: 4th – Chitra Rankin 700cm, 7th – Karyne Scheer 384cm and 18th – May Connolly 72cm.
Jen Stephenson came out the better in a three way count back, to win the nine hole. Marie Hudak grabbed second place, followed by Liz Wallace, all on 15pts.
NTP: 12th – Margaret Craig 600cm.
The A Grade winner in the Men’s Wednesday comp was Greg King, with a fantastic 40pts. Ken Upton (38pts) was once again, runner up, but not before a count back against George Riordan.
Keith Willis put together 36pts for the B Grade win, in front of John Denman (34pts).
NTP: 4th – Greg Barila 50cm, 7th – Simon Dale 540cm, 12th – Ken Upton 1350cm, 17th – Chris O’Brien 171cm and 18th – Simon Dale – 460cm.
Thursday the Ladies played Stroke, which called for another countback, with Karyne Scheer (90/75) keeping her run going, winning over Verna Wakefield (105/75).
NTP: 4th – Dot Knight 25cm, Karyne Scheer 12th (28cm), 18th (81cm).
Friday’s nine hole Medley Stableford winner was Tony Johns (21pts). With four on 19pts, Aaron Wilkie snatched second, followed by Brad Surgey, Rob Lexa and Matty Adams.
The Riverside Storage King Irymple Summer Open was held on Saturday and Sunday.
Ladies Scratch: Winner Sue Laird – 82/85=167, Runner Up Caroline James 87/89=176, Third Salli Fox 94/89=183.
Handicap : Caroline James 72/74=146, Runner Up Kathy Ridley 74/76=150, Roylene Bailey 75/78=153.
Mens Scratch:
A Grade winner – B Rowse 71/70 = 141, R/Up Ash Whitehouse 77/72 = 149.
B Grade winner- Andrew Woodcock 79 84 = 163, R/up Darren Gray 82 85 = 167.
C Grade winner – Ray Cottle 98 87 = 185, Runner up David Lloyd 93 93 = 186.
Handicap: A Grade winner – Larry Cavallaro 70 72 = 142, Runner up Rakii Woeti 70 73 = 143.
B Grade winner – Tuari Tuariki 73 67 = 140, Runner up Grant Docking 69 74 = 143.
C Grade winner Gavin Ridley 68 68 = 136, Runner up Ian Davis 75 66 = 141
Eagles: Steve Wilmann on the second and Fifth. Ash Whitehouse – 14th and Oscar Mannix – 11th.
Saturday’s Daily Comp:
Ladies – Winner: Caroline James 87/72, Runner Up : Lisa Garioch 84/73.
NTP: 4th – Salli Fox 215cm, 7th – Sue Laird 710cm.
If you were ever going to have an amazing week, this would certainly be up there. Karyne Scheer 18th – 56cm and an outstanding Hole In One, on the 12th. Congratulations on a super week
Karyne, 2 x Wins, 4 x NTP’s and 1 x Hole In One.
Some excellent scores coming from the Men.
A Grade winner: Steve Wilmann 66/66, Runner Up : Rakii Woetai 76/70 on a count back fromLarry Cavallaro 78/70.
B Grade winner: Aaron Woodcock 79/66, Runner Up : Grant Docking 84/69 on a count back from David Williams 84/69.
C Grade winner: James Scherger 89/66, Runner Up : Gavin Ridley 95/68, from Nick Goodeison 93/70.
NTP: 4th – Steve Wilmann 104cm, Seventh – Alan Connolly 350cm, 12th – Craig Jervice 410cm and 18th Kendall Marchman 340cm.
Sunday’s Daily Comp:
Ladies winner: Caroline James 89/74, Runner Up : Tracy Lee 105/74.
NTP: all won by Wendy Dawson – 4th 157cm, 78th 890cm and 18th 20cm.
Men’s – A Grade winner: James Daly 68/68, Runner Up: Matty Adams 75/70. Third: Vince Dichiera on a count back, from Brendan Rowse, both on 72.
B Grade winner: Tuarii Turaki 79/67, Runner Up : Bruce Liddell 87/71, Third Andrew Woodcock 84/72.
C Grade winner: Ian Davis 100/66, Runner Up Ray Cottle 87/67, Third Gavin Ridley 95/70.
NTP: 4th – Claude Dawson, 7th – David Lloyd, 17th – Dev McGinnes, 18th – Gary Van Steenis.
Eagles: Brendan Rowse on 11th and Troy Germane 13th.
Tomorrow will be the Ladies Opening Day. A 3BBB, with a Shot Gun Start at 9am, Drawn partners. Names to be in by 1pm today.
VETERANS
On Monday a big field of 56 veteran players contested the 4BBB stableford event at the Mildura Golf Resort. New members Laurie and George Riordan and Bob Shipsides joined us for what was the first round of this year’s syllabus. All district clubs were well represented on the day.
It is becoming a bit of a habit with the combination of John Green and Terry Buckingham once again emerging as the eventual winners with a score of 43 points. Runners up were Rob Toms and John Williams on a countback from Brian Murphy and Ron Moore with 42 points each. There was a third prize and a NAGA awarded as part of the presentation because of the generosity of our longstanding sponsor. The ball winners were Doug Poole, Loren Rogers, David Lloyd, Wayne Innes, Peter Gilmore, Glenn Butterworth, John Fraser, Alec Catternach, Joe Mitchell, Kevin Jones, Rob Chase, Ron Pain, Greg King and Rob Arnold.
The Nearest the Pin winners were Lorey Rogers on the second, Mark Woodhouse on the 10th and Ron Moore on the 12th.
Thanks as always goes to the club and its staff for their support in making the day so successful.
The next event will be held at the Red Cliffs Golf Club on April 12. The unusual date is due to Easter falling in the first week of that month. It will be a single stableford event.
